We're pleased to announce that Pecha Kucha Night Beaufort has a venue.
It will be held at the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Performing Arts Center in downtown Beaufort.
A final date will be announced in the coming months, but we expect it will be held in October.
Keep checking back for details, including a list of presenters and their profiles.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
So what is the 'creative class'?
The term 'creative class' has been made most popular by economist, social scientist and author Dr. Richard Florida. Florida has written several books about the 'creative class' and warns that if the United States doesn't do more to foster the growth of this sector then more and more we'll see these individuals leave for overseas.
Florida estimates that there are more than 40 million workers in the 'creative class' in the U.S. - 30 percent of the U.S. workforce - and breaks the class into two groups: the super-creative core and creative professionals.
Within the super-creative core he includes a range of occupations in science, engineering, education, computer programming, research, arts, design and media.
Within the creative professionals group he includes the classic knowledge-based workers in healthcare, business and finance, the legal sector and education.
Here's an additional breakdown of whom and what kinds of employees to consider when thinking of the 'creative class':
Florida estimates that there are more than 40 million workers in the 'creative class' in the U.S. - 30 percent of the U.S. workforce - and breaks the class into two groups: the super-creative core and creative professionals.
Within the super-creative core he includes a range of occupations in science, engineering, education, computer programming, research, arts, design and media.
Within the creative professionals group he includes the classic knowledge-based workers in healthcare, business and finance, the legal sector and education.
Here's an additional breakdown of whom and what kinds of employees to consider when thinking of the 'creative class':
- Preservation and restoration
- Architecture
- Urban design
- Cultural heritage
- Culinary
- Visual/graphic arts
- Performing arts
- Multimedia/film
- Digital media/design
- Publishing/writing
Friday, February 13, 2009
What is Pecha Kucha, and how is it pronounced?
Well, let's start with the easier part.
Pecha Kucha was founded in Tokyo, Japan in February 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham as a designers' show and tell event to attract more people to a multi-media experimental event space they had set up.
Today Pecha Kucha Nights are held in more than 170 cities across the globe.
The format is simple: Each presenter is allowed 20 slides and only has 20 second to talk about each slide. So each presenter gets 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The kicker is that the presenters aren't in control of when their slide changes, so they're not going any longer than their 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
What Pecha Kucha has become is an opportunity for a community - big or small - to showcase its creative class and bring people and ideas together. That's exactly what we hope to accomplish here in Beaufort.
A date for Pecha Kucha Beaufort is still being determined (we're hoping for this September or October), as is the presenter list. But don't rule yourself out just because you don't paint or sculpt. Pecha Kucha is for chefs, teachers, poets and architects alike.
If you're interested in helping with or presenting at Pecha Kucha Beaufort contact us at PechaKuchaBeaufort@gmail.com
Here's a video of what Charleston's first Pecha Kucha night looked like.
Now how do you pronounce it?
Well the common pronunciation is four syllables, (peh-cha-ku-cha)
But I believe the correct pronunciation is three syllables (peh-chak-cha)
We'll get you the answer before Pecha Kucha Beaufort.
Pecha Kucha was founded in Tokyo, Japan in February 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham as a designers' show and tell event to attract more people to a multi-media experimental event space they had set up.
Today Pecha Kucha Nights are held in more than 170 cities across the globe.
The format is simple: Each presenter is allowed 20 slides and only has 20 second to talk about each slide. So each presenter gets 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The kicker is that the presenters aren't in control of when their slide changes, so they're not going any longer than their 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
What Pecha Kucha has become is an opportunity for a community - big or small - to showcase its creative class and bring people and ideas together. That's exactly what we hope to accomplish here in Beaufort.
A date for Pecha Kucha Beaufort is still being determined (we're hoping for this September or October), as is the presenter list. But don't rule yourself out just because you don't paint or sculpt. Pecha Kucha is for chefs, teachers, poets and architects alike.
If you're interested in helping with or presenting at Pecha Kucha Beaufort contact us at PechaKuchaBeaufort@gmail.com
Here's a video of what Charleston's first Pecha Kucha night looked like.
Now how do you pronounce it?
Well the common pronunciation is four syllables, (peh-cha-ku-cha)
But I believe the correct pronunciation is three syllables (peh-chak-cha)
We'll get you the answer before Pecha Kucha Beaufort.
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