Call for Pecha Kucha presentations

Have you ever seen a boring session, thanks to Powerpoint (or the lack of presenter skills with Powerpoint)? Pecha Kuchas are the solution!  If you’re not familiar, presenters have 20 slides only and they automatically advance after 20 seconds, ready or not! This gives each presenter 6m40s to get their message across in a meaningful and captivating way.  Once one presenter has reached their time, another is up! They’re usually full of laughs and a interesting alternative to lengthy presentations.

TESL Toronto will host a Pecha Kucha session at the Spring 2012 conference on Saturday, May 5th (at New College, University of Toronto) and we’re looking for brave souls with a succinct message to give.  If this format interests you or someone you know, please fill out the form below by April 1, 2012.  If accepted, we will be in touch shortly after.

For more information about Pecha Kuchas, check out the following links:

Pecha-kucha 20×20 – the original organisation
Pecha Kucha ELT – a site designed to read about how others in English Language Teaching have been using PKs
Six Things about Pecha Kucha –  a post by Lindsay Clandfield about Pecha Kucha
Another Great Pecha Kucha: Mark Andrews’ Bridges & ELT – a post about great Pecha Kucha characteristics by Thomas Baker

Look below this form to watch some videos of Pecha Kucha at various ELT conferences.