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

[Maciek]

@yoyoceramic

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

[Anon136]

@yoyoceramic

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

it is posted in this thread.

[giszmo]

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

[Monster Tent]

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.

[limikael]

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.