At this event creative people show their work in 20 images for exactly 20 seconds each. No bullet points. No sales. No hanging about. Pure Inspiration...
 
PechaKucha originated in Japan and takes place in over 200 cities worldwide. It was invented by Tokyo-based architects Mark Dytham and Astrid Kleins who turned PowerPoint, fixture of monotonous cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport.  
 
The innovation, dubbed PechaKucha (Japanese for “chatter”), applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That’s it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down. The result, in the hands of masters of this art form, combines business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.

The first PechaKucha event will be on Tuesday 17th August, 2010. Go to http://pknguildford.eventbrite.com to book your ticket.

PechaKucha 2 will be on Tuesday 9th November 2010 - and you can book your tickets here.

Submissions for speakers is now open. For a list of speakers or to contact us about speaking, go to www.humanzoo.biz

TBC

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (GMT)

Simon Strong

Simon is the Instigator behind Human Zoo - a creativity consultancy. He uncages creativity to enable growth through innovation. He is a high energy, focused, mischievous provocateur, a natural storyteller and iconoclast with a background in advertising (Saatchi & Saatchi, Bates UK, 141 Worldwide). Simon runs experiential workshops based on insights into human behaviour founded on work with Desmond Morris, and combined with training from leading American and European theatres in Improvisational Comedy. He established and hosts PechaKucha Night Guildford, is part of the team who produce Bright Club Guildford, and created and produces the River Of Lights event to celebrate the winter solstice.