(someone else's comment)
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/2icv68/daily_discussion_sunday_october_05_2014_part_2/cl1267t

Sounds like we need a cost appraisal for this.

It would be ideal if bitUSD could be implemented as a default option for merchants rather than just an option they can select.  Items presumably need to be priced in a stable currency, so it makes sense for the default pricing to be in bitUSD.

If that could be done then some referral program for spending bitUSD on open bazaar could become a possibility...

It's true that in the early stages of bitcoin there was a benefit of POW which is initial coin/software distribution to create a group of early adopters.  After 5 years the bitcoin mining no longer helps bring in new users due to the ASIC cost.  But we don't have that early benefit which bitcoin did, of creating thousands of early users via mining, so we do need something to compensate for that.

I was staunchly against inflation to pay for extra marketing at first, but byemaster makes a good point about it being analogous to share dilution/capital infusion.  However, with pre-IPO share dilution (as far as I know) there is an investor(s) ready to buy a percentage of the company, so that capital infusion is guaranteed.  BTSX is already "ipo'd" so any investors wanting to invest can buy in already.  There's no capital infusion with inflation, but rather a capital movement from stakeholders to the marketing team (or wherever the newly created BTSX were allocated, how is that decided btw?).

I can't really know whether to be pro-inflation or not without knowing what the current size of the marketing budget is and what the plans are, but a referral program does sound like it could be worth it if its very well thought out.

That looks like a great plan for your speech. I might suggest that in #11, when you are introducing BitShares, you also might also mention Ethereum and NXT, etc., as other examples of doing more with the blockchain. That might be a diplomatic transition to just mention them once, though not describe them any more than that. And then then go into BitShares. Best of luck; it's going to be great!

I don't think there's a need to be that diplomatic, he's flattering bitcoin greatly already. 

BTSX, bitcoin and Maidsafe.

This is good news all round for cryptocurrencies.  Millions of redditors will suddenly be exposed to crypto, which is one step towards them using other cryptos such as bitUSD or bitcoin.