Create & Design Create & Design A Better Academic
Poster A Graduate Resource Center Workshop Presented by Talal
Saint-Lt
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Why an Academic Poster? WHAT IT IS Speaks 4 You Advertisement
Visual Representation of Research One-way communicator WHAT IT IS
NOT Presentation aid Research paper on a poster Most effective
information sharing tool
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Before You Begin! 1.Know your intentions 2.Consider your
audience 3.Draft layout and content
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Quick Overview SCIENCE Basic Elements Narrative Structure File
Management Software to Use ART Visual Structure Eye Candy Dos n
Donts Colors & Fonts 3 Tricks of the Trade
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Poster Title Author Info Institution Name Institution Logo
Research Content References Acknowledgements Basic Elements
Eye Candy DO Use color NEVER Black/White Simplify charts or
tables Bold/Italicize/Underline Use Pictures or Diagrams DONT Use
pixelated images (low quality jpegs) Emphasize text over diagrams,
tables, graphs 300 words max Duplicate the message Compliment
instead Add pictures JUST because
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Colors & Fonts Colors Be careful with primary colors Use
complimentary colors No more than 3-4 colors
www.colorschemedesigner.com www.colorschemedesigner.com Fonts One
or two styles Title 150 - 85pt Headings 56 - 36pt Body Text 32 -
24pt Captions 24 - 18pt Text Modifications
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Which software program should I use? Google Image Search? How
to start a poster document in Microsoft Publisher? How do I use the
color scheme website hex codes? Where can I print? How much does it
cost? FAQs at this POINT
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Printing Your Poster UNM Copy Center $4/ft 2 36x24=$24 or
48x36=$48 3 Locations College of Education, Dane Smith Hall, Health
Sciences Center Call 277-8267 or
http://www.unm.edu/~copyctr/index.htm FedEx - Kinkos Matte Paper
$7.25/ft 2 or Photo Quality $12/ft 2 36x24=$43.50/$72 or
48x36=$87/$144 Individual Departments Free or at cost College of
Education, Geography, SA+P, CEP, and others PROJECT IT B4 U PRINT
IT!
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PosterGenius by Scigen Technologies
http://www.postergenius.com/cms/index.php
http://www.postergenius.com/cms/index.php Create Poster Tutorial
Video Series by unluckylion http://youtu.be/PLuMRqcZhrI
http://youtu.be/PLuMRqcZhrI Online Software Training
http://lynda.unm.edu/http://lynda.unm.edu/ Adobe for Academics -
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-for-
academics/design-an-eyecatching-conference-poster/http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-for-
academics/design-an-eyecatching-conference-poster/ Notable
Resources
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Trick #1
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Trick #2
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Trick #3 Watch the Video Watch the Video
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What you just learned SCIENCE Basic Elements Narrative
Structure File Management Software to Use ART Visual Structure Eye
Candy Dos n Donts Colors & Fonts 3 Tricks of the Trade
