Below is a transcript of a PKN talk given by Terry Wirkus, DE Manager at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Although it was presented at a conference for Mediasite users, we thought it could be helpful advice for all PechaKucha speakers – so with his permission we have re-posted the text from his 20 x 20 talk here for [...]

Thought we would share the stats from our PKN Channel, some interesting stuff! No big surprise that sex, radio, and baseball top the list. If you haven’t seen our channel, hop on over and check it out. For grins it would be great if you could like a few too! Our speakers and organizers would be oh so thankful. [...]

ideaPARTNERS: Cynergie Studio, Visual Art Exchange PechaKucha Night Raleigh Vol.9 will take place at the Visual Art Exchange on Thursday December 8th. Doors open at 5:40pm and the show begins at 6:40pm. Our presenters are all chosen for their enthusiasm and willingness to share ideas benefiting our community. As with all good PechaKucha Nights there will be plenty of chit-chat within [...]

This video was shot at our recent PKN Vol.8 event at the Museum of Natural Sciences by Larry Evans & Nick Helton.   ideaPARTNERS: Cynergie Studio, Visual Art Exchange PechaKucha Night Raleigh Vol.9 will take place at the Visual Art Exchange on Thursday December 8th. Doors open at 5:40pm and the show begins at 6:40pm. Our [...]

SPARKcon is about showcasing our local talent AND coming up with ideas to foster it. Over the past 4 years, ideaSPARK results have impacted and influenced the development of the area in abstract and concrete ways, including the design of the Raleigh City Plaza site and the inclusion of local designers in recent city proposal [...]

FUNDRAISER FOR JAPAN!!!       Register Now We are collaborating with PKN HQ in Tokyo to present a fun filled evening of quick talks, a potluck of food (including some homemade Japanese food & anything you want to bring yourself!), raffle, drinks and games with all proceeds going to Architecture for Humanity’s Rebuild (AHF) [...]

PechaKucha Night Raleigh is presented by ideaSPARK, a program of the Visual Art Exchange. We are pleased to announce PechaKucha Night Raleigh Volume 6 sponsored by Noir Bar & Lounge, Visual Art Exchange and Yelp!. The event will take place at Noir Bar & Lounge in downtown Raleigh on March 9, 2011, at 7:00 pm (doors [...]

We are excited to announce that this year PKN Raleigh is teaming up with Visual Art Exchange (VAE) to make our events even better. Our partnership is through ideaSPARK/SPARKcon, a program of VAE. This enables us to provide more opportunities to share great ideas with our local community and as our fiscal sponsor, we will be [...]

Thanks everyone who came out & participated in PechaKucha Night at ideaSPARK on September 16th. It was a spectacular success (and completely sold-out)! Press: “ideaSPARK presenters bring energy, excitement” – Triangle.com “Annual SparkCon begins Thursday” – TechnicianOnline.com Interview on WUNC – North Carolina Public Radio’s “The State of Things” with Frank Stasio Recaps: PechaKucha at [...]

New video shot by Alex Furguson, www.EpicRealm.net Thank You Alex! I was at a recent meeting sponsored by Independent Communicators Alliance, a group consisting of graphic designers, writers and PR folks, and was pleasantly surprised to learn more great things about the talented folks in our community and industry. Alex hosted the group at his [...]