You have 15 minutes

Tori_Scope
Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
edited June 2022 in Coffee lounge
You have 15 minutes to prepare a speech that you'll be presenting to 5,000 people. 

What topic would you choose, and why? 

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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community member Posts: 14,982 Championing
    Ooo that’s a good question but I don’t think I’d be able to do a speech to 5 people let alone 5,000!

    15 mins though so has to be something I know a little about, no time for research

    Maybe watches and clocks, though most of the audience would fall asleep then

    I would probably try and teach them something. How to look after their money, pension, inheritance, tax efficiency etc. :D
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    Fairness, because it's the only thing I could rant about without a script and I'd not finish preparing in just 15 minutes. 
    But if someone said I had to do that I'd combust :D:D 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I would do a talk on how to manage absence in the workplace 

    Because I've done if many times and already have the materials I wrote to deliver it as a training session  

    Whether it would be of interest I'd another matter 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
    I wouldn't fancy it either @Biblioklept @66Mustang! 
    I would probably try and teach them something. How to look after their money, pension, inheritance, tax efficiency etc. D
    I think that'd be a good one @66Mustang :) Though a talk on watches and clocks could be interesting if presented in the right way, I think!
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
    Very true @woodbine... You wouldn't be short of topics. What area of social injustice do you think you'd focus on?
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
    I enjoyed reading your recent post, which I think was about that topic @Biblioklept. Fairness would be an interesting one, as it can mean different things to different people. I'd also combust, and probably move to Canada.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,443 Championing
    Whether it would be of interest I'd another matter 
    This made me laugh @janer1967 :D I'm sure you could make it interesting! Leaning on knowledge and experience you already have would be a good idea in this hypothetical situation, though part of me thinks it'd be funny to make up a load of stuff about something I know nothing about. 
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    I wouldn't do it as I'd feel too bad it does sound fun to do the talk on something completely nonsensical and make up random stuff :D 
  • JustPete
    JustPete Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 303 Empowering
    Comparing the 'Prisoner Cell Block H years' with the 'Wentworth' years.
    Why?  Well, if that were not obvious I would not have the 5000 audience!
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    woodbine said:
    Tori_Scope said:
    Very true @woodbine... You wouldn't be short of topics. What area of social injustice do you think you'd focus on?
    the injustice between rich and poor not just in the UK but worldwide.
    yoYou should do a conversation on here about it it would be good topic to discuss 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    My lecture would be on the benefits of piece and quiet, and would involved a 5 second introduction followed by 4:55 piece and quiet :) 
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    but then you'd have to stand on the stage for nearly 4 minutes in awkward silence!!!!!!! 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Biblioklept said:
    but then you'd have to stand on the stage for nearly 4 minutes in awkward silence!!!!!!! 
    I would lie down for a power nap I think :) 
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    Napping with 5000 people watching is a new nightmare of mine now @Ross_Scope!!!
  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    The horologist @66Mustang, what makes him tick?
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,925 Championing
    @Ross_Scope you never fail to make me chuckle! And in all honesty, your idea of a presentation to 5000 people is similar to my own.

    If all else fails, you could turn it into an interactive presentation where everyone else has to copy you. That way no one is watching you because they are all doing the same  :D
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,160 Championing
    That's such a good idea @L_volunteer! Turn the awkwardness onto them lol
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,925 Championing
    Haha! Now I feel mean @Biblioklept :D

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