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The routine to prepare for a sprint demo shouldn't take more than an hour or 2, involving some of the people on the team. I usually make an outline first, which corresponds to the slides and points on the slides. Then I gather people who can represent each part that we need to demo, in order to fill in the slides, and run through the demo itself. We do a dry run. The slides ensure all topics are covered. Anything missed in the demo can be communicated by email and covered next time.

The dry run helps me get used to it and lower my anxiety. If I still feel it by the end, I will practice more, and really try to imagine that it is the real event with the real folks watching me.