You’re all in for a special treat today (no, it’s not ice cream). I’m going to let you in on the creative process Scott and I go through when we’re planning CMEpalooza. Below is a paraphrased version of how we decided to do a Pecha Kucha during the last CMEpalooza Fall. Feel free to try and replicate our brainstorming process in your own professional life.
Me: We should do a Pecha Kucha during CMEpalooza Fall.
Scott: I have no idea what that is.
Me: 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide, auto-advancing.
Scott: Sounds dumb.
Me: It will be great.
Scott: Whatevs.
End scene. Of course, I was right and it was great and you should all immediately go and watch it now, if you haven’t already done so.
In all seriousness, we did get a lot of feedback that people enjoyed the Pecha Kucha format and would love to see it again. So, your wish is our command — we’re doing a Pecha Kucha at CMEpalooza Spring! Here are some of the details:
- Go here to submit a Pecha Kucha abstract. This is not to be confused with an abstract for a regular CMEpalooza Spring session, which can also be submitted today, tomorrow, or next week.
- Submissions are due by the end of the day on February 1. Same deadline for the regular abstracts.
- What is a Pecha Kucha? Go here for more details on the format.
- We’re leaving the topic open ended. It should relate to CPD/CME, but otherwise, it’s up to you.
- As with everything palooza-related, the process is fluid. We plan to have five presentations during the Pecha Kucha. If we get more than five submissions, we’ll do a similar crowdsourcing process as we are doing with the regular CMEpalooza Spring submissions.
If you have never done a Pecha Kucha presentation before — and I’m guessing most of you reading this have not — I encourage you to challenge yourself and give it a try. It’s not easy, but I think most of the presenters from the CMEpalooza Fall Pecha Kucha would agree that the experience of preparing and presenting a Pecha Kucha was an interesting and rewarding experience. If you have any questions about, please feel free to reach out to me.
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