Interesting/funny things to do during a presentation.

So,I'm going to have to do a powerpointpresentation about fair trade for my research class.Usually I don't care much about making things interesting,but I decided I could try to make things interesting this time.So anyone has any suggestions on some funny/interesting stuff to do while standing in front of your boring peers?

One time I had to do a presentation on why drugs get you fired. I pretended I was Tyron Biggums working at a shaved ice trailer snorting crack and spitting it into shaved ice. That got everybody laughing.

If you are doing a powerpoint, when flicking through various slides, have random photos thrown in that have nothing to do with your presentation. Porn is always a good one.

If you are doing a powerpoint, when flicking through various slides, have random photos thrown in that have nothing to do with your presentation. Porn is always a good one.

October_Tide

Oh I would had done that,but I wasn't in charge of making thepowerpoint(It is a group project)

I once took something from the movie Fun With Dick and Jane where Alec Baldwin goes "Like my daddy used to say....".

Just hold that for a while and observe the facial expressions.

Draw diagrams on the whiteboard / chalkboard while you explain the presentation. Use labels like "sad farmers", "many dollars", "some country", "water", etc.

Improvising with pictures and diagrams always seems to work.

Just speak loudly and entusiasticlty, and over exagerate things that don't need to be exagerated.

One time I had to do a presentation on why drugs get you fired. I pretended I was Tyron Biggums working at a shaved ice trailer snorting crack and spitting it into shaved ice. That got everybody laughing.

higgydiggy

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Pull out a gun.

a picture of a monkey people love that stuff

Engage your audience by having them stand up and perform enthusiastic pelvic thrusts.

Take some strippers with you.

Make fun of yourself.

Say random words in French.

It's about free trade? Pass outtokensto the audience that represent "goods", maybe with pictures ofilllustrative trade goods on them, and then tell them you'llby buying their "goods"and payingwithM&Ms. But first,designate one section of the room as "third world",and then pay them with far fewer M&Ms.

Say random words in French.

Lotus-Edge

When I was in university, I once did a presentation on the rapid change in technology affecting our daily lives. When it was my turn to present, I told the instructor that I needed a minute to prepare and I pretended to organize papers at the podium while waiting for people to strike up conversations and not be paying attention to me. When all eyes were off me, I picked a large binder of papers and smashed it to the ground in front of the podium. It was quite loud and papers went flying all over the floor. Everyone jumped and focused on me as I went into this deranged rant, pacing back and forth, about how I was having a really bad day (girlfriend left me, got stuck in traffic, split coffee on my tie, etc.). I was acting like I had flipped out. I eventually calmed down and segued into my presentation.

The instructor told me afterwards that he was seconds away from bolting for the door to get security before he realized it was an act. He said my technique was quite risky, but gave me top marks for it. Although, I don't think it would go over well in today's school climate. I'm sure if I did it today, the school would have gone into lockdown.

Still, it was the most fun I ever had doing a presentation.

You could always drop a silent but deadly. Though you may not be asked to give a presentation ever again :)

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