Dear All, We are planning a pretty big seminar for our H&S people at the organisation I work for and have made some great plans to creat a really engaging day. I'm now scratching my head over a closing presentation to the day, just 5 minutes or so to leave people with an enormous sense of well being (to quote Blur)! Would anybody have a brief presentation about the history of H&S, maybe from the industrial revolution forwards that shows the benefit of safe working over the years? Or anything really that could end a day on a bit of a high? I'm running out of time and although I know it's a bit of a cheek, would rather not do something from scratch! Naturally, if anyone does provide me with something, I'll make sure they are referenced as the author. Thanks in anticipation.

Why go for a 'high' - why not get them to think Most effective presentations I have come across, for making people think about the results of their [and others'] actions were by people affected by a fatality 5 minutes from a young widow, on what its like to tell your young child that Daddy won't ever be coming home again, is a great concentrator, and rather than leave on a confident high, your audience might go away thinking seriously about what they do

Alan Haynes, I think your idea has its place during the day but never as part of a closing session for what appears to be a motivational day. An upbeat close beats a morbid one every time. Wain..etc, I have nothing specific but maybe choose one or two of the positive H&S achievements made by your organisation, with a "congratulations, well done, now go and do more" message.

You could always finish off with photo presentation of H&S standards from around the world.