December 2009 MEETING

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Time:17:00 (5 pm) - 19:00 (7 pm) (Sat., December 12)

Fee (JALT members):free

Fee (One-Day members):free

Venue:Konan University, Hirao School of Management(8-33 Takamatsu-cho,Nishinomiya.663-8204,tel: 0798-63-5741) (5th Floor) 

Description:We will be experimenting with the Pecha Kucha Night format for this year's December meeting. Normally, December is reserved for a potpourri meeting at which Kobe JALT members are invited to present. With Pecha Kucha, speakers have 20 slides for 20 seconds each slide (total = 6 min. 40 sec.) to introduce their work. Please e-mail your slides to bjones_jp@yahoo.com. You are welcome to introduce anything related to your current or past research, professional development endeavors, curriculum or materials development, or activities. We need at least 10 presenters to make this a viable event so please tell your friends and plan on presenting yourself.

Check www.pecha-kucha.org for more information on PKN.

Bonenkai from 7:30 at a nearby restaurant. Bring the postcard we sent out for a chance on loads of great prizes.

What isPecha KuchaNight?

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each  giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in whichcreative workcan be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global  as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing,has spread virally to over 250 cities across the world. Find a location and join the conversation.