1 / 20

Poster Presentations: What, Why, Where, When and How

Poster Presentations: What, Why, Where, When and How. Jeanne Le Ber, Education Services 801-585-6744 or jeannele@lib.med.utah.edu Sally Patrick, Director, Utahealthnet 801-581-6979 or spatrick@lib.med.utah.edu Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Session Goals.

morwenna-awena
Download Presentation

Poster Presentations: What, Why, Where, When and How

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Poster Presentations: What, Why, Where, When and How Jeanne Le Ber, Education Services 801-585-6744 or jeannele@lib.med.utah.edu Sally Patrick, Director, Utahealthnet 801-581-6979 or spatrick@lib.med.utah.edu Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library

  2. Session Goals • What is a poster presentation? • Why do a poster? • Where do you do a poster? • When do you do a poster? • How do you create and present a poster? • Content and design principles

  3. What is a poster? • A visual presentation of a topic that creates an opportunity for conversation • Done on a large piece of paper or board or in an electronic format • Display options • Portability • Size considerations

  4. Why do a poster? • Communicate with colleagues in a relaxed setting • Report on projects • Share research results and ideas • Educate and inform peers • Review history • Tell a story • It’s fun!

  5. Where do you do a poster? • At professional meetings • In a designated place • In exhibit hall • Other conference space

  6. When do you do a poster? • Generally at an annual meeting • Call for posters advertised by conference planners ahead of time • Submit abstract • Abstract accepted • Or by invitation

  7. How do you do a poster? • Select meaningful topic; gather content • Organize information • Distill your message • Determine size • Use computer software • PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or QuarkXPress • Create a design layout

  8. How does an ideal poster session work? • Poster is displayed for a designated and limited time • Presenter stands near the poster to answer any questions about content • Lots of other posters • No conflict time • Handouts are optional

  9. How does a poster session work? • Attendees wander through the poster aisles • They have limited time • They pick and choose • Will they stop at your poster? • 3 seconds • 30 seconds • 3 minutes

  10. Will they stop? • Factors that help determine if attendees will stop, look and talk • Presenter’s enthusiasm • Content • Design

  11. Content • Most important aspect • This is the story you want to tell • Content without good design may dissuade people from exploring further

  12. Content • Distill the essential message • Present the data • Can a picture tell the story • Use table and charts • Less is more – edit ruthlessly

  13. Design Layout • Text • Design principles • Design elements • Color • Rule: 20% (text) 40% (graphics) 40% (white space)

  14. Text • Text flows left to right • Font size readable from a distance • Title > 80 pts • Subtitles > 72 pts • Subheadings > 48 pts • Body > 24 pts • Avoid all CAPS • Avoid excessive use of font styles & colors

  15. DesignPrinciples • Repetition • Emphasis • Balance • Consistency

  16. SPACE Use space to add emphasis, to separate Use line to separate or organize use SCALE to add emphasis use value to visually separate Design Elements • Line • Shape and form • Texture • Space • Size and scale • Value TEXTURE

  17. Color is used to • Highlight • Attract • Tell the viewer where to look first • Create a mood • Group elements use colorto highlight

  18. Color can be • Complimentary • Analogous • Warm • Cool

  19. Demonstration • Use PowerPoint features to • establish poster size • place text boxes • effect font style and size • insert images • use draw tools • create tables and charts

  20. Based on an article by: Jeanne Le Ber and Susan Roberts Creating Powerful Poster Presentations Journal of Hospital Librarianship v. 6(3) 2006 (accepted for publication)

More Related