Walking onto the stage, I felt a rush of nerves mixed with excitement. My PechaKucha presentation was about to begin, and I was ready to dove into stories with the audience behind Seattle’s famous music scene. From the grunge sounds of Nirvana to the beginning of Sub Pop Records, and even the Climate Pledge Arena’s commitment to sustainability, I was excited to show how these “crazy ones” have made their mark on all aspects of the world. 

You might be wondering, what is a Pecha Kucha? A Pecha Kucha is a fast presentation where you show 20 pictures and talk about each one for only 20 seconds. In a Pecha Kucha you aren’t allowed to use text it’s about finding the right images to get your point across to the audience. We worked together in groups of 3-5 to create a Pecha Kucha and presented them to our parents in a mini exhibition. 

My group members: Keaton, Cameron, Frankie

We started of this project with our trip to Seattle. In Seattle we got to tour many different “crazy places” such as the climate pledge areana and a Boeing factory. In Seattle we built our knowledge on out topics. My groups topic was Seattle sounds so I focuses on places like the Museum of Pop Culture (Mpop) and the Climate Pledge Areana (which hosts many famous artists). During the trip we had to document photos that our groups could use in our Pecha Kucha. Here are some of the best photos I took during the trip

The first step to creating our Pecha Kucha was choosing the main topics that we wanted to get across to the audience. We decided to focus on Nirvanas impact on Grunge music, the Climate Pledge Arenas environmental sustainability and how the music industry has impacted Seattles economy. 

Then we created slides to convey our points and go along with our speech.

On March 14th it was the night of the Pecha Kucha and I had my main points memorized, I was feeling some nerves but overall I was confident in what our group had created. Many things went well for our group, we were able to get through the presentation without forgetting anything and the timing lined up almost perfectly. We definitely could have improved on a lot of things, if we had practiced together more beforehand it would have made the whole Pecha Kucha feel cleaner and less blocky and improvised, I also feel that we could have improved on our image quality, lots of the photos we had were pixelated or didn’t fit with what we were talking about. 

Overall I was extremely suprised with how I did, I expected to stutter and forgot my lines but I was able to create something I ended up being proud of, especially because public speaking is not one of my strengths. Thanks for reading my blog, have a great evening!