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12 presenters
20 slides each
20 seconds per slide
6 mins 40 secs

With Pecha Kucha Night, boring lectures, painful seminars or tiring presentations are a thing of the past. Pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"), applies a simple set of rules to creative presentations: 12 speakers with exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images, then sit back, relax and watch the next speaker.

The format was devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture, in Tokyo in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. The first presentations were such a hit that they began hosting monthly pecha-kucha events, at which architects and designers showcased their streamlined offerings to crowds of hundreds. The format has since spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.

What an absolutely fantastic and liberating idea. For those of us who are prone to stumble over our words it provides the perfect creative outlet, whilst those who would otherwise ramble are bound by the strict time constraints. The result is a truly vibrant and exciting experience for all. Suddenly there's no preciousness in people's presentations – just poetry.

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Posted by Steve on 14 Feb 08, at 2:59 pm

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