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How To Create An Effective Poster

1. The document provides tips for creating an effective conference poster, including using simple visuals like graphs instead of tables, minimal text in a large readable font, and clearly labeling images. 2. An effective poster should keep it simple, visual, and clear with sections for title, authors, introduction, methods, results and conclusions. 3. When designing the poster, the mantra is to keep it simple, visual, and clear to avoid overwhelming the audience with too much information or an unclear message.

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How To Create An Effective Poster

1. The document provides tips for creating an effective conference poster, including using simple visuals like graphs instead of tables, minimal text in a large readable font, and clearly labeling images. 2. An effective poster should keep it simple, visual, and clear with sections for title, authors, introduction, methods, results and conclusions. 3. When designing the poster, the mantra is to keep it simple, visual, and clear to avoid overwhelming the audience with too much information or an unclear message.

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How to create an effective

poster
Poster presentation session
 Is an opportunity for you to present your work, engage
colleagues in discussion, and receive feedback about your
research

Conference poster session


 Is often in a crowded room with people milling about, chatting,
eating, and drinking
Designing your poster

A picture paints a thousand words:


 Use simple images to convey your message and show your
story, instead of words to tell your story
 Use graphs rather than tables

Remember to label your images


Use minimal text
Use plenty of space and use colour, but avoid going
crazy with colour or writing in a colour that is
difficult to read
Designing your poster

Mantra of the most effective posters


1. Keep it simple
2. Keep it visual
3. Keep it clear
Creating your poster

Commonly used tool for creating posters is Microsoft


Powerpoint

Alternative softwares:
 openOffice Impress
 Omnigraffle
Poster components

Title
Authors
Text
Acknowledgements
Title

Do not use all capitals in your title

Words are easier to read when written in sentence


case

It should be in a large font, for example 72


Authors

List the authors and affiliations and your contact


details
Text

use minimal text


aim for no more than 500-1000 words
use a size of no less than 24, to ensure that your
poster is easily visible from two metres
use plain language, and avoid using jargon and
acronyms
Text

avoid long sentences and paragraphs, instead use


bullet points and boxes;
there is usually a brief introduction, followed by
methods, results and then conclusions
the conclusions section is where you interpret your
results
you may want to suggest future work as this may
prompt questions and discussion with colleagues
 poster do not need an abstract
Acknowledgement

acknowledge your funders


include icons that are often a contractual
requirement
it can be helpful to include your email address
should people want to contact you afterwards and
details of any publications or web sites linked to the
research that people can find later should they be
interested
Common mistakes

Too much information


 Fewer words in a larger font and an image will more effectively
convey the message
Key message is obscured and no clear conclusion
 An effective poster makes it easy for the audience to find the
main point
Poorly designed and with no obvious flow of ideas
 Organise the flow of information from brief introduction, to
methods, results, and then to your conclusion
 Keep the graphs simple; and the design and choice of colours
pleasing to the eye

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