Designing Posters in Mathematics Lillian BridwellBowles Director Communication

Designing Posters in Mathematics Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, Director, Communication across the Curriculum; Professor, English

Just for fun… Source: http: //mathematicianspictures. com/

Templates/ Commercial Production http: //www. postersession. com/templates. html

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Helpful Links http: //www. swarthmore. edu/Nat. Sci/cpurrin 1/posteradvice. htm http: //cxc. lsu. edu students [keyword: “poster”] “communication examples, tips, guidelines and more”

Color • Use a colored background (muted) or shades of gray to unify your poster • Typically, use white as the background for text • Black is best for text, except on graphs • Don’t use too much color-it can emphasize or detract

Text • Use a consistent font • Set font size hierarchically for • headings • Avoid big blocks of prose • Avoid the continuous use of CAPITALS

Graphics • Try to balance words and images • Aim for readability from 6 feet away • Use no more than three or four charts, figures, or tables • Photographs should be relevant, mentioned in text as figures, or captioned • Include clear labels and captions on all charts, figures, and tables

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Sample Headings: Combination 1 Author/Title/Affiliation Objectives Data Sources Study Setting Study Design Combination 2 Data Collection Principal Findings Conclusions Funding Source Combination 3 Context Objective Design Settings Participants/Subjects Author/Title/Affiliation Objectives Methods Results Conclusions Funding Source Combination 4 Intervention Main Outcome Measures Results Discussion Conclusions Funding Source Combination 5 Author/Title/Affiliation Background Methods Health Sciences Author/Title/Affiliation Introduction Research Question Background Importance Methods Study Sites Study Population Data Collection Data Analysis Findings Conclusions Implications Funding Source Combination 6 Results Conclusions Funding Source Author/Title/Affiliation Research Objectives Background Study Design Results Conclusion Relevance Future Research Funding Source Adapted from Health Services Module 590 A, “Knowledge Management in the Health Sciences, ” University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

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SAMPLE POSTER: for discussion… Source: Jacquelyn R. Hansen, MPH, International Health Program, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Beauty of Mathematics Sources: http: //www. arbelos. co. uk; The Beauty of Mathematics, poster collection, A. K. Jobbings, 2004; http: //mathematicianpictures. com.

Additional References The Most Useful of All (from which this list was taken ): Purrington, C. B. 2006. Advice on designing scientific posters. http: //www. swarthmore. edu/Nat. Sci/cpurrin 1/posteradvice. htm. Accessed 11/1/2006. Block, S. 1996. The DOs and DON'Ts of poster presentation. Biophysical Journal 71: 3527 -3529. Briscoe, M. H. 1996. Preparing Scientific Illustrations: A Guide to Better Posters, Presentations, and Publications , 2 nd ed. Springer. Verlag, New York. Day, R. A. 1994. How To Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 4 th ed. Oryx Press, Phoenix. Keegan, D. A. , and S. L. Bannister. 2003. Effect of colour coordination of attire with poster presentation on poster popularity. Canadian Medical Association Journal 169: 1291 -1292. Matthews, J. R. , J. M. Bowen, and R. W. Matthews. 1996. Successful Science Writing: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Pechenik, J. A. 2004. A Short Guide to Writing about Biology, 5 th edition. Harper. Collins College Publishers, New York. Rigden, C. 1999. ‘The eye of the beholder’—designing for colour-blind users. British Telecommunications Engineering 17: 2 -6. Tufte, E. R. 1983. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Graphics Press, Connecticut. Wolcott, T. G. 1997. Mortal sins in poster presentations or, How to give the poster no one remembers. Newsletter of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Fall: 10 -11. Woolsey, J. D. 1989. Combating poster fatigue: how to use visual grammar and analysis to effect better visual communications. Trends in Neurosciences 12: 325 -332.