pecha kucha and effective business presentations

art of concise presentations

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started as an event for young designers to meet, network and show case their work in public

Pecha Kucha Nights

Each presenter has only 6 minutes 40 seconds to present their ideas before next presenters takes the stage

the format keeps the presentations short, concise and entertaining

In 2004, PKN began running in a few cities in Europe, now a worldwide phenomenon

Held mostly in fun locations with a bar creating a space for “thinking and drinking”

anyone can present, that’s the beauty of PKN

A good pecha kucha is unexpected, tells a great story,shares something personal, funny, and inspiring

Pecha Kucha is not a social network. It is a live event, with real people, real communication, real beer and real creative fun

So far so good, but what relevance does it have in the corporate world of business presentations?

Concise presentations

Improve productivity

Minimize “death by powerpoint”

What we want to achieve?

what is our purpose?

Before you create those 100 slides in detail,Did you think of a theme?Layout the flow?Time the slides?

• Don’t use too much text• Where ever possible, replace text with pictures,

charts, graphs• Use smart art, it will make your presentation

look much better• Don’t read from the slides• Supporting data if too much needs to go to a

word document or excel• Time your slides, don’t create 100 slides for ½

hour meeting

Don’t use too much text

Where ever possible, replace

text with pictures, charts, graphs

Use smart art, it will make your

presentation look much better

Don’t read from the slides

Supporting data if too much needs to

go to a word document or excel

Time your slides, don’t create 100 slides for ½ hour

meeting

tips on using pecha kucha principles for business presentations

General tips for good business presentations

Limit punctuation and

avoid all caps

Avoid fancy fonts

Use contrasting colors for text

and background

Model presentation outline

• What this presentation is about?• Why it is important?• Presentation agenda

Introduction

• Review the issue• Why are we talking about this now?

Background

• Convey the main message with links to supporting slides/artifacts where necessary

Main point

• Summarize your main message and key points

Conclusion

• All supporting slides should be beyond the thank you slides

Supporting information

Adapted from - http://www.technologywriter.com/guides/bizpre06.pdf

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