Creating Poster Presentations

Thinking Matters

2010

Examples of Posters

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North Carolina State University

TemplatesUsing PowerPoint

36” x 48” (change under Page Setup)

½” margin around poster

Landscape orientation

Will print side ways

Example of a Template

Rendering IRIS Lab

Layout Content

Title - centered Name, Faculty sponsor – centered under Title

Abstract in upper left hand corner Summarize using headings in large letters

Introduction Method Results Conclusion Recommendations

Acknowledgements, citations, references USM and department logos, sponsors

Layout, cont.

Color

Light background :: Dark Text

Dark background :: Light Text

No distracting background – images or color

Layout, cont.

Text Font

San-serif for title and headings (Arial) This is San-Serif type

Serif for body (Times New Roman) This is Serif type

Text Size

Title – at least 48 points

Headings – 36 points

Body – 24 points

Acknowledgements, citations, references – smaller text

Flow of poster Organize with good headings to help move readers

through poster

Be hierarchical – more important the information, larger the font size

Be bold and make strongest statements research allows

Logical flow to where you want readers to go next

Read left to right

Remember symmetry in your poster

Remember focus of poster > results vs methods

North Carolina State - effective poster presentations

Photos

Insert photo

Make smaller or larger by grabbing corner handles

Compress photo to make poster size smaller

Photo Example

Using Graphs Choose correct graph to depict data

Contrast Compare

Labeled axis must be readable

Beware of too much information

Use smaller font than body of poster

Yellow does not show up on graphs

Include information figure captions for graphs – usually first sentence explaining graph

Graph Example

Submitting Finished Product

Preview post in pdf format to check:

Fonts - readable

Colors – not distracting

Photos - compressed

Name presentation:

Last_first_title.pdf

Submitted by April 9, 2010

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