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How to Create a Great Academic Poster

How to Create a Great Academic Poster. Content. Why a Poster?. An abstract of your larger work Show-cases work to people in different fields Has more of your personality than a paper Interactive Great for networking. ENSC 4906 Requirements. Introduction Materials and Methods Results

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How to Create a Great Academic Poster

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  1. How to Create a Great Academic Poster Content

  2. Why a Poster? • An abstract of your larger work • Show-cases work to people in different fields • Has more of your personality than a paper • Interactive • Great for networking

  3. ENSC 4906 Requirements • Introduction • Materials and Methods • Results • Discussion and Conclusion • Overall layout and aesthetic appeal • Response to Questions

  4. Title • Grab a reader’s interest • Tell them what the research is about • Short and Comprehensive • Make readers think “I’m interested, tell me more”

  5. Introduction • Designed to get reader interested • Pitch your idea • State hypothesis • Answer “Why?”

  6. Materials and Methods • Quick overview • Minimal detail – just major steps • Answer “When?”, “Where?” and “How?”

  7. Results • Largest Section • Qualitative and Quantitative • Summarize data in graphs, photos etc. • Don’t get stuck using just text • Answer “What did you learn?”

  8. Discussion / Conclusion • Not your results • May not need both • Remind reader of major results • Answer “Is the hypothesis supported?” • Answer “Why are these findings are important?”

  9. Other Important Stuff • Future Directions – “What’s next?” • Acknowledgements – “Who helped?” • Citations – “Who’s work did you build on?” • Disclosures – “Do you have any conflicts of interest?” • Logos – “Do we need them?” Yes!

  10. Tips for the Whole Poster • No more than 500 words! Less is more • Read in 5-10 minutes • 50-50 text/graphic split • Your poster is an abstract - don’t include one

  11. Helpful Links • http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/31071/title/Poster-Perfect/ • http://research.lib.buffalo.edu/poster-presentations#DesignTips • https://projects.ncsu.edu/project/posters/EffectiveAbstract.html • http://colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design • http://www.sicb.org/newsletters/fa97nl/sicb/poster.html • https://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/learning_guides/learningGuide_academicPosters.pdf A Great Tutorial: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/presentations/designing-poster/designing-poster My favourite: http://betterposters.blogspot.ca/

  12. Papers • Erren, T.C. and P.E. Bourne. 2007. Ten simple rules for good poster presentation. PLoS Computational Biology. 3(5), 0777-0778. • Miller, J. 2007. Preparing and presenting effective research posters. Health Research and Educational Trust • and more....

  13. How to Create a Great Academic Poster Past Posters

  14. Tips from the Presenters • Lots of visuals with minimal text • Use extra visuals if possible • Ie. Video! • Put in a logical manner • Balance of colour • Divide sections with boxes or lines • Put Carleton logos and contributing bodies • If you have to strain at graphs, too small • Grayscale may be needed in graphs and tables

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