How to design a great poster?

Lin Mei Chang (張琳美 ) brenda3115@gmail.com

Providence University, Taiwan

2009/10/06 Wednesday

Poster Presentation of Research Work

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AcknowledgementEnglish Department of PU

Dr. Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni

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Why do we use a poster? A poster is a visual support for discussion

about your work with other scientists and researchers.

3Es for poster presentation

Easy, Efficient and Economic.

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How to design an ideal poster?

1. Plan, plan and plan!

2. Keep the material simple

3. Use colors carefully

4. Do not use more than 2 font types

5. Titles and headings should appear larger than other text, but not too large.

Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

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How to design an ideal poster?6. Do not use all UPPER CASE type in your poster

s.7. Do not use a different font type to highlight imp

ortant points8. Equations (Be simple)9. A picture is worth a thousand words graphs diagrams and drawings Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

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How to design an ideal poster?10. Check your spelling

11. Maintain a consistent style

12. Arrangement of poster components should appear smooth

13. Review, review and review

Source:http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#design

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Poster TopicMain heading Research topicSubheadings School’s name Logo Name of author (1st author, 2nd author…) E-mail address (1st author, 2nd author…)

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Content Introduction Aim of research Research Qs Method Results /Findings Discussion Conclusion

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How to present your idea?You may use… Charts Pictures Simple Phrases Words size Colors

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Poster Requirement Format: A0 (83cm x 119 cm) Background: white Title: Arial bold 96 pt Subtitles: Arial bold 80 pt Text: Arial normal/italic 60 pt

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For example

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Ready to print it out

Printing fee in Taiwan: A0: NT$ 500-600/per A4: NT$ 5-10/per (colorful version)

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Supplementaries A4 or B5 mini handouts for your

audiences (A black and white or a colorful version)

Gifts for whom discuss with you (pens and erasers) Samples of your research (DM or Web ) Using Digital camera or MP4 (3C) to

play your data on the poster.

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Procedures Before presentation Put on your poster in the required place before one day or at

least two hours ago.

Post presentation Take pictures Give your handout to your audiences Answer their questions Collect more ideas

After presentation Put everything back

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Tools

You may need… Stapler Push pins Tape Scissors

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Useful links: http://

lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm

http://www.biophysics.org/education/block.pdf

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

http://www.aspb.org/EDUCATION/poster.cfm

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Conclusion A GREAT POSTER IS...

clear, simple with only context, objective and main ideas of the presented work.

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