Pecha Kucha, Japanese for “chit chat,” is the new communication style of telling a story using exactly 20 slides, for exactly 20 seconds each, for exactly 6 minutes, 40 seconds of presentation time.

Howard Mall had exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds to talk. With 50 people looking on, Mall zipped through his PowerPoint presentation called “20 Ideas You Can Steal,” which included crude drawings of ...

“Students, please remember to monotonously read every slide word-for-word when you present to the class.” Said no teacher ever. As I prepare for my presentation this week at the Florida Educational ...

A couple of years ago, I found myself teaching a section of a class that mandated a PowerPoint presentation. (That is, to keep my section aligned with the others, I had to require such a presentation.

Around this same time, a teacher colleague of mine introduced me to Pecha Kucha. I was very intrigued by this presentation style, as it relies on visual images instead of slides crammed with a ...