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What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?

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  • 05-01-2018 12:07pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Saw this on Reddit and thought it could be good here.

    For me, it would be either a sales pitch for my software, a how-to for making Discord bots, or a presentation on tourism in Vietnam.


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    ardinn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭ardinn


    Fishing. I fookin love fiahing!!
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    http://slaneyfishing.com




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    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Investment platform we use in work.

    The Simpsons.


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    NollagShona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭NollagShona


    Anything- I can bullshyte for Ireland!

    When I started in a new dept in my my new job I delivered a pres to accounting/tech heads. No problem to me but they wouldn’t enjoy it. Got huge praise

    When the CEO visited they asked me to ask him the Question


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    [Deleted User]
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    Pokemon Go


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    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    If I was allowed props, I could probably give a 40 min presentation on animation cels using my collection as examples. :D


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    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,388 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction or the culinary history of 19th century history, both of which are seared into my brain after writing theses on them last year.


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    mirrorwall14
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    I’m a teacher. Anything from either subject except maybe some LCHL topics as I haven’t taught them in years and the course has changed.

    Lots of other things too. Anything I’ve an interest in so musical theatre, education in general, baby/child topics, trying to conceive.


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    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,414 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Does country music make you suicidal


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    mojesius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Probably WW2. It's my most read/watched topic and I've visited a lot of sights.


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    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    The health benefits of **** upside down.


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    munster87
    Registered Users Posts: 4,230 ✭✭✭munster87


    ardinn wrote: »
    Fishing. I fookin love fiahing!!

    You couldn't even write 5 words on it!


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    DrPhilG
    Registered Users Posts: 12,201 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    MMA


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    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I once gave a presentation on why not to make a presentation without preparation. I was still drunk from the night before and just read out a flyer that I found in my pocket.


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    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    The health benefits of **** upside down.

    And I will now demonstrate...

    Sadly, for me it would be 'The accounting profession from entry to senior level'.


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    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,691 ✭✭✭s3rtvdbwfj81ch


    Home brewing.


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    Ciaran_B
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭Ciaran_B


    Arsenal under Arsene Wenger
    Dublin GAA in the 90's
    Any aspect of Taylor Swifts career
    The works of Grant Morrison


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    Skylinehead
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    mojesius wrote: »
    Probably WW2. It's my most read/watched topic and I've visited a lot of sights.

    I'd be the same, but if I was to get specific, it would be naval battles in WW2. I love me ships :D


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    [Deleted User]
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    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    And I will now demonstrate...

    Sadly, for me it would be 'The accounting profession from entry to senior level'.

    That's how you got all the way up to senior level? Fair play.


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    cavemeister
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭cavemeister


    The youth today compared to when I was a youth and how much better it was being a teenager in the 90's


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    Poochie05
    Registered Users Posts: 4,208 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Why procrastination is good for you


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    #22
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    cavemeister wrote: »
    The youth today compared to when I was a youth and how much better it was being a teenager in the 90's

    How you used to be with it, but then they changed what it was.


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    Vladimir Poontang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Vladimir Poontang


    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    I’m a teacher. Anything from either subject except maybe some LCHL topics as I haven’t taught them in years and the course has changed.

    Lots of other things too. Anything I’ve an interest in so musical theatre, education in general, baby/child topics, trying to conceive.

    Ride me sideways was another one. See next slide


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    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    And I will now demonstrate...

    I cut short the demonstration because I usually end up with egg on my face, or something like egg.


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    DaeryssaOne
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    Sadly it would probably be something like the Game of Thrones family trees or quoting entire episodes of Friends. Don't know if I'd have 40 minutes on anything else, perhaps music of the 90s and how everything was so much better back then!


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    _Brian
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    Jesus folks 40minutes with no preparation time.

    I’d say most people couldn’t do it on any topic with no preparation.

    Public speaking is tough when your prepared, but being thrown in at the deep end would collapse most people.


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    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Cricket: Laws, Structures, The greatest players, tactics


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    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Cricket: Laws, Structures, The greatest players, tactics

    Hah! Remember, you've only 40 minutes :p


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    PandaPoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,977 ✭✭✭PandaPoo


    Gel/acrylic nails, nail art
    Cross stitch and embroidery

    That's probably it :o


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    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


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    21Savage
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    Really random but probably An all-encompassing history of Western Europe. I feel I could link the histories of the nations of Northern and Western Europe pretty well. My knowledge drifts a bit as we get closer to the modern day but only because there is so much information. It's the one topic I could form some sort of coherent point of view and narrative.


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