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

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.

ardinn

Fishing. I fookin love fiahing!!

razorblunt

Investment platform we use in work.

The Simpsons.

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

Pokemon Go

o1s1n

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

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.

mirrorwall14

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.

zell12

Does country music make you suicidal

mojesius

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

Hammer89

The health benefits of **** upside down.

munster87

ardinn wrote: »

Fishing. I fookin love fiahing!!

You couldn't even write 5 words on it!

DrPhilG

MMA

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.

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'.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Home brewing.

Ciaran_B

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

Skylinehead

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

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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.

cavemeister

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

Poochie05

Why procrastination is good for you

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.

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

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.

DaeryssaOne

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!

_Brian

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.

Richard Hillman

Cricket: Laws, Structures, The greatest players, tactics

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Richard Hillman wrote: »

Cricket: Laws, Structures, The greatest players, tactics

Hah! Remember, you've only 40 minutes

PandaPoo

Gel/acrylic nails, nail art
Cross stitch and embroidery

That's probably it

ziggy

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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.

jiltloop

Deleted User wrote: »

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.

I'm going to Vietnam for a holiday in a couple of weeks! Any tips?

Hercule Poirot

The Importance of Quality Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry - in my defense the OP didn't say it had to be interesting....

my3cents

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Cricket: Laws, Structures, The greatest players, tactics

If you can get people to understand the Duckwork-Lewis method in 40 minutes you'd be doing well

nice_guy80

Father Ted

or most things to do with ancient history

KatW4

Harry Potter! I could talk about it for days so I would definitely get a 40 minute presentation out of it. I hate public speaking though so it would never happen.

my3cents

Local history, but I'd hope there would be plenty of other people that could do the same for their own area.

mojesius

Skylinehead wrote: »

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

I like your approach! The entire war might be a bit too broad to summarise in 40 minutes now that I think about it logically.

If I was to narrow it down, I'd probably focus on the 3rd Reich.

lmimmfn

jiltloop wrote: »

I'm going to Vietnam for a holiday in a couple of weeks! Any tips?

We went to Ho Chi Minh and visited the war museum( man that's an eye opener ), did a tour down the Mekong delta and visited the tunnels/shooting range with AK47's etc. All were fantastic.
Vietnam is a brilliant country to visit.

OT the importance of the Spatula in 20th century Europe.
Lol j/k, I regularly give presentations software I have written etc.

Arghus

I'd probably be able to talk about the band Ween, look them up, for a solid twenty minutes - but forty is really stretching. There's probably no subject I could talk solo about totally on the fly for that length of time - except maybe my own neuroses.

spurious

Almost anything, but that's part of the joy of having to entertain teenagers for an hour at a time for nigh on thirty years. My subject of choice would be local history, or Abba.

Hector Bellend

****

farts

squirt porn

beer

cheeseburgers

Four Phucs Ache

How to make pizza at home from scratch.

Cee-Jay-Cee

zell12 wrote: »

Does country music make you suicidal

Yes it does.

Day Lewin

Composting.
Literally.
You have to forcibly switch me off.
Ask me anything...then try to escape. MAD GRINS

jiltloop

jiltloop wrote: »

I'm going to Vietnam for a holiday in a couple of weeks! Any tips?

Spend a couple of days on a motorbike trip.

Beta Ray Bill

I could easily give a 40 min presentation on PUBG.... I'm deadly at it!

Winner winner chicken dinner!

jiltloop

lmimmfn wrote: »

We went to Ho Chi Minh and visited the war museum( man that's an eye opener ), did a tour down the Mekong delta and visited the tunnels/shooting range with AK47's etc. All were fantastic.
Vietnam is a brilliant country to visit.

OT the importance of the Spatula in 20th century Europe.
Lol j/k, I regularly give presentations software I have written etc.

Thanks! Definitely have the war museum and the tunnels on the list, just have to convince my girlfriend that she wants to fire some AK47s!

splinter65

British Top 40 singles charts 1983.

jiltloop

Hector Bellend wrote: »

****

farts

squirt porn

beer

cheeseburgers

If this was your Tinder profile you'd be riding rings around yourself!

WoollyRedHat

How to do a presentation and win the crowd in 10 easy steps, with a yoyo.