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Poster Organization

Poster Organization. Lily Galloway Stephanie Kolessar Ricardo Ramirez Viridiana Viveros. Objectives. Appearance Organization Essential Elements Objectives Methods Data Results Discussion Acknowledgements/References Layout. Appearance.

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Poster Organization

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  1. Poster Organization Lily Galloway Stephanie Kolessar Ricardo Ramirez ViridianaViveros

  2. Objectives • Appearance • Organization • Essential Elements • Objectives • Methods • Data • Results • Discussion • Acknowledgements/References • Layout

  3. Appearance • Appearance of a research poster plays an important part • Why? • The poster needs to be visually pleasing to ensure that it’ll be read • Guidelines • Avoid NEON COLORS • Keep a color scheme of 2-3 colors • Make sure that background colors contrast with text colors • Avoid busy backgrounds • Text needs to be readable from 6 feet away • Balanced amount of white space

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  6. Organization • Organization is ESSENTIAL • Why? • Organization influences the flow of the research poster and how the reader interprets it • Guidelines • Poster is easy to follow (Poster Flow) • Proper spacing of sections • Don’t cram the poster • Appropriate sizes and shapes

  7. Title 1 4 2 3 5

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  9. Elements • Title • Brief and direct • Objectives • Answers “why?” and “what?” • Includes hypothesis • Methods • Answers “how?” • Data/Results • Outcome • Discussion • Explanation of outcome • Connects hypothesis to data • Conclusions • Answers “how?” • Adresses importance of the research • Acknowledgements • Answers “who?” • References • Answers “where?” *A poster is an illustrated abstract

  10. Layout • Poster Flow • Flow is IMPORTANT • Graphs/Charts • Reasonable size • Location • Cramming • Word count, images , graphs/charts, sections • Use a balanced amount of white space

  11. Title Methods Objectives Discussion Results References Charts Graphs Acknowledgements

  12. Title Objectives Results Charts Graphs Discussion Methods References Acknowledgements

  13. Text • Title: 85 point • Authors: 56pt • Sub-headings: 36pt • Body text: 24pt • Captions: 18pt • Use sans-serif fonts for titles and headings • Use serif fonts for explanations

  14. Images > Texts • Images speak much more louder than words!

  15. Thank YouQuestions? Research posters should be appealing! You want people to read your research! Remember your poster represents you, your school and your research teacher!

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