Creating Scientific Posters

Tim Miller, SpokenScience.com

Topics Today:1.Posters: Good and Bad

2.Tips on Poster Design and Delivery

3.Group Poster Critique

Why Posters?•Breadth of Content

•Posters are Concise

•Posters are Easy

•Posters are Visual

•Posters are Written

Good And Bad

Why Not Posters?

•Posters are not Deep.

•Posters are not (usually) Permanent.

•Posters (often) lack Context.

•Posters are not (usually) Peer-Reviewed.

Good And Bad

Good Posters

•Are Attractive

•Are Legible

•Are Digestible

•Express One Idea

Good And Bad

Bad Posters

•Are Unattractive

•Are Illegible

•Are Indigestible

•Do Not Express One Idea

Good And Bad

Poster Design

Step One:

Write Down The Ideas

Poster Design

Step Two:

Make A Plan

Let the ideas shape the space. Do not let the

space shape the ideas.

Poster Design

Poster DesignMRS, Spring

2011

Step Three:Assemble Your Data

Poster Design

Bitmap Graphicsvs.

Vector Graphics

Poster Design

Step Three:Colors and Fonts

Can YOU Read This?

Can YOU Read This?

Poster Design

his is a Serif FontThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

his is a Sans Serif FontThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.TT

Poster Design

Step Four:

Lay It Out In Software

Poster Design

•Supports Layers

•Supports Vector Graphics

•Has Bezier Tools and Good Rulers

•Supports Alpha Channels

•Supports Equation Editing

Good Software

Poster Design

Step Five:

Print and Hang it a Week Before!

Poster Design

Step Six:

Go to the Session

You Are Not Alone...

Poster Design

EXAMPLES

Retrieved from eposters.net

Questions?

tim@spokenscience.com