Lesson 4
Prepare to professionally demo MeshUP

Why this matters:
You've learned a lot of cool lessons on how to use MeshUP. Now it's time to put that all together into a presentation for your next demo! Making a clear presentation outline will help you:

• Review and assess your own understanding of MeshUP's key features.
• Prepare your pitch, marketing, and strategic approach to presenting MeshUP to your target audience.
• Represent MeshUP professionally, with confidence, and a guided plan for the limited time you will have with your customers.

Let's make a Demo plan!
As we all know, live demonstrations can head in any direction depending on the opportunities at hand. When making any plan, remember to be flexible, because your customers will guide you as much as your Demo plan will. Nonetheless, being prepared and having a default plan in place will help you have the confidence and preparation to make things go smoothly.

1. Smile :) - We all know technical difficulties and long days of travel can get to the best of us. So first of all, a friendly human reminder to take a deep breath, have a glass of water on hand, and smile. Even in telepresentations, the joy comes through in your voice when you bring your best face to the party!
2. Target Audience - Who are you presenting to? Is this a corporate environment requiring formal speech, or a school with children who need patience and easy activities? Consider what matters to this particular set of customers. If you know that they are already working in the 3D printing industry, you can jump right into the value of volumetric modelling and mesh repair. If they are new to 3D modelling, try presenting tips and tricks that will add some pizazz with ease. If you don't know their interests or level of experience, practice our Get Started Quickly guide as a feature sampler walkthrough that you can perform quickly in front of a live audience.
3. Write an Outline - Put pen to paper, or keys to text editor, and create an outline of the steps you will take in your demo. What is the first thing you will do or say? List your activities in order, and write a short script for each activity. You will probably not say the script verbatim, but writing it out will help prepare you and provide a reference for the key points you don't want to forget. We all get nervous and excited during presentations, and this small preparation will be your best insurance policy against leaving out important details. If you need ideas for activities, look over the first 3 lessons, and feel free to use any of those materials directly or as inspiration.
4. Prepare Files - Did you make a presentation, or take screenshots you want to share? How about 3D models you want to import during the live presentation? Create a folder on your desktop or somewhere easy to find, and copy all your files that you will need for the demo into that folder. Create and label subfolders to organize your files into groups, to make it as easy as possible to find them during the excitement of a live presentation. Remember to name your files exactly what they are, since you might forget what newDocument.txt is in the heat of the moment!
5. Practice Run - Okay, you've got some water, a smile, you know who you're presenting to, and you've outlined a great presentation, with fun activities and all your files ready to go. Save time to do a practice run through, because this is how you learn whether you can do everything you planned in the amount of time you have to present. Ideally you can practice with a colleague or a friend, but it also works to simply read through your presentation to yourself. The important thing is that you get a feel for saying the actual words, doing the actual activities, and keeping an eye on the time so that you can fit in everything you want. Congratulations! Now you are prepared to give an amazing presentation. Good work. :)