Pecha Kucha PowerPoint Presentation
What is it?
Pecha Kucha (pronounced “pe-chak-ka”) presentations started in Tokyo, Japan to keep presentations concise and interesting. The word “pecha kucha” means “chit-chat” in Japnese. Pecha Kucha presentations follow a STRICT format. Check out youtube.com and find “Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides” by Daniel Pink.
What is the format?
20 X 20 = 6 minutes and 40 seconds
THAT MEANS…
20 slides X 20 seconds per slide = a 6 minute and 40 second presentation (PowerPoint)
How do you create a pecha kucha presentation? Here are (appropriately) 6 steps:
1. Write your script and time it.
2. Create 20 slides that include either a little text or a large, striking image (ONE picture on a slide. No more than THREE lines of text using 30 point font or higher. NO picture and added text on the same slide. Balance out your pictures and text so that one is not too dominate. DO NOT animate your text or pictures.)
3. Write your script in the note pane of each slide so that you know what you will say for each slide. Recheck the timing. This is only for YOUR purposes, so if you want to create note cards, that is fine.
4. Set the slides to advance after 20 seconds. Choose “VIEW”>”Slide Sorter”>and select all of the slides. (Click the first one, press and hold “Shift” and click the last one.)
5. On the Slide Sorter toolbar, click the “Transition” button. (In 2007 choose “Animation”) In the Advanced Slide section, uncheck the “On Mouse Click” box and check the “Automatically After” box. In the “Automatically After” text box, enter 00:20.
6. IF you choose to create your presentation on Google Slides, you can set the 00:20 second timer by going to “FILE” > “PUBLISH TO WEB”> “AUTO ADVANCE SLIDE” and then click on the every 30 seconds option. Once you do that, a URL will appear. You can send me the URL OR you can send me the presentation itself and I can fix your timing before you present.
*IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMING, DON’T PANIC! JUST E-MAIL ME AND ASK FOR HELP!!!!
7. PRACTICE your presentation until you can deliver it within the allotted time.