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--- visibility: public-edit --- # emphasize the live demo ## what happened the presentation wasn't that great — should have emphasized live demo more. spent too much time on slides when judges wanted to see the thing actually work. ## why it's a gotcha judges at hackathons care about working software. [[slides-as-documentation|packing slides with code snippets and architecture diagrams]] puts them to sleep. they want to see you click buttons and have things happen. ## the fix structure your presentation as: 30 seconds of problem/context, then live demo for as long as you can. slides should support the demo, not replace it. of course, the demo has to [[test-demo-before-presenting|actually work first]], and you need a [[no-backup-plan-for-failed-demo|backup plan]] for when it doesn't. the demo itself needs a story — don't [[jumping-between-features-no-narrative|jump between features randomly]].