Pecha Kucha, Japanese for “chit chat,” is the new communication style of telling a story using exactly 20 slides, for exactly 20 seconds each, for exactly 6 minutes, 40 seconds of presentation time.

It's the bane of students, business people and even the military: If you've ever yawned through a slideshow, you're probably familiar with that dreaded malady of modern times, known as "Death by ...