091027 presentation cs
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Our english presentation about couchsurfingTRANSCRIPT
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Benjamin Pölz
Marco Garcia
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Overview
General
• History
• Organisation
• Statistics
Security Aspects
• Verification
• References
• Vouching
Own Experience
• Situation
• Progress
DATUM!!! 2English for Engineers
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General
• History
– First idea in 2000 by Casey Fenton
– Find a cheap way to stay in Iceland
– Public lauch in January 2004
– Slow growth first two years
– 2006: database loss and relaunch
DATUM!!! 3English for Engineers
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General
• Organisation
– Mission statement: „Participate in creating a better world, one couch at a time“
– non-for-profit organisation situated in New Hampshire
– Currently the largest hospitality exchange network
DATUM!!! 4English for Engineers
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General
• Acutal Statistics (27th of October 2009)
– More than 1.4Mio. Participants from
– 231 countries
– 30% of couches permanent available + 17% maybe
– Most of the surfers between 18 and 30 years
– http://www.couchsurfing.com/statistics.html
DATUM!!! 5English for Engineers
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General
• Where are these CouchSurfers?
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Overview
General
• History
• Organisation
• Statistics
Security Aspects
• Verification
• References
• Vouching
Own Experience
• Situation
• Progress
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Security Aspects
• Verification:
Aim: confirm identity & physical location
How?:
Sending money(~20$) to couchsurfing.org by credit card
Couchsurfing.org verifies your identity
=>is mentioned on your personal page
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Security Aspects
• References:
about host / by host
good indicator
can‘t be manipulated by the member
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Security Aspects
• „Vouching“: A way to declare your trust in other members
• How it works:
Get vouched for 3 times
Now you can vouche yourself
Important: You must know each other in the real world!
• Significance:
Be serious!
Better than references
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Overview
General
• History
• Organisation
• Statistics
Security Aspects
• Verification
• References
• Vouching
Own Experience
• Situation
• Progress
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Own Experience
• Situation
– My sister came to Europe to backpack for the summer.
– She planned to stay for 6 weeks
– She had budgeted €40,- per night
– Decided to give couch surfing a try…
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Own Experience
Ended up staying for 12 weeks!!
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Own Experience
• Situation
– After hearing how great her experience was I decided to tag along in Italy
– It was crazy!!
– The guy was hosting about 19 people in his living room.
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Own Experience
• Situation
– My girlfriend is an active member of the community in Graz.
– They all know each other, and if someone can’t host someone, he gives the person the handy number of someone who can.
– They meet each week.
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That‘s it!
Thanks for your attention!
Start asking and Discussing!
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Discussion Topics
Would YOU do it??
DATUM!!! 17English for Engineers
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Discussion Topics
What are the dangers involved?
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Discussion Topics
Leave a stranger in your home??
DATUM!!! 19English for Engineers
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Discussion Topics
Sleep in a strangers home??
DATUM!!! 20English for Engineers
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Discussion Topics
Is it really free? -
Nothing is for free....
DATUM!!! 21English for Engineers
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Discussion Topics
If money would not be an issue would you still do it??
DATUM!!! 22English for Engineers
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Discussion Topics
Nightlife as a couch surfer??
DATUM!!! 23English for Engineers