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

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A rough guide on how not to do a presentation.

padohaodha

Uncontacted tribes in the world...or Ulster hurling of the last century!!

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padohaodha wrote: »

Uncontacted tribes in the world...or Ulster hurling of the last century!!

Do any of those actually exist

Tell me how

Avatar MIA wrote:

Do any of those actually exist

Antrim put it up to Tipperary in 89 for about 4 seconds.

Would take 40 minutes to explain the hiding they got.

smokingman

Lean methodologies, application performance monitoring and statistical analysis....

...and then maybe something on Daoist Zen.

Sounds boring but I've kept a crowd of 1600 people awake and attentive with "the way I said it".

Tell me how

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Sketchup (3d modelling software)
Being single
IASIP

The first two are probably related

Sketchup. I like that word

What is IASIP?

OldMrBrennan83

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wfdrun

African n Asian population growth, Trump n Brexit permanence, Fearing the feel n doing it anyway

SimonTemplar

Software development.

Corruptedmorals

The six wives of Henry VIII
HSE waiting lists
Women's artistic gymnastics

Obi_Wan_Kenobi

I just could not do it, I hate public speaking , need to prepare and prepare any course or presentation I need to give - and usually works out quite well - but only because I have literally practised 5 or 6 times before doing it.

I hate these corporate bull**** speak American nonsense waste of ****ing time work exercises like this !!!

uck51js9zml2yt

Peppa pig....she likes splashing and muddy puddles.

Spoke for 2 hours not long ago to a group of people who knew their stuff

Couldn't have done it without about 24 hours of prep.

Dr.Sanchez

How to escape from a helicopter upside-down underwater. Spent four years delivering that presentation twice a week! lol

Junkyard Tom

'On compulsive lying'.

humberklog

How to present your art work to the public (off line) and make money from it.

8 simple food recipes from 20 essential ingredients.

Bedsore treatment and prevention.

A how-to in constructing reinforced concrete curved structural elements.

Brendan Bendar

The difference between a 'muff' and a 'fumble' with notable examples in American Football.

Jawgap

"The origins and development of tactical air power in WW2"

.....and variations on that.....

"Tactical air power and artillery co-operation in WW2"

"Innovation and the development of flak suppression"

"Bombing blind - the development of radio navigation and targeting aids in WW2"

Etc

Etc

IvyTheTerrible

Patchwork quilting, The Lord of the Rings, the angel/whore dichotomy in American cinema, portrayals of Native Americans in white American literature and film.

Peatys

Dry steam sterilisation and thermal validation of gmp autoclaves to en285 standard.

Ciderswigger

The use of colour in The Great Gatsby. Basically I’d just read my thesis lol.

ASMR and why it’s not weird.

I could probably wing a presentation on the tv show Mad Men too.

erica74

Harry Potter, the books and the films. And you wouldn't be bored, I have tonnes of Harry Potter merchandise so I'd make it very entertaining!

seenitall

An assortment of the basics of the English language tenses (structure and usage included)

The life and work of a particular classic Hollywood director

The recent history and current politics of my country of origin and all the related grievances

The geography, climate and places to see and things to do in the above

The basics of Western Astrology

My romantic history (ages 12 to current)

A bit more hazily, but could just about wing it for 40 minutes:

The basics of Chinese Astrology

dr.fuzzenstein

Did my CCNA last year, I would have to hurry to squeeze spanning tree alone into 40 minutes.
I've even written a song:

Oh spanning tree, oh spanning tree, you cause me so much misery. BPDU is shuch a sh*te, root bridge can go and fcuking die...

CCNP to come this year.

Other than that about how Star Wars is the story of the fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker.

Ninjini

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sketchup. I like that word

What is IASIP?

The tv show it’s always sunny in Philadelphia.

Mine are all incredibly embarrassing things like Harry Potter, Game of thrones, the Witcher series (books or games) and Friends. I could give IASIP a good go too :pac:

NabyLadistheman

Phishing

Ninjini

Ninjini wrote: »

The tv show it’s always sunny in Philadelphia.

Mine are all incredibly embarrassing things like Harry Potter, Game of thrones, the Witcher series (books or games) and Friends. I could give IASIP a good go too :pac:

Ah I would never have gotten that

RiderOnTheStorm

Peatys wrote:

Dry steam sterilisation and thermal validation of gmp autoclaves to en285 standard.

Is that you, Kevin?
My mate does something with dru steam sterilisation.....to be honest, I tuned out after that. Ye might have completely different fields...

I can do 40 mins (or more) on;

First Aid - from how to make a 999 call, give CPR (and when you shouldnt start) to medications to give.

The bible - did a bible study course a few years ago and found it is a fascinating book. Kept going from there...

Chickens (keeping them for egg production) - they are wonderful & weird & funny creatures......very entertaining...almost pets (we have 40).

I could rabbit on for an age about lots of different things but whether or not it would be of any quality is a different matter.

Dynamics within relationships, intimate and other.
Early attachment styles and how they impact adult life
Sexuality and by that I don't mean orientation as such but humans as sexual beings and all the ins and outs of that
Clinical depression
Psychodynamics
Dating and "how to get the guy/girl"
Scandinavian crime books and tv

whoopsadoodles

How each particular bar or biscuit should be eaten.

Capt'n Midnight

"... and now we move on to liars ..."