Throughout the years I’ve been asked to speak at a number of functions.  I did a Spring luncheon for a group of Presbyterian church ladies.  I did a healthy living seminar at St. Peter’s Hospital in Olympia.  I did a series on gardening with kids last year for the Tacoma library.  Needless to say public speaking is part of the job.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by the organizers of Pecha Kucha Tacoma to be a presenter for their upcoming volume.  I had heard of it and said of course!  Actually, they asked both mom and me, but mom isn’t much of a public speaker.  I had approximately 2 weeks to come up with a title, 6 minute and 40 second presentation and 20 accompanying images.  Had I had more time the presentation would be better and the images certainly would have been better, but it is what it is.  Tonight is the event (eek!)

Presenters were given the theme of eARTh in honor of Earth Day (Week) and I opened it up to readers on my personal blog.  Michele, who is a regular reader here suggested PLANeT EArTh & eARTh.  It was better than what I had come up with and I ran with it.  I wrote out most of the presentation in one evening and blazed through my arsenal of images.  The overall theme of the presentation is eating healthy, growing your own and how that doesn’t have to be boring.

Still confused about Pecha Kucha?  It is a gathering where presenters are allowed to show 20 slides and speak for 20 seconds on each slide for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds.  I did my presentation a little backwards.  I wrote the presentation and found accompanying images.

If you would like to check it out please do so.  Doors for the event open at 5:30 p.m. with presentations starting at 6:00 sharp.  I’m not sure what presenter I am, but you can find out at the Bone Dry Shoe Building at 2111 Pacific Ave., Tacoma.  Hope to see you there.