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

Intellectual Property law and practice (any aspect, in whatever depth: 40 minutes is just about enough for the most basic of "what is a patent, what is a trademark <etc.>" IP 101 primer, likewise just about enough to cover the genesis and current status of the Unified Patent Court Agreement in the simplest of lay terms)

Brexit (living it daily, in more ways than most)

Alsace-Moselle through the ages (as little known and understood by French people themselves, as outside of France :pac:)

British Railway diesel and electric locomotive classes 1948 to 2010.

I've a 3 year old daughter, so my speech would be on Peppa Pig and why she is a C**t.

I reckon I could talk about unusual and interesting meterological happenings after spending many a detention copying out articles by the late Brendan McWilliams as a young wean.

Friends - the TV show - I'm too sad to have any real life friends
Music from the 60's,70's and 80's
Liverpool FC in the 21st Century
WW2 History
Russian Revolution 1917 (both the February & October revolution) and whether or not the October revolution was a revolution or a couple d'etat

I could easily talk for an hour on topics related to music synthesis: from early electronic music, the first analog modular synthesisers, the rise of digital technologies, and the current revival in analog techniques (real and virtual). You can basically analyse 1980s music by the availabilties of various synthesisers, what they cost and how easy they were to use. For example, the Yamaha DX7 was revolutionary, offering some excellent preset sounds at a great price (for the times), but woe betide anyone who tried to actually programme their own sounds on the damn thing. :pac:

A few times I've lost half an hour or more by going down the Game of Thrones rabbit hole, asking myself how would I explain the plot to someone who hasn't seen the show at all.

cml387 wrote: »

I rather suspect you could get away with ten minutes or less on these subjects as the audience would have fallen into a catatonic state.

What the presentation is about doesn't matter: don't just stand there and talk, involve and challenge the audience and get members to participate (coerce them if you have to)

Although I can probably manage 40 minutes about the legitimacy of extramarital affairs being a birthright for French people and which, I'll grant you, is bound to be more attention-grabbing for the audience than intellectual property topics :pac:

Game of thrones is the only thing I would feel confident doing. I reckon I could also do one on Nintendo and the Resident Evil game series

History of video games. I BORE the life outta friends about that topic. First time they are interested 😂

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Without preparing for it?