There are pros and cons to giving a 5-minute presentation. One good thing is the length. Long presentations can easily become boring, and you have a much better chance of keeping your audience engaged from beginning to end than with a 5-minute speech.
In this article:
List of Topics for a 5-Minute Speech or Presentation
Choosing a topic is extremely important. To help you getting started, here is a list of some killer topics for 5-minute speech or presentation.
Animals
- Why it’s better to adopt a pet from a shelter
- Choosing the perfect leash for your dog
- What is the best food for your pet?
- How much exercise does your pet need?
- The horror of puppy mills
- Bringing back endangered species
- How long are giraffes in labor
- Domestication of horses
- Picking the right vet
- Sleeping with your dog
- Why should you get goats in pairs
- Ethics of zoos
- Bringing back endangered species
- The domestication of dogs
- How to keep a goldfish alive for a long time
- How to choose the right pet
- Why cats are so independent
- When to get a dog
- What kind of dog is best for a household with children
- Why therapy animals work
Education
- How to find the money to go to college
- How much control should the federal government have over curriculum design?
- How to choose a college
- Ideas for narrowing down a career choice
- When to declare a major
- Benefits of charter schools
- Why charter schools are bad
- Negative effects of school vouchers
- Attracting the right people to the teaching profession
- Discipline in the classroom
- Memory tricks that work
- Why homework is bad
- Should students still have to use the books in the library?
- Why cursive should still be taught in schools
- Textbooks vs. tablets
- Benefits of going to a trade school
- Are there positives to taking a gap year?
- The problem with low teacher pay
- Social media in the classroom
- Benefits of integrating apps into the classroom
Family
- The importance of attachment
- How to compromise on names for your kids
- What is the ideal age to start a family
- How important are grandparents
- Traveling with children
- Strategies for potty training
- How to help a child with nightmares
- Middle child syndrome
- How many kids should you have?
- How to recognize a gifted child
- When your child doesn’t like to eat
- How to encourage good eating habits
- When to intervene with a bully
- Being active in your child’s school
- The benefits of aunts and uncles
- When family falls apart
- The first days with a new baby
- When to call the doctor
- Caring for an ailing parent
- Balancing home and career
Financial
- When to start saving for retirement
- IRA vs. Roth IRA
- When should you start saving for your children’s college education?
- Crowdfunded loans vs. the bank
- How Kickstarter changed everything
- Using your HSA
- How to apply for a mortgage
- Improving your credit score
- How to negotiate a raise
- Renting vs. buying
- How does compound interest work?
- How to ask for a promotion
- When is it time to get a new job?
- What to do when you find out a coworker makes more than you
- How much of a down payment on a house do you really need?
- Living on minimum wage
- Is it better to lease or buy a new car?
- How to budget for a new car
- What to do when you lose your job
- Using credit cards responsibly
Food & Drink
- Is rare meat safe?
- Vegan vs. vegetarian
- Microbrews vs. standard brewing
- How to make your own wine
- What are hops?
- Best plants for a backyard garden
- When to transplant sprouts
- Bananas and plantains
- How to make a brine for pickling
- Where did brunch begin?
- Why pineapple belongs on a pizza
- When to order in
- Planning a menu
- Meal planning and grocery lists
- Is free range really better?
- The perfect macaroni and cheese
- Growing your own herbs
- How to make your own pasta
- How to make cookies that are softer
- Benefits of drinking black coffee
Health
- Benefits of a gluten-free diet
- Is the paleo diet accurate?
- Effects of not getting enough sleep
- Are meal subscription services worth it?
- Downsides to Crossfit
- Benefits of yoga
- How to meditate
- Can therapy change the way your mind works?
- Are GMOs really dangerous?
- The truth about diet soda
- Importance of hydration
- Why cleanses don’t work
- Best juice diet
- Most effective exercise for burning calories
- Do essential oils really work?
History
- The history of television
- When the railway was king
- Thwarted assassination attempts
- The first Olympics
- Media during World War II
- Military advancements between World War I and World War II
- War photographers
- Things you didn’t learn in history class
- Historical lies
- The early Internet
Media
- Why podcasts are great
- Most unbiased news channel
- When do people tune into the news most
- How relevant are women’s magazines?
- Cable vs. Netflix
- How worried should you be about your browsing history?
- How to limit screen time
- Why it’s bad to use your smartphone right before bed
- Apple vs. Android
Relationships
- The best age to get married
- How to get an amicable divorce
- Finding a roommate
- Splitting financial responsibilities evenly among the household
- How to have a happy marriage
- Choosing your family
- How to fight effectively
- Signs of an abusive relationship
- What to look for in a spouse
- When to let it go
Self-Help
- How to overcome self-doubt
- Faking confidence
- Becoming comfortable with yourself
- How to say no
- Relaxation techniques
- Controlling anxiety
- Qualities of a leader
- The importance of self-care
- Identifying triggers
- How to eliminate negativity
- Making new habits
- Ethics of posting pictures of your children on social media
- How Internet ads are tailored to you
- How to advertise your business on Facebook
- Privacy and social media
- How to protect your personal information
- When to allow your kids to get their own social media accounts
- Why you shouldn’t post your location on social media
- How to use a hashtag
- Uncovering Twitter Bots
- Snapchat etiquette
Supernatural
- Proof that aliens exist
- Debunking crop circles
- Is Bigfoot real?
- Proof that ghosts exist
Ideal Teacher
is life really a blessing?
This has helped me so much for my English class thank you!
Why personal (private) rules are helpful
I got an A!!!!!
Risks of abortion
Wage gap
How social media impacts education/mental health
Why it’s important to have a good stable mental health
Do teenagers really spend all their time on their phones
Gsce requirements unfair or reasonable
Here is a kind of a dense topic, domestic abuse. Why does it happen? What are some ways to identify a abusive relationship? How does it affect families? Why is the abuser abusive?
We have presentation next week.
I can’t think about the topic.
Please help me!
i want a topic that involves supernatural: HELP
Is water wet?
death, what if the earth loses air entirely for five minutes, what is the most common death.
I have presentation next two day concerning with my classroom. I must choose five topics but i can’t think how to choose these topics. Please! help me
Tanks for giving me an A in drama
so helpful thank you
thanks this helped with my speach at school
i need a best topic to present on that is educational to consumer science and food nutrition students. can i please be assisted
what if the earth stopped spinning
pros and cons of being an artist
how Gen Z affected slang
why people are afraid of the dark
why knowing how to play an instrument is beneficial/not needed
Here’s a controversial one: are trans, intersex and non-binary people getting the same right as every else?
I have a presentation this week I don’t understand how to find a good title please help me I’m a diploma student the speech must have more than 10 minutes
How do create presentation for famous place in Sri Lanka
i need something for my oral communication class. it must be attention grabbing and not an argument. please help
I need ideas on a slide show presentation, a kid appropiate topic.
Pls I need more ideas on self help
hi lol i like these topics but i need a trendy one like something new or like a natural phenomene or someth like that… 🙂