First of all I would like to congratulate you and your friend for making this bold move and accept bitcoin as payment for the business and want to ask are there sufficient customers who are happy to pay with it?

See I have not hosted any seminar before but you could find some threads on the forum and you can simply check out them like this one making google search which can help you to find some of the answers


But will say you should be having basic knowledge and technical part understanding also to explain it to the audience to make better understanding to them and target audience will be dependent on you and explaining the benefits of btc to them will help a lot.Rest host one and you will gain experience for the next one's.

before doing a full seminar(requires spending to rent space, and organising event) do a small "meet-up" such as a informal chat with locals at a cafe/bar
EG put up posters/spread the word/gossip with people that you will be at X drink establishment(or your own business/shop) between [time suitable] each day a certain week for anyone to pop in and have a chat.

where you can gauge the interest and discuss things they may want see, or may be of interest for them to hear if there was a bigger seminar.  ask questions, answer questions. gauge the interest and the mood. find out what they want to know and then formulate something that will meet their expectations to want to attend

hint at things informally about ticket prices (gauge the local economy acceptance of how much is acceptable) and figure out how many tickets to offer and thus what amount is needed to cover overall organisation costs..

find out who locally is "expert" in topics. or runs businesses and work out who is good enough to be spokes-people or who from your chats local people want to see as spoke-people

in short
meetups if popular, become seminars, which if popular become regional conferences, which if popular become national conferences

Tech itself is sellable idea to show to the public because its use case is outstanding and they can use this on their daily transaction.

Very wrong to introduce this as investment especially to those people who doesn't know about this since it will just create wrong impression and instead they get positive result they might get scam by multiple platforms or even get a wrong move upon buying on wrong position. Worse he can be called MLM scammer for introducing this especially to those people who's been skeptical about this program.

Agreed to @franky1.

I can speak from experience as both an artist and the administrator of our local art group when I say that organizing a full-fledged seminar is quite taxing as you have to consider the venue, find keynote speakers, the entrance fee as well as the bonding of the group itself.

The same is true when hosting a technical presentation on a topic like bitcoin. A base group of people who are genuinely interested in the technology, who get along well with one another, and who have the same goals is necessary for any seminar. You may easily find individuals who are incredibly knowledgeable about bitcoin, whether in the technical or financial aspect, after the group has grown to such a size through informal meetups where they can communicate with each other to grow as bitcoiners.

Additionally, you can estimate how much the event will be in demand.

Now that a good friend of yours has adopted the acceptance of bitcoin for payment of her services it will be perfect if you go further in helping her understand the necessary steps needed to maintain this, she also need to understand the volatility in bitcoin, bitcoin wallets and how to secure her wallet keys from public, she also needed to ensure the confirmation of every transaction before acceptance of deal been made.

oh and dont try confusing lightning with bitcoin
they are 2 separate networks for separate niche/usages

bitcoin relies on a blockchain and bitcoins never leave the blockchain, bitcoin has no value limit bottleneck or middleman requirement to co-sign agree to operate as payment path(route)

lightning is a multi-currency token payment system(words with many currencies and works without any currency) with less security but is used for small amounts people dont care risking

silly people advertise lightning and people experience lightning . experience its multi channel locks needed to have multiple route to get most exposure to destinations. experience all the middle men possible bottlenecks. yes they experience payment event speeds of a few seconds for small amounts.. but then when it comes to using bitcoin they experience a whole different thing and then realise LN is not bitcoin and never was

be sure to define the differences

If indeed you and some of your friends want to do a Bitcoin seminar it is a positive and good thing.
Having a Bitcoin seminar can provide more insight and knowledge to someone who previously did not know what Bitcoin is and how to use it.
We can also simultaneously provide knowledge of investing in crypto, especially in Bitcoin. It would be even better if the seminar was held in a place where there is very little knowledge about investing or cryptocurrencies.

It’s nice to see that you have been a good example to other people where you live. You must be doing well in your business if your colleague wants to join the bitcoin wagon. As for hosting a seminar, that’s a big thing. The cost of organizing a seminar is huge, you would have to cover the venue, sound equipment, snacks, drinks, other speakers (if you’re inviting any). I think you should plan on selling tickets, Africa is big on bitcoin and a bitcoin seminar would be packed pre-covid. That’s one way to do it or you could just do a webinar. Saves you the cost and all you need is a Wi-Fi.

The steps that you and your friends are taking are good steps and should be appreciated. You have a passion to spread awareness about Bitcoin to the people around you. Making a seminar does look simple, but of course you have to have sufficient preparation. both in terms of material and in terms of delivery. Enticing people to attend your seminars is also an important step. More and more people attended the event. then believe me we will be more excited. but if only a few attendees sometimes it makes our spirits drop a little. But I hope you can keep your spirits up even if there aren't too many participants. I say this because that's the experience I've had.

Some tips that must be prepared so that the Seminar runs successfully are:

- Start making the concept and purpose of holding the seminar. And we have to focus on the concept and goals we have made.

- Prepare a relevant and interesting theme for the seminar later. Adjust to the needs and conditions of your environment. like the importance of knowing Bitcoin in this digital era.

- If you are the resource person, you must prepare the material carefully and completely. practice how to speak with interesting and not boring delivery. or you can bring in resource persons who are more expert in this field. But I think bringing in Special Resource Persons will require more money. So if you are confident with your insight. then there is nothing wrong if you and your friends become resource persons.

- Prepare seminar packages (kits) or seminar souvenirs. such as ballpoint pens, notebooks etc.

- the last step but also from the beginning is how to make a promotion to attract more people to the seminar that you will hold.

good luck guys.