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Keyboard Monkey (Score:1)
The way to avoid having to switch between different apps for demoing is not to do it yourself: persuade a friend to do all the typing, app-switching, and slide-progressing. That frees you up to concentrate on keeping the audience's attention, and if it takes 10 seconds to switch from a slide to a demo, so what? You can keep talking and let the demo appear on the screen behind you when it's ready.
My friend Aaron has been my keyboard monkey at several conference talks now, and it really does make things g