Pecha Kucha Over Easy Presenter Line Up Confirmed

January 12, 2010 by Brian Monahan
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Pecha Kucha Over Easy!

December 8, 2009 by Brian Monahan
Filed under Events, Featured, Recent News

Pecha Kucha Over Easy!

Good Morning! The international sensation, Pecha Kucha Night, is waking up for breakfast, just for you.

Meeting Point Cincinnati and The Mets Center invite you to experience Pecha Kucha, a whole new way of producing presentations!

Pecha Kucha Night premiered in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has become a global sensation, inspiring creatives and presentation professionals at events around the world.

Pecha Kucha draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”. It is based on a simple presentation idea: 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

Brian Monahan of Prestige AV & Creative Services and founder of Meeting Point Cincinnati hopes you will share his excitement with this new concept:

“Pecha Kucha offers blessed relief form boring PowerPoint presentations and it will spark new life into your next meeting”.

Start the New Year with Pecha Kucha Over Easy and enjoy coffee and a continental breakfast on the side!

When:

Wednesday January 13^th, 2010

7:15-7:45 Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast

7:45-8:45 Pecha Kucha Presentations

8:45-9:00 Q&A and adjourn

Where:

The Mets Center
3861 Olympic Boulevard
Erlanger, KY 41018-1089
(859) 647-6387

Directions:

Admission:

$10 Register Online Now

Contact Brian Monahan for more information at meetingpointcincincinnati (at) gmail.com

See Who is Attending on Linkedin: Click Here

Presenter Line Up:

Brian Monahan
Prestige AV & Creative Services
Silly Meeting Industry Inventions

Randy Simes
Owner/Managing Editor UrbanCincy.com
Title TBD

June Izzi
Yellow Ribbon Support Center
Vision for Fallen Heroes Museum

Jim Jung
Second Story Center for theArts
Vision for Arts Community

2 additional speakers to be announced.

If you would like to present please contact Brian Monahan with your concept at meetingpointcincinnati (at) gmail.com

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Do You PK? A Cure For the Common Meeting

June 16, 2009 by Brian Monahan
Filed under Social Media

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Death by PowerPoint! A pandemic that has been plaguing the meetings industry for the last 10 years. Pecha Kucha Nights an International Sensation could be the vaccine you are looking for to breathe life back into your dead meetings.

Pecha Kucha was created by a pair of architects in Tokyo looking for a manageable way for young architects to share their work without boring the audience to tears. They devised a presentation format of 20 Slides, 20 Seconds each on auto timer. 6 Minutes and 40 Seconds and you are done. Sit Down, Shut Up because its time to move on to the next presenter.

The limitations have allowed for more people to share their work and the cream to rise to the top, so to speak.

I first learned of Pecha Kucha from a local social media group “New Media Cincinnati” which hosted a meeting Pecha Kucha style and allowed the attendees to present first come first serve at the meeting. Working in audio visual for the last 15 years, I jumped at the opportunity to present. I was hooked. Not only is it fun to present but I was excited about the potential of short and interesting presentations. I have definitely held my eye lids open for my fair share of full screen notes, I mean PowerPoint presentations. I don’t think the term bullet is an accident. Bullet by Bullet a really bad PowerPoint can leave you lifeless.

Enough of my spiraling rant about the product that single handedly drives my paycheck.

Back to the inspired part.

I met with a co-worker in early 2009 to discuss an idea I had for using Pecha Kucha to promote the city of Cincinnati. My idea was to bring the Cincinnati Meeting’s Industry together for a Pecha Kucha Night to present Cincinnati’s finest destinations and best kept secrets, minus the marketing spin. The inherent limitations to Pecha Kucha create a very personal and to the point discussion about an idea or vision. My goal is to have an archive of Pecha Kucha presentations on the internet promoting Cincinnati, minus the spin!

I decided to put the idea on the back burner after getting real with myself. My life had changed with my first child Ella arriving in late October 2008. To be quite honest if I only had 6 Minutes and 40 Seconds for anything I might think I was on vacation.

Moving on Pecha Kucha found me. A dear friend contacted me looking for audio visual assistance at an event she was hosting at the Contemporary Arts Center. Once an AV Dude, always and AV Dude, my instincts kicked in and I was beginning to think this was one of those calls where somebody thought they had an AV problem but the really had a money problem. Not being cynical, I get these calls almost every week. Let me guess you need some audio visual for your event but you have no budget. I was right but luckily for her, I quickly realized, this sounded like a Pecha Kucha Night and guess what, I just happened to be interested. She was floored when I asked “Are you hosting a Pecha Kucha Night?”

Things moved fast and before you know it, I was part of the Cincinnati Pecha Kucha movement which had already created a fun brand for itself “Do You PK?.” I met the group and offered audio visual support and sponsorship via Prestige AV & Creative Services my employer. It just so happens the Pecha Kucha founders in Tokyo finally emailed me the same night with the groups contact information. Pecha Kucha has found me so to speak.

The inaugural event was hosted by the Contemporary Arts Center with huge success. Over 300 people attended and it was standing room only. Soapbox Cincinnati covered the event and you can see more by clicking here.

We have since hosted Volume 2 and have Volume 3 on the calendar 0n August 5th at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

I am working on my Pecha Kucha about the Historic Cincinnati Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel which I have had the opportunity to work in over the last 5 years. The building is a true work of art and I find something new about its design and history almost every time I work there.

I encourage you to share your Pecha Kucha slides or video links in the comments area below. I recommend SlideShare.net for posting your slides. SlideShare is a great tool for meetings and I will cover it in more detail on a future post.

Daniel Pink a leading marketing and business author shared a Pecha Kucha he created on signs which interestingly enough highlights a Cincinnati Destination the American Sign Museum.