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[Rafał Cieślak <rafalcieslak256@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ubuntu Evangelists!

First, greetings everybody! As an Ubuntu enthusiast and a member of
community who actively promotes Ubuntu, I consider it a honor to be a
part of this great uprising project.

I am sending this e-mail because I believe that one of this team's
aims may be to share ideas and experiences related to promoting Ubuntu
to a wider audience.

Yesterday I have been asked to deliver a lecture concerning Ubuntu on
my local university. Sounds like a great chance to spread a word about
Ubuntu, right? Although a small audience is to be expected, I consider
it my duty to accept this offer, and to use it the best way possible.
I am free to choose whatever topic of the lecture I wish, and if this
idea succeeds, I may be given chance to deliver one or two more in a
later term.

Although I could prepare the lecture on my own (I feel very confident
when speaking about Ubuntu, and my level of expertise is enough to
make up a interesting presentation), I am asking you for tips on
leading such event.
My particular questions include:
   - Have you ever done something similar? What was your experience?
What is your general advice? What should I pay most attention to?
   - Do you have any ideas concerning which topics should I present?
Most of the audience will likely have either minimum or no experience
with Ubuntu, so potentially I might go ahead with something like "What
is Ubuntu" or "Why is it cool", but that just sounds boring and
unoriginal (although such lecture itself may be indeed interesting). I
have also thought about presenting just the the purely non-technical
sides of Ubuntu (community, philosophy), but this, on the other hand,
would be not interesting to those who are completely new to Ubuntu. Do
you happen to have some cool ideas here?
   - In my local community the level of ubuntu-awareness is very
little. How can I ensure this will not affect my lecture's clarity, so
that ubuntu-unaware people could enjoy it too?

I welcome all tips and experience you can share!

Rafał Cieślak