I was invited to speak about Bitcoin to financial management college students

[cheezcarls]

Well that's great and I may have a suggestion for you. Since this is a Financial Management students attending your talk maybe you can a ask a few questions first before you start, questions where you will know how many people in the call are familiar with Bitcoin and what do they know so far so you will have a chance to find out on how you can start your lesson with them. When I was a student and I have attended one of these talks the speaker talk about things I already know with Bitcoin so I really didn't learn anything and I felt like it was just a waste of time for me. Some of your listeners might feel this way and become disinterested so ask a few questions first or better take a survey from the attendees before the talk so you will know how you will present.

The problem is that a lot of speakers are like coming into talks bringing with them an imaginary audio record inside their heads which they would only play in front of the participants regardless of who they are, what they master at, what their common interests are, and so on. They're like mumbling in front of the crowd thinking of what they will say next. It happens because they are only memorizing things. They do not really know what they are talking about.

I agree with your suggestion. A speaker who knows what he's about to present adjusts accordingly to the crowd. I suppose OP is to speak before a business class. I suppose it's going to be about the basics. If OP were to face an IT class, the approach would be a lot more technical.

Yes they are business class and not IT, so I don't need to go over with some technical stuff. I'll just go over with the financial side of it. Tomorrow, I will be having a call with them to further discuss additional details so that everything will be clear.

Almost two years ago in that same university, I was a guest speaker of 700+ students in attendance to talk about the basics of crypto wallets and got a certificate of appreciation.

[aysg76]

Its really privilege when you are getting such honours at high levels that you are being part of the 1% of world population who are spreading awareness about the financial revolution that will be replacing the traditional monetary market based on decentralised trust of all the users.The youth are building block of the nation and economy depends upon them and if they are shown right path of crypto world they can bring great changes in replacing digital payment with fiat. It's really hard to teach people about the technical working behind Bitcoin but youth is well equipped with technical improvement and its easy to motivate them and make them understand things.So best of luck and thanks to you for such participation in growth of Bitcoin and blockchain technology.

[cheezcarls]

It will be done virtually

And I think it's good for you not because of pandemic but for the safety reason. In my opinion, presenting a speech that clearly states that you  are dealing with bitcoin is a bit risky business.  The headlines these days are all about various crimes with demand for ransom in bitcoins. ^{"Bitcoin Demand Drives $1.4 Billion Ransomware Industry"}

Well, they’re the ones who invited me to speak about the real and positive use cases of Bitcoin since Philippines is still very young in this industry. And I have been one of their keynote speakers before in mid-2019 talking about Bitcoin and crypto wallets. I estimate that only 0.0001% of the entire Philippines population are adopting Bitcoin mostly for trading, mining and holding. As for Bitcoin being the mode of payment in traditional businesses, I don’t think they’re adopted just yet. Only a handful I suppose, this is why until now Philippines is still considered a “fresh” market for Bitcoin despite that it’s already regulated by the Philippine Central Bank since 2014. 

[isaac_clarke22]

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I kind of remember one user here in the forum. He isn't reputated but he indeed made a seminar about Bitcoin and somehow it was success.
We're on the same country, OP and I hope I could do the same as well to my colleagues, but some how they're not really that interested that much in cryptos. They're more like a bank-type.

[Trinx01]

Wow, that is a great opportunity, everything that we are doing to spread our knowledge in bitcoin to other people is a good thing, it will make our community better and bigger, if your audience will listen to you then for sure they will also get interested on it just like what just happened to me when my friend had told me about cryptocurrency, it gives me the interest to try and explore it.

Hoping that you will have a successful output for that, We will be glad as well if you are going to share the result of it here someday, so we could also learn as well, especially for the beginners like me.

[masterrex]

It's been a while since my last speaking engagement in a Philippines-based university. That was before the pandemic began. I've been speaking to various universities and communities before to educate them about the basics of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, etc. I've missed doing that by the way, as the pandemic disallows face-to-face classes in the Philippines.

Recently, one of the students representing a well-known university in the Philippines reached out to me personally and was inviting me to become the guest speaker of their Financial Management class to educate them about the Bitcoin and blockchain basics.

It will be done virtually since travel restrictions are still imposed and I am still scared of traveling because I don't want to be quarantined. But yet, I am still privileged and excited to talk about Bitcoin to students again, but in a virtual setup. Feels good!

Good to hear that Mate, I'm also from the Philippines, and I can say that the interest in crypto usage in the Philippines is at a record-high nowadays, and even in my city and province down south the interest in cryptocurrency particularly Bitcoin is also rising, thats why it is very important to educate the people because most of them think that Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are scams and even compared it to the Dutch (TulipMania)

[DapanasFruit]

I am sure that students can be learning a lot from you based on your own experience and that of others in this expanding industry. Cryptocurrency in the Philippines is still young and there are still so many millions who have not heard anything related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency hence the market is still green. The Philippines has no specific law covering cryptocurrency, but there are regulations that can be applied and good to note that the government is not anti-cryptocurrency.

[yohananaomi]

This is very nice. As we all continue to spread the word about the prospects of btc and Blockchain benefits, more people will rally in and in a long run the effect of this will be evident in the price value. We must all continue to educate as much people as we can both offline and online. Kudos!

all finally determined by the infra structure of each country to get to know more about blockchain with bitcoin. If there are countries that have provided a study on blockchain, they are clear because there is no infra structure problem because the main guideline is that.

It is clear that the progress made in education will be able to provide information to the public even more freely because many understand their fields and it is easy to provide education because they are indeed experts. This indicates that bitcoin has taken a long time to show a positive effect on its development. education will be easier to do with people who are experts in their fields.

Of course, our hope will be transmitted to countries that may not yet recognize blockchain and bitcoin to see a reality like this.

[Kakmakr]

It is great to see that there are still people pivoting to adapt to the changing environment. I have not seen anything from Andreas Antonopoulos ( Bitcoin advocate and public speaker ) in a while and I consider him as being one of the best speakers out there.

We appreciate people like you that are still fighting to get the message out there to the people and we thank you for that.  If I may ask..

1. How are they receiving the information? (Most traditional learners are taught old economics and they rarely question the norm)
2. The Philippines are mostly regarded as a poor nation with high unemployment, so what "use case" would be ideal for global companies to target the "poor" nations? (We know for instance Bitcoin ATMs are distributed, mostly in 1st world countries, because the more wealthy people are targeted)

Share some of their feedback with us, please. 

[fenixosup]

Hope you will educate them well about crypto and importance of self custody

[cheezcarls]

Just to give you guys an update. I had a call with the college students earlier to clarify more details and other arrangements, and looks like we’re all set and good to go. So this month, I will virtually educate 40+ students under the Financial Management 14 class about the real and positive use cases of Bitcoin, how blockchain works, altcoins, trading, regulatory side, DeFi, NFTs, etc. My talk would be around one a half hour, so I have at least 2 weeks to prepare the slides.

Wish me luck guys! I’m excited!

[dothebeats]

It's a privilege really, since you would be talking as an expert on their eyes so better give them the lecture they won't forget any time soon. It's not everyday that you would be asked to talk about a certain topic that not every one knows about, or fully understands. At this point, education about bitcoin in the Philippines is really crucial for honing young minds in order to make them fully-equipped with knowledge in a world where everything is fast-paced.

Best of luck on your presentation!

[traderethereum]

It will be done virtually

And I think it's good for you not because of pandemic but for the safety reason. In my opinion, presenting a speech that clearly states that you  are dealing with bitcoin is a bit risky business.  The headlines these days are all about various crimes with demand for ransom in bitcoins. ^{"Bitcoin Demand Drives $1.4 Billion Ransomware Industry"}

Well, they’re the ones who invited me to speak about the real and positive use cases of Bitcoin since Philippines is still very young in this industry. And I have been one of their keynote speakers before in mid-2019 talking about Bitcoin and crypto wallets. I estimate that only 0.0001% of the entire Philippines population are adopting Bitcoin mostly for trading, mining and holding. As for Bitcoin being the mode of payment in traditional businesses, I don’t think they’re adopted just yet. Only a handful I suppose, this is why until now Philippines is still considered a “fresh” market for Bitcoin despite that it’s already regulated by the Philippine Central Bank since 2014. 

People know you are an enthusiast of bitcoin and have many experiences with bitcoin, so they invite you as keynote speakers in class.
I think that is not happening in the Philippines, but I guess people who adopt bitcoin are still not bigger.
Sooner or later, many people will know about bitcoin, which means the number of people who will learn bitcoin will increase.
Maybe people only know that bitcoin has been used for crimes, but they do not know how bitcoin can be used as an investment thing for them.
You can help them explain what you know about bitcoin, so they can open their minds that bitcoin can help them solve the financial problem.

[isaac_clarke22]

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That's nice. I can't wait to see the outcome of the session though.
Please keep an update on this thread.
I wish back in the days, this was mentioned at least in our class. I didn't take a business course, but mainly an IT course cause of choices.

[Oceat]

Best of luck, mate make sure you let them remember the basics thoroughly with your presentation. It would be nice if you have a recorded video or something so that we could see what are the reaction of your audiences since it's all a student and I don't know if some of them have a basic knowledge about crypto currency and Bitcoin but I just want to see how interested those students of learning what is the new technology.

But since you were just representing about the financial management, it would be more convenient if you elaborate almost everything about of the blockchain, mining and Bitcoin. Just kindly post a link to your presentation it would be awesome to us to see it.

[masterzino]

It's been a while since my last speaking engagement in a Philippines-based university. That was before the pandemic began. I've been speaking to various universities and communities before to educate them about the basics of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, etc. I've missed doing that by the way, as the pandemic disallows face-to-face classes in the Philippines.

Recently, one of the students representing a well-known university in the Philippines reached out to me personally and was inviting me to become the guest speaker of their Financial Management class to educate them about the Bitcoin and blockchain basics.

It will be done virtually since travel restrictions are still imposed and I am still scared of traveling because I don't want to be quarantined. But yet, I am still privileged and excited to talk about Bitcoin to students again, but in a virtual setup. Feels good!

That's nice!

Let's hope that your lecture will bring many bright and young minds into crypto.

What do you plan to speak about? Bitcoin 101 or more advanced topics?

[bitzizzix]

I have also attended several seminars on digital currency, especially bitcoin and most of which were attended by millennials and universities.
and what I know is that this seminar discusses more about the advantages of investing and how bitcoin and blockchain work and so on.
why discuss more about the benefits because people will be tempted and want to be like most people who have benefited well and after that there will be further discussion seminars until they really understand in more detail.
I really like the OP because that way more and more people will be involved in bitcoin or crypto like the seminars I attend and as a result most of them are interested and involved.

[newwest]

Good that OP you can reach to masses and that too among young students who would be thriving with a new career after the studies and probably they may think about something now start-up in this blockchain or crypto space. I have been doing this with my friend’s circle and from last couple of years many of them are now educated and own it. The recent rise in coin just made their belief stronger than before now.

[batang_bitcoin]

Good luck, it's very rare to be asked to become a speaker for college students. It's really a good opportunity to in this type of engagement. College students are easy to understand the technology and what's with crypto is all about. You'll be having not that much difficulty to explain and make them understand about bitcoin. If you can update this thread and have the recording, that would be nice to hear. Cheers and good luck!

[Vatimins]

     This kind of thing is really difficult specially in areas where most of the people have closed minds when it comes to new things. It honestly is quite upsetting seeing how people react and make fun of people trying to spread awareness about this industry. I know because I too experienced the same treatment. Which is why seeing people like you who are not afraid nor affected by how people react to what you say really amazes me every time. It just takes a lot of courage and patience to be able to endure such response from the very people whom you owe nothing but still try to help and illuminate.