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PechaKucha for Haiti

PechaKucha Night For Haiti - OUR FIRST SCHOOL - Thank you! 10th March Media Release

On the 20th February 2010, the 7th anniversary of PechaKucha Night, 117 cities came together on a single day and held events across the globe to support Architecture for Humanity's plans for rebuilding in Haiti. Other PechaKucha events for Haiti during February took this total to 174, and with cities still holding PKN events for Haiti in March this total will top 200.

Today - 20 days later - it gives us great pride in announcing that the PechaKucha global network of cities, organizers, presenters and fans has raised over $60,000 which allows Architecture For Humanity to build the first PechaKucha School in Haiti.

This just in from Cameron Sinclair:

Our team arrived in Haiti last week, and we will know more about specific costs in the next few weeks. Our preliminary estimates for school costs are:

Basic Costs
Main Teaching Blocks (3) $30,000
Toilet Block (1) $5,000
Cafeteria $15,000
Teachers Room $5,000
Landscaping/Reforestation $5,000
Total: $60,000

We will know more about volunteer needs also in the next few weeks but probably won't have volunteers there until the summer or later, so we will keep you posted on this.

Really looking forward to seeing all the 100's of presentations online in the next few weeks. Good luck with the uploading!

Thank you for organizing such an amazing event!

Cameron Sinclair
Architecture for Humanity

PechaKucha Night for Haiti - the world's biggest distributed conference.

With over 200 PechaKucha events taking place for the rebuilding of Haiti in February and March we have generated well over 1000 presentations which we will be putting online in the next few weeks. In doing this, we are being told that PechaKucha Night for Haiti has become the world's biggest single distributed conference to date - and no one flew anywhere, no cars were rented and not silly shampoo bottles were used!

The first 30 presentations are already online and we have some really amazing content.

The PechaKucha Presentations for Haiti will build here:
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/channels/pechakucha-for-haiti

New presentations will be added daily, and you can donate to any of the presentations. You can optionally leave your name, so show your personal support for the presentations you like. Why not have a glass of water and watch a presentation and donate the cost of your coffee to building our 2nd school!

Some presentations are about Haiti pre and post earthquake, some about earthquake response, some about tsunami response, some are about rebuilding, some about why not to send tents to disaster areas. Some presentations do not relate to Haiti directly, but are about passions, obsessions, love and hates - but all the presentations were given to support the rebuilding in Haiti.

Please look at the presentations and give generously and please send the presentations you like to your friends and encourage them to donate too. Please use the '< >' tag to embed them into your blogs and web pages! If every presentation viewed generated a few dollars we would soon be looking at several new schools!

Just to help you get started viewing the PechaKucha for Haiti Distributed Conference Archive, here's 20 presentations to get you going!

Cameron Sinclair
Architecture For Humanity Rebuilding Haiti
PechaKucha SAN FRANCISCO
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/83

Amanda Roelle
Rebuilding after the 2004 tsunami
PechaKucha CHICAGO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/59

Mark Taylor
Building in Haiti
PechaKucha CHAMPAIGN URBANA
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/55

Nadia Lemoine Andre
Haiti - The Pearl of the Antillies
PechaKucha CHICAGO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/56

GEA-SAR
GEA-SAR arrived in Port Au Prince-Haiti, from Turkey 57 hours after the Haiti Eartquake.
PechaKucha ISTANBUL
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/82

Johan Karlsson
No tents please we are Swedish
PechaKucha STOCKHOLM
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/62

David Wimmer
Rebuilding after the Samoan tsunami
PechaKucha RAGLAN
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/65

Vaishali Katyarmal
Crumbles Hopes - after the Gujarat earthquake, Western India, 2001
PechaKucha CHICAGO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/57

Scott Thomas
Designing Obama
PechaKucha CHAMPAIGN URBANA
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/67

Nicolas Uribe (in Spanish)
''better than Picasso''
PechaKucha BOGOTA
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/74

Noriyuki Shiina (in Japanese)
Japan Platform in Haiti
PechaKucha TOKYO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/60

John Manoochehri
Unmake Me Whole - How do we unmake the world around us?
PechaKucha STOCKHOLM
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/73

Brian LeBarton & Francesco Valentino
Masses
PechaKucha TOKYO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/52

Katherine Darnstadt
Design Like You Give a Damn
PechaKucha CHICAGO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/54

Filipe Balestra
Acupuncture architecture & urban village
PechaKucha STOCKHOLM
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/70

Melissa Withers
A New Paradigm for Civic Engagement
PechaKucha CHAMPAIGN URBANA
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/81

Anders Wilhelmson
PeePoo - a single use toilet that weighs only 40 grams
PechaKucha STOCKHOLM
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/61

Peter Exley
Leeds, Leeds, Leeds, Cheap Trick, Leeds
PechaKucha CHICAGO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/66

Anna Maria Orru
In praise of the Namibian fog basking beetle
PechaKucha STOCKHOLM
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/64

Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham
Global PechaKucha Night for Haiti - THANK YOU
PechaKucha TOKYO
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/71

All PechaKucha Haiti presentations can be found here
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/channels/pechakucha-for-haiti

All PechaKucha presentations
http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/

Please check back daily for new presentations and sign up for to twitter for up to the minute presentation postings!

Twitter
http://twitter.com/pechakucha

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PechaKucha/158363636498

Thank you all so much - Haiti loves you!
Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham & the PechaKucha Global Team in Tokyo

Global PechaKucha Night for Haiti 10th February Media Release

It only took seconds to destroy so many bright hopes and dreams in Haiti. The 280 city PechaKucha network is joining with Architecture for Humanity to help rebuild Haiti 20 seconds at a time.

Join us around the the world on 20th February for Global PechaKucha Night for Haiti.

20 seconds, 20 images, 200 cities, 2000 presentations, 200,000 people - with the aim to raise $100,000 for rebuilding Haiti.

TOKYO / DAVOS Launch

Watch Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, PechaKucha Founders in Tokyo launch the project jointly with Cameron Sinclair, Founder of Architecture for Humanity who was in Davos at the World Ecomonic Forum:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/50 (always go full screen)

THE 20th FEBRUARY

On Saturday 20 February PechaKucha events will be held all around the world. All the PechaKucha Night cities will be connected by a 24-hour PechaKucha presentation WAVE that will gradually move westward city by city, circumnavigating the globe. The wave will be dropping in on each city for around 10 minutes for a video link up and a live presentation. This presentation wave will be streamed over the internet on a 24-hour WAVEcast, which we think will be a world first.

THE WAVE

The PechaKucha Presentation WAVE will start simultaneously in SuperDeluxe in Tokyo where PechaKucha Night was first conceived, and in our most easterly city in New Zealand. It will then move west crossing all times zones and cultures. The PechaKucha WAVE will finally come ashore in San Francisco, where Architecture for Humanity (AFH) is headquartered. AFH's founder, Cameron Sinclair, will be there with the rest of San Francisco to give presentations and celebrate the successful circumnavigation of the world. That will be about 1pm Sunday Japan time. We plan to a have a big event in Tokyo, linking to San Francisco by video so we can all focus our thoughts on Haiti.

RAISE AWARENESS, RAISE MONEY, GENERATE CONTENT

As well as raising awareness about the situation in Haiti, Global PechaKucha Night aims to raise money for reconstruction in Haiti. How do we plan to do this? At most event locations there will be a suggested donation at the door, but this is completely discretionary. We estimate that PechaKucha for Haiti will generate more than 2000 presentations - either on the 20th or at PechaKucha events before or afterwards. All of these presentations will be recorded and uploaded to the PechaKucha Presentation Player where they can be viewed on line:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/

DONATE TO INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS

Each presentation will have a donation button where people can leave a donation, their name and a message. The idea is that the presenters can send a link to their presentation to friends and colleagues and encourage donations - rather like a sponsored walk. Some really amazing and well known presenters are stepping forward to make 20x20 presentations, so be prepared to be surprised - and be prepared to donate :-)

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO

All the funds raised go directly to Architecture for Humanity's 501(c) Non-Profit organisation in the US without passing through PechaKucha. One hundred percent of the money raised will be used for building facilities in Haiti - PechaKucha will not take anything. Normally at AFH, 88% of the money is spent on design and construction services, the remaining 12% going to fundraising, outreach and administrative costs. But since AFH have already covered the design costs regarding Haiti, all the funds raised by this event will be spent on reconstruction:
http://architectureforhumanity.org/

HELP UNDERWRITE THE PROJECT

PechaKucha is not taking any money from donations but is looking for help underwriting our costs. Please get in touch if you would like your company to be involved supporting us.
support@pecha-kucha.org

THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS LIVE

The first presentation we have put online is a collaboration between Brian LeBarton and Francesco Valentino. They have never met, but were brought together by the terrible tragedy in Haiti to create a moving presentation. Brian LeBarton is a composer and keyboardist for Beck, and we had been chatting to him about musicians performing over 20 images 20 slides for PechaKucha presentations. Francesco Valentino is a film maker and photograher we met through a chance meeting in Tokyo. Only a few days ago, when we had the PechaKucha for Haiti idea, Brian stepped forward and offered to compose and play something for us. At the same time, we bumped into someone who said Francesco was in Haiti trying to find his family and had been taking some moving shots as events unfolded. Sadly, he didn't find all of those he was looking for alive. View the presentation here. Put your headphones on and go FULL SCREEN:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/presentations/52 (always go full screen)

RESPONSE, RECOVERY, REBUILD

The three R's after any disaster are: Response, Recovery & Rebuild. Response is the first few days, as rescue workers try their best and aid begins arriving. Recovery is the next few weeks, as aid gets out into the field, roads get cleared, water and electricity is restored, sewers are fixed and temporary accommodation built. But the biggest challenge is the long rebuild which can take months and years, and usually takes place when the world's attention has moved on.

This is where we hope PechaKucha for Haiti's support for Architecture for Humanity reconstruction work will be different. The PechaKucha network holds monthly events all over the world - we averaged 60 events a month last year. AFH will make quick 20x20 updates each month to show at PKN events and post online, making clear the progress being made and creating a strong feedback loop.

THEMES FOR THE PRESENTATIONS

As we go around the world from city to city, we are hoping that many experts and people with ideas and experience relevant to the issues in Haiti will come forward and make presentations. We hope to start a database of ideas, information, and experiences related to recovery and reconstruction, recorded in the PechaKucha 20x20 format, that can form a 'go to' resource for those involved in similar disasters and relief work in the future. The ultimate goal is to raise public awareness about what needs to be done (and what has been done in the past) in the event of a disaster.

But there will also be fun and unrelated presentations too; in other words, a good mixture of ideas and personalities. As at any PechaKucha Night, we want people to be blown away by the creativity present in their own city. Add to that a sprinkling of local, national and internationals stars!

A 'GO TO' DATABASE

As well as presentations made on or around the 20th, we hope many 20x20 presentations will be made in Haiti about what is going well and been successful, as well as about what went wrong and should not be repeated! All you need for a PechaKucha presentation is 20 digital photographs and a voice over - much easier than trying to make a video or film about an issue. Over time, we hope these 20x20 presentations will form a 'go to' database of concise and useful information.

HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE - HOW YOU CAN HELP:

FIND A LOCATION

Find a location and join the conversation on the 20th. The city locator map and search function is here:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/#night-sub

If you cannot see an event listed in your town, use the contact form to send a message to your city organizer. Many events are being worked out as we type but are not 100% confirmed or are not listed yet.

HELP YOUR CITY SET UP AN EVENT

Some cities have already events planned before or after the 20th that cannot be moved. Some cities are having problems finding locations, but we hope these cities will still link up for a short "hello!" as the PechaKucha WAVE goes around the world. They might hold a small party while watching the live stream and getting ready for their few minutes of fame on the WAVE! Please support them, and perhaps help them find locations - these events might turn into mini or even full blown PechaKucha's. You have two weeks left. That is plenty of time. We have gotten this far in two weeks - organizing an event should be easy :-)

HELP US FIND PRESENTERS

As we go around the world we are very keen to find presenters with experience and ideas that relate to the many issues facing Haiti. Help us find people in your city with expertise and experience that might help the reconstruction efforts.

In New York Zach Lieberman and the Free Art and Technology (FAT) unit will present their brilliant EyeWriter project. This may find use in Haiti as we begin to understand the number of amputations and crush injuries that have left people are unable to write with their hands http://www.eyewriter.org/

In Stockholm, 28-year-old Brazilian architect Filipe Balestre, having worked with Rem Koolhaas but now living in Sweden, is deeply involved in social projects will be presenting about participatory architecture in Rio de Janeiro and India.

You get the idea! With over 2000 presentations being made and recorded on or around the 20th we are going to have one amazing database of information to refer to and build on!

LOGO A GO GO

Amazing things are happening at a faster and faster pace. We were contacted by Studio Number One a few days ago with an offer we couldn’t refuse: ”We would like to design your logo for PechaKucha for Haiti.” Studio Number One is one of the hottest — if not THE hottest — creative firms in the world right now, and as you may know the studio’s founder, Shepard Fairey, was behind the Obama HOPE poster! So one Skype call, three email sessions, and 48 hours later, we have one amazing logo!
http://pecha-kucha.org/daily/2010/02/07/pechakucha-haiti-reconstruction/

PRESS & MEDIA

Please feel free to send this newsletter to all press and media friend, local and national press and TV companies. Please blog and mention the project on your web sites. All the presentation mentioned above are embedable using the '< >' tag on the bottom menu.

Press enquiries should be send to

Jean Snow
Global PechaKucha Night for Haiti
press@pecha-kucha.org

KEEP IN TOUCH AS THIS EVENT GROWS

We will be using all the social media tools we can lay our hand on to get the message out.

Twitter - pechakucha
http://twitter.com/pechakucha

Facebook Fan Page - pechakucha
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PechaKucha/158363636498

Tumblr blog
http://pecha-kucha.tumblr.com/

WEB
http://pecha-kucha.org/pechakucha-for-haiti/

CITY COUNT & SPACES

As of today, Monday 8th February over 80 cities have agreed to run events and link up on the PechaKucha WAV - 50 other cities are having events in February. Making a combined total of 130 cities - well on our way to our target of 200 cities!

So get in touch with your city organizer - see if they need any help. If people are having trouble finding spaces let us know as we have many networks we can plug into.

If people are finding it tough to find spaces in the evening, daytime events are prefectly OK too!

YOU AND HAITI, YOU AND PECHAKUCHA.

This event could have only happened because of people like YOU who have helped make the PechaKucha network, this is YOUR event and you are going to be a part of something epoch making - please consider carefully what you can do on the 20th February. When we replied to someone that so far their city was not planning to do an event on the 20th, we were almost confronted by a mutiny of people who wanted to take matters in their own hands. Help make sure your city catches the WAVE. Make sure your city helps Haiti.

We have a major BBC interview tomorrow - so it is rapidly becoming a global news story. Please try and be a part of it.

Remember positivity breeds positivity - and to steal a phrase: impossible is nothing.

For helping get this far so quickly huge respect goes out to the Global PechaKucha Night team here at Klein Dytham architecture thanks Tomoko, Jean and Emi, Cameron Sinclair everyone at Architecture for Humanity, UltraSuperNew our web partner, everyone at Studio Number One, Jan Chipchase, Todd Porter and Patrick Newell, Atsushi Imuta, Andrew Barrie, Peter Exley and Thorsten Bösch, everyone at Rackspace & uStream, Ewa Kumlin, Gen Kanai, Brett Stilwell, Paul Jamtgaard, Mike Kubeck and everyone at SuperDeluxe, Mike Frank & David Duval-Smith, Brian LeBarton & Francesco Valentino, Minoru Yokoo & Clark Boyd.

We also want to thank everyone that we have called, bugged and pushed for ALWAYS saying yes! Your generosity and creativity has been humbling.

And last but not least we want to thank all the city organisers who have jumped on board so quickly and have been so supportive. Two weeks ago this was just a crazy conversation - so if we have got so far this quickly, just think how far we can go in the next two weeks.

Haiti needs your support!

Mark & Astrid

PechaKucha Founders, Tokyo

Our night job
http://pecha-kucha.org

Our day job
http://klein-dytham.com

Feel free to contact us at info@pecha-kucha.org but please keep any questions to a minimum - pulling togther 280 cities in four week for a global event is quite a task!

Background

PechaKucha

http://pecha-kucha.org

PechaKucha Night was conceived in Tokyo in February 2003 by architects Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein as an event where young designers could meet, network and show their work in public. Over time, it has evolved into a massive celebration of creativity, with events regularly being held in over 270 cities. Last year, more than 6,000 presentations will given at +600 PechaKucha events.

Drawing its name from the Japanese phrase for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), the PechaKucha format is simple – 20 images x 20 seconds – and designed to keep presentations concise and moving at a rapid pace.

Architecture for Humanity

http://architectureforhumanity.org

A volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design. Founded in 1999, this design services firm channels the resources of the global funding community to meaningful projects that make a difference locally.