Utilizing the work of someone else deserves just as much respect as part of presentation media as it does when writing a paper. That which someone else created took their own hard work, possibly money, and creativity. Taking that which someone else created and utilizing it for a speech is fine as long as proper credit is given. However, if one is so inclined to take that object and modify or tweak just to call it their own is not allowed. Proper credit should still be given to the original creator and depending on the circumstances, such as when using copyrighted music, permission must first be granted.
I am responsible for securing the mechanical license's for my friend who is a song-writer/musician. In order to cover anyone else's songs they must first grant permission even if our intent is not to earn money off of it. Although it sometimes makes things complicated and is a bit more work, citing the original creator is definitely the ethical way to go.
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