Presentations with Impact: Pecha Kucha

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Presentations with ImpactPecha Kucha

• Karen Burns, SWILSA
• Kim Kietzman, SLS
• Katie Dunneback, SLS

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Today

• What and Why?
• Examples, and Uses in Libraries
• How-to
• Design Considerations
• Content and Delivery Considerations
• Resources and Tools
• Play Time
• Next time Pecha Kucha Reunion

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Pecha Kucha
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Why?

• To keep audience interest level high!!
• Power of images
• Human brain's abilities in processing
  information--how much at once?
• Focus on your presentation
• Succinct! Most important points

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Examples

• Get to the PowerPoint in 20 seconds
• Your Library 24/7
• Virtual Reference at Princeton PL(Julie Strange)
  Part 3 of night on bliptv

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What presentations are you thinking about?
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What about libraries?

• Budget presentation
• Kiosk presentation in library
• Slide Show" on website 
• Presentation of project or service to community
  groups
• Pecha Kucha nights at the library

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How To Basic Steps

• Define audience
• Choose message /theme
• Outline your message
• Choose images
• Draft narrative
• Practice
• Put together slide presentation
• Prepare accompanying material, if appropriate

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Organization by Pencil
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Organization byComputer
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Organization by Sticky Notes
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PK structure parametersBUT design is also
important
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Content Delivery Considerations

• Choose a theme--be consistent
• Tell a story
• Provide  context
• Talk, don't read
• Practice!
• Find your own voice

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Slide Design Considerations

• Animations to a minimum (or non-existence...)
• Make the photo/graphic really count!
• Rule of thirds Alignment
• Design Priorities
• Signal vs. Noise ratio
• Full screen slides  ("full bleed")
• Limited words (quotes good) text and images
  together!

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simplify
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Animations
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• Teens love the Library
• We offer
• Books for the teen audience
• Book discussion
• Programs
• Game Nights

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Rule of Thirds
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Alignment

• Your Library
• 24/7
• Marian Lib
• Any Public Library

• Your Library
• 24/7
• Marian Lib
• Any Public Library

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Design Priorities

• Your Library
• 24/7
• Marian Lib
• Any Public Library

• Your Library
• 24/7
• Marian Lib
• Any Public Library

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Signal vs. Noise Ratio
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Usage
Funding
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FY05
FY09
FY05
FY09
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Words.
To read without reflecting is like eating without
digesting. --Edmund Burke
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Handouts can set you free.--Garr Reynolds
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Tools

• MS Powerpoint, Open Office, or Google Docs
• Image Sources
•  flickr  (Creative Commons with attribution)
• Clip art MS has photos
•  Pay services 
• PhotoStory 3
• Pecha Kucha worksheets

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Resources

• "Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds
• "Present Like Steve Jobs"  (YouTube)
• "Visualizing Information for Advocacy"  (pdf) 
• "How not to use PowerPoint"   (YouTube)
• Death by Powerpoint (and how to fight it) 
  (YouTube)
• Pecha Kucha Nights guide to better presentation
  skills(webpage)
• Try these tips for great-looking charts, Rapid
  E-Learning blog (blog post)

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What do YOU have in mind?
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Play Time!
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For next time

• Select theme
• Outline story
• Select images
• Create slides
• Be prepared to share with cohorts!

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Photo Credits
Rock Garden Stone http//www.flickr.com/photos/je
ffk/712748970/ Confused traffic signal
http//www.flickr.com/photos/29707865_at_N05/27805082
66/ All other Microsoft Clip Art
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Questions?

• kburns_at_swilsa.lib.ia.us
• kkietzman_at_sls.lib.ia.us
• kdunneback_at_sls.lib.ia.us
• Class Resource Page
• sites.google.com/site/lsauiowa/resources