I have been tasked with giving a short presentation at an event I only have 10 minutes and would want to make an impact but also keep it humorous as it is a fun day All this without loosing the importance of H&S If anyone has done this before and has some funny antidotes etc I would appreciate it Thanks Alan

Hilary No set subject however I will be speaking to suppliers to the construction industry

I find this site and its links is usually full of inspiration for such sessions. http://www.safetyrisk.com.au/safety-photos/ p48

I like the following quote as a warning against complacency: First slide: 'When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident... or any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.' Second slide: Captain E. J. Smith - 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic

Alan - if you choose to use Lunn15679's excellent novel suggestion, be prepared for some people to comment that Captain E J Smith wasn't captain of the Titanic until its maiden voyage in 1912, especially in view of all the publicity earlier this year about the centenary of that disastrous voyage. Presumably Captain Smith made his comments in 1907. Also, just in case anyone asks, the prefix RMS means 'Royal Mail Ship'. I didn't know myself until I did an internet search a few minutes ago.