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How to design a great poster?

How to design a great poster?. Poster Presentation of Research Work. Lin Mei Chang ( 張琳美 ) brenda3115@gmail.com Providence University, Taiwan. 2009/10/06 Wednesday. Acknowledgement. English Department of PU Dr. Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni. Why do we use a poster?.

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How to design a great poster?

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  1. How to design a great poster? Poster Presentation of Research Work Lin Mei Chang (張琳美) brenda3115@gmail.com Providence University, Taiwan 2009/10/06 Wednesday

  2. Acknowledgement • English Department of PU • Dr. Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni

  3. Why do we use a poster? • A poster is a visual support for discussion about your work with other scientists and researchers. • 3Es for poster presentation Easy, Efficient and Economic.

  4. How to design an ideal poster? • Plan, plan and plan! • Keep the material simple • Use colors carefully • Do not use more than 2 font types • Titlesand headings should appear larger than other text, but not too large. Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

  5. How to design an ideal poster? • Do not use all UPPER CASE type in your posters. • Do not use a different font type to highlight important points • Equations (Be simple) • A picture is worth a thousand words graphs diagrams and drawings Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

  6. How to design an ideal poster? • Check your spelling • Maintain a consistent style • Arrangement of poster components should appear smooth • Review, review and review Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

  7. Poster Topic • Main heading Research topic • Subheadings School’s name Logo Name of author (1st author, 2nd author…) E-mail address (1st author, 2nd author…)

  8. Content • Introduction • Aim of research • Research Qs • Method • Results /Findings • Discussion • Conclusion

  9. How to present your idea? You may use… • Charts • Pictures • Simple Phrases • Words size • Colors

  10. Poster Requirement • Format: A0 (83cm x 119 cm) • Background: white • Title: Arial bold 96 pt • Subtitles: Arial bold 80 pt • Text: Arial normal/italic 60 pt

  11. For example

  12. Ready to print it out Printing fee in Taiwan: • A0: NT$ 500-600/per • A4: NT$ 5-10/per (colorful version)

  13. Supplementaries • A4 or B5 mini handouts for your audiences (A black and white or a colorful version) • Gifts for whom discuss with you (pens and erasers) • Samples of your research (DM or Web ) • Using Digital camera or MP4 (3C) to play your data on the poster.

  14. Procedures • Before presentation Put on your poster in the required place before one day or at least two hours ago. • Post presentation Take pictures Give your handout to your audiences Answer their questions Collect more ideas • After presentation Put everything back

  15. Tools You may need… • Stapler • Push pins • Tape • Scissors

  16. Useful links: • http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm • http://www.biophysics.org/education/block.pdf • http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/ • http://www.aspb.org/EDUCATION/poster.cfm

  17. Conclusion • A GREAT POSTER IS... clear, simple with only context, objective and main ideas of the presented work.

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