Judy Lawrence RD PhD J.lawrence@bda.uk.com A Great Poster Judy Lawrence RD PhD J.lawrence@bda.uk.com
The aim of this workshop is to discuss making a great poster The workshop covers The abstract The poster The presentation
The poster; not just a colourful abstract Who are the audience? Do they have a copy of the abstract? What are the conference specifications? Size Orientation Is it stand alone or for presentation? Is there a competition?
Content Heading Title – largest font, short authors, affiliations, logos – where the work took place Background/introduction A few sentence to justify the research, could a figure picture help to illustrate this?
Content Aim/objectives Very important, be concise and clear Method May be hard to condense, consider a flow chart or photograph
Content Only those that relate to the aim/objectives Use tables, pictures, figures if possible Good resolution to avoid blur Graphs use excel to remove grid lines make sure legend is readable
Content Discussion A couple of sentences, you can talk to interested people Include limitations if space allows One line take home message
Content References Only key ones Funding/conflicts of interest Smaller font Funding/conflicts of interest
Use PowerPoint Single PowerPoint slide Lots of advice on internet Layout Portrait or landscape
Paper sizes New Design tab Blank presentation Create Page set up Height (cm) Width (cm) A0 118.9 84.1 A1 59.4 A2 42.0 New Blank presentation Create Design tab Page set up Dialog box Set measurements
Use gridlines, ruler and guides to line up text boxes and images Avoid dark background colours Include figures, graphs, photographs Add your email address Print some A4 size copies for people to take
Competition? What are the marking criteria? Needs to be eye catching and memorable Scientific content vs layout? Get feedback
Draft Check supervisor/co authors are happy Get comments Design Layout colleagues and lay people Design Layout Legibility Clarity Typo’s!
Check you have the correct size/ dimensions Not at the last minute Same day printing may not be possible Check you have the correct size/ dimensions Trust/Uni logo – permission? Lamination? Cost?
On the day Take velcro/pins Check if/when you need to be by your poster tea/coffee breaks judging Remove at end of conference
The presentation Practice Avoid reading the poster Time yourself Get feedback Avoid reading the poster Time yourself Remember you are the expert regarding your work Be open to questions Consider before hand what might be asked It is ok to say you don’t know
Additional information http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080116301303 https://www.stir.ac.uk/media/schools/is/documents/CreatingAcademicPostersUsingPowerPoint.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lOtOIKR9n4