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How to present a poster in a conference
Prof. Afaf El-Ansary
« العلمي البحث مهارات 8برنامج »
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How to design and present a poster
Prof. Afaf El-Ansary
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What are posters?Posters are a special type of presentation. When well designed, they are not simply journal papers pasted onto boards.
The purpose of scientific posters is to present work to an audience who is walking through a hallway or exhibit.
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Why present a conference poster?
Communicate a message (your research)
Reach a large number of people (potentially)
Obtain feedback
Become known
Network
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Challenges faced
lots of other postersmany competing distractions including food and drinktime slot format of a poster sessioncommunicating effectively with this medium (visual rather than written)
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Some key considerations when designing your poster it’s about your audience and not about you
your poster is a visual form of communicationo layout given size and shape of postero balance of text and graphics o can text be replaced by graphics?
people usually spend little time in front of a poster
most posters are viewed from a distance of at least 1.5m away
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Some Tips: layoutTitle should be across the whole width of the poster organise text/graphics in “eye-sized”chunks columns and text boxeso 2 columns for a “portrait”oriented postero 3 columns for a “landscape”oriented posterthe order of reading should be down columns rather than across rows
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Some Tips: fontsUse no more than 3 different fonts (usually 2)
Arial is good for titles and for axis labelsCentury Gothic is good for textTimes New Roman don’t enlarge well, so don’t usefonts that are OK for text are Palatino, Bookman or Courier
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Font size ? Bigger is best ! Ensure fonts are large and easy to read. The words need to be legible from 1.5 meters away.
Recommended sizes: Title: 72 pt; Headings: 48-60 pt; Body text: 24-48 pt.
Restrict boldface to title or headings
Do not underline
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Therefore: design poster to be easily seen and easily scanned by eye
focus on the central question and take-home message (use and repeat key words)
use simple and clear but appropriate language
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The specific sections such as the results should be easy to locate on the poster.
For instance, many will read only the objectives (or goals) of the work, and then the final results.
Others, who have a deep interest in the topic, will try to read the poster from beginning to end. Given these different approaches to reading posters, another characteristic of an effective poster is that specific sections are easy to locate.
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So what then makes for an effective poster?This question is not easy to address because the expectations by the audience vary significantly from discipline to discipline. For instance, what an audience of a medical poster session expects differs significantly from what the audience of an engineering poster session expects.
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How to Design a Great Poster…The BASICS
A Great Poster Is...
Readable
Well Organized
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Getting started….
Clear design starts with clear thinking. Before you begin writing text and selecting photos, ask yourself this question: If the viewer only carries away one idea, what do I want it to be?
Now write down your answer. This is the theme of your poster, the focal point. Everything you include on your poster should support that theme.
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Posters tell stories: provide clear flow of information from introduction to conclusion.
Your poster tells viewers what you did, why you did it and what you found out from doing it. Focus on your major findings - a common fault is to try to cover too much. Few delegates are going to read everything on your poster, so get to the point.
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The poster should include a statement of the project description, how you conducted the project, results or findings of the project, and a summary tying in your reflection component.
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An effective poster operates on multiple levels:
source of information
conversation starter
advertisement of your work summary of your work
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The Title
Use a brief title a sub-title can help describe what the poster is about.The title needs to accurately reflect the content of the poster. Be creative and capture viewer's imaginations!
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The title-2
A TITLE ALL IN CAPITAL CASE IS DIFFICULT TO READ.
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Compulsory content:
Author's name/s
Author's organisation/s Organisation's logo/s Contact details (website, email, phone, postal address.
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A great poster catches your eye, and is:
Clear and simple Easy to read Organised with a logical flow Relevant to viewers in its content Taking advantage of the visual medium Providing viewers with 1 or 2 main messages
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Focus on 1 or 2 main messages and do NOT overcrowd the poster.
Keep it simple. What are the main messages you want to convey?
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Graphics convey your message quickly
Posters are a visual medium and should include graphics. Graphics not only catch people's eye and draw viewers in for a closer look… they are understood more quickly than text so are valuable tools for communication of your main messages. Use photos, cartoons, figures, tables, diagrams. Label them if necessary.
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Some Tips: colourChoose colours wisely
Don’t let use of colouror your background detract from the message
Do not combine either primary colours or complementary colours
primary = red, green, bluecomplementary = cyan, magenta, yellow, black(except yellow on black)Choose light rather than dark colours
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Some Tips: text boxes
if you put text in a coloured box, make sure there is a text-free border of colour around the text to increase readability
default margins inside text boxes are not wide enough in Powerpoint
increase internal margin through format, textbox, internal margin menu
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Scientific posters
need to effectively communicate the research
may require more text than other types of posters
but omit much of the detail that would go into a paper (use handouts to elaborate)
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Scientific posters: contentTitle -enticing but short (question?)Background –justification for studyObjectives –purpose of studyMethods Results –usually use figures rather than tables; if used, tables should be simpleConclusions Scanning from top left to bottom right
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Software issuesPowerpoint commonly used but not necessarily the best package
sometimes has memory problems and omits bits (copy into Corel Draw and save as Tif)
print out poster as a PDF file before final printing to check layout and see if everything is there
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Most importantlyproofread a printed copy before the final print
pin up an A3 sized copy and walk past it
eliminate unnecessary detail
check spelling and grammar AGAIN before printing
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Standard Paper size
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Presenting the poster Some conferences include précis-presentation sessions where poster authors talk about their poster to delegates for 3-5 minutes.
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Before you get there……Find out who the audience will be: what will they already know, what new information will they be interested in?
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Practice: time yourself, record it on tape and listen to yourself.
Rehearse in front of colleagues and ask for constructive feedback.
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Check with conference organizers:
How/where your poster will be hung/displayed, poster size guidelines and handout guidelines.
Prepare handouts.
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Take with you Materials to hang your poster (if required): pins, tape. Your handouts .A plastic sleeve to hang your handouts up with your poster. Business cards to hand out. An electronic copy of the poster (some conferences display the winning poster on a screen.
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During the presentation Do not stand in front of the poster and block it from the audience. Make eye contact with audience members and speak clearly. Use simple language.State why the research/project is important and relevant to the audience. Don't read directly from the poster: talk about your work and bring it to life. You may wish to point to a key point on the poster, for people to peruse later. SMILE! Relax (breathe!) and enjoy sharing your knowledge
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References and additional resources1. Advice on designing scientific posters and link to a poster template in Powerpoint. This template will prompt you if the amount of white space in the poster decreases below 35%.http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm Accessed 26th October 2007.2. Effective Poster Presentations on-line tutorialhttp://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html3. How to Prepare a Posterhttp://www.siam.org/meetings/guidelines/poster.php4. Online journal for Scientific and Medical Postershttp://eposters.netYou can view a large number of posters at this site, and submit your own posters to it. You may also use this site to obtain feedbackon your poster. 6. http://phdposters.com/gallery.phpdisplays a number of PhD posters and includes some evaluative commentary
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https://posters4research.com/free-templates/a-36x48ppt.php
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