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Creating a Poster from Your Research

Creating a Poster from Your Research

A poster is a snapshot of your research Provide enough information for a discussion,

A poster is a snapshot of your research Provide enough information for a discussion, so that a scan of the poster allows the reader to understand your research.

Start with your paper What are the key points you want to make?

Start with your paper What are the key points you want to make?

Who is your audience? Experts v. non-experts? Senior researchers v. junior researchers? Mixed audience?

Who is your audience? Experts v. non-experts? Senior researchers v. junior researchers? Mixed audience?

Think about design What are the key points you want to make? Who is

Think about design What are the key points you want to make? Who is your audience?

Think about design What format best suits your project? Sketch it out in advance.

Think about design What format best suits your project? Sketch it out in advance. Creative Commons

Think about design Font choice affects presentation and readability. Creative Commons

Think about design Font choice affects presentation and readability. Creative Commons

Think about design Choose font and font size suited to your project. bidoca 75,

Think about design Choose font and font size suited to your project. bidoca 75, 2013

Think about design Choose a colour scheme that is complementary. Creative Commons

Think about design Choose a colour scheme that is complementary. Creative Commons

Think about design Creative Commons

Think about design Creative Commons

Organize like a paper Think of your paper graphically, and like the structure of

Organize like a paper Think of your paper graphically, and like the structure of an essay.

Organize it like a paper The Gutenberg diagram Bradley, S. (2011). 3 design layouts:

Organize it like a paper The Gutenberg diagram Bradley, S. (2011). 3 design layouts: Gutenberg diagram, z-pattern, and f-pattern. Vanseo Design. Retrieved from https: //vanseodesign. com/webdesign/3 -design-layouts/

Organize it like a paper Take the data from key parts of your paper.

Organize it like a paper Take the data from key parts of your paper. Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster Tips for Humanities Conference Posters. Archives and Public History at NYU

Organize it like a paper Consider flow Left to right. Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster

Organize it like a paper Consider flow Left to right. Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster Tips for Humanities Conference Posters. Archives and Public History at NYU

Organize it like a paper QR Code to more info. Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster

Organize it like a paper QR Code to more info. Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster Tips for Humanities Conference Posters. Archives and Public History at NYU

Create space around text and images Space allows “breathing space” for the eye. Mc.

Create space around text and images Space allows “breathing space” for the eye. Mc. Dayter, M. (2013). Design tips for creating an arts and humanities poster. Electronic Textuality and Theory at Western: A blog for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities' Research Group for Electronic Textuality and Theory, at Western University.

Create space around text and images Space allows “breathing space” for the eye. Mc.

Create space around text and images Space allows “breathing space” for the eye. Mc. Dayter, M. (2013). Design tips for creating an arts and humanities poster. Electronic Textuality and Theory at Western: A blog for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities' Research Group for Electronic Textuality and Theory, at Western University.

Use three or four images These should enhance your text, and draw the reader’s

Use three or four images These should enhance your text, and draw the reader’s eye. These can provide emphasis.

Use three or four images Use labels, and relate these back to the text.

Use three or four images Use labels, and relate these back to the text. Premji, Z. (2016). Undergraduate Research Guide: Tips for Poster Presentations. Mount Royal University.

Use three or four images Use large images that won’t pixilate. Premji, Z. (2016).

Use three or four images Use large images that won’t pixilate. Premji, Z. (2016). Undergraduate Research Guide: Tips for Poster Presentations. Mount Royal University.

Use three or four images Use images that tell your story. From: https: //crooksandliars.

Use three or four images Use images that tell your story. From: https: //crooksandliars. com/2018/07/openthread-oh-inhumanity-hannity-insanity

Use three or four images Use images that tell your story. Banksy From: https:

Use three or four images Use images that tell your story. Banksy From: https: //businessofstory. com/i-wonder-ifbanksy-knows-he-just-designed-me-a-new-logo/

Practice your pitch Have a 1 -minute “elevator” pitch for your poster. Put supplemental

Practice your pitch Have a 1 -minute “elevator” pitch for your poster. Put supplemental materials in a handout or online.

Happy students; happy posters.

Happy students; happy posters.

Resources Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster tips for humanities conference posters. Archives and Public History

Resources Beaujon, D. (2014). Poster tips for humanities conference posters. Archives and Public History at NYU (blog) Retrieved from https: //wp. nyu. edu/archivesandpublichistory/2014/05/13/poster-tips-for-humanities-conference-posters/ Nicol, A. , & Pexman, P. M. (2010). Displaying your findings : A practical guide for creating figures, posters, and presentations (6 th ed. ). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Premji, Z. (2016). Undergraduate research guide: Tips for poster presentations. Mount Royal University. Retrieved from https: //library. mtroyal. ca/c. php? g=436471&p=2975480 Rossi, T. (2018). How to design an award-winning conference poster. The London School of Economics and Politics. Retrieved from http: //blogs. lse. ac. uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/05/11/how-to-design-an-award-winningconference-poster/ Mc. Dayter, M. (2013). Design tips for creating an arts and humanities poster. Electronic Textuality and Theory at Western: A blog for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities' Research Group for Electronic Textuality and Theory, at Western University. Retrieved from https: //rgettatwestern. wordpress. com/2013/02/21/design-tips-forcreating-arts-and-humanities-poster/ Foxen, S. ( 2017). Anarchy in the academy: why create an academic poster? . The London School of Economics and Politics. Retrieved from http: //blogs. lse. ac. uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/04/20/anarchy-in-the-academy-why-create-anacademic-poster/