[Ken Leung]

It's nice that you are asking for help, really, people on this forum is more than happy to offer whatever help they can to anyone asking for it.

But, I can't help but notice this is your speech, your class, your school, and your degree we are talking about here. And it is your FIRST experience and your life you are talking about here too.

Surely you must have some thoughts about FIRST since you care so much about it. The class sounds like it's supposed to teach you to speak to the public about things you care about, so, how about you tell us what's on your mind, then others can help you solve specific problems you have no answer to, after exhausting every option of solving them.

Just trust me on this, these kind of project/challenge/paper are so much more fun and valuable when and if you put everything you got into it.

Here is what I suggest the first step is: Brainstorming.

Grab a piece of paper, write down anything and everything you thought of about FIRST. Doesn't matter if you think they are small, or stupid, or not worth talking about. Write everything down, and that's your starting point. Then you can start figuring out the topic, the structure, and hammer out the specifics from there.

It really is a lot of fun! Just trust your instinct and let yourself go!