How to Do a Pecha Kucha

We are looking at a detailed tutorial video about how to create and present a PechaKucha presentation for class, with the presenter, a light-skinned woman in her early to mid-thirties, visible in a small inset in the bottom left corner of the screen, giving instructions on a series of slides with accompanying explanations, with the woman wearing a dark turtleneck and her hair tied back in a bun, seated in front of a picture of a world map and a globe in her home office setting. The initial slide shows the text ‘How-to do a PechaKucha presentation for class’ in bold white letters against a backdrop of a night sky filled with stars, and towering silhouetted trees.

As the video proceeds, we see a variety of slides demonstrating the key aspects of PechaKucha, moving from an image of a woman with auburn hair sitting near a brick wall while typing on a laptop, to a slide with the white text, ‘20 seconds each, 20 slides, 6:40 total’ on a black background, to an image of a public-speaking event in a well-lit and crowded room, to a shot of an open-plan office where a man is talking to an audience, to an image of a lone woman standing on a peak with a lush green valley stretching before her.

The slides change to emphasize key points, such as the word ‘TIPS’ against a blue sky where a hiker is looking out at the distance, followed by ‘images’ beside a mic, ‘rehearse, don’t read’ beside a hand holding a sticky-note, ‘story’ beside an image of a man cupping his hands as sparks fly from them, and then ‘outline’ beside an image of a clean desk area with a laptop and notebook. This presentation then shows how to time the slide changes and explains the importance of knowing your content.