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

[cheezcarls]

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!

[Rruchi man]

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!

[DdmrDdmr]

Once you’re done, it would be nice if you provided some feedback here on what you talked about roughly/exactly, and the (virtual) feedback you received from the alumni. I figure there will be Q&As, and that should give you a reading of just how interested they are on the topic.

I read through Citi’s recent report on bitcoin today, and it does provide some compound information which may come in handy for context (https://ir.citi.com/peFJTnzeEoMSIAEFlwH12VeM5d%2BCckWNrsO9lxpmyWezrz5V%2Bx%2FfRvm0gv6cWRpDHGWtIk7sTME%3D).

[Call me Fada]

Rare privilege, you're indeed graced make sure you use this great opportunity to impact bitcion and spread it to the world at large with your voice. I'm happy for you . and if there's any other way we on this platform can also engage and benefit please relate to us as soon as possible.. Thank you.

[dunfida]

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!

Well done my friend!
Any activities or move that do spread out awareness about bitcoin or crypto as a whole is always a good thing and only a few been doing this stuff when it comes on sharing
or explaining things up into someone about it which is really a commendable kind of mindset.Keep going mate and dont stop on spreading out into your country
about bitcoins existence.

[Theb]

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.

[Smartvirus]

This is the second of such news i'm getting on this forum in this week and it feels good to know that, institutions of learning which ever it is, either higher or basic are subscribing to the idea of the bitcoin revolution. The schools are the center for basic knowledge and gaining societal ides and the fact that, schools are beginning to see a reason as to why student's should be enlightened on bitcoin and cryptocurrency, it implies that bitcoin has attained a major break through and soon, other institutions and organizations would subscribe to its idea too and in a way, government would be left with no choice than to adopt the new system.

[palle11]

Soon the blockchain will be introduced to the school curriculum officially because if the lectures continue in different continent, the government will have no choice than to make an introduction to the school system. The reason the adoption is getting some force is the institutions are really boosting the awareness and are making big buy.

[AmoreJaz]

Soon the blockchain will be introduced to the school curriculum officially because if the lectures continue in different continent, the government will have no choice than to make an introduction to the school system. The reason the adoption is getting some force is the institutions are really boosting the awareness and are making big buy.

actually, there are already schools (colleges/universities) that are offering blockchain courses. there's one user here that created a thread before enumerating the schools which are offering blockchain tech or bitcoin-related courses. so it is already happening in different parts of the world. if i can find the thread, ill post the link here.

[btc_angela]

Congrats mate, at least you will have the chance to spread the word about bitcoin and crypto currency in general. And it's interesting to see that crypto is really taking the world now specially college students who may see crypto and blockchain in a different perspective today.

As others have said, it's good to hear the feedback after your speaking, and best of luck.

[Asuspawer09]

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! I remember some guy also talks about blockchain technology in our school, and it was so complicated to understand everything about blockchain technology and they were encouraging us to be a blockchain developer. He told us that blockchain technology is a new technology that has a high potential in the future and you could earn a high salary being a developer.

It's nice to educate people about bitcoin or cryptocurrency and explain to them what is it or how it works, hopefully, it could be a subject too in the future,

I think its better to do seminars online, I've done a lot of seminars this pandemic because it's more like an online thing so it kinda like of less hassle for me instead of traveling.

[Darker45]

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.

[tbct_mt2]

actually, there are already schools (colleges/universities) that are offering blockchain courses. there's one user here that created a thread before enumerating the schools which are offering blockchain tech or bitcoin-related courses. so it is already happening in different parts of the world. if i can find the thread, ill post the link here.

Many courses from universities or colleges or institutes. You can get them free (but have to pay fees for certificates if want them) or charged fees for a course.
[LIST] Institutions offering blockchain courses and programs in the world.

Free resources to learn about bitcoin
Jameson Lopp: Bitcoin Information & Resources
Bitcoin.org: Resources
Bitcoin Wiki
Antonopoulos's Youtube for Beginners

[orions.belt19]

I hope you will be able to inspire many of the young minds out there who are interested in learning about cryptocurrencies. Its good to hear that a university has taken interest in giving a talk about crypto because I remember when I was back in college, there were professors from the finance department who disliked bitcoin. Now we can see more professionals becoming more open to the topic and even encouraging to the young audiences. I hope to see more relevant classes and courses not only on crypto, but also on blockchain technology. The resources on crypto are expanding more and more as I can see that more books and articles on it are being published.

[Lorence.xD]

Hope that you wouldn't mind inviting us if it is possible if you ever have a talk/seminar about bitcoin. What you are doing is a good thing for the community and the students themselves, if I may be blunt, I would say that you are doing them a favor introducing them to bitcoin and cryptocurrency because we know that it can change the life of someone, there are stories that I want to share but it will be a long story and I don't even know where to start. Good luck on your talk/seminar and hopefully many people are going to be curious and explore bitcoin/cryptocurrency after your talk/seminar.

[LogitechMouse]

We are living in a country where Financial Literacy is way below. People here in Philippines are engaging more in vlogging videos that doesn't give them any learnings about financial things than those vloggers whose contents are purely regarding to Financial Literacy.

With this, there are people who will know what are the basics of Bitcoin. More people will make this an eye opener for them whether Bitcoin or crypto in general suits for them or not. I have seen some Youtubers here in our country that is speaking now regarding crypto in their channel and that is good. There is nothing better than sharing your knowledge with other people

P.S. If you want though, can you upload a video of it on Youtube so we can watch it . Thanks

[maxreish]

It is indeed a priviledge that you'll represent bitcoin and will become a good btc influencer and be a tool to be an eye opener to those students who are interested to be a part of this advanced technology.
 
 Is there a chance we can watch your speech (recorded) as I am also from the same country? Like @ddmrddmr said, give us some update how does it go after you engaged on that blockchain seminar as I am very much interested, too on how you instill these kind of new technology to the students.

[AniviaBtc]

Let's be true that most of the college students are aiming to have a good job after they graduated just to help himself grow.

Young ones are interested on how to earn money or to make profit at a young age and that's what makes me to join this forum.

Speaking about bitcoin in most of the universities or institutions will really help the bitcoin adoption to become much faster as college students nowadays engaged more in digital aspects. I start to invest on bitcoin since 2016 and now i'm doing fine and holding it for so many years which is really the best that I've ever did in my life.

[verita1]

Congratulations! It is a privilege and an honor to be a speaker to speak about bitcoin in a Financial Management class to students. Especially today when bitcoin is playing its important role in global finance.
We are writing history and now that the use of technology breaks the communication barriers by making it virtual, it is more participatory.
Definitely enriching experience and valuable for the rest.

[Coyster]

I am still privileged and excited to talk about Bitcoin to students again, but in a virtual setup. Feels good!

It doesn't matter if it's a virtual lecture or an in person one, what matters is that these students are going to be exposed to quite a lot of things about Bitcoin, since they are students of financial management, they'll be used to only traditional currencies in the aspect of managing finance, I think during the lecture, presenting Bitcoin as a hedge against the continually devaluing Fiat currency will be a great addition as a part of the lecture.

Having said that, after the lecture you could give us an estimate of how many of these students knew about Bitcoin before the lecture, how many saw it previously as a 'get rich quick scheme', just a somewhat break down of the entire lecture, goodluck mate.