The Official "Make Pecha Kucha Night Awesome" How-To

We're just starting to plan for the next PK Night (Sept 8th at Mad Art), and are working on getting 10-11 diverse speakers. We want more people to submit, more people from the creative community, more storytelling about projects, inspirations, etc.

Here's some ways we think that Pecha Kucha can benefit the presenters & attendees for all future events...

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Share your story or idea in 20 slides, for 6 minutes and 40 seconds!

What are you passionate about, and why?
What have you worked on, or been involved with recently, that would make a great story?
What are you working on now that you think more people need to hear about?
What big idea do you have to make our city a better place?

Pecha Kucha Night St. Louis is looking for presenters for upcoming PK Nights. More specifically, we're looking for more presenters from all over the local creative industry (architects, writers, graphic designers, interactive programers, industrial designers, photographers, etc.) to share ideas that can be told in 20 slides, at 20 seconds each.

How to submit your idea:

Submit a short description of your idea. We're looking for a short 2-3 sentence paragraph that covers the basic idea of your presentation. Think “behind the scenes” –what do you reveal in your presentation that is uniquely yours, the road only you have traveled? Describe how you will tell your story.

Tell us what your story will look like. Crucial to each presentation are the 20 slides associated with the story Describe briefly what types of images you would be included, keep it graphic/image heavy (less bullet points!).

Submit your idea at the form located at the bottom of the page at: http://pkstl.com

What not to do:

Do not think of your presentation as simply a promotion of your organization or portfolio. If you've started a new business or organization you want people to hear about, think about your presentation as a personal story, tell us why you started it or why you are so passionate about it. If you want to show your work, tell a story about a specific project that made or is making an impact, or turn your presentation into an interesting story specifically catered to the PK format.

A few good examples of:

Showing a portfolio of work:

Storytelling and photography:

A local narrative:

Poetry in PK format:

View many more great PKSTL presentations at: http://www.youtube.com/pkstlouis
View great presentations from around the world at: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/

How presentations are picked:

All submissions to the site get pushed out to the organizers who do their best to capture a very diverse group for each PK Night. We try to evaluate all presentations as a whole, and how everything fits together. If you're not notified that you'll be presenting at the next event, keep in mind that we hang on to all submissions and refer to them when putting together the next lineup.

The PK organizers are all volunteers who work in many industries across the city. PKSTL makes no money at events and has no sponsorship of any events. We are extremely thankful to our generous hosts who have donated their spaces through the past year!

Submissions for for the next PK Night on September 8th must be submitted on the website (form at the bottom of http://pkstl.com) by August 8th, 2011.