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Poster PresentationsPoster Presentations
ContextContext• Academic:Academic:
short reports of short reports of current researchcurrent research
• Industry:Industry: trade fairstrade fairs
• Education:Education: summaries of summaries of
particular topicsparticular topics
AimsAims• Attract an audienceAttract an audience
• Keep the audienceKeep the audience
• Inform the Inform the audienceaudience
• Impress the Impress the audienceaudience
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Attract an AudienceAttract an Audience
Colour schemeColour scheme• make effective use of colourmake effective use of colour• but do check for legibilitybut do check for legibility
Use of graphicsUse of graphics• make them large enoughmake them large enough• background graphic can be effectivebackground graphic can be effective
Interesting titleInteresting title• make subject of poster clearmake subject of poster clear
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Keep the audienceKeep the audience
ContentContent• get the level rightget the level right• tell a coherent tell a coherent
storystory• put results in put results in
contextcontext explain motivationexplain motivation explain explain
significance of significance of resultsresults
LayoutLayout• clear navigationclear navigation• legible font sizeslegible font sizes
including graph including graph axes and legends!axes and legends!
• design layout and design layout and colour scheme for colour scheme for ease of legibilityease of legibility
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Inform the AudienceInform the Audience
ContentContent• get the level get the level
right!right!• stress the stress the
important pointsimportant points• do not overwhelm do not overwhelm
with detail…with detail…• ……but do back up but do back up
what you saywhat you say
LayoutLayout• should should
complement complement contentcontent
stress important stress important pointspoints
present results present results clearlyclearly
introduction and introduction and conclusionconclusion
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Impress the AudienceImpress the Audience
ContentContent• make clear that make clear that
you know what you know what you’re doing and you’re doing and whywhy
be prepared for be prepared for questionsquestions
don’t include don’t include material you don’t material you don’t understandunderstand
stress any new or stress any new or important findingsimportant findings
LayoutLayout• look professionallook professional
no skew-whiff bits no skew-whiff bits of paper glued to of paper glued to cardboardcardboard
no typos or no typos or spelling mistakesspelling mistakes
good quality good quality graphicsgraphics
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Design IssuesDesign Issues
Colour schemeColour scheme• choose dark-on-light or light-on-darkchoose dark-on-light or light-on-dark
ensure good contrast between text and ensure good contrast between text and backgroundsbackgrounds
be careful when using patterned backgroundsbe careful when using patterned backgrounds
LayoutLayout• divide material into blocksdivide material into blocks
but not too many blocksbut not too many blocks try to avoid long stretches of uninterrupted texttry to avoid long stretches of uninterrupted text make sure it’s clear what graphs represent make sure it’s clear what graphs represent
(title, axis labels, legend)(title, axis labels, legend)
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NavigationNavigation
Posters don’t automatically impose Posters don’t automatically impose ordering of materialordering of material• if order is important, make sure it is if order is important, make sure it is
naturalnatural English-speaking people will naturally work top English-speaking people will naturally work top
to bottom, left to rightto bottom, left to right therefore introductory material should be on top therefore introductory material should be on top
or at leftor at left
• ensure graphics and text relate naturallyensure graphics and text relate naturally try to avoid need for arrows etc.try to avoid need for arrows etc.
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Example layoutsExample layouts
IntroductionIntroduction
Panel Panel 11
Panel Panel 2 2
Panel Panel 33
Central image
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ConclusionConclusion
Good posters are easier to Good posters are easier to recognise than to describerecognise than to describe• lots of posters round department, by lots of posters round department, by
academics and studentsacademics and students look at themlook at them decide which you like and which you don’tdecide which you like and which you don’t try to analyse reasons try to analyse reasons whywhy you like/dislike you like/dislike
posterposter check with friends (if everyone likes a check with friends (if everyone likes a
particular poster, it’s doing something particular poster, it’s doing something right)right)