Comments on: How to prepare a Pecha Kucha or Ignite presentation http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:56:14 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Turner http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-3458 John Turner Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=3641#comment-3458 Olivia - another great post. I look forward to trying to find some more examples of this online. It reminds me of when I found the Lessig method via Garr Reynolds' site (a method I would promote only to anyone who was prepared to learn the thoughts and timings so well that they didn't need to stare at the slides for help as they went past; or read from a script that was synchronised with the slideshow.) This is a great exercise in discipline, and must be very effective if done well. I suggest people deliver thoughts rather than a script. If you know that 20 secs means around 60 words, and that you can express a thought in 20 words, then three thoughts per slide should fit. It certainly would help keep things concise - rather like a poet "constrained" by metre actually expresses themselves better as a result. If you are reading, then read from an autocue; that can work. Otherwise, if you learn the ideas, and their order, the words should come naturally. Think Short Thoughts is my advice! Olivia – another great post. I look forward to trying to find some more examples of this online. It reminds me of when I found the Lessig method via Garr Reynolds’ site (a method I would promote only to anyone who was prepared to learn the thoughts and timings so well that they didn’t need to stare at the slides for help as they went past; or read from a script that was synchronised with the slideshow.)

This is a great exercise in discipline, and must be very effective if done well.

I suggest people deliver thoughts rather than a script. If you know that 20 secs means around 60 words, and that you can express a thought in 20 words, then three thoughts per slide should fit.

It certainly would help keep things concise – rather like a poet “constrained” by metre actually expresses themselves better as a result.

If you are reading, then read from an autocue; that can work. Otherwise, if you learn the ideas, and their order, the words should come naturally.

Think Short Thoughts is my advice!

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 Olivia Mitchell Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:18:08 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=3641#comment-3279 I totally agree Ricardo - I really don't like people reading from scripts. But the Pecha Kucha format is incredibly constraining. It requires a huge amount of work just to put together. I'm not happy saying it, but having observed people struggling, in this situation reading from a script may be the best option. Olivia I totally agree Ricardo – I really don’t like people reading from scripts.

But the Pecha Kucha format is incredibly constraining. It requires a huge amount of work just to put together. I’m not happy saying it, but having observed people struggling, in this situation reading from a script may be the best option.
Olivia

]]> By: Ricardo Bueno http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 Ricardo Bueno Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:01:03 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=3641#comment-3278 Personally, I don't like reading from a script. To me it doesn't seem engaging (it seems robotic). Granted this presentation style might make using a script suitable but then again, why not just practice? Practice to the point that you don't require a script... This way your presentation flows much more naturally. Personally, I don’t like reading from a script. To me it doesn’t seem engaging (it seems robotic). Granted this presentation style might make using a script suitable but then again, why not just practice? Practice to the point that you don’t require a script… This way your presentation flows much more naturally.

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]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 Olivia Mitchell Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:53 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=3641#comment-3159 Hi Rowan You've zeroed in on the point that I haven't developed very well :-). The reason is I'm in two minds on this. You can see Pecha Kucha as twenty 20-second presentations strung together. If you had 20 seconds to make your point - you would script it to make sure you were able to make your point in the best possible way in that time. On the other hand, if you script it, you tend to read your script (and a number of presenters did that at the Pecha Kucha night I attended). Not many people are good at reading a script in an engaging way. I think it also depends so much on your personal style. If I was doing it, I would prepare a rough script but then reduce that to notes. I know that I can stay succinct and I have a pretty good short term memory. But it were my husband Tony - well he's a great speaker and has the gift of the gab (gets inspiration while he's on his feet) - but that would get him into trouble with this format - I'd suggest to him that he stick pretty closely to a script. Final answer - it depends! Olivia Hi Rowan

You’ve zeroed in on the point that I haven’t developed very well :-) . The reason is I’m in two minds on this. You can see Pecha Kucha as twenty 20-second presentations strung together. If you had 20 seconds to make your point – you would script it to make sure you were able to make your point in the best possible way in that time. On the other hand, if you script it, you tend to read your script (and a number of presenters did that at the Pecha Kucha night I attended). Not many people are good at reading a script in an engaging way.

I think it also depends so much on your personal style. If I was doing it, I would prepare a rough script but then reduce that to notes. I know that I can stay succinct and I have a pretty good short term memory. But it were my husband Tony – well he’s a great speaker and has the gift of the gab (gets inspiration while he’s on his feet) – but that would get him into trouble with this format – I’d suggest to him that he stick pretty closely to a script.

Final answer – it depends!

Olivia

]]> By: Rowan Manahan http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/presentation-skills/pecha-kucha-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-3155 Rowan Manahan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:00:07 +0000 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=3641#comment-3155 Hi Olivia, Excellent observations all, just one question: you say that there is no room for waffle, but that you should avoid a script. What's your thinking there? I haven no direct experience with PK, but I've helped many clients put together 5, 8 and 10 minute presentations and, given the relatively low wordcount that's going to be involved in something that short, why not work to a script? Hi Olivia,

Excellent observations all, just one question: you say that there is no room for waffle, but that you should avoid a script. What’s your thinking there?

I haven no direct experience with PK, but I’ve helped many clients put together 5, 8 and 10 minute presentations and, given the relatively low wordcount that’s going to be involved in something that short, why not work to a script?

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