Creating Poster Presentations Thinking Matters 2010
Examples of Posters Bad Bad Good Good North Carolina State University North Carolina State University
Templates Using 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 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 StateNorth 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 Submit to: