From the FAQ of Pecha Kucha website

PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along to the images.

20 seconds x 20 slides (20×20). While this format is targetting more visual works, I am convinced that with some tiny changes it could be applied in other contexts than a gathering of designers and other artistics works. I have been trying to use Pecha Kucha in out team at work without enough traction so far even though the first session had positive feedbacks. This kind of gathering generates discussions and exchanges that can only foster creativity and innovation! even more useful in the enterprise world.

When you think about it a Pecha Kucha is to formal presentation what Twitter is to blogging with a tiny bit of Meetup (gathering) and Linkedin (professional social network)… and all in real life. How can it get better ?

• Le co-voiturage ne se planifie pas toujours… co-voiturer tous les jours génère des contraintes qui mènent à l’échec sur la longueur.
• Il ne s’agit pas simplement d’aller d’un point A à un point B, tant qu’à faire, autant le faire avec quelqu’un avec qui je partage quelques affinités…

Une pincée de “réseau social” avec une poignée de “dynamisme”… il y a de la place pour une application mobile! Lors d’un événement (festival, concert, soirée,…) je veux pouvoir sortir mon mobile de ma poche et consulter la liste des personnes qui rentrent dans la même direction que moi…

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It was my 3rd time at Lift (out of 3) and I was afraid that while growing, it would become more “commercial” and lost its appeal likewise some other conferences (leweb for instance). I was relieve to see that besides very few speeches, the speakers were there to share (and not to sell) and I very much like that spirit. Keep it like that and I will be back next year, and the year after,…

I liked: the “off” area with the various performance, the one-track session, the Venture night (with Viewdle, Mixin, Wua.la, Holistis on stage…), the workshops, meeting new people, meeting “old” people, Pierre Bellanger, Jonathan Cabiria, Younghee Jung, Rafi Haladjian, Kevin Marks and all the rest.

I liked it not-so-much: the food (who cares?), not being able to ask question (I never do anyway), missing some people who I know was there (there is room for a personnal project/product to address that), the “ubiquitous” CoComment (ok I am slightly exagerating on that one, but I can not believe they have been selected for the Venture Night, they have been around for more than 3 years, took off like hell, went down a bit and never took off again. I have heard the words “acharnement thérapeutique” – not sure how to say that in english)

Some links with Lift coverage:

• LIFT08 official website
• Videos from Nouvo (TSR)
• Lift pictures on FlickR
• Lift Conference on Wikio
• Technorati results
• Lift on Google Blog Search
• InternetActu has a very good coverage on a side blog (but it is in french unfortunately)