1. Content and Presentation
Poster Workshop
Content and Presentation

2. Road Map Content Presentation PowerPoint & Printing
Transforming a comps paper to a poster
Presentation
Font
Color
PowerPoint & Printing
Content:
How do I distill my paper into a single poster
Provide examples of a scientific poster as well as a lit review.

3. A experimental poster should include…
Components
A experimental poster should include…
Title
Author(s) & Affiliation(s)
Introduction
Methods
Results
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements
When distilling:
-What do you want your audience to remember from reading your poster?
-Who is my audience? (what theories should I explain)
-Can I say it in a graphic?
Posters are not the same as papers. They’re more like billboards. From far away, someone should be able to get the gist of your poster, perhaps from the title.

4. Your posters are asking interesting question, your title should provide the answer in a nutshell.
Imagine that your reader were only going to read your title. What information can convey in just the title? Try to convey the take-home message of you poster. Use active voice!
Title is the largest component of the poster.
Author(s) should be placed just below the title, with small font.
Next, lets talk about the Introduction…

5. Introduction State your hypothesis/theory
Explain key models, theories, and terms
Bullet point main points of comps (subheadings)

6. Methods Participants Total Number Age Explain any novel methodologies
Provide example stimuli
Examples!
(stimuli, questions asked of participants, rating
scales used, and so forth)
LIT REVIEW:
- General outline of theories you used

7. Results What results are the most important?
Which of my results are the most important to present? Because poster space is limited, a few key findings should be chosen to present on the poster. If a visitor is really interested in the specifics of the data, he or she can discuss it with the presenter or follow up after the conference in more detail.
- Graph & stats
LIT REVIEW:
Main things you learned

9. What conclusions can my data
Discussion
What conclusions can my data
strongly support?
What conclusions can I realistically make?
Same language

10. Composition
Arrange your poster for "flow", typically from upper left to lower right, to guide the reader.
Align Sections
Preserve some empty space.
Questions to ask when designing the layout:
For every piece of information: can I illustrate with a diagram or picture
Is everything section aligned?
Does it flow in one direction.

11. Font Large Easy to read Sans Serif is best choice Avoid all capitals
16 lines of text per panel

12. Font Large Easy to read Sans Serif is best choice
16 lines of text per panel

13. Color 2-3 Strong Colors Consistency Solid color background
Most people chose blue – challenge not to include it!

14. Color Monochrome – Choose one color and vary it
Analogous – Choose one or two colors next to each other on the color wheel
Complementary – colors across from each other; these work better when not placed next to each other

15. Psyc Department Requirements
Size: Each poster needs to be 36" Tall x 48" Wide.
Submit a PDF of your poster directly to Printing Services. Enter "Psychology" in the budget number portion of the submission form. You may pick up & store your poster in the Psychology office until Super Friday.
Send in ~3 days in advance

16. PowerPoint

17. PowerPoint

18. Graphics and Figures
Remember that your poster is going to be large, so make sure your images are high quality to avoid pixilated images.
Right click -> Paste Special -> PDF

19. References & Acknowledgements
Nicol, Adelheid A.M.; Pexman, Penny M. ( ). Displaying Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Figures, Posters, and Presentations, Sixth Edition. American Psychological Association.
Thank you…
Doug Foxgrover
Previous Psych 5th-Years