meti a01 scientificposters

7/31/2019 METI A01 ScientificPosters

1/68

Scientific Poster

Design

How to keep your posterfrom resembling anabstract painting


2/68

A poster can be betterthan giving a talk

More efficient because:

you totally bomb at giving talks

can be viewed while you nap

can hang in the department for years

can reach folks not in your field of research


3/68

Posters serve as

Kool, wow!, checkthis out!, you mustbe smart!

An advertisement of your hard work


4/68

Its just an illustrated abstract


5/68

Is my abstract effective? Why should anyone care? What am I adding to current knowledge? Do I need to explain methods? Have I told them what I found and recommend?


6/68

A portrait of agrad student


7/68

@#&%!@#$, I have 12 hours to throw this thingtogether and get it printed before its due.


8/68

How do I get months and years of

research onto my poster? Your poster is a short story Describe a few major points Arouse the reader

s interest to read on

Limit it to 250 words


9/68

Recite after me,

Less is best!


10/68

Simplify your paper into

poster format

Find out the size required!


11/68

Whos my

audience?


12/68

Remember, most of these scientists

come for the free booze


13/68

Start puttingtogether your

2 main elements


14/68

1) Simple, effective data

displays


15/68

Keep it simplebut effective


16/68

2) Small blocks

of supporting text

The need forchairs in frontof your poster

will not goover well


17/68


18/68

I could actually read this


19/68


20/68

Pick a software programAlthough youll probably gravitate towards PowerPoint,

consider a true design program.


21/68

OK, but the colors will fool you Easy to use Inflexible " Designed for overhead projection

PowerPoint


22/68

Excellent More difficult to learn What you see is what you get Others: Canvas, Publish-It, Corel Draw, LaTeX, etc.

Adobe Illustrator or InDesign


23/68

Lets design a poster!


24/68

Your poster title:

Think BIG!Really Big!

Group authors

names and

affiliations

Your biggest impact!Boldface typeNot all caps!


25/68

The Secrets of Readable Text:


26/68

Leave breathing space around your text

Plain fonts even serif here

Same size and style Left-aligned

The reason is


27/68

Hi there, my name is mitch collinsworth

and I would like to tell you about myself and howI got this job at cornell. Well you see, my

uncle had a friend who knew my cousin on

the other side and his daughter worked forfacilities. I was down on my luck and my sister

told me she knew a guy whos

nephew

swifes kid worked for this guys

father

and what can I say , he hired


28/68

Hi there, my name is mitch collinsworth and

I would like to tell you about myself andhow I got this job at cornell. Well you see,

my uncle had a friend who knew my cousin

on the other side and his daughter workedfor facilities. I was down on my luck and my

sister told me she knew a guy whos

nephews wife

s kid worked for this guys

father and what can I say, he hired me with

no questions asked and just told me to keep

my mouth shut. So here I am at CCMR.


29/68

Put the most important part first!

Short and to the point! Upper left hand corner

Conclusions first!


30/68

Easy for the eye to follow

Utter chaoswill make

folks dizzy!


31/68


32/68

Can anyone read

your body text?


33/68

Title: 85 pointAuthors: 56ptSub-headings: 36ptBody text: 24ptCaptions: 18pt

Text sizes:


34/68

Images and graphs say much

more than words

Should be readable from 1-2 meters


35/68


36/68

Picture perfect photos Avoid resolution overkill!

At least 150 dpi, but no more than 300 dpi Save photos as jpg or png

Line art as a png (graphs) Web images are usually

poor resolution


37/68

jpg

png


38/68

Your cool images

mean nothing

without ascale bar or

description


39/68

Dont forget your funding

acknowledgements

CNF-NSF-BMR, etcYour department canprovide you with the

required wording


40/68

Your contact info!!!

Include allcontact info: Mail address

Phone E-mail

Without it youll become ya know, those guys with the awesome poster


41/68

Using color to engage your readers2-3 colors, no more!Dark type onlight color background


42/68

This attracts attention but tires out the eye

Whoa! Wheres my sunglasses?


43/68

Be carefull with the

primary colors


44/68


45/68

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html


46/68

Be aware of busy backgrounds


47/68


48/68


49/68

Edit, Edit, Edit and

Evaluate!


50/68

Can you read the type? Are these the colors you really want?Does it look too busy? Do my main points pop?

Print out a letter size draft

Keep it simple


51/68

CCMR has 2 poster printers!

Our wonderful computing facilities offers

state of the art poster printing

The secret of a good poster:Ugly design print ugly poster

http://cf.ccmr.cornell.edu/cf_newsite/poster_print/index.html


52/68

You

re not done yet Prepare a 3-5 minute verbal explanation

Is he evergoing to

SHUT UP???


53/68

Prepare mini size poster handouts

Provides a written record for

interested folks Makes you look together Be sure to include complete

contact information Might even get you a job!


54/68

Let

s judge some designsand see what youve learned


55/68

A bit text heavy

but not too bad.


56/68

Nice poster


57/68

Where do I

begin?


58/68

Im feeling

sleepy


59/68

OK, butwhich way

do I go?


60/68

Perfect!


61/68

Oh my gawd!


62/68

Nice flow,

but too

metallic


63/68

Ive fallen,

and I cant get up


64/68

Gorgeous!


65/68

Welcome tothe 80s

Fer sure!


66/68

This works!


67/68

http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/

Helpful sites on poster presentations:


68/68

LiLynn Graves

Web and Graphic Designer, CCMR

meti a01 scientificposters

Documents