That’s superb, I might do it myself, but it’s of greater value if such materials are created nearer the “source”, by other community members. The meeting takes place on the 5th of November, so there is some time left. Here are some pictures of our recent meeting, the one regarding crowdfunding, at our local coworking space https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=824502660916183&set=oa.386180374879107&type=1&theater
Today I’m giving a lecture/presentation about cryptocurrencies to a bunch of students who run startups at our local university: http://www.aip.olsztyn.pl/
I’ll be going from Bitcoin, through altcoins to NuBits, I’m curious to see their reaction to Nu network, I’ll give you an update if any interesting observations or comments are made.
@thExit , please give us a report of how it goes! Will it be recorded in any way? We’d love to build an archive of cryptoasset-focused presentations and make them available to the public.
If the students are interested in any follow-up, we can put together resources to meet their needs.
Here’s a link to the “event” (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=719807911445085&id=689408257818384), out of 20 startups 6 have shown up, which was as expected as they operate in various tech fields. The meeting was great with people showing tons of interest, especially about “where to get cryptocurrency from” and “how can I use it now that I have it”.
It wasn’t recorded, as it was a kind of test run, I took the chance to see how my presentation works out, as in two weeks time together with TechKlub and Ambasada Bitcoin Warszawa we’ll be hosting a bigger meeting devoted to cryptocurrencies. I mentioned this earlier in this topic, and it would be great to have some sort of materials about NuBits, a slideshow as proposed by @CoinGame or a movie presenting the idea, I need it in advance so I can translate it into Polish. The cryptocommunity in my city is almost non-existent, but it’s time to change it:)
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Ah I forgot about that. Maybe I’ll start one on Google docs and open it up to contributors. Then others can add suggestions. I’m not the best at those types of materials but I can at least get it started and get some help in revising it.
This is a great idea, let’s set a deadline for gathering materials at the last day of the month. I saw a video being mentioned in a different thread (NuBits Marketing), it also may come helpful.
That video will most likely not be ready by the time of your conferences, but I will try to get a presentation of slides started.
We’re still in the process of animating it and don’t yet have a firm estimate for a completion date. I agree the video would be awesome to have for these types of events - hopefully it will be done for any future events.
So how did it work out? I’m so curious!
Great that you did that presentation anyway 
I’m glad that you joined the Nu/Peercoin community!
So I’ve started a presentation on Google docs. Mind you i’m probably not the best person to be making stuff like this but I wanted to break the ground because I think it would be useful for many people to spread the word.
The document is open for comments, so you can leave advice on the page. Needs a lot of work, but it’s something to start with. I’ll be updating it more later.
mOD, you’re one of the dedicated backers who convinced me about the worth of Peercoin and the idea behind it, Nu is an extension of the concept. It’s great to deal with smart people working on a potentially revolutionary project 
The potential is here 4 sure. I’m amazed with the work of the core team and the devs who created the Nu network and, by the NuShares and the voting mechanism, have put the future of Nu into the hands of us.
As for the presentation, I see where I need to stick more to the merit, not to deviate from the main points, at times it’s luring especially when your public drives you towards a different topic. I was speaking in front of people who had the first or second contact with cryptocurrencies, I went from the basics of Bitcoin and block chain, the advantages, through altcoins like Peercoin, Litecoin, Next, Ripple, Next, towards practical applications for micropayments, banking, creating assets and smart contracts, decentralized applications, Internet of Things, and particular companies like Beam, Gems, Storj, the concept of NuBits, and at the end I was proud that my listeners were able to keep up This clearly shows that there is interest in cryptocurrencies, it just need to be stimulated.
As for the Nu video or other materials, I can compose myself whatever is needed, but as I said, for the meeting that we’re organizing, the real value is not only in presenting the concept, but in creating content that stems right out of the source, from the dev team or the community, so I can show in front of the gathered people something that was created just for them I’m happy with your response and I’m sure that even with slides and whatever can be contributed, this will be a good starting point.
@thExit thank you very much for your kind words, although this worries me:
Don’t let someone convince you; get the facts, evaluate the facts, discuss, convince yourself 
But I can wholeheartedly second this:
That’s what brought me to Peercoin and made me stay there. Both the community and the devs are extraordinarily smart - and I have visited other communities, but didn’t stay there…
Knowing that Nu is not only technically based on Peercoin, but shares some of the devs were the main reasons that drew my attention to Nu and made me spend some time here as well!
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You’re right, wrong choice of words, it should go like this […]one of the dedicated backers who pointed me towards information that convinced me about the worth of Peercoin and the idea behind it, Nu is an extension of the concept.[…]
Nu feels like home
Thank you @CoinGame for the presentation, I’ll translate it and use it at our conference. The last few days gave me a boost as our main guest was a bit hesitant about showing up (or I misjudged him and was rather keen to make sure that we have the right people to deliver presentations about cryptocurrencies), I’ve contacted some Polish cryptocurrency companies, foundations etc. it turned out that there are enthusiasts willing to participate, a lot of support and a bunch of knowledgeable pioneers of cryptocurrencies in our country.
I can generate a lot of local media/social media coverage, so out of the initial confusion about our main guest, now we’re making a significant event with a number of guests. I will be happy to present NuBits as an alternative to BTC, this is an important part of our conference, as in the view of newcomers, price volatility is a real issue of cryptocurrencies.
Our TechKlub conference is a starting point as in our country there are 15 other TechKlubs working in the major cities, and most of them will be interested in hosting similar events. Our guests are also keen to participate in the events hosted by other TechKlubs, so each month there might be a new event at a different city.
What’s interesting for NuBits, TechKlubs are an idea adopted from NTEN, The Nonprofit Technology Network, similar ideas are happening worldwide (or actually TechKlub adopted NTEN’s model), it would be great to check if the US NTEN would be willing to give NuBits a shot. Maybe there is a way to get NTEN involved, especially if they see a succesful cycle of events happening here in Poland. One is certain, in our country NuBits can get some interest, I’ll make this happen:)
I hope you don’t mind that I’ve temporarily taken over this thread, I prefer to write here than to clutter the forum with a separate thread.
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I really didn’t consider that slideshow a finished product. More of something to build off of. Kind of busy working on the client. If you think there’s enough there feel free to use it, but I think it could be much better. If you have any suggestions let me know and I can update it when I have a chance.
Still, it may be enough if you have a solid understand of NuNet. I know some people like to cram lots of information into their slides but I was taught that the slides should not distract the audience from the speaker and only serve as a reference point to remind wayward minds of the topic being discussed.
Thanks once more, I’ll add info if I need to do so for my presentation, and if I can build on the original English version, I will certainly do so in my free time. It’s good to contribute so it can be used in the future as needed. It’s like @Ben said:
Such presentations might come handy at times, I’m in the habit of posting or simply writing text documents whenever inspired on a topic, so later when needed I have a formulated idea to build upon. It’s better to speak than to remain silent, at times
Hi, time for a short update, the meeting ( http://www.uwm.edu.pl/ciitt/?p=3732 ) was hosted on Thursday, more than 60 people interested in cryptocurrencies took part, I had a presentation and a chance to talk about NuBits several times, particularly in discussions following presentations of our guests. Nu was the answer for the problem of volatility, a great answer that was satisfactory to cryptocurrency skeptics I’ll give you some links, photos etc in the upcoming days.
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Nice to hear that you’ve successfully held your presentation. And it’s also nice to hear that the audience was not only interested in crypto coins in general, but in NuBits in particular
Volatility seemed like a real issue for the newcomers. This was the first public meeting in our city but obviously not everyone was new to the cryptocurrency world, we formed a group and from now on we’ll be working as a team. There might be more people joining our efforts as it’s just a starting point. After the official meeting we had an “afterparty” or an “afterdiscussion”, mainly to get to know each other, and I’m pleasantly surprised with people’s experience. One of the people is a Bitcoin miner, active for 3 years, still minig:) He’s a veteran, IT and cryptography expert, but he never heard about NuBits, until now. We still need to spread the word
NuBits mentioned on the Ethereum livestream presentation. It’s not “working for NuBits success”, but it’s still spotted.
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