The Teaching Exchange Pecha Kucha Presentations. What is Pecha Kucha ???? Pecha Kucha is the Japanese term for the sound of conversation (“chit chat”

The Teaching Exchange

Pecha Kucha Presentations

What is Pecha Kucha ????

Pecha Kucha is the Japanese term for the sound of conversation (“chit chat” – can be pronounced peh-chak-cha) It was conceived in Tokyo, back in 2003. by designers Astrid Klein andMark Dytham.

Their original goal was to create a space where designers could share their ideas/passions with others.

However, knowing how dangerous it is to give a designer a microphone… they decided to put some checks in place. In order to prevent speakers from droning on and on, the Pecha Kucha format has restrictions:

20 slides, on display for 20 seconds

Because of this constraint every single Pecha Kucha presentation, regardless of speaker or topic, is exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds in length

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGaCLWaZLI4

Spiral Training

http://www.pechakucha.org/presentations/space-tourism-hospitality-or-adventure-industry

Tourism and Hospitality and the Space Industry

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/pecha-kucha-presentations-with-google-apps-fast-and-to-the-point/1238/Google App

• First used PK this academic year in Dynamics of Tourism – as a student debate.

• Extremely positive feedback from students as a student experience.

• Like myself, main challenge was limiting text to 20 seconds. Trying to avoid words and just images is the art of the presentation.

• Example – debate on Digital Detox• Is the Digital Detox product just a clever

marketing strategy or just the revamping of an already established ‘wellness’ tourism product?

Possibilities for use of PK at UCB - Dissertation proposals?

Social Purposes:PK nights are held globally in 700 cities. Anything can be presented!!

Many examples on line – some quite obscure and also thought provoking!

Employment applications?

http://international.science.strath.ac.uk/2014/02/developing-a-global-mindset-the-first-in-a-pecha-kucha-style-series-of-talks-followed-by-informal-networking/

http://www.manchester-chamber.org/programs-events/pechakucha/