I’m joined by Christopher Donovan, the head of the Providence, Rhode Island chapter of Pecha Kucha (don’t worry – we discuss how to pronounce it during the episode).
Pecha Kucha is a storytelling device that pairs twenty slides, chocked full of images, within twenty seconds. It’s a race to captivate your audience, all while engaging in visual storytelling and is incredibly fun. Christopher and I also discuss what goes into making a Pecha Kucha. Maureen did her first just before the global pandemic put us into lockdown. Christopher is a regular at hosting and presenting.
This short-form storytelling format is perfect for sharing small bits of family history. Try it and share it with me.
The Providence Pecha Kucha chapter has been the longest-running Pecha Kucha chapter in the world, second only to its origin in Japan, while currently on a hiatus, they will return in Spring 2022 with their 150th show.
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About My Guest:
Chris Donovan believes that effective storytelling positively transforms the hearts and minds of those around us. With a decade of experience as a stage manager in the performing arts, he stays behind the scenes creating seamless experiences that keep the ’magic‘ in the spotlight, while hiding all of the nitty-gritty details ’behind the curtains‘. Since 2017 he has been the city organizer for the Providence PechaKucha Nights, where members of the community share their stories using the PechaKucha format of 20 images that each last 20 seconds. PechaKucha PVD was named ‘Best Event in Providence, 2020’ by the RI Monthly Readers Poll, and is globally recognized as the second-longest consecutive running PechaKucha Night in the world.
About Maureen Taylor:
Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada. She’s the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira). She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany’s top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com