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Next PKN: 2 May, 7:00pm at Bentara

PechaKucha’s next Night is coming up on 2 May.

We’ve had some great presenters, from trash-talking JoAnne Wilcox to eclipse-chasing Maryann Ott, from graffiti-defending Will Reynolds to government-revolutionizing Ben Berkowitz, and everyone in between.

But you’re still out there… come on out!
Send us your fantastic passionate 20x20 topic. Or send us that person whose project you want to know more about.
Or both.

Spring Edition: 7:00pm at Bentara on Wednesday, 2 May 2012.

Here’s more if you need it:

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PechaKucha Night comes to New Haven
New Haven has started its own edition of PechaKucha Night, an event that celebrates creativity and innovation. It was founded by designers in Tokyo as a way to share ideas succinctly and creatively, using 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. The ideas can solve social problems or just be a cool innovation, or new project. Neighbors, colleagues, journalists, designers, architects, social entrepreneurs, and artists have all presented at PechaKucha nights.
Press coverage is at:
http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/08/present_your_pa.php
and:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/01/04/life/0104pechakucha.txt

Be a Presenter at the next PechaKucha Night (“PKN”), on 2 May 2012
PechaKucha’s main idea/rule is “20x20” : each presenter has 20 exciting/beautiful images shown for 20 seconds per slide (seriously, it will run automatically!), on any creative idea you want to present. [Another rule is: “in a bar or a space attached to a bar.” Which you’ve got to admit is a great rule.]

FAQ #1: What kind of presenters is PechaKucha Night for?
Looking through past presenters, there are embroiderers who stitch pornographic designs, ice hotel constructor/dissemblers, collectors of flowerpots and Japanese hearse images, photographers of people asleep in public places in China (among many themes), and a documentarian of the process behind making flowers rain from the sky in Holland. “And much more” doesn’t do the variety justice. What all of the presentations have in common is the presenters’ passion for a topic.

FAQ #2: What is a PechaKucha Night event like?
[Entirely from participant comments:] PKN is a leveling experience, wherein everyone has the same 20x20 limitation, whether student or practitioner, amateur or professional, young or old. Architects, artists, artisans, dancers, comedians, mayors, kids, moms, brain surgeons, human rights watchers, opera singers, students, and star designers have presented next to one another. The 20x20 format forces people to reduce, clear their minds and think about what is relevant. It unleashes energy and goodwill in equal measure. It means that those watching can relax and pay attention, knowing that they have a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds to learn about this amazing presenter’s ideas, or a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds until it’s over. It is all about interaction, direct feedback, eye contact, body heat and excitement which cannot be communicated by a computer screen. It extends knowledge and generates energy by viewing a topic of creative fascination through the eyes of the thoughtfully obsessed.

FAQ #3: Okay, I have an idea for a presentation… how does it work, exactly?
PKN prepares the venue end of the Night ahead of time. You prepare by distilling your ideas into 20 .jpg images at 20 seconds each, zipping them into a file, and contacting us here. PKN receives your images and puts your 20x20 into the presentation lineup for the Event. We need to have your images ahead of time —e.g., today is not too early. Once you’re in the lineup, we let you know, list your presentation on the site, etc. You come to Bentara by 7:00pm on 2 May and we give you the microphone for your part in the PKN conversation. (Then you get a free drink and feel like a rock star.)

I want to present, but I have other questions…
No problem, contact Shunji via our form. Or view some great Presenter Tips here!

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