What's my message?Everything you put on your poster relates to a carefully crafted message.
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How much room do I have?Determine specific size requirements - visit the conference web site or otherwise consult with conference organizers. Area available determines, in part, ...
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Timeline?
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This is a standard layout for poster. The title is centered across the top with the other elements in either three or four columns similar to a newspaper. Traditionally, posters are read left to right, top to bottom. Charts are often placed in the middle.
That said, there are variations in layout.
Title (100 – 200 pt) (Avoid script and specialty fonts) Authors & affiliations (70-90 pt) |
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Introduction - what you are studying, why it's important and how your analysis will add to practice |
Data/Methods - how the data was gathered
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Results - the findings of the project |
Objectives - what the goals of the project were/are |
Chart - display data visually if possible |
Discussion/Conclusion/ |
Background - the context of where this project fits |
Chart/graph 150-300 dpi |
References - sources used in poster |
Major headings: 36 to 60 points
Text: no less than 20pt
The above are only guidelines. When you have completed a draft, take a look at your font sizes and tweak them as needed to make them look good.
Generally speaking, titles and headings should be bold. Text should not be bold.
NOTE that this layout doesn't show use of white space.
AND feel free to use other section headers such as "Research Question" in place of "Introduction"
Reference: https://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/CreatePosterLayout.html
BAD
http://colinpurrington.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bad-scientific-poster-example.jpg (Copyright Colin Purrington, http://colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design)
GOOD
http://2013.colloquium.cochrane.org/sites/2013.colloquium.cochrane.org/files/uploads/users/u2610/Cochrane%202013%20Poster%20-%20Ian%20Young.jpg?1379620509
UTEXAS Undergraduate Research - lots of examples, tips & tricks
http://ugs.utexas.edu/our/poster/samples