Ever wondered how to present your DMF to pressed-for-time executives, project managers and stakeholders? These days, they are no longer easily impressed with Powerpoint as they used to. In fact, many are turned-off seeing yet another Powerpoint slides with the standard templates. They don’t like long and boring lectures either. Enter micro lectures via Petcha Kucha.
Petcha Kutcha (pronounced pet-chach-ka) is the Japanese word for “chatter”. It is a presentation format in which content can be easily, efficiently and informally shown, usually at a public event called for that purpose. In this format, the presenter shows 20 images for 20 seconds apiece; exactly for 6 minutes and 40 seconds. It forces one to be concise, creative and compelling. How do we do it?
Originally devised by Architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham who sought to give young designers a venue to meet, network, show their work and to attract people to their experimental event space. They devised a format that kept presentations very concise to stimulate and sustain audience attention and increase the number of presenters within the course of one night. A typical Pecha Kucha Night hosts eight to 14 presenters. This video shows how it works!
Now, there are Pecha Kucha nights in 80 cities in the world. In Munich, Brussels, Melbourne, San Francisco, Glasgow, Eindhoven, Jakarta and Manila.
Why not Pecha Kutcha in development? Why not Petcha Kucha in your next meeting? Can you use it in presenting your next project’s DMF to the beneficiaries? We like to hear your stories!
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