We shared the news a while back that PechaKucha Night in Orlando organizer Eddie Selover would receive the Silver Brick Award from the mayor, and here’s a photo of Eddie receiving the award. More on the photo and the award:
This is Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer presenting Eddie Selover with a Silver Brick Award at a ceremony in Orlando on March 15. The award is presented by the Downtown Orlando Partnership each year to projects which affect the Downtown Development District and contribute significantly to its quality of life, making Downtown Orlando a more exciting, interesting and desirable place to work, shop and play. Eddie accepted the award with PKN Orlando co-founder Dustin Clingman.
Lots of great news to report in regards to Orlando’s PechaKucha Night series, starting with word that last month’s Global Cities Week event (PKN Vol. 5) attracted its largest turnout, with a crowd that absolutely loved the theme and the presentations that followed. What you see above is a very terrific piece on the series that was featured in the February issue of Orlando Magazine, in the lead-up to the GCW event. And we leave the best news of all for last, as told to us by organizer Eddie Selover:
I was notified last week that we have won a Golden Brick Award from the Downtown Orlando Partnership for our contribution to downtown Orlando’s cultural scene. We will receive this award at a ceremony with the mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, on March 15.
The next PechaKucha Night in Orlando (Vol. 5) is going to be happening smack dab in the middle of our Global Cities Week, on February 24. Here’s the poster that was produced for the event, that will take place at the Blank Space Gallery & Lounge. You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.
PechaKucha Night in Orlando Vol. 4 will be held on December 2 at the Blank Space Gallery & Lounge — you’ll find the list of presenters on the official event page. The poster was designed by Nicki Hovanek and Allan Alegado.
“The Antidote to bad PowerPoint.” That’s how a piece in the Orlando Sentinel on last week’s first PechaKucha Night in Orlando starts, and we can certainly agree with that sentiment. You can read the piece online here, and it also includes a video covering the event.
One of the latest city’s to join the PechaKucha Night community is Orlando, and organizers have already scheduled their Vol. 1 for October 7, and it will be held at The Cameo. You’ll find the list of presenters on the official event page.
