Pecha kucha and effective business presentations

1. art of concise presentations
Hrishikesh Karekar
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4. started as an event for young designers to meet, network
and show case their work in public
Pecha Kucha Nights

5. Each presenter has only 6 minutes 40 seconds to present
their ideas before next presenters takes the stage

6. the format keeps the presentations short, concise and entertaining

7. In 2004, PKN began running in a few cities in Europe, now a worldwide phenomenon

8. Held mostly in fun locations with a bar creating a space for “thinking and drinking”

9. anyone can present, that’s the beauty of PKN

10. A good pecha kucha is unexpected, tells a great story,
shares something personal, funny, and inspiring

11. Pecha Kucha is not a social network. It is a live event, with real people,
real communication, real beer and real creative fun

12. So far so good, but what relevance does it have in the
corporate world of business presentations?

14. Concise
presentations
Improve
productivity
Minimize “death by
powerpoint”
What we want to achieve?

15. what is our purpose?

16. Before you create those 100 slides in detail,
Did you think of a theme?
Layout the flow?
Time the slides?

17. • Don’t use too much text
• Where ever possible, replace text with
pictures, charts, graphs
• Use smart art, it will make your presentation
look much better
• Don’t read from the slides
• Supporting data if too much needs to go to a
word document or excel
• Time your slides, don’t create 100 slides for ½
hour meeting
Don’t use too much
text
Where ever
possible, replace
text with pictures,
charts, graphs
Use smart art, it
will make your
presentation look
much better
Don’t read from
the slides
Supporting data if
too much needs to
go to a word
document or excel
Time your slides,
don’t create 100
slides for ½ hour
meeting
tips on using pecha kucha principles for business presentations

18. General tips for good business presentations
Limit
punctuation and
avoid all caps
Avoid fancy
fonts
Use contrasting
colors for text
and background

19. Model presentation outline
•What this presentation is about?
•Why it is important?
•Presentation agenda
Introduction
•Review the issue
•Why are we talking about this now?
Background
•Convey the main message with links to supporting slides/artifacts where necessary
Main point
•Summarize your main message and key points
Conclusion
•All supporting slides should be beyond the thank you slides
Supporting information
Adapted from - http://www.technologywriter.com/guides/bizpre06.pdf

20. Thank You