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Creating Research Posters. Andrew J. Younge Indiana University. Outline. Purpose Process Design Sources Practice. Purpose. What is the purpose of a research poster?. Purpose. What is the purpose of a research poster? Present research Findings/completed work Proposed/early stage work

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Creating research posters

Creating Research Posters

Andrew J. Younge

Indiana University


Outline
Outline

Purpose

Process

Design

Sources

Practice


Purpose
Purpose

What is the purpose of a research poster?


Purpose1
Purpose

  • What is the purpose of a research poster?

    • Present research

      • Findings/completed work

      • Proposed/early stage work

    • Presentation styles

      • Active – you are standing by your work

      • Passive – you are not standing by your work


Process
Process

Determine contents (not layout)


Process1
Process

  • Determine contents (not layout)

    • Title

      • Answer to research question

    • Method

    • Results

      • Images

      • Charts

    • Conclusion

    • Sources

    • Acknowledgements


Design
Design

Dimensions

Balance

Text

Charts

Color

Order of Information

Software


Dimensions
Dimensions

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm

Know your constraints!

Landscape vs. Portrait

Venue





Balance3
Balance

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/CreatePosterLayout.html


Text

  • Minimize use – think VISUAL

  • Bulleted lists preferred over paragraphs

  • Should be readable from 1-2 m (3-6 ft)

  • Organize in blocks

    • Columns help organize the organization

  • Not too big, not too small


Charts
Charts

  • Avoid “Chart Junk”

  • Use Headings that describe results

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/SideWindows/MessageExample.html


Purposes of a a graph visualization
Purposes of a a graph/visualization

  • Permit exploration – seek understanding

  • Provide communication – tell a story

  • Support calculation – visual algorithms

  • Bring information alive – give impact

Adapted from Howard Weiner, 1997





What is the number
What is the number?

http://colorvisiontesting.com/what%20colorblind%20people%20see.htm


Rgb vs cmyk
RGB vs. CMYK

Screens are RGB

Printers are CMYK

Crude distinction, but basically true

Set the color palette to CMYK if possible


Order
Order

3

1

2


Software
Software

  • Powerpoint

    • Set page size to dimensions of output

    • May not scale fonts appropriately

  • Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop


Sources
Sources

  • Research Posters 101

    • http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-2/posters.html

  • Poster Presentations

    • http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/posters.htm

  • Google “Designing Research Posters”










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