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Creating Poster Presentations

Creating Poster Presentations. Thinking Matters 2010. Examples of Posters. Bad Good North Carolina State University. Templates Using PowerPoint. 36” x 48” (change under Page Setup) ½” margin around poster Landscape orientation Will print side ways. Example of a Template.

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Creating Poster Presentations

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  1. Creating Poster Presentations Thinking Matters 2010

  2. Examples of Posters Bad Good North Carolina State University

  3. TemplatesUsing PowerPoint 36” x 48” (change under Page Setup) ½” margin around poster Landscape orientation Will print side ways

  4. Example of a Template Rendering IRIS Lab

  5. Layout • Content • Title - centered • Name, Faculty sponsor – centered under Title • Abstract in upper left hand corner • Summarize using headings in large letters • Introduction • Method • Results • Conclusion • Recommendations • Acknowledgements, citations, references • USM and department logos, sponsors

  6. Layout, cont. • Color • Light background :: Dark Text • Dark background :: Light Text • No distracting background – images or color

  7. Layout, cont. • Text Font • San-serif for title and headings (Arial) • This is San-Serif type • Serif for body (Times New Roman) • This is Serif type • Text Size • Title – at least 48 points • Headings – 36 points • Body – 24 points • Acknowledgements, citations, references – smaller text

  8. Flow of poster Organize with good headings to help move readers through poster Be hierarchical – more important the information, larger the font size Be bold and make strongest statements research allows Logical flow to where you want readers to go next Read left to right Remember symmetry in your poster Remember focus of poster > results vs methods

  9. North Carolina State - effective poster presentations

  10. Photos Insert photo Make smaller or larger by grabbing corner handles Compress photo to make poster size smaller

  11. Photo Example

  12. Using Graphs • Choose correct graph to depict data • Contrast • Compare • Labeled axis must be readable • Beware of too much information • Use smaller font than body of poster • Yellow does not show up on graphs • Include information figure captions for graphs – usually first sentence explaining graph

  13. Graph Example

  14. Submitting Finished Product • Preview post in pdf format to check: • Fonts - readable • Colors – not distracting • Photos - compressed • Name presentation: • Last_first_title.pdf • Submitted by April 9, 2010 • Submit to:

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