3 Things Hosting a Pecha Kucha Night has Taught Me
This Saturday, February, 7, I'm running an offlight public speaking night in Reality, Da Nang. This is gonna be a 2.5hr international event with 6 speakers, 2 videographers, and a food sponsor.
🫧 What's Pecha Kucha (PK)?
PK [official YT channel] is aunlike demo days or investment pitches , this format can be adapted for educational, sales, or artistic pusposes.
PK pushes you to stick to the point and visualise AF - which works for pretty much anyone who wants to get the point across.
🫧 What have I learned during the PK prep?
1️⃣ I start seeing there're patterns and types of speakers. With uniques strengths and weaknesses. Which inspired me to come up with my own speaker typology. Comment if you want to learn more about it.
2️⃣ As I coached English native speakers and highly proficient nonnatives to prep their presentation, I get clearly see that storytelling is a unique skillset. Learning just grammar and vocabulary isn't enough.
3️⃣ Speakers're more afraid of offline stages. Being present in front of people. Is it the case with you?
If yes, not a great sign. Probably, you're hiding. Speaking offline is actually much much much easier. WHY? People already agreed to give you their time, they put away the distractions, they don't scroll you over. And they give you instant (non)verbual cues - so you know how you're doing.
Offline is a new luxury. If you have an offline club around you with a highly qualified coach - go. For better employment, sales, and soul nourishment.
🫧 Where to see photos, videos, and stories before, during, and after the event?
Follow my Instagram to connect with the speakers or check out pics, or my YouTube to watch PK presentations and their decosntruction.
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This Saturday, February, 7, I'm running an offlight public speaking night in Reality, Da Nang. This is gonna be a 2.5hr international event with 6 speakers, 2 videographers, and a food sponsor.
PK [official YT channel] is a
strrreeeetttccchhh public speaking format. "Stretch format" means that PK pushes you to stick to the point and visualise AF - which works for pretty much anyone who wants to get the point across.
If yes, not a great sign. Probably, you're hiding. Speaking offline is actually much much much easier. WHY? People already agreed to give you their time, they put away the distractions, they don't scroll you over. And they give you instant (non)verbual cues - so you know how you're doing.
Offline is a new luxury. If you have an offline club around you with a highly qualified coach - go. For better employment, sales, and soul nourishment.
Follow my Instagram to connect with the speakers or check out pics, or my YouTube to watch PK presentations and their decosntruction.
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This hits home so hard today! Why?
Because "I don't speak English" is exactly the phrase that half of PechaKucha20x20 (an offlined talks night I organised) speakers told me right before and after delivering great talks about the changes they went through.
Dear readers, it's hard to believe this, but it's true: people you admire and look up to doubt themselves as much (or even more!) than you.
Moving on from the inspirational to the 🧐 GRAMMAR NOTE 🤣
"I wish it was something | I paid more attention to in school, you know"
What makes this sentence advanced is the cleft-structure, where:
"I wish it was something" is the subject
"I paid more attention" is the predicate
So, "subject" and "predicate" consist of mini-sentences. Like a Russian doll
🟣 IG reference
This week, I'll share with you:
🫧 the pitfalls I helped our speakers avoid
🫧 what made their stories stand out
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Because "I don't speak English" is exactly the phrase that half of PechaKucha20x20 (an offlined talks night I organised) speakers told me right before and after delivering great talks about the changes they went through.
Dear readers, it's hard to believe this, but it's true: people you admire and look up to doubt themselves as much (or even more!) than you.
Moving on from the inspirational to the 🧐 GRAMMAR NOTE 🤣
"I wish it was something | I paid more attention to in school, you know"
What makes this sentence advanced is the cleft-structure, where:
"I wish it was something" is the subject
"I paid more attention" is the predicate
So, "subject" and "predicate" consist of mini-sentences. Like a Russian doll
mryangenglish177This week, I'll share with you:
Stay tuned and share with friends
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What is PechaKucha and Why it is a Good Presentation Format to Practice
PK is a great format to practice for top managers, founders, and bloggers as it helps you to quit rambling, stick to the point and engage audience with images and clarity.
A great skill for sales, investment pitches, job interviewes, dating, or entertainment careers.
Last week, I ran a PK Night in Da Nang, with 6 speakers from 6 countries sharing their stories of change (post). Tomorrow and on Thursday, I will share Tips and Warnings that will help you to shape more engaging talks that will advance you personally and professionally.
YOUR TURN
How do you describe a good speaker?
WIll share my thoughts and observations next week.
PechaKucha is a Japanese word for chitchat and is the name of a presentation format created in Japan in 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, two architects looking for a way people can share their work quickly and simply in public.
Since then, the idea has spread to over 700 cities around the world. At every PechaKucha Night, speakers come together and share their ideas with only 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. PechaKucha: a fast, visual-rich format.
PK is a great format to practice for top managers, founders, and bloggers as it helps you to quit rambling, stick to the point and engage audience with images and clarity.
A great skill for sales, investment pitches, job interviewes, dating, or entertainment careers.
Last week, I ran a PK Night in Da Nang, with 6 speakers from 6 countries sharing their stories of change (post). Tomorrow and on Thursday, I will share Tips and Warnings that will help you to shape more engaging talks that will advance you personally and professionally.
YOUR TURN
How do you describe a good speaker?
WIll share my thoughts and observations next week.
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4 Tips & 2 Lies to remember for an Engaging Talk
LIE No 1:I'm an avid fun of Pecha Kucha 20x20 format
No. I'm an avid fun of smart people communicating their ideas clearly, and I love discovering formats to help them achieve this goal. PK is a great tool, and one of many.
LIE No 2:Pecha Kucha is good only for coaches and bloggers
No. PK is a great format for any top manager, entrepreneur, expert, or entertainer who wants to be understood and remembered, pushing up their market value and personal influence.
Last week in Da Nang, 6 speakers from 6 countries did a great job with their PK Talks about personal change. Swipe through the images to learn the 4 moves that helped them engage the audience.
Apply to join our online PitchUp club for engaging presentations in English [Notion] - Text
LIE No 1:
LIE No 2:
No. PK is a great format for any top manager, entrepreneur, expert, or entertainer who wants to be understood and remembered, pushing up their market value and personal influence.
Last week in Da Nang, 6 speakers from 6 countries did a great job with their PK Talks about personal change. Swipe through the images to learn the 4 moves that helped them engage the audience.
Apply to join our online PitchUp club for engaging presentations in English [Notion] - Text
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4 Pitfalls to Avoid for an Engaging Talk
🥸 Blasphemy* alert: it doesn't matter if you prepare for a Pecha Kucha 20x20 Talk, YC Demo Day, a job interview in Big Tech, or another high-stakes talk.
Moreover, it doesn't matter if you're a top manager, a comedian, a founder, or a courtisan.
If you want people to listen, pay attention, and remember you, please, please, do your best to avoid these 4 pitfalls*. Swipe through the images to be warned :)
*GLOSSARY
🫧 Blasphemy: saying or doing something that shows disrespect toward God, religion, or sacred beliefs
🫧 Pitfalls: hidden problems or dangers that can cause mistakes or trouble if you’re not careful
Apply to join our online PitchUp club for engaging presentations in English [Notion] - Text PitchUp to @ybeymlina
Moreover, it doesn't matter if you're a top manager, a comedian, a founder, or a courtisan.
If you want people to listen, pay attention, and remember you, please, please, do your best to avoid these 4 pitfalls*. Swipe through the images to be warned :)
*GLOSSARY
Apply to join our online PitchUp club for engaging presentations in English [Notion] - Text PitchUp to @ybeymlina
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