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Making Posters for Conferences and Events: Getting to the Point. Why doing poster presentation?. An advertisement of your hard work Impress others Sell your ideas Persuade others Land yourself a job …. It ’ s just an illustrated abstract. Explain why your work is important.
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Making Posters for Conferences and Events: Getting to the Point
Why doing poster presentation? An advertisement of your hard work Impress others Sell your ideas Persuade others Land yourself a job …
It’s just an illustrated abstract • Explain why your work is important. • Describe the objectives of your work. • Briefly explain the methods or approaches. • Succinctly state results and conclusions.
How do I get months and years ofresearch onto my poster? • Your poster is a short story. • Describe a few major points. • Arouse the reader’s interest to read on. • Limit it to 250 words.
Who’s my audience? • Provide context for your work. Explain the big picture and why the problem is important. • Use plain language to present your work. • Avoid jargon and acronyms unless you're really positive that yours will be a specialist-only audience. • Interpret your findings
Less is the best • Your goal is to convey a clear message and support it with a compelling combination of images and short blocks of text. • What is the one thing you want your audience to learn? • If it doesn't reinforce your message, leave it out!! • Make the strongest statements your data will support.
Keep it simple • Ask yourself which details are absolutely essential • Focus on one message. • Omit anything that is not essential. • Edit text carefully - simplify verbiage, reduce sentence complexity.
Easy for the eye to follow • Supply cues to help viewers follow your presentation. • Visual attractiveness.
Your poster title: "Think Big! Really BIG! • Your biggest impact!
Push your idea to its extreme • No one will remember your work and idea when you try to stay in the middle. • This is another poster doing X. • Push your idea to the limit. • Leave a deep and lasting impression.
Heading • Note how headings convey the message - viewers in a hurry need not read further.
Conclusions first! • Put the most important part first! • Short and to the point! • Upper left hand corner.
Text sizes: Title: 85 point Authors: 56pt Sub-headings: 36pt Body text: 24pt Captions: 18pt
Creative data visualization • Surprise people. • Give unique insights. • Make complex data simple to understand (not the other way). • Don’t confuse people.
Using color to engage your readers 2-3 colors, no more! Dark type on light color background.
Your contact info!!! Without it you’ll become “ya know, those guys with the awesome poster” Include all contact info: Mail address Phone E-mail
Edit, Edit, Edit and "Evaluate! • Edit all text to simplify verbiage, to reduce sentence complexity, and to delete details. • If it's not relevant to your message, remove it!
You’re not done yet… " • Prepare a short 60s introduction. • Prepare a 3-5 minute verbal explanation.
Enthusiasm • You should be excited about your research. • If not, talk with your advisor. • Show your enthusiasm. • Others can tell you are proud of what you have accomplished. • Your eye should sparkle.