Image by Getty Images via DaylifeOK, I had heard of this before, but now it's gaining traction, and I understand the real attraction. Business really leans on PowerPoint to deliver and perform presentations. All departments now use PowerPoint to drive meetings and agendas... people think in slides and linear progressions. We brainstorm with slides to guide us. Staff follows along, reading ahead and reiterating conclusions.... we agree because we've been lead to the end, slide by slide. Not because we thought it through. And we get bored of the continual progression of standard presentations.Pecha Kucha brings back a bit of the life to the presentation... a bit of performance and excitement. It's more of a show, planned for impact... not data transference.
It's very different, even the preparation is different.... A presenter no longer focuses on getting all the data, making slides, being detailed and thorough... in PK the focus is on being succinct,creative, compelling and entertaining. A very different preparation
If you don't know about it, the idea of Pecha Kucha is very simple: present 20 slides for 20 seconds each on whatever topic you want. The goal is to be clear and to compete, like poetry slam....
The next show in NYC is at Element. (The events consistently attract an audience of over 500 people.)
