BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) I'm sure a lot of people are interested in what is happening with the study group. I'm going to use this thread to summarize our progress. If you have no idea what the "study group" is: Here is the original YouTube announcement Then I discussed in depth on CKJ's livestream If you have no idea what this club is: Hi! I'm Bob is the original 50 page thread that got too long. This club was started on March 12th so you are not far behind. The First Rule of Book Club... Some early threads that might interest you. First link are my posts. Second are comments. Wen Moon? Chat XRP Price. Chat So what's my real price? Chat My Dinner with David. Chat Possible failure scenarios. Chat About the patent, Let's talk New Ideas for using the XRP Ledger There are only two pages of topics total. I encourage everyone to look back through them and resurrect any you might find interesting. Also please "like" your favorite topics in this list. Add any you see missing. We can use that as a check list for study group. Also please comment about about what you've learned. It is good for my ego! Potential Book Chapters / Topics Most Impactful Things You've Learned If you'd like a notification when I post something new. You can "follow me" on the forum. Edited April 24, 2019 by BobWay I added a follow me link. JasonArmbruster and DJ-XRP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 I have receive 80 requests to participate in the study group. Each one was very compelling and personal. I did my best to respond to everyone personally. The task was a little bigger so I enlisted my son Chris (Kerin online) to help. He went through all the emails picking out languages, cultures and regions. It really is a great group of people! 8 YouTubers with cumulatively more than 50K subscribers 5 News site operators 2 Forum operators 2 Telegram group moderators A Facebook group And lots of Tweeters! From other occupations there are: Graphic designers Writers Educators Engineers Charity creators Business people, including representatives from: The gaming industry A company creating an XRP Ledger wallet By region there are people from: Africa: Angola, Burkina Faso, Uganda, South Africa, and some traveling ex-pats. Middle East: Qatar, Israel and Turkey India: Delhi Asia: Japan, Korea, Thailand and Taiwan Australia: Woot! Europe: Ireland, UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Denmark, The Netherlands, and Malta Latin America: Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela North America: Canada, and a huge number of folks from the US There are clear gaps in the group though. There is no representation from: Mainland China Russia But volunteers are already working to close those gaps. JasonArmbruster and WrathofKahneman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 So, let’s talk about Bob’s expectation failures. They say, “No plan ever survives first contact…” Quote Original Current Expectations Reality ——————— ——————— Group Group 10-15 People 80 People Communication Communication Email list out to group Bob's Book Club Personal email in from group Learning Sessions Learning Sessions Skype video - face to face Need larger scale solution After Session Questions from Study Group Study Group Questions Not really though out… Still not thought out… Session Media and Recording Distribution Media Distribution Linked to from XRP Chat Linked to from XRP Chat Questions from public answered on XRP Chat Questions on XRP Chat So as of now, I have about 80 volunteers to join the study group. Each represents a unique and compelling way for me to learn something new. So yesterday, rather than trying to exclude people, Chris and I began brainstorming ways we could actually make a larger group work. JasonArmbruster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 I'd like expand the study group participation through a combination of “tiered participation” and “regional team” formation. For each actual group session, I really want a round table face-to-face video conference format. One where every participant shares their personal experience and I learn as much as everyone else. That is the format in which I’m best at communicating. However, many wrote that they were uncomfortable having their email or real name shown in public. That is understandable. I’m presuming that also makes them hesitant to show their face on camera, have themselves recorded for the world to see and be dissect as well. Rather than exclude those people, I’d like to let them participate but perhaps ask their questions through a proxy. For those participants it would be more like being a live audience member, rather than sitting at the table on the main stage. I'm going to create a separate discussion thread in which each study group member can express HOW they would like to participate. At the table - interactive discussion recorded on video for everyone to see Live audience - with periodic voice recorded question opportunities Live Stream - with text based questions relayed through a voice recorded moderator Recorded session - with questions asked and answered later in the forums ScottBranson and JasonArmbruster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) Also, reading each email made us realize that people’s reasons for wanting to join varied a lot. But after a while I began to see they were complementary. Some would like the be “the face of XRP” for a region. People like YouTuber’s, Bloggers, and News Sites. Others want to help translate content, or create additional content but aren’t really intending to become public figures. Still others want to understand well enough to answer questions coming from other community members. Finally many others offered to help organize and facilitate the study group, while they are learning. Initially I asked for people in the first group. But I now see that was a mistake. All of these are complimentary skills. They will reenforce each other region by region. So, before I ask everyone to HOW they want to participate, I'm first going to ask everyone to introduce themselves by saying what they expect to do after the study sessions. Specifically, how they intend to help spread the new knowledge they gain to the broader world. After all, that is the reason I'm forming the study group. When you do, please mention the region, culture or language of the people you would personally like to reach. I'm hoping doing so will encourage people to leverage each others skills by forming regional teams. Such teams could work together in both adapting content and answering questions from your respective communities. Edited April 21, 2019 by BobWay JasonArmbruster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Finally, there are still some remaining topics to be worked out. Where do we meet? Which video conferencing tech. When do we meet? What day of the week. How many separate sessions? We’ll need to accommodate diferent timezones. Where does the recorded content and material go after the sessions? Where do delayed viewers go to ask questions? Regional team forming? Translation and adaptation of the material? I'll be creating separate threads about each in hopes of encouraging others to work together in sorting them out while I begin finalizing the material I'd like to present. As we make decisions or reach conclusions, I'll summarize those this thread so people don't have hunt through the entire club for that basics. JasonArmbruster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWay Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 I created several new discussion topics so that everyone can share their opinions on how to best to organize the group. Please take a few minutes to give your input. Introduce Yourselves Let everyone else know why you want to participate Where do we meet? Which video conferencing tech. When do we meet? What day of the week. How many separate sessions? We’ll need to accommodate diferent timezones. How do you prefer to participate? How interactive would you like to be? ScottBranson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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