The Next DeMo Des Moines is on January 17th

DeMo returns to Startup City Des Moines on Tuesday, January 17 at 4 p.m. It’s in the Bank of America Building on the 5th floor, downtown. You can enter from the street or the skywalk.

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WHAT THE FIRETRUCK IS IT?

DeMo is a monthly check-up for Des Moines’ designers, developers, makers, builders, hackers and planners. Whatever you do, you can show it off at DeMo. It’s a sort of focus group meets design review.

CREATIVITY + TECHNOLOGY

Presenters DeMo app concepts, event plans, plug-ins and widgets, hobby projects, websites, whatever…if it’s got a little bit of creativity and technology jammed together, we’ll want to hear about it.

EVERYONE PARTICIPATES

Everyone at DeMo is a participant. If you’re not presenting, you’ll be expected to pay attention, take notes, ask tough questions, give feedback, and offer help. Lots of people come just to learn. We had roughly 25 people at the last DeMo and of those, five presented.

DEMO WHATEVER YOU’VE GOT, DONE OR NOT

DeMo is low-key but high-energy. No pixel-perfect pitch decks; bring storyboards, screenshots, sketches and the like. It can be raw and rough or perfectly polished. Share with the group and see what happens. Maybe you’ll get some good honest feedback. Maybe you’ll meet a kindred spirit that wants to get involved. Heck, you might learn something just from trying to explain it in front of an audience.

HOW TO PRESENT

The five presentation slots are first-ask, first-serve. To reserve a slot, write scott@scottrocketship.com with your name, a link for you or the project (if you have one), and a topic. Be specific; “Pongr’s New Account Creation Workflow” is better than “Pongr”.

BUY THE BEER!

Want a guaranteed DeMo slot for you or a friend and guaranteed adoration? Be a sponsor — aka, buy the beer! Hugs, friendship, mucho social media love, and I’ll read anything on Earth you want me to read in front of the group (within reason, anyway). $50. scott@scottrocketship.com

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