It was in my speech class.. I had to do different speeches for different lengths of time. .

I gave a 45 minute speech that was suppose to only last 30 minutes at workshop seminar for construction maintenance safety. It was for MTSU

10 minutes in speech class.

I've given long classroom lectures - 3 hours. I've taught 5 day long seminars. the longest speech has been 45 minutes.

Just normal high school things, no longer than 15 to 20 minutes. I never got on the debate team due to time constraints (my father getting ill and me taking care of most of the family affairs rendered any extra-curricular activities impossible) or it would have been longer. ~~edit in from comment thread: It was not that big of a deal because I had been preparing to be on the debate team. I took a public speaking class and we had, along with our assigned speeches, random speeches where the instructor would point to us, give us a topic, and we got up to the podium and gave a speech on the spot. . I learned one of my most important tips there: do not say "um," "like," or other filler words. He taught us to tap our finger on the side of the podium instead of using a filler word. It was better to have a pause than use one. . He also taught us to, while speaking, shift our gaze from audience member to audience member, making brief eye contact with each. That way you keep your audiences' attention. . We were taught various other things that escape my memory at this time. My public speaking teacher was first rate, though, and that class has helped me my entire life. . To this day I still do this.

Like 20 minutes. Just presentations at school and stuff. The biggest audience I had was at my companies Holiday Party when I was introducing the video that I made for them.

A book report. It was remarkable. By the time I was finished there was not a dry eye in the class.

maybe like 3-5 minutes....brutal!! LOL!