At the CMS Expert group meeting earlier this week, I received what you could call a refreshing crash course in live demo survival - and walked away with some valuable lessons.
The meeting was held at the diconium office in Hamburg with their harbor as stunning backdrop and so at the end of day #1, I started a live demo wearing my pink sweater, and I thought I was thoroughly prepared.
Then I took a creative turn and veered off script. I figured it’d be fun to show something unexpected - until the unexpected hit me back! The result wasn’t what I anticipated, and I was stuck.
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At the CMS Kickoff 25 conference held last week in St. Pete, Florida, six vendors joined on stage for a brief live demo followed by commentary from expert judges and a final vote by the participants on the winner.
Czech-based Kontent.ai came out a winner and was represented by Vojtech Boril, who in a convincing show and tell, both managed to address a real pain when it comes to cumbersome content workflows, while also having a bit of fun charming the judges.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a six minute live demo (no precorded stuff was allowed) gives you even more to tell what a system is capable of. Live demos are a valuable, albeit sometimes lost art, and impressingly the second consecutive win for Kontent.ai, as they also took the Small Feature Award 2024 title back in November, making them the first vendor ever to win two consecutive live demo contests.
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