Last week I was part of Al Humphreys' Adventure night for the charity Hope and homes for children. The basic idea of a Pecha Kucha talk (a Japanese concept), is that you provide 20 slides and each one plays for 20 seconds...you have absolutely no control! Cue a bit too much 'Ummm...' It was certainly a challenge to try to deliver a concise talk in 6 minutes 40 seconds, much harder than doing pulling off the 40 minute long talks I am used to. Twas a fantastic evening filled with yarns from many an adventurer: A man who took a flew a car to Mali, the youngest Briton to climb everest, Polar explorers, jungle trippers and even a pair who walked around the M25.
The night managed to raise just over £5k and I hope to be part of the next adventure night to try and raise a few more pennies for such a wonderful charity...some lucky beggar managed to win my last bottle of Elderflower champers in the raffle, oh well not long till spring.
Check out my bumbling effort below...at least I got some laughs! If you would like a treehouse talk at your school, event etc, please do email me: [email protected]
Pecha Kucha: Tree House - Nick Weston. www.huntergathercook.typepad.com from alastair Humphreys on Vimeo.
Hi Nick, I really enjoyed your talk at Al's Adventure Night and personally found it the most interesting and enjoyable of the lot. Great to finally meet you after hearing so much about the project from Al and others. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Andy Ward | February 06, 2010 at 03:37 PM
I am still very much in awe - and green with envy - of what you built and achieved. Fantastic talk.
Posted by: Diane | February 06, 2010 at 04:23 PM
Great discussion and overview! Inspiring :-)
Posted by: Green Gal | February 06, 2010 at 05:59 PM
Nice one!
Posted by: Giles | February 06, 2010 at 11:01 PM
You should all take 400 seconds to watch this talk - it was brilliant!
Posted by: Alastair Humphreys | February 07, 2010 at 05:39 PM
Hi Nick,
If your interested in coming and giving a talk in Jersey at any point let me know. We have a local environmental fund for organising talks and film nights and i think there would be a lot of people interested in hearing your story. Also a good chance to flog a few copies of the book im guessing.
Cheers - Francis Binney
Posted by: Francis Binney | April 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Hey Francis,
Hope you are well, thanks for the comment, That would be super to pop out to Jersey to do some talks, Still trying to sort plans for this year, will keep you in the loop!
Nick.
To: [email protected]
Posted by: Nick Weston | April 25, 2010 at 06:06 PM