I spend a lot of my time on other people’s forums, offering help and advice where I can. (So give a saint-hood!). One of the most common please I find is the “I’ve got to do a presentation on X: how do I make it interesting?”. As soon as anyone asks them anything about X they don’t know - they’ve done the typical but tedious thing and hit the panic button….
Here’s the advice I just gave one such student who wanted to know how to make a presentation on the health system of some country….
I know it’s easy to do, but try not to worry about the presentation. The presentation is only a means, not an end in itself. The end is for people to know about your subject matter - that means you need to do the research first. Your prof only gave you the assignment to get you to do the work! 
Once you’ve done the research the way of getting your audience involved (good idea, by the way!) should stand out. If it doesn’t, do some more research!
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Remember - the presentation is about getting the message over. For heaven’s sake, be sure of your message before anything else - otherwise you end up with no substance and run the risk of no presentation either. Can’t get any worse than that, can it!?
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