1. Creating Conference Posters

2. Agenda Design Tips Project Planning
Using PowerPoint for Conference Posters
Time to work on your projects!
Submit what you complete in class to Blackboard…

3. Sketch out a design! Think columns, grids, boxes!
Project Planning
Sketch out a design! Think columns, grids, boxes!

6. 7 Design Principles

7. Visual Hierarchy Items should appear in an order of importance
Users in Western Society reads:
Left to Right
Top to Bottom (Gutenberg Rule)

8. Color Theory Colors evoke emotions
Keep dark print on light backgrounds and vice versa
Be mindful of Vibrating Colors:
Colors should be CMYK for print and RGB for screen

9. Create Visual Order by Designing on a Grid
Your eye is looking for items on a page to line up.
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10. Dots Per Inch (DPI)
Print requires 300 DPI for high quality printers, 150 for a home
Web only requires 72 DPI

11. Selection with Restraint
Limit Fonts and Colors

12. Whitespace
Allow for adequate whitespace

13. Gathering Your Resources
Text/Content
Build in Microsoft Word or in a plain text file
Images
Use Google Image Search
Advanced Search
For Large Images!

14. Images Google Images Click the gear
Advanced Search options change to larger than 6 MP
Find images

15. Choosing a Color Palette
Use a color scheme designer at
Choose one of the icons (generally 3 colors is enough!) and then move along the dial to find colors that work.
Save that image!

16. Using the Color Contrast Checker
Ensure your colors can be seen for those with vision impairments.

17. Now to begin work in PowerPoint!