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Poster Presentation

Scientific Communication

• Journal articles

• Conferences– Talks (short and long)– Posters

Context of Posters

• Convey information

• Concise

• Presenter is available to answer questions

Types of Posters

• Experimental research

• Information and review

What is a Poster?

• Text and figures

• Roughly 1.5 x 1m– 56 x 34 inches

• Legible from a distance

• Two basic styles– Collection of individual sheets of paper– One large page

Style 1

text

text

text

text

texttext

text text

figure

figure

display board

Style 2

display board

figure

figure

text text

text

Issues to Consider

• Legibility

• Organization

• Appropriate type and amount of detail

Legibility

• Font size– Readable from a distance

• White space– Is the poster too cluttered?

Organization

• Sequential information– Top-to-bottom and left-to-right

• Columns– Three or four

• Text

• Figures

Poster Layout & Organization

figure

figure

text

text

text

texttext

figure text

text

figure

fig.

figure

text text

title

texttext text

title

texttext

title

text text textfigure

figure

figure

figure figure

figure

figure figure

figure

The Use of Text

• Size

• Headers

• Content

• Font– Serif (Times)

– Sans-serif (Helvitica)

Detail

• Be concise

• Point form

• Bullets

• Relevant figures

• Referencing and citation

Construction and Design

• Outline

• “Pencil and paper”

• Draft copy

• Edit and proofread

Referencing

• Yes, you do need to reference sources

• Can use embedded or endnotes

• Can give full or abbreviated References– Smith, J. & Hanks, D. (2001). Buy that stuff!

Journal of Buying, 6(3), 11-14.– Smith, J. & Hanks, D. (2001). J. Buy., 6, 11-14.

Grading

• Likert scale– Very poor, Poor, Good, Very good, Excellent

• Legibility– Readibility, appropriate amount of material, visibility

of images, etc.

• Organization– Design, sequencing of material, logical flow, etc.

• Content– Appropriate content, structure of argument,

referencing, etc.

Student Evaluation

• Each of you will be given three posters you have to evaluate on the day you aren’t presenting

• Same grading criteria as me

• My evaluation = 75% of grade

• Student evaluation = 25% of grade

• 15% penalty to own poster for failing to complete required evaluations

On-line Documentation

• Helpdesk: Large Format Printing and Design– http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/printing/

• Helpdesk Knowledbase– http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/knowledgebase/support.html?

main=9&sub=3

• Print driver• Using PowerPoint to make poster• Sending and printing• Troubleshooting

PowerPoint

• Fairly powerful graphic design platform

• Set size in page setup

• WISIWIG