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POSTER. Poster Specification: Portrait or landscape view Size:2.5ft x 1.5 ft Design and format: A well-constructed poster is clear, concise, attractive and self-explanatory. • Use graphs, charts and illustrations as much as possible. Minimize the use of text and tables.
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POSTER • Poster Specification: • Portrait or landscape view • Size:2.5ft x 1.5 ft • Design and format: • A well-constructed poster is clear, concise, attractive and self-explanatory. • • Use graphs, charts and illustrations as much as possible. Minimize the use of text and tables. • • Use large bold lettering for readability. e.g all text should be at least in font size of 18, heading • may be larger. • • Graphic poster presentations should be readable from 6ft away. • • Color will enhance poster readability and attractiveness. • • Consider flow in vertical columns across poster board for easier reading by several • people at a time.
POSTER (cont’d) • Content: • Your poster must include: • Title: BOLD and UPPER CASE, followed by author’s name and affiliation. • School name, UMS Logo. • Abstract • Purpose: indicate background, reasons or objectives of your community study or project. • Methods: describe the approach, methods or procedures employed in your study or project. • Results: indicate outcome or findings of your project/study. • Conclusion: describe benefits, limitations and future potential projects/study. • Use borders or white space to separate sections.
POSTER (cont’d) • An effective poster is a visual communications tool. • An effective poster will help you ... ... engage colleagues in conversation. ... get your main point(s) across to as many people as possible. • An effective poster is ... • Focused :Focused on a single message. • Graphic : Lets graphs and images tell the story; uses text sparingly. • Ordered : Keeps the sequence well-ordered and obvious.