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Creating Effective Poster Presentations For Fun and Profit!
Aaron Price, AAVSO95th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO
Rockford, IL
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Poster, not Poseur!• Posters are
legitimate forms of publication
• Many important discoveries begin as posters
• They are published and indexed in ADS
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To pose a question: Why?
• Early results• Easier to prepare than a
paper• Not referee’d*• More details than a
presentation• Social
interation/networking• Reuseable• AAS Awards
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AAS January 2005
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Strike a pose!
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Content• Header: Who, Where,
When• Middle: Why, What,
How• Footer: Past & Futue
Title Author(s) Affiliation(s) AbstractContent
AcknowledgementsReference Citations
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Software• Adobe InDesign ($$$)
• Adobe Photoshop ($$$)
• Microsoft PowerPoint ($$)
• Apple Aperture ($$)
• Shareware: Paint Shop Pro (Windows) ($)
• Freeware: GIMP (OS X, Linux, Windows)
•Good hardware• Ask for help!
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Wanna be a player? Then Layer.
Layers allow you to make changes easily and try out
design ideas.
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Rules of Thumb• Each meeting has its own
guidelines, read up!• AAVSO: Flexible• AAS: 44”x44” inches• Bring thumbtacks• Photos > 3”x3”• Text > 18pt• Sans serif fonts such as
Helvetica for short text• Serif fonts such as Times New
Roman for long text• DON’T SCREAM!• Don’t underline
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Layout
• Short summary!• Title • Pictures• Abstract• Conclusion• Present logically• View at 100%• Large margins• Use bullets, style, and
color!• Ask a non-astronomer
Photo By Colin PurringtonFrom Swathmore College
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm
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AlignmentAround the rough and rugged rock the ragged rascal randomly ran.
Around the rough and rugged rock the ragged rascal randomly ran.
Full left justification
Balance
Align Columns
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ColorColorColor
ColorColor All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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Color blindness (avoid red-green differentials)
Color
From Designing for Color Challengedhttp://www.internettg.org/newsletter/mar99/color_challenged_table.html
Test in black and white
Contrast
Be consistent: hot, warm, cool, cold palletes
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GREAT vs. GLAST
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Don’t Postpone• Kinko’s: ~$80-$140 • PDF format or 300dpi
TIFF• Submit via Internet • Two CDROMs • Respect Uncle Murphy!
Expect Kinko’s et al. will make a mistake.
• Plan at least 2 business days for printing.
• DIY
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Posthumously• Dress appropriately with
poster in mind (comfy shoes)
• Bring printouts/CDROMs• Leave sign up sheet/cards• Attach personal
photograph? •Take poster home and reuse• Place PDF on personal web
site (or AAVSO)• Finish the work!
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More Info
AAVSO posters are on our web site - send us yours!
http://www.aavso.org/vstar/posters.shtml
Advice on designing scientific postershttp://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm
Internetworking: Designing for Color Challengedhttp://www.internettg.org/newsletter/mar99/color_challenged_table.html
Tips for creating scientific postershttp://bildmakarna.kib.ki.se/posters/tips/index_en.html
fin.
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Where’s the Fun?
• Use all parts of the brain• Nice shoes!• Handouts
Where’s the Profit?
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