PechaKucha – ever heard of it … nor had I, until a speaker at a local group I belong to came along to give his talk …
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| Screen shot from their site |
It was eye-opening … such a clever way of presenting an idea to a group … a few slides, pertinent comment on each slide, an easy connection to the next slide …
20 slides ...
auto advance after 20 seconds …
by a presenter who spoke succinctly and clearly …
Then 0ur speaker answered questions on the various subjects he'd presented … what more could our audience want …? None - my next post will cover that aspect …
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| Klein and Kythm |
But back to PechaKucha – which means chit-chat – or as we would perhaps understand it:
Talk Less: Show More
This story-telling format was created in 2003 by the two founders of Tokyo's Klein-Dythm Architectural Practice: Astrid Klein and Mark Dythm, as a way of succinctly promoting their designs, ideas and concepts.
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| Rappongo at night with Tokyo Tower |
The architectural practice had an experimental event space in Roppongi – an affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene in Tokyo – also there are also a few foreign embassies located near-by.
Having heard the presentation … I wanted to know more – which the online architecture, interiors and design magazine, Dezeen, based in London introduced me to and to the founders … but
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| Fear of Public Speaking - love the image, but the video is 8+ minutes |
here the PechaKucha website lets us see various presentations … on a number of subjects: including the 'how to … Get Creating ...'
The part I can't get my head round, but that's my age – I suspect, and hope! - are the evenings of PechaKucha presentations … I'm afraid I'm thinking of a Karaoke type-evening where 'a singer' is selected for some award … however the presentation we were given has excited me, not to say I do that many presentations.
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| Paper Birds |
The website shows some of these … longer than I'd expected … but cover these and other subjects: paper birds, paper models, fear of public speaking, world record painting in support of rhinoceroses … showing the opportunities …
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| A speaker at a PechaKucha event in Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
This image shows a speaker at a PechaKucha night in Cluj-Napoca, Romania … in the heart of the Transylvania region – it is home to universities, a vibrant night life and landmarks dating back to Saxon and Hungarian eras.
Another piece of modern life's puzzle for me to get my elderly brain wrapped around … interesting world we live in – I feel very behind the times, yet know I'm probably more aware than many. Funny old world!
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Thanks for reading … I do have a presentation to give on Monday on the Foundling Museum – but it will not be one of these … perhaps I'll be brave enough to give the idea a try next year.
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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18 comments:
My elderly brain has never heard of this kind of presentation. so your elderly brain taught something to my elderly brain.
Love,
Janie
Thomas Coram was heroic, and not just in his time.
How wonderful. Thank you for again stretching my own elderly brain - and good luck with your presentation.
"...world record painting in support of rhinoceroses" is not a phrase one hears very often!
This seems so interesting; it reminds me of some of the speakers we get in our local U3A.
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...without necessarily going diving after your links, I read this as being a variation on TEDx talks... just as all social media is but an iteration of one concept = communication. And the mention of architecture reminds me I need to catch up on Kevin Anderson et al for the house of the year! YAM xx
How interesting - we visited the Foundlings’ Museum last week!
Good luck on Monday!
You always have such interesting posts!
Hi Hilary
This sounds really interesting! I do know from being in the library world that, for presentations at least, less is definitely more - the less words jumbled onto a powerpoint slide (or any slide, really!), the better. Of course this requires the speaker to know their stuff, so they don't have to read it off the slide. :)
Thanks for sharing!
@ Janie - thanks ... my elderly brain seems to be taking rather a lot on board ...
@ Hels - yes ... Thomas Coram's a very interesting man
@ EC - pleasure ... I hope you'll feel up to taking a look ...
@ Bazza - I know 'the rhinoceroses' made me chuckle too - for a worthwhile cause as I've 'met them' in Southern Africa. Perhaps your U3A are more advanced than ours are down here and you're nearer the London environs. It does seem these types of presentations are around - I just hadn't come across it before ...
@ Yam - and as I've mentioned to Bazza ... these type of presentations are obviously around - I don't look at many TED talks - I'd be over-cooking my poor brain!!
I think you mean Kevin McCloud for house of the year ... I knew what you meant! I do love the architectural creations that we get to see ...
@ Anabel - how very co-incidentally strange that the Foundling Museum was on your list of places to visit on your recent trip to the big smoke ... I've never been ...
@ John - thanks so much ... it's 'to friends' ... so I think I'm fairly safe ...
@ Truedessa - good to see you and thanks for enjoying the posts I manage to put up ...
@ Trisha - how lovely to see you - thanks for popping over from Perth. Yes - less is definitely more ... my talk will be both I hope! But the one we heard was very succinct ... and as you say not too much on a slide, that can't be read at the back of the room ... I just do a title with a bit of info about the image ... then I natter as much as I need to ... thankfully people can hear my stentorian tones.
Thanks so much to you all for coming by and commenting ... great to have the extra notes too - cheers Hilary
All of this technology taxes my poor Luddite brain, Hilary! I have not followed the links you provided - yet - but I will summon the resolve to do so, no doubt confusing myself in the process. I do all my presentations in Power Point, and I have that down pat, and I am going to stay with it. Even that confused me when I first started, but a kind young friend of mine came and helped us through it, with Miriam sitting in on the session too so that we could remember everything between us. Technology can be intimidating to the fearful and uninitiated! Virtual hugs from Ontario - David.
Interesting. Good luck with the presentation, Hils.
Are these just a different iteration of slideshow? (My computer is molasses today, so I don't want to see how long any of that is going take to load.) There are so many ways to present a slideshow nowadays. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
What a fun way to share information! I haven't heard of PechaKucha ... thanks for introducing it to me. :)
@ David - I agree .. technology is troubling ... so I don't blame you for not following the links - I just wanted to know - hence the post. I might give the concept a try ... out of interest. I use the Mac version of Powerpoint - and as long as I remember to change the extension ... it's ok! & easy ...
I could do with someone around who can help ... but with the brain in full gear I seem to be able to cope. I also have a good presentation voice ... obtained from talking to my mother and uncle - when I needed to speak more clearly and slowly - but I didn't much like standing up and talking ... now I've 'grown' into it!
We have a lovely dry sunny day ...
@ Sandra - have a lovely Thanksgiving ... and the presentation went off well thank you ...
@ Liz - it probably is (another iteration of a slideshow) ... but I'd never seen it in a presentation to a group format - and have the name stated - so I could check it out. Also the fact it was set out by an architectural practice and came out of Japan interested me ...
@ Elizabeth - thanks ... the presenter was very knowledgeable and once finished - answered every question in the full ... I was very impressed. I hope you enjoy the look at the site ... I think you will.
Cheers to you four - thanks so much for visiting - Hilary
So wonderful to have found something new to be so exciting. I used to not care for giving presentations and it's still not my favorite thing to do, but it doesn't bother me in the least to present if I have to. :) Also, good look at the Foundling Museum!
A few years ago, we used the Pecha Kucha method for the business communications course I was teaching. It was certainly lively, but it needs a lot of practice to do it well. My students enjoyed the challenge, though.
@ Rosey - I was completely taken over by the presentation and by the professionalism of the speaker - such an interesting evening. Thank you re the Foundling Museum ... I learnt a lot then too ... and all went well thank you.
@ Val - oh great you know about this style - and fascinating you taught it ... this chap was very confident and in full control of the ideas he wanted to get over. I'd have hated the challenge ... now perhaps I'd cope!
Cheers to you both - and thank you for coming by ... Hilary
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