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Death by PowerPoint Pecha Kucha - this presentation from Daniel Pink from his Wired article. Let us now bullet-point our praise** for Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two Tokyo-based architects who have turned PowerPoint, that fixture of cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport. Their innovation, dubbed pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"), applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down. The result, in the hands of masters of the form, combines business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.
 * Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the Hell Down

Your reactions??? I am a big fan of Daniel Pink. He has a way of sharing ideas that makes you wnat to learn more. I enjoyed this presentation. I have to admit that there will be some growing pains until I get out of "bullet" mode of doing PowerPoint. The good news is that with Flickr and Google images there are so many great images to use. SS

As an audience member, I would appreciate the pecha-kucha method of powerpoint. As a presenter, I can't imagine presenting twenty talking points without discussion and feedback following each slide. I am more in tune with Kapterev's checklist: significance, structure, simplicity, and rehearsal. I find great comfort in checklists! BW

I enjoyed the pecha-kucha powerpoint presentation. It was witty, clever and showed inginuity but the subject manner made that possible. Practical applications where information is more dry and meant to be more informative does not lend itself to such cute images. What was the practical message...use empathy to make signs? How many of us are sign designers? I would be more impressed if he took my presentation on NCAA eligiblity requirements and made that funny, witty, or clever. CC

The Death by PowerPoint was much more helpful and practical. The key point I thought was "significance creates passion". I have sat through bad powerpoints but if the information is important I pay attention. The need for everyone to be entertained in order to not be bored is poor discipline. If the information is worthless to the audience than the powerpoint/presentation is worthless regardless of what bells and whistles are used. CC