Also, I’ll be buying your book as a thank you for this terrific blog.

There are lots of “free” venues too to use all around the Bay.

I wouldn’t mind hosting it myself – I have a pool right outside my apartment (so, maybe in spring time) and I like entertaining (keep the bar stocked, charcoal aside). It’d be BYOA (A for alcohol), but not req’d.

First off I will buy your book..my very small way of giving back to you. Looking forward to it.

I agree with the public broadcasting radio thing. OPB up here in Oregon would be interested in this. Every day they use the phrase ” In these uncertain economic times…” You are -what they say?… certainly timely I think.

Regarding a course of some kind. I am definitely interested as I have mentioned in some kind of hands on intro to stock market for people like me who are new to all these new accronyms or stuff like this-

“I’m less mainstream, going for high-yielding REITS and MLPs and trusts.”

What it is that? Sounds like a foreign language for financial gods or something? Sorry George…wish I was as smart as you. Maybe we could meet for coffee as I live near you. I could get me some edgamacation. I would buy of course. Anyhow…

Of all the books you suggest the frugal ones are fun to read but the technical ones that I have read so far seem to assume that you already understand how all this stuff works.

As far as money and travel goes I am a big believer in value. If you put a curriculum together that looks appealing for my needs I would fly from Portland to SF and gladly pay several hundred dollars to get a good education. Heck my 6 plus years in university cost…alot and has given a good ROI. I don’t see this as any different.

Maybe the next step would be to propose a syllabus or curriculum for us to preview and then ask the money question again?

This is kinda starting to sound a little like the radio and tv and educational programs that Dave Ramsey puts on. He has done a good job. I read his book first over 10 years ago and it really got us started off right.

Your program is obviously more radical but also has the opportunity to become absolutely revolutionary. No one had ever proposed your concepts to me and I think it is just great.

My 3 cents.

I’m not sure about how much to charge. What if you waited until you had your book published, and then organized readings to sell your book?

I would think that a semi-regular meetup where people can bring questions, share tips and experiences would ultimately be more valuable. The top-down lecture model is pretty outdated these days unless you’re dealing with extremely detailed and specialized knowledge.

Me? No, I wouldn’t pay money/travel to see the seminar. That’s partly because I already understand the principles and partly because I don’t attend motivation seminars, either. If I knew you were in town and giving a seminar, then I might go out of curiousity to meet “the man”.

1. http://schoolofeverything.com/teacher/keithfarnish
This is probably what you are having in mind when you were talking of workshops and all that. And this bloke is also similar in ideas as you are. But since you are….ummm.. how do I put this delicately…..so radical, you will always have a summat fringe following only. And your outreach might be restricted to the Californian Republic and thereabouts (Washington State/San Juan & Salt Spring islands/Montana..well you get the idea).

1. http://www.khanacademy.org/
The guy’s a bit like you. Did well for himself (by systematic winging – forgive the oxymoron Ha Ha) and is now an ER himself. And he spends his time putting up a looooot of videos on education, basic fundamental education for free. All one needs is the Internet connection for streaming live (and if the net connection is poor, then someone with good net could arrange local bundling of CDs for the rest of the masses), and there’s no issues about copyright etc. He wants to reach as many as he can through this. It is his way of giving back to the universe I suppose. Well, sorry for being all “new-agey”, but what do you know, I am an Idealist/INFP so that fits, right? . Like the guy above, you could also educate the people over various financial literacy aspects with clearer examples and breakdowns (Kaplan would be furious though, he he..) Then your model would become a cross between this model here and…….

2. http://www.gregcraven.org/
You probably heard of the teacher who’s a celebrity by posting videos on and about GW on YouTube. This is something you can try out as well. But as with ideas as radical as yours, you need to allow people “bake in time”. and posting a video, refine it and polish it based on critique etc… Some of your brilliant ideas can get their rough edges smoothened and a wider audience will be automatically born.

Somebody spoke of a streaming radio station in a previous comment, and I feel that audio/video is a more evolved model than simple audio (and please don’t try and podcast and all that…. Keep your technology accessible to all strata of society mp3..). Personally, I find that this (internet) radio station somehow brings up images of all cultish type of people, an image actively nurtured by media as well (Convoy, Vanishing Point, 2012 – some examples ). So, I would keep out of that in a heavy way, if I were you.

4. Writing a book:
Your Money or Your Life…. nuff said! I rest my case. I would buy one myself (paper copy since you ask )

The other ideas that you talk about in the post: man you are “early-retired”! So, what have you got to think of?!?! Just go with the flow and “wing it” as you rightly put it yourself. Back to YMOYL…. Money is something you trade your life-energy for. So I am all in favour of your asking for WITFM (What’s In It For Me)

I hope it is useful for you. Let me know how your thoughts progress on this one.

All the best,
Surio.

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I think you would need to plan on reaching and serving two audiences: one would be for the people who already read your blog and who have frugal lifestyles–these folks would want more specific and advanced ideas out of a seminar . . .or would be likely to buy the e-book (when is it coming?)

Your other audience would be people who are relatively new to the idea–they’d probably be more likely to pay for a seminar and the topics could probably be similar to what you have in the blog. . .

I would buy your book. It doesn’t need to be a physical book. Kindle or PDF would be fine.

I don’t know that I’d care for a webcast. Reading lets me study at my own pace without the noise.

We’re all frugal people so we’d want to do something low-key and inexpensive.