20 Things
You need to know about PechaKucha Night

1. PechaKucha Night is for creativity and not for profit
2. PechaKucha Night presentations are 20 images x 20 seconds each.
3. The presenter has no control over the images. No 'forward' or 'back please'
4. In any city there are almost no spaces where designers can share their work.
5. PechaKucha Nights are about exposing the hidden creativity in a city.
6. PechaKucha Nights are held in social spaces.
7. PechaKucha Night is a true social network
8. PechaKucha Night is about thinking and drinking.
9. PechaKucha Night is about the live event - not a LCD screen in your home
10. Each PechaKucha city signs a simple hand shake agreement to join the network
11. The handshake agreements are just that, handshakes, based on trust - not money
12. Each city agrees to run a minimum of 4 events a year.
13. In return we add the city to the global PechaKucha web site and the global PechaKucha community.
14. PechaKucha Nights are held in over 100 cities – 400 cities since May 2011!
15. Over 3500 people have already presented
16. PechaKucha Night is becoming a Global Foundation.
17. The Foundation will support pro-social projects that PechaKucha presenters are involved in - in their city or beyond.
18. Profits from the events as well as sponsorship will support the Foundation.
19. PechaKucha Nights are organized by students, architects, designers.
20. Everybody who runs a PechaKucha Night has a day job.

Quelle: www.pecha-kucha.org, Stand: 11/2008