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Scooter rides always seem to relax you, so despite any impact it may have on your attire, you zip off from NE and over the river. Parking is of course easy, and you are ready to go with time to spare! After chatting with a few familiar faces and watching the first presentation, you are introduced, setup your Choosatron and laptop, and begin...
[[Start with the demo.|5C]]
[[Talk about who you are.|5D]]
You talk briefly about who you are, some of your work, and what led you to the device you're about to demo. After a few minutes showing off the Choosatron using a story you wrote about minnedemo, your aplomb carries you to the end of your minutes and everyone claps while secretly wishing they could be your friend.MinneDemo or Bust!Your brain stutters for words while fumbling with the device, and your awareness of the awkward moments only exponentially increases the problem. You imagine crickets chirping in the audience, and pass out due to the anxiety. Suddenly you dream of a warm field filled with crickets![[Written for the Choosatron|http://choosatron.com]]You spend most of your spare moments going over and over what you want to say. You begin to feel like a robot. Thursday arrives and it's time to head to the event.
[[Ride your scooter there.|2A]]
[[Take your car.|2B]]
Congratulations! After a tough interview and some carefully placed bribes (kidding), you've been selected to present at MinneDemo! You're excited, but nervous. Sure you managed to ramble through the interview but a big audience is going to expect more!
[[Rehearse as much as you can.|1A]]
[[Trust yourself and speak from your heart|1B]]
You don't want to risk over-rehearsing, and would rather your message feels fresh. Thursday arrives and it's time to head to the event.
[[Ride your scooter there.|2D]]
[[Take your car.|2C]]
"I don't mind looking a bit wind-blown", you think. Zoooom! Starting in NE, you head towards the river. Your mind still goes over and over your presentation, the motor lulling you into a trance. You snap out of it realizing you're heading for the river! There is a tipped pallet perfectly placed for a jump.
[[It's too late, commit to the jump!|3B]]
[[Turn hard and brace for impact!|3A]]
You hop in your little car and zip there. Parking causes a bit of a delay and you don't get a chance to calm your nerves beforehand.
[[Continue|4A]]
You hop in your little car and zip there. Parking causes a bit of a delay and you don't get a chance to calm your nerves beforehand.
[[Continue|4A]]
[[Jerry Belich|https://jerrytron.com]] ([[@j3rrytron|https://twitter.com/j3rrytron]])Having grown up with the Dukes of Hazard, and surviving 6 Fast and Furious movies, you gun it and suddenly feel like you're flying. Praise Zues! You land on the other side in a pile of hay meant for the Minneapolis mounted police horses. You brush off the hay and run the last few blocks to minnedemo!
[[Continue|4A]]
You turn hard and lean, trusting your safety gear to protect you. It does, but the scooter lands on your ankle and even if you could make it to the event, you doubt you'd be able to keep your mind off the pain.For some reason you decide to jump ahead to the demo, against your days of rehearsal.
[[Continue|6A]]
Your continuous rehearsal of your talk allow you to talk without fail for the seven minutes while showing off the Choosatron, but the lack of flexibility in your speech doesn't connect with the audience as strongly as it could have. You wish you would have let yourself adapt to the audience, but it could have gone a lot worse!You decide to show off your creation right off the bat. You realize these people don't really know who you are, and without context the demo could be confusing.
[[Continue|6A]]
You checkin and frantically find where you are supposed to be. It feels like you only have the chance to take a few breaths before it is time to go on. As the great Sam Beckett of Quantum leap often said, "Oh Boy." You are introduced, setup your Choosatron and laptop, and begin...
[[Jump right into the demo.|5B]]
[[Introduce yourself.|5A]]