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Outline Your Demo Video

The document provides guidance on outlining an effective demo video in 3 parts: the product demo, technical overview, and future plans. The product demo should showcase a user journey that shows the value of the project from the trigger point to when the user's problem is solved. The technical overview gives a high-level view of key components and their interaction, focusing on the most complex part by showing code. The future plans discuss important unfinished features. An outline is created by writing points for each part, storyboarding visually, and scripting what will be said to stay within the 2 minute total time.

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Outline Your Demo Video

The document provides guidance on outlining an effective demo video in 3 parts: the product demo, technical overview, and future plans. The product demo should showcase a user journey that shows the value of the project from the trigger point to when the user's problem is solved. The technical overview gives a high-level view of key components and their interaction, focusing on the most complex part by showing code. The future plans discuss important unfinished features. An outline is created by writing points for each part, storyboarding visually, and scripting what will be said to stay within the 2 minute total time.

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Outlining your

demo video
About me
1. Show the value of your
project!
The goal of the demo
2. Show off how it works.
1 2 3
The product The technical The future
demo overview
Common pitfalls when
demoing
Trying to demo EVERY feature

You only have 40secs to demo your


app.

Showing too much can overwhelm the


audience and dilute your message.

Simple is good!
Only talking about the benefits

Connect the demo back to the


problem you are solving.
Focusing too much on the decisions

Let your project speak for itself.

Don’t get caught up in explaining why you


made certain design decisions.
An example: Snickers

Features/Benefits

● Chocolate coating
● Filled with peanuts
● Delicious
What should you show?
A user journey through the app

Show your project in action!

Start with the trigger: why should the user open your
app/use your AI?

End with value: at what point does the user experience


the value you are offering (i.e. their problem is solved)
Let’s go back to Snickers

Video
Let’s go back to Snickers

What’s the trigger? Why would someone want to


eat a snickers?

You’re hungry!
Let’s go back to Snickers

When does the user experience value?

Once they eat the snickers and feel like


themselves again!
The technical demo
Give a high level overview of how it works

What are the key technical components of your project?


How do they interact together?
A picture is worth 1000 words.
Give a high level overview of components

User Interface API Data

What is the user requesting from Where did the data


the API? come from?

● Creating data records? How did you connect to


● Return data records? it?
● Etc…
Get detailed about the most complex parts

What feature was the hardest to bring to life?


What were the specific coding challenges that you
needed to overcome?
Show the actual code and walk through the solution.
What doesn’t work/What’s next

What are some of the key features you still want to


build?
Why are those important?
Stick the most important ones!
Pulling it all together
Creating the Outline

1. Write down the key points you want to cover for:


a. The product demo (what user journey through the app will you
showcase?)
b. The technical demo (prep your system diagram & determine the
key coding challenge to walk us through)
c. The future plans (what do you need to do next - either fixing
something that isn’t currently working or building something
new)
2. Storyboard or Script
Storyboard (visualize the demo)

User Interface

API

Data

1. Product Demo 2. Technical Demo


Script

What exactly are you going to say?

Write it.

Practice it.

Time it.

Re-write.
2mins total for the video
Remember the Time! 40secs for each component

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