I’m at Barcamp LA, an event that’s hard to describe but in a nutshell is a tech community-driven ad hoc get together to talk about the Internet, technology and whatever else we want. So this guy put together a half hour session based on 5 powerpoint presentations that he found on the Internet, licensed through Creative Commons which means they were available for the public. (Go to the Creative Commons site and do a Google search on “presentations” to see some examples.)
5 people signed up to give the presentations, and I was first.
Mine was a technical presentation from some Sun Microsystems executive that had detailed bar charts impossible to read they were so stuffed with data. Pretending I was this tech person and trying to give a compelling delivery never having seen the slides before was hilarious, and a great way to put my Toastmasters skills to the test.
If you’re putting together a conference, a Toastmasters event, or even a party, this is a great recreational humorous activity. Not only are you improving being this person you know nothing about, you’re presenting material you probably won’t understand!
Have fun. 
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