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Scientific Posters Paul Hix

Scientific Posters Paul Hix. where to start???. Scientific Posters. Goals of a poster. - visual communication tool. - summarise and advertise your research. - source of information. T hink of it as an ‚ illustrated abstract‘.

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Scientific Posters Paul Hix

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  1. Scientific Posters Paul Hix

  2. where to start???

  3. Scientific Posters Goals of a poster - visual communication tool - summarise and advertise your research - source of information Think of it as an ‚illustrated abstract‘ main goal:encourage dialogueand conversationwith colleagues

  4. Scientific Posters Telling the story of your research my namemy affiliation Thermoacoustics - my findings But first, some technical points…

  5. Scientific Posters Poster size / orientation - typical sizes:A0 (1189mm x 841mm)A1 (841mm x 594mm)36in x 48in - portrait / landscape Ask conference organisor!

  6. Scientific Posters Software MS Powerpoint + easy to use + availability + many free templates ~ colours ~ relatively inflexible - for overhead projection Alternative: OpenOffice Impress Adobe Illustrator or InDesign + professional design software + excellent results (wysiwyg) - steep learning curve - expensive liscence Alternatives: CorelDraw, LaTeX, Canvas…

  7. Scientific Posters Layout - content Title (short, to the point)Name, affiliation point 2 summary conclusions point 1 acknowledgements (partners, project) point 3 contact details (address, tel, mail)

  8. Scientific Posters Layout - many options - depends on size / orientation - university templates?

  9. Scientific Posters Layout

  10. Scientific Posters Layout - guidelines - visual displays of data, small blocks of supporting text - reading distance: ~ 1,5 m - consider reading direction - overall appearance40% graphics20% text40% ‚white space‘ - Headline, Sub-headline (name, affiliation),Section headlines, Body texts, Captions - use colour cautiously

  11. Scientific Posters Text size (85pt, bold) Headline (55pt) Sub-Headline (35pt, bold) Section Headline (25pt) Body Text (20pt, italics?) Captions

  12. Scientific Posters Type Face Text boxes: serif - easy to read - familiar Titles: sans serif - clear, stands out Combinations: - Times / Helvetica - Garamond / Futura - Georgia / Gill Sans also: - do not underline - do not shadow

  13. Scientific Posters Text - margins X Our Mission To develop green combustion technologies and noise control methods in a gender-balanced, multi-disciplinary network with academic and industrial collaboration, while also training highly skilled scientists of the future. Our Mission To develop green combustion technologies and noise control methods in a gender-balanced, multi-disciplinary network with academic and industrial collaboration, while also training highly skilled scientists of the future. - left margin - justified

  14. Scientific Posters Images - ideal: 300 dpi(min 150 dpi) - careful withweb images

  15. Scientific Posters Images - ideal: 300 dpi(min 150 dpi) - careful withweb images(pixelation)

  16. Scientific Posters Graphs - simplify & clarify - focus on message

  17. Scientific Posters Colour Colourcancatchattention,but - can be very tiring - can distract from content - can make it dificult to read Thus: use colour cautiously Best combinations: black on white dark blue on pale orange dark red on pale yellow

  18. Scientific Posters Background Similarly, the background can make a poster interesting - but can be very tiring - can distract from content - can make it dificult to read Tip: use existing colour / background scheme - numerous online resources - colours in work / photos

  19. Scientific Posters Layout Title (short, to the point) - 85pt, bold, sans-serifName, affiliation - 55pt, sans serif choose layout & colour scheme

  20. Scientific Posters Layout Title (short, to the point) - 85pt, bold, sans-serifName, affiliation - 55pt, sans serif Story Point 2 image / graph conclusions -short, to the point! summary (35pt, sans) Text (25pt, serif) Story Point 1 image / graph caption(20 pt, serif) acknowledgements (partners, project) Story Point 3 image / graph contact details (address, tel, mail)

  21. Scientific Posters Final Steps Print out A4- can I read text?- do main points come across?- does layout & colour scheme work? Prepare verbal explanation- 3-5 minutes- tailored to target audience Prepare summary handout- provides additional information- enables visitors to take info with them

  22. Scientific Posters Examples

  23. Scientific Posters ‘busy’ background

  24. Scientific Posters shading questionable, otherwise good

  25. Scientific Posters long title,what to read next?

  26. Scientific Posters layout good, small text, colour a bit monotonous

  27. Scientific Posters nice, let’s talk

  28. where to start???

  29. Titel der Präsentation Untertitel an dieser Stelle Thanks for your attention! Contact: p.hix@deutsches-museum.de

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