I've published a set of four articles on Code Project for those who might want to present to others on Visual Studio Extensions. Each is designed as a speaker kit - powerpoint presentation, speaker notes (what to say to each slide) and demo script. In addition I have recorded myself either doing the demos or the whole talk and put the videos on Silverlight Streaming. We wanted to embed the videos in the articles, but we've settled for putting links in. You can Open in New Tab to watch them, or right click to download.

The four articles are:

• Introduction to the Visual Studio Extensions series. This one has a ton of general tips on how to present someone else's material, including your prep structure and what to do if your first practice runs way long or way short. It also explains the other three talks and their goals and audiences.
  
• Extending Visual Studio - What and Why. This is a 200 level talk to introduce developers to the existence of extensions. I recorded the entire talk in a single 70 minute video.
  
• Top Ten Free Extensions for Visual Studio 2008. This is a 300 level talk that shows off ten extensions I happen to really like. I found these through the Visual Studio Gallery. Because it's a modular talk, I recorded each extension's section (slides and demo) as its own video.
  
• Boosting Developer Productivity by Writing Extensions to Visual Studio. This is also a 300 level talk about getting started writing extensions yourself. It is about 70% demo so I just recorded one video for each demo.
  

I had a great time doing this. You can use these talks to present at a user group or a code camp - I've done the last one at the Toronto Code Camp and it went really well. Give them a try. I have been given a lot of "other people's material" in my time and I have to say it's rarely this complete a package. Let me know if you like them and send me a link to the event if you do one.

Kate

PS: these are all for Visual Studio 2008. If you want Visual Studio 2010, stay tuned :)