PechaKucha Night Downtown Squamish

PechaKucha started in 2003 Tokyo when Tokyo-based architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham decided that the only way to prevent them from rambling during a presentation was to limit it to 20 slides for 20 seconds each. This 20×20 format has taken off globally, with PechaKucha Nights taking place in more than 700 cities and counting. This Friday, Downtown Squamish will get their own taste of the PechaKucha culture when these 7 speakers take the stage for 6 minutes and 40 seconds each.

Susan Chapelle: Healthy Communities
Susan is involved in bringing the importance of preventative medicine to a larger forum. In 2011, Susan was elected to Squamish City Council, where she continues to advocate for small business, health care and active transportation. Susan is a recent graduate of the Community Economic Development program at Simon Fraser University, and is currently funded by the National Institute of Health through the University of New England to examine mechanisms of manual therapy. She is an educator, researcher; people advocate and David’s baby mama of two beautiful girls, 12 and 7.

Susan Chapelle

Colin Boguski: Taking Learning to Where it Happens, Naturally
Colin Boguski is an education administrator with over 15 years of experience educating students aged 3 to 73, in public and private schools, in Canada and abroad. His bragging rights include conquering Mount Fuji on his 25th birthday, bathing in the Ganges and being one of the first Canadians to welcome the millennium in Australia. One of his most valued gifts is the opportunity to positively impact students’ lives through education. He lives in Squamish where he feels is the best place in the world to educate children, including his own.

Colin Boguski

Lisa Princic: Creating Your Tribe In the New Economy
Lisa Princic is a business coach who works with entrepreneurs who want to make an impact in the new economy to deliver real value through services and products that better the world and help them feel fulfilled. She works mostly with small business owners who want to grow beyond the stuck startup phase, who want wealth that includes freedom to experience adventure, support healthy communities and live their values. Lisa is also active in helping to stimulate local economic growth through her volunteer work and believes playing outside as much as possible is part of the solution.

Christine McLeod: Culture of Service
Christine has over 20 years experience leading high performing teams in Tourism and Hospitality sectors. Her award winning approach to customer service and employee engagement has made her a sought after speaker, trainer and consultant for some of BC’s best known organizations. Christine is the principal of Impact People Practices as well as Canada’s Impact99 workplace reinvention summit. Christine has lived in Squamish for 9 years with her husband JP and her daughters Nicole and Ali.

Christine McLeod

Stephanie Hayes: The Future of Work: Innovation, Creativity and Social Intelligence
Stephanie Hayes is a business transformation consultant, working with clients to help them define and manage programs that introduce change and innovation into their processes, people or services. Additionally, through her work as a mentor and guide for small business owners and entrepreneurs, Stephanie has developed an approach for helping small businesses grow and mature, focusing on operations and systems. Stephanie has lived in Squamish for nine years and is committed to helping the town build an entrepreneurial community and flourish through its people.

Mario Gomez: Start Up Communities
Mario is a driven entrepreneur with a background in information technology and financial consulting. His first business venture was a Vancouver based IT company and most recently he has launched The Valkyries, 4 unique executive style townhouses in Squamish and has also co-founded StartUp Squamish, a shared office space for start-ups. He is an accomplished athlete and a former Brazilian record holder in freediving having dove to a depth of 54 meters (178 feet) on a single breath hold.

Adam Hart: Unleashing the Human Potential
Adam Hart is the creator of Ra Energy Foods and author of the bestselling book The Power of Food. A highly sought after speaker and champion of intention-based living, Adam shares how to awaken an abundance of energy and vitality without giving up the foods you love to eat.

Friday’s PechaKucha Night, happening at the O’Siyam Pavilion at 8pm, is part of Car-Free Cleveland Powered by PechaKucha, a free community event hosted by the District of Squamish. Visit www.squamish.ca/heart for full event details as well as more information on the District of Squamish Summer Event Series of events happening throughout the month of August.

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