I went along to see Leon Bambrick and Joseph Cooney at the Queensland MSDN User Group meeting last night. The attendance was amazing - they had to open up a partition to the adjacent room and every seat was filled.
Leon and Joseph spoke about ASP.NET MVC 3 with a particular focus on the tooling around it, and delivering sites for mobile devices.
One slightly off-topic tip I did pick up was from Joseph when he needed to show his MVC site on different mobile devices. It's a simple tip, but very effective.
Tip: To show a mobile device, use a webcam:
- Hook up a USB webcam to your presentation laptop
- Point the webcam at the mobile device on your desk
- Show the webcam screen on your computer/projector (I recommend WebcamViewer)
The key point for me is that using a camera pointed at an actual device gives maximum believability.
You can use an emulator or a browser with a spoofed user-agent string, but it won't engender as much trust with the audience. In particular, using a browser or emulator with the full power of your computer behind it can make things appear nicer than they actually are; particularly when it comes to site performance and demonstrating a touch device with a mouse.
For more presentation tips, see the SSW Rules to Better Powerpoint Presentations.