()()()›  A  FEW   HINTS  FOR  GIVING  A  DEMO›              (and enjoying doing it!)›     by JEAN BROKAW  and  reprinted by›  THE  OL' HACKERS  NY  from  the 2/93›  P.A.C.E. N/L-(With Editors comments)››      (Editors note: Doing a DEMO is a› great way to  learn  more  about  any› program,  'cause the chances are good› that   someone  in  the  group  knows› something about the program that  you› did not know!)››      Choose  a  program  that you are› familiar  with,  and  one  you  enjoy› using.   After  you  explain  how  it› works, then tell the  group  how  YOU› use  it,  and  also any little tricks› you have learned. (Ed. This opens the› door  to  others  to add their little› tricks.)››      Make certain you  are  prepared.› Go  over  your  demo a time or two at› home, before the meeting. Make notes.› Get  your disks together and try them› out to make certain everything  works› as it should. If special equipment is› needed (light  pen,  printer,  etc.),› make  certain   that   it   will   be› available at the meeting, by bringing› it yourself  if  possible!  Get  your› ideas in proper order and put them on› paper so that  you  dont  forget  any› important points.››      Plan to have your demo run about› 15 to 20 minutes. Then there will  be› time  for  questions  from  the  club› members.  If you find that you cannot› get   all   the  info  across  in  20› minutes, you  could  supplement  your› demo  with  an  article  in  the next› newsletter, or prepare photstats with› the  extra  info, to be handed out to› the members. (Editor:  OHAUG  members› do this often.)››      If  while  you  are  giving  the› demo,  things  don't  work out as you› had   hoped,  don't  worry.  (Ed.  It› happens more times than we like. "BUT› IT  WORKED  AT  HOME,  RIGHT?)  )  It› probably has happened to every person› who has  ever  done  demo's.  It  can› always  be  rescheduled  at  a  later› date.›› (Ed.  Don't leave it up to the "other› person". Get in and  do  your  stuff,› you  are  as good as any other person› who can do a demo, and it gets easier› as  you  do more of them. PREPERATION› is the key to a SUCCESSFULL DEMO!)›                <><><>››