Powerpopint presentation query but not for the electric cafe

[vernon]

This is not a Powerpoint presentation problem but more of a memory problem.

I recall reading about a style of competition using Powerpoint where there was a time limit and a slide limit for the presentation and that the slides ran an automatic sequence and the speaker synched his talk to the presentation.

This style of presentation/presentation competition had a name...anyone know what it is?

I've tried Googling but to no avail.

Cheers

Vernon

 

[CopperBrompton]

It's called Pecha Kucha (from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation). 10 slides, 20 seconds per slide.

Coincidentally, I'm giving a Pecha Kucha presentation tomorrow.

 

[Keith Oates]

Thanks you two, that's something else I've learned today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vernon]

It's called Pecha Kucha (from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation). 10 slides, 20 seconds per slide.

Coincidentally, I'm giving a Pecha Kucha presentation tomorrow.

Brilliant! Thanks a lot.

I hope to encourage colleagues to try it out instead of inflicting 'Death by PowerPoint' presentations on each other.

Good luck with your presentation. What's the topic/theme?

 

[CopperBrompton]

Mine is on ten technological developments we can expect in the next 2-3 years, and mine is one of ten presentations - should be fun!

 

[RabbitFood]

works great I use this method, i have to present to Marketing people and advertising agencies and 9 times out of 10 they dont want to be there but keep it short and straight to the point.

Rabbit

 

[Fnaar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha

 

[Arch]

I hope to encourage colleagues to try it out instead of inflicting 'Death by PowerPoint' presentations on each other.

I went to a conference once and sat through a 20 minute talk given by two Chinese students in broken English (ok, it's impressive to speak another language at all, but it lacked fluency), on a scientific archaeology project, illustrated by Powerpoint slides showing a huge amount of small font text and graphs... in yellow on a black background!

Needless to say, I have no idea now what it was about....

 

[CopperBrompton]

Gave my Percha Kucha presentation, and it was great fun :-) Won an award, so must have got the hang of it.

The pure form is 20 slides, automated timing (so every slide is exactly 20 seconds, you can't average it out over the total) and each slide is one image, no text. I want to have a bash at that now. :-)