We want to know what makes Edmonton a city that young people are proud to call home and what keeps it that way. So we’re asking!

What makes Edmonton a great #nextgencity? Do you have a dream to make Edmonton an even better place for young people to call home?

Throughout NextGen Month (a.k.a. June), we’re reaching out to Edmonton’s young, and young-at-heart, to help us develop a new vision for Edmonton as a #nextgencity.

Through social media, events, and outreach, we’re asking questions that we hope will teach us where we should focus our efforts in the future as the hub that connects people, places, community and ideas relevant to Edmonton’s next generation.

Over the next four weeks, join us on Twitter for a chance win some killer prizes.

What is the #nextgencity social media contest? 

Each week, we’ll post a new question to Twitter and want to hear what you have to say! Answer our question using the hashtag #nextgencity, and you’ll be entered in to that week’s prize.

Week 1: Monday, June 1, 9:00 a.m. until Sunday, June 7, 11:59 p.m.
Week 2: Monday, June 8, 9:00 a.m. until Sunday, June 15, 11:59 p.m.
Week 3: Monday, June 16, 9:00 a.m. until Sunday, June 21, 11:59 p.m.
Week 4: Monday, June 22, 9:00 a.m. until Tuesday, June 30 11:59 p.m.

What are the prizes?

We’re sorting out a few final details, but we do know that each prize will be valued at $100 and will involve events happening around the city. Stay tuned for our full list of prizes as we finalize them.

Week 1: 2 tickets to Pecha Kucha Night 22 + 2 tickets to Improvaganza + $25 worth of Taste of Edmonton tickets

What are the contest rules?

Just like with any contest, we have a couple of rules:

• Make sure to use the hashtag #nextgencity, because only those will be thrown into the draw.
• We encourage you to use the hashtag as often as you’d like, but every week, all of your tweets will be counted as one entry into the draw.
• Maximum one prize package per person.
• We’ll be making the random draw every Monday from the previous week’s tweet to determine the winner.
• Winners will be notified via Twitter and must respond within 24 hours in order to receive their prize. If we don’t hear from the winner within 24 hours, we will re-draw.

Questions?

If you have any questions, get in touch with us on Twitter (@EdmNextGen) or email .

Edmonton’s NextGen and Stantec are excited to present Pecha Kucha Night 22 (PKN 22)! It’s BYOB, and by that we mean bring-your-own-blanket because we are all getting comfy on the the grass in Louise McKinney Park!

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015

Time: Doors and bar open at 6:30 p.m. Presentations begin at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Louise McKinney Park, 9999 Grierson Hill Rd NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 2A4

Cost: $17 or $15 with student ID + taxes.

Buy Tickets: Purchase your digital tickets online here

PKN 22 features presentations on local ideas, projects and musings in the 20 slides at 20 seconds per slide format made popular by worldwide by Klein Dytham Architecture. More than 200 presentations have been given at Edmonton PKNs to date on wide-ranging topics, from donairs to lighting up Edmonton’s bridges and everything in between. The presenter line-up will be announced soon!

Thanks to Stantec, our awesome sole presenting sponsor, for their ongoing support of our Pecha Kucha nights – we couldn’t do it without them!

Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria also returns for PKN 22 with gift cards for all ticket holders.

Be part of the conversation on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #yegpkn.

PKN 22’s sponsors are the Stantec, the City of Edmonton, Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria, Graphos, and Klein Dytham.

What is Pecha Kucha?
Drawing its name from the Japanese phrase for “the sound of chit chat”, Pecha Kucha Night was devised by Tokyo’s Klein Dytham Architecture in February 2003 as a venue for young designers to meet, network, exchange ideas and discuss their work in public. It rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, for a total presentation length of six minutes and 40 seconds. Why this format you ask? It keeps presentations concise, fast-paced and entertaining.

For more information, visit pechakucha.org

About Edmonton’s NextGen
Formed in 2006, Edmonton’s NextGen is an initiative of the City of Edmonton that is focused on creating a city that attracts and gives a voice to the next generation in the life and growth of Edmonton’s communities. NextGen is a hub for connecting people, places, community and ideas. Through events, leadership opportunities and professional development, NextGen fosters young leaders and supports initiatives of interest to the next generation.