1. Designing an Effective Poster Using PowerPoint

2. Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute! Before Mar. 28 th

3. Plan Before You Begin ContentThesismethodsApplicationResults Graphs, charts, photographs Graphs, charts, photographs

4. Content Communicate Your Research Generate Conversation Findings should be clearly stated and well grounded Avoid too much text, too little text

5. Choose a Template thinkiii.com/templates.html thinkiii.com/templates.html For Research Day, posters can be no larger than 48x48 Typical size is 36 x 48 inches

6. Formatting Your Poster Use the PowerPoint tools to change the colors, fonts, etc. Note: For more detailed instructions for formatting your Power Point poster (fonts, colors, etc.) go to: research.gwu.edu/research-days-2013 research.gwu.edu/research-days-2013 Under Research Days Resources “Poster Presentations: Presenting Effectively“Poster Presentations: Presenting Effectively” “Poster Presentations: Presenting Effectively

7. Color Visually pleasing Subjective Avoid red or green Create contrast

8. Background Color Selection What you see on your monitor does not always print the same color Blue tends to print purple GW colors are based on a Pantone color pallette

9. Judging Criteria

10. Having your poster printed: GWU Medical Center – Biomedical Communications. 48”x48” - $95, 36”x48” - $84. 10% off if submitted by Fri. March 22, 4:30 pm. Email files to medphoto@gwu.edu or bring files on your thumb drive to Ross Hall B01. Include your phone no. and e-mail address. Submit your files by March. 28th, 4:30 pm. Pay when you pick it up. Thinkiii.com 36”x”36 - $60; 48”x48” - $110 plus shipping. Order submitted before noon is printed and shipped that day. They have templates for making posters. FedEx Kinkos, 2020 K St. - ~$130

11. Graphs, Charts, Photographs Pictures are still worth 1000 words Images should be 300 dpi TIF or JPEG files Don’t take images from the web!

12. Images from the Web can have poor resolution when enlarged!

13. If you plan to display your poster at another conference… Use the current GW logo and make sure it is properly displayed. Download logos from the GW graphics web site at www.creativeservices.gwu.edu www.creativeservices.gwu.edu Use the proper name for this institution: The George Washington University The George Washington University

14. Proper Use of Logos Improper Use of Logos

15. Sizing Logos Hold down control key Grab logo from corner

16. Sizing of Logos Proper Improper

17. Let’s look at some examples. What do you think? Which ones are easy to read? In which is the research clearly presented?

24. Further Questions? Contact Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research cufr@gwu.edu http://undergraduate.research.gwu.edu / 202-994-0517