pecha kucha
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Pecha Kucha¹
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Coined by British architect and author Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in 2003 from onomatopoeic Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha, “continuously and in a lively fashion [of speech]”, adverb).
noun Pecha Kuchas · PechaKucha · pecha-kucha · pecha kucha
- A rigid presentation format in which the speaker has exactly 20 slides to speak about, with exactly 20 seconds allocated for each slide (20×20). Pecha Kucha is based on a simple idea: that by limiting the number of slides in a presentation, and limiting the amount of time a presenter can spend on each slide, presentations will convey information concisely and at a rapid pace.
- A presentation given using this format. After they present their Pecha Kuchas, and the class discusses them, we ask the students to go back to the page to reconstruct their arguments in light of the discussion.
- A set of Pecha Kucha talks all given together in one sitting, typically staged as an evening entertainment. Editioned on the occasion of the 2007 Pecha Kucha of the North American Cartographic Information Society.
pecha kucha²
noun pecha kuchas
- Alternative letter-case form of Pecha Kucha
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