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Inspired wrote:The introvert that is Inspired is embarking on what may be the prodigious pinnacle of his English Class career. What I have to do is speak for upwards of fifteen minutes on the topic of Deception which could be fun if the class likes listening to a monotonous voice for 4.07x10^-5 % of their lives. I want to have the presentation that people bring up years down the line when we all get together for a class reunion. Basically... I would like your help to think of something creative and exciting which I could use to better the performance that will be my Presentation.

Ideas such as: Drawing a magnificent piece of the monster that is deception on the white-board throughout my talking, preparing a piece of stand-up comedy (which could possibly be the worst thing I ever do)...

Help needed. :)

squibbles wrote: make 10 minutes of that a game of mafia. You GM, and get 5 people up. Make one of them mafia, and 4 of them just regular townies. Night start. Talk about how people manipulate using deception, and use the game as an example.

Yahoozy wrote:Spoiler alert: SlappyMcGee calls your school administration and gets you a failing grade for using his cliffnotes instead of doing the work yourself.

Tsukatu wrote:Is the content supposed to be derived from any actual authority or empirical study on deception? Or are you just expected to pull information out of your ass for fifteen minutes like a con artist running a self-help seminar?

hairscapades wrote:

Tsukatu wrote:Is the content supposed to be derived from any actual authority or empirical study on deception? Or are you just expected to pull information out of your ass for fifteen minutes like a con artist running a self-help seminar?

This is an American public high school, right? I mean, it's got to be latter.

squibbles wrote:make 10 minutes of that a game of mafia. You GM, and get 5 people up. Make one of them mafia, and 4 of them just regular townies. Night start. Talk about how people manipulate using deception, and use the game as an example.

Inspired wrote:

SlappyMcGee wrote:Audience interaction is a superb idea. Get five of them up to you. First, ask them what their names are. Detail about why we can assume that each person is telling the truth, because we cannot perceive any motivation for lying.

Then ask them what the most embarrassing moment of their lives was. Some will say something embarrassing, some will say something funny, somebody will say I don't know. Reason to the audience that the survival instinct is what motivates deception. These people perceive survival in modern society as a social element as opposed to a physical one; the school environment has replaced the jungle.

What is the purpose of having them say their most embarassing moment? I'm confused about how this links in with survival instinct.

Amadeus wrote:The chances of people coming up with their most embarrassing moment and sharing it are really low, I mean I guess it could prove your point but I'd be willing to bet most participants would just say "dunno" or something

Inspired wrote:Considering I presented yesterday and I had three people that came up with their most embarassing moment and shared...

Tsukatu wrote:My usual consulting fee is $500, but I'll give you a special deal. Just PayPal me $499 and our business will be concluded.

Inspired wrote:Got my marks back, I achieved with Excellence (Something like an A+) And was the only person in the class to get it, (One of 3 in the whole year).