Do you have an innovative idea or need an innovative solution?

Interactive 2010! is seeking persons and organizations interested in making a Pecha-Kucha presentation.

PechaKucha is a simple presentation format where a presenter shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and the speaker talks to the images.

Interactive 2010! Pecha-Kucha will be a lively and invigorating session in which pre-selected attendees requiring innovative solutions or having innovative ideas will articulate their ideas via a 400 second presentation. The purpose is to succinctly promote, encourage and support innovation and partnering opportunities.

Daniel Pink describes Pecha-Kucha this way: "... pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"), applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down. The result, in the hands of masters of the form, combines business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art." http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha#ixzz0xSsFgYdq

A more traditional spin is found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha.

Eligibility

1. Open to Saskatchewan residents, businesses, faculty and students of post secondary educational institutions
2. Submitters must be registered for the afternoon sessions
3. Presentations must be in a 20x20 format: a maximum of 20 slides that are advanced automatically every 20 seconds.

Selection Process

1. Complete an abstract as described below and submit your idea/opportunity confidentially to SaskInteractive's selection committee (treasurer@saskinteractive.com) by noon on September 15.
2. All submitters will be notified on September 17 of the status of their submissions. Decisions of the selection committee are final.
3. Selected submitters must confirm by 5pm September 20 their intent to present.

Session Proceedings

1. Submitters will be responsible for supplying their own computer and any adaption cables that may be required (e.g. Mac dongle). A computer projection system will be available.
2. Presentation time is STRICTLY limited to 400 seconds. Each presenter will have up to 20 seconds to connect their system to the projection system. If your equipment requires a longer power up, please note this in your submission.
3. Submitters will have an opportunity and will be scheduled to perform an equipment check between10:00 and 11:00 on September 24.
4. There will be no time allowances made for technical malfunctions.
5. SaskInteractive will use 2 wireless lapel microphones so that presenters can be ready to begin their session immediately following the just completed presentation.
6. There will be no introduction to presenters; each presenter is responsible for their own introduction once the timekeeper is ready.
7. Beginning at the 5.5-minute point in the presentation, SaskInteractive's timekeeper will advise the speaker of the time remaining at 20 second intervals. The timekeeper will interrupt and terminate the presentation at the 400 second mark.
8. SaskInteractive does not guarantee a reliable high speed internet connection.

Abstract

• Name of submitter
• Name of presenter if different from above
• Organization
• Email
• Phone
• Idea or opportunity title (20 words or less)
• To whom is your idea directed?
• Description of your opportunity or solution (100 words or less)
• Innovation salience (50 words or less)
• Technical requirements other than a projection system, if any
• I agree that I will comply with the decisions and timing process of SaskInteractive's timekeeper
• I confirm that I am a Saskatchewan resident / business / faculty
• Signature of submitter
• Signature of presenter
• Date

If you are new to making "pitches", the Harvard Business School has published guidelines at http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/careers/pitch/