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Catherine Cronin

Pecha kucha: tips, resources & examples.

Some wonderful examples of Pecha Kucha presentations were a highlight of the recent Galway Symposium on Higher Education (#celt12) held at NUI Galway. If you’ve attended or delivered a Pecha Kucha presentation, you’ll know that it can be both a dynamic and challenging presentation format. Over the past two years I’ve had the opportunity to prepare and deliver four different Pecha Kucha presentations. Each time is a unique learning experience! This past year I did something I’d considered for quite a while: I assigned Pecha Kucha presentations to my students. In terms of presentation quality and the skills students developed, this was a great success. In this post I’ll share a few tips about Pecha Kucha presentations, some resources which my students and I found helpful, and a few examples of PK presentations.

I. Pecha Kucha presentation tips

A Pecha Kucha or 20×20 presentation contains 20 slides, with each slide shown for 20 seconds, for a presentation of exactly 6 minutes, 40 seconds. The format is similar to an Ignite talk, which is 20×15 (i.e. 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide, 5 minutes in length), so advice for preparing and delivering Ignite and Pecha Kucha presentations is similar.

The advantages of the Pecha Kucha format for a conference or a class are clear. Within a given time slot, more presentations can be scheduled and the schedule is predictable. In addition, the atmosphere in a Pecha Kucha session is usually very engaging. Once the “clock starts ticking”, the audience is on the side of the presenter, willing them to succeed. This is a wonderful atmosphere for both new and experienced presenters.

Tips for presenters:

• Images are the key to effective Pecha Kucha. Try to find images which are illustrations or metaphors of your key points and/or use words-as-image, as in the example above. This makes delivery of your presentation much easier, as you’re not trying to race through a list of points. It also makes your presentation more engaging. This is why Pecha Kucha is so successful, I think. It’s not the timing, as such, but the fact that it leads presenters to use best practice in creating presentations which are visually strong and appealing. Let’s banish the bullets! 🙂
• Practice, practice and practice again. I’m not a person who tends to memorize my presentations. For a Pecha Kucha presentation, however, memorizing your key points for each slide is usually the best approach. I suggest writing down the 2 key points you want to make for each slide and trying to stick to that. Then practice delivering your presentation until it flows easily. Practice really makes the difference.
• Hack the format! If you want to go into depth on one particular slide and 20 seconds just won’t be enough, repeat the slide and add text or graphics to develop your points. Your information will then be on-screen for 40 seconds, with small changes appearing midway through. This is a very graceful way to keep within the format but still go into depth.
• When delivering the presentation, don’t worry if you finish making your points on one slide before the next slide advances. Pausing will break your flow. Just start speaking about your next slide; it will likely appear midway through your first sentence. This makes for a more polished presentation rather than pausing for a few seconds to wait for the next slide to appear.
• In working with students, I found that it was important to spend plenty of time beforehand to help students to develop not just an understanding of good presentation skills, but also of copyright, Creative Commons, and how to find, use and assign CC-licensed images . Most students who completed Pecha Kucha presentations in my Professional Skills course assigned CC licenses to their presentations and uploaded their work to Slideshare, forming part of their e-portfolio and digital footprint (some examples below).

Tips for organisers:

• If possible, schedule Pecha Kucha presentations in a room that is not too large. I’ve attended Pecha Kucha sessions in small rooms and in large lecture halls, and I’ve found the atmosphere in rooms with a higher density of people is more connected and more fun. Participants tend to feel in touch with the presenter and the presenter can feed off the positive energy of the audience.
• If you are organising a Pecha Kucha conference session, make sure all presenters send you their presentations ahead of time so that you can be sure that the timings are set correctly to 20 seconds per slide. Another approach you might consider is creating one long presentation for each Pecha Kucha session, with a transition slide (or two) between each presentation. This makes for a seamless session.
• In one conference I attended ( #ece11 ) yet another element of excitement was added by putting the presentations in each session in random order. Presenters didn’t know where their presentation fell in the running order, so had to be prepared to pop up when their name appeared. This led to much hilarity and great audience engagement and support.
• When organising Pecha Kucha presentations for a class, I took on less of the organising work. I asked students to bring their own laptops or share laptops. Students learned a lot from loading presentations, connecting to the projector system, adjusting the room lighting, etc. And in one or two cases where students had not set the slide timings correctly, it served as a great learning moment for everyone.

II. Pecha Kucha resources

Pecha Kucha 20×20 —  This page gives the basics and a brief history of Pecha Kucha.

Why and How to Give an Ignite Talk  by Scott Berkun — This terrific presentation (in Ignite format) is relevant for both Pecha Kucha and Ignite presentations. Take Scott’s advice and “hack the format” if necessary. If it’s Pecha Kucha, just be sure your presentation is 6 minute and 40 seconds long.

Creating an Ignite presentation — This article was written by presentation expert Olivia Mitchell about creating an Ignite presentation, however the guidelines apply just as easily to Pecha Kucha. This is a terrific, visual article, very helpful for careful planning of your presentation.

Choosing good images for presentations — This blog post has excellent advice on finding relevant, potent images for your presentation.

Finding CC-licensed images — the following sites are helpful in finding Creative Commons-licensed images and learning how to reference them:

• Compfight – excellent search tool for Creative Commons-licensed Flickr images
• Creative Commons Wiki – a Creative Commons image directory
• CC Search — powerful search across a variety of platforms (e.g. Flickr, Google images, YouTube) to help you find content you can share, use, remix
• Flickr images – enter search term, click Advanced Search , then tick the box “ only search within Creative Commons-licensed content”
• Content Directories — extensive list of directories of Creative Commons-licensed materials (audio, video, image, text

40+ Tips for awesome PowerPoint presentations — This is a useful checklist for all presentations, not just PowerPoint.

Prezi workshop  — Prezi videos, examples and templates

Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte — Nancy Duarte is the author of the excellent books Resonate and Slideology – unbeatable sources of ideas and inspiration for all presenters. This 25-minute video is worth viewing if you want a deeper understanding of what makes a presentation which truly connects with an audience.

III. Pecha Kucha examples

The first two presentations below are examples of student Pecha Kucha presentations. Each of these was the first presentation ever created by the student — wonderful work, I’m sure you’ll agree! Also, please check out the CT231 Student Showcase  — a collection of student work including Ignite & Pecha Kucha presentations, blogs and audio podcasts.

The final two presentations are conference presentations. The first is by Mary Loftus , an excellent presentation from #celt12 on ‘ways of being’ in the online classroom. The second is one of my own Pecha Kucha presentations, delivered at #ece11, on learning and teaching Professional Skills.

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Catherine, this format has been talked about a lot recently in both the business and elearning sectors. I’m wondering if you have any ideas as to how the pecha kucha presentation format might be adapted by instructors to create brief, compelling educational ‘bites’ to use as part of an online education program.

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This is an app for Pechakucha Speakers. You can see Timer, Slides & Text in your hand.

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I have a question about the total presentation time. Does it have to strictly follow 6.6 minutes? Because my professor deducted 5 points off my grade for “not following Pecha Kucha guidelines” because my total time was 5:43. I would appreciate any advise and I can use some references that shows Pecha Kucha CANNOT fall below 6.6 minutes. I need help because we will be doing more of this sort of assignment.

Hi Grace – thanks for your comment. The best way to time a Pecha Kucha presentation correctly is to set the timer for each slide in the presentation. You should have 20 slides (including the title slide) and each slide time should be set for 20 seconds exactly. This way, you do not manually advance the slides at all; the timing of the presentation will be 20 slides x 20 seconds = 400 seconds, i.e. 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Best of luck!

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June 6, 2024

Everything you need to know about Pecha Kucha

An overview of Pecha Kucha, example Pecha Kucha presentations, and tips for your next presentation

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What is the meaning of Pecha Kucha?

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format where speakers present a 20 slide presentation and spend 20 seconds per slide. This means each presentation is roughly 7 minutes long.

Typically, the Pecha Kucha format is a way for presenters to introduce an audience to a new topic in an abbreviated presentation, but it can also be used for educational presentations, work presentations, and more.

The term Pecha Kucha is a transliteration of the Japanese phrase ぺちゃくちゃ which is translated as “chit chat.” It originated with a Japanese design firm that invited young designers to present their work to the Tokyo design community.

How can I create a Pecha Kucha presentation?

The main difference between a traditional presentation and a Pecha Kucha presentation is that in a traditional slide presentation, the presenter spends 1-2 minutes per slide . 

The pace of a Pecha Kucha presentation is much faster, so there should probably be less content on each slide and more images, similar to a TED talk .

That being said, Pecha Kucha presentations follow the same rules of presentations as any other slide show.

• Create a narrative and decide on your key points
• Make sure your slides look nice (enough)
• Practice so your presentation is not a reading

How to create a Pecha Kucha presentation with AI?

If you want a head start on creating a Pecha Kucha presentation, you can use a tool like Plus AI . Plus allows you to upload a document or start with a prompt and create a presentation with AI minutes. 

Because Plus AI creates your slides directly in PowerPoint or Google Slides, you can also edit them like a traditional slide deck, so it’s easy to tweak them, add images, and refine your slides for your Pecha Kucha presentation.

Example Pecha Kucha presentations

Here are sample Pecha Kucha presentations that each have 20 slides that can be presented for approximately 20 seconds each.

• 20 things you need to know about behavioral economics
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Best Pecha Kucha ideas and topics

Many Pecha Kucha events come with a theme, so if you’re looking for presentation ideas for a group of people, check out our lists of persuasive presentation ideas or PowerPoint Night ideas .

Here are some of our favorite themes and presentation ideas:

• What I do at work
• A short explanation of [complicated celebrity gossip] / [complex scientific theory]
• Favorite vacation destinations
• What school is like in [country]
• Why you should stop doing [activity that annoys you]
• The best dishes in [city] / [food group]
• What the future of [AI] / [music] / [etc] looks like

Pecha Kucha template

Here are some of our favorite Plus AI slide templates that you can use for a Pecha Kucha presentation. You can use any of these templates with Plus AI to generate your own Pecha Kucha presentation and then edit it like a normal Google Slides or Powerpoint presentation.

• What is the format for a Pecha Kucha presentation? Pecha Kucha presentations are 6 minutes and 40 seconds long. They include 20 slides that should take 20 seconds each to present.
• How do you pronounce Pecha Kucha? Most people pronounce Pecha Kucha as petch-uh-kooch-uh , although the original Japanese pronunciation puts the accent on the second syllable petch-AH-kooch-AH.
• How can I create a Pecha Kucha presentation with Google Slides? Use an AI presentation maker to create a first draft of a slide deck, and then make edits so you have 20 slides that each have roughly 20 seconds of content.

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