Pecha Kucha

See also: pechakucha and pecha-kucha

English

Etymology

Coined by Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in 2003 from Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha, “continuously and in a lively fashion”, adverb, used to describe talking)

Noun

Pecha Kucha (countable and uncountable, plural Pecha Kuchas)

1. A rigid presentation format in which the speaker has exactly 20 slides to speak about, with exactly 20 seconds allocated for each slide.
   • 2011, Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, →ISBN:

     Everyone should try Pecha Kucha—it's a good exercise for getting your story down even if you do not use this exact method for your own live talk.

   • 2010, Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo, Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, →ISBN, page 111:

     Pecha Kucha is based on a simple idea: that by limiting the number of slides in a presentation, and limiting the amount of time a presenter can spend on each slide, presentations will convey information concisely and at a rapid pace.

2. A presentation given using the Pecha Kucha format.
   • 2012, John Chen, 50 Digital Team-Building Games, →ISBN, page 48:

     Each team will have 30 minutes (or some fixed about of time) to plan and create a Pecha Kucha on [name a particular topic]

3. A set of Pecha Kucha talks all given together in one sitting.
   • 2012, Andrew Hugill, The Digital Musician, →ISBN, page 252:

     Pecha Kucha nights are now an established format for presentations in the creative industries.

   • 2011, John Krygier, Denis Wood, Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS, →ISBN, page 13:

     Editioned on the occasion of the 2007 Pecha Kucha of the North American Cartographic Information Society.