Next Thursday I will have 20 minutes to present bitcoin to 150 businessmen/women

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I saw a very good talk by Tony Gallippi, but can't remember the link right now... But as I remember, his main point was "credit cards was not made for the Internet, Bitcoin is". I think that's very valid and easy for non-techies to understand. He illustrated the point by showing statistics on how much is lost every year in credit card fraud and so, one I remember is "2.5% of all credit card transactions are fraudulent". So maybe look up some figures like that, and then as other people have posted here, show how easy it is to actually make a Bitcoin transaction compared to a credit card transaction.

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Quote from: flix on February 10, 2013, 10:36:29 AM

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If you had 20 minutes to present bitcoin to a room full of professional businesspersons, what would your MAIN POINT be? In otherwords, what would unify your entire talk?

Make the first 5 minutes a live demonstration. Show, don't tell!

(Practice it beforehand to make sure it's smooth)

"Monkey see, monkey do" is one of the most powerful forces in marketing.

Also, use analogy. 99% of them will know how to use e-mail. 100% of them will know how to use cash. Probably 99% of them will not know how cash or e-mail actually work. So use familiar concepts to explain the unfamiliar idea of bitcoin.

Do not talk politics.

I think the most effective demo would be sending bitcoins from your laptop to your mobile phone.

giszmo

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Great talk. Great balance of jokes and info and fiat and bitcoin.

Anon136

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Quote from: Maciek on February 17, 2013, 06:49:39 PM

@yoyoceramic

Can we, please receive a copy of your presentation? PDF, PPTX, or any format of your choice?

it is posted in this thread.

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@yoyoceramic

Can we, please receive a copy of your presentation? PDF, PPTX, or any format of your choice?

bbit

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Bitcoin

Wish you the best on this! Grin

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Also you spent a lot of time on how banking works today, which was good, but for only a 20min presentation I think you should have dived more in depth on bitcoin from the beginning. I just say that cause they looked like older folks and they probably are very familiar with the USD and how it operates.

I think it was good to set the context by starting with our ridiculous money system. The audience clearly reacted positively to the Fed jokes at the beginning. The refresher course on how dollars are created was punchy, succinct, and reminiscient of Mike Maloney's presentation to the Russian bankers in 2010.

Don't underestimate the complacency of older generations, either. They definitely can use a reminder as to where their dollars come from. : P

Overall, great presentation! If every bright young fellow (though isn't it dismaying that every major figure in the Bitcoin space seems to be male?) gives one of these presentations to a community, we'll have accomplished the Bitcoin Revolution within a decade!

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Quote from: yoyoceramic on February 15, 2013, 06:45:53 PM

Hi Everyone,

Well the presentation was very well received, and I ran out of time to take all of the Q/A. One user above suggested I try a live demo, which I did. It went off without a hitch, everyone was very impressed.

Thanks again for your great advice. I incorporated much of it into my talk. If you watch the video and have any suggestions or critique, I'd be grateful to hear it. Also, I am a video editing neanderthal, sorry for the weird aspect ratio.

Here is the general outline of my talk:
I. Overview of how money is created
II. Bitcoin: A digital alternative to the monetary system
III. Overview of how Bitcoin works
IV. Live Demonstration of a Bitcoin merchant transaction
V. Q/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKGVDmJWa0

i could tell you were nervous but i you shouldn't be, it was really good.

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I'm stunned! Great presentation!

yoyoceramic

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Hey, thanks for the positive remarks everyone. It' was a lot of fun to do. I also appreciate the comments made by gweedo, I wish I would have been slower to think through some of the answers I made. Accuracy when talking about bitcoin is paramount. I made another error when talking about the money supply where I understated how much M3 was in existence in the 1960's. It was the Valentine's day program for the Rotary Club, so everyone had their spouses there too. I'd say over 200 people were present. My main goal was to have the audience feel the force of how Bitcoin allows us to opt out of a quickly deteriorating monetary environment and show its feasibility as a currency.

whitenight639

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Well done that was a good presentation!

I actually came across it by accident searching for bitcoin in youtube it was the 3rd result!

EndTheFed321

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Indeed

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Quote from: yoyoceramic on February 15, 2013, 06:45:53 PM

Hi Everyone,

Well the presentation was very well received, and I ran out of time to take all of the Q/A. One user above suggested I try a live demo, which I did. It went off without a hitch, everyone was very impressed.

Thanks again for your great advice. I incorporated much of it into my talk. If you watch the video and have any suggestions or critique, I'd be grateful to hear it. Also, I am a video editing neanderthal, sorry for the weird aspect ratio.

Here is the general outline of my talk:
I. Overview of how money is created
II. Bitcoin: A digital alternative to the monetary system
III. Overview of how Bitcoin works
IV. Live Demonstration of a Bitcoin merchant transaction
V. Q/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKGVDmJWa0

REALLY AWESOME PRESENTATION!!!!

Way to go. I love it!

knight22

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How many poeple was attending?

notig

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cool! I'll check it out

yoyoceramic

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Hi Everyone,

Well the presentation was very well received, and I ran out of time to take all of the Q/A. One user above suggested I try a live demo, which I did. It went off without a hitch, everyone was very impressed.

Thanks again for your great advice. I incorporated much of it into my talk. If you watch the video and have any suggestions or critique, I'd be grateful to hear it. Also, I am a video editing neanderthal, sorry for the weird aspect ratio.

Here is the general outline of my talk:
I. Overview of how money is created
II. Bitcoin: A digital alternative to the monetary system
III. Overview of how Bitcoin works
IV. Live Demonstration of a Bitcoin merchant transaction
V. Q/A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klKGVDmJWa0

yoyoceramic

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Thank you for your advice.

Mark

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Quote from: cypherdoc on February 10, 2013, 03:26:14 PM

Quote from: bittenbob on February 10, 2013, 01:08:48 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on February 10, 2013, 10:26:34 AM

Quote from: DoomDumas on February 09, 2013, 10:30:53 PM

Beware, WalletBit will also take a 0.89% fee for a simple deposit of BTC in a wallet hosted on their server !

yes, and they contributed to jacking up my attempted pre-order of batch #2 for an Avalon b/c of a site malfunction after getting up at the crack of dawn. seriously pissed me off.

Dum(b)as
BitPay charges 0.99%. I don't see anyone complaining about that...

cypherdoc
The Avalon pre-orders from Saturday can be completed and you can preserve your place in the order queue but Avalon has decided its only fair if you pay the same as everyone else paid at the time. This has nothing to do with WalletBit but I do agree its fair. Refunds have been offered to anyone who doesn't want to pay the same as everyone else and you can have an equal chance to compete for orders once they open again. If you don't like it, then you need help beyond what anyone here can offer.

i don't understand what this means. i'm happy to pay the $1500 per Avalon if i only could. but most ppl were getting charged $15 that morning. some decided to consider it a deposit but most like me were confused and decided not to pay an incorrect amount for fear of losing it into a black hole which given how the order process was so screwed up is not an unreasonable action.

are you saying my order is still in the queue and available for me to reserve with a full payment?

If there was a partial payment, there is an option to complete your order and still maintain your place in the queue. If there was no payment then you have to wait for orders to open again.

cypherdoc

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Quote from: bittenbob on February 10, 2013, 01:08:48 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on February 10, 2013, 10:26:34 AM

Quote from: DoomDumas on February 09, 2013, 10:30:53 PM

Beware, WalletBit will also take a 0.89% fee for a simple deposit of BTC in a wallet hosted on their server !

yes, and they contributed to jacking up my attempted pre-order of batch #2 for an Avalon b/c of a site malfunction after getting up at the crack of dawn. seriously pissed me off.

Dum(b)as
BitPay charges 0.99%. I don't see anyone complaining about that...

cypherdoc
The Avalon pre-orders from Saturday can be completed and you can preserve your place in the order queue but Avalon has decided its only fair if you pay the same as everyone else paid at the time. This has nothing to do with WalletBit but I do agree its fair. Refunds have been offered to anyone who doesn't want to pay the same as everyone else and you can have an equal chance to compete for orders once they open again. If you don't like it, then you need help beyond what anyone here can offer.

i don't understand what this means. i'm happy to pay the $1500 per Avalon if i only could. but most ppl were getting charged $15 that morning. some decided to consider it a deposit but most like me were confused and decided not to pay an incorrect amount for fear of losing it into a black hole which given how the order process was so screwed up is not an unreasonable action.

are you saying my order is still in the queue and available for me to reserve with a full payment?

bittenbob

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Quote from: justusranvier on February 10, 2013, 01:30:54 PM

Quote from: bittenbob on February 10, 2013, 01:08:48 PM

BitPay charges 0.99%. I don't see anyone complaining about that...

The mere act of depositing bitcoins into a hosted wallet sounds a lot more like the service Blockchain.info provides for free than it sounds like the service of acting as a payment intermediary (calculating exchange rates, sending payment pages to the customer, notifying the web site when the payment is confirmed) which BitPay charges 0.99%.

WalletBit does all those things and more. The functionality is the same between personal and business accounts at WalletBit. This means everyone access to all of our features. This includes bank deposits in 42 currencies, a mobile wallet (WalletBit Mobile) and much more. We don't charge any fees for withdrawal unless you want to cash out to your bank. At a combined 2.75% we are the most affordable place to turn Bitcoins into cash worldwide.

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