curop poster design workshop presentation
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Poster design presentation to students from the Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme.TRANSCRIPT
Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP):
Poster Design Workshop12th September 2013
Dr Nathan Roberts
Dr Iain Mossman
CUROP Co-ordinators
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Why posters?
• Help you get your work across in a very
concise way
• Common dissemination tool in many
disciplines – a good skill to have
• A research output that we can use
Poster Design Tips and Principles
The poster session
• A busy, noisy room with up to 50 other posters
• Specialist and non-specialist viewers
• People look at posters for an average of 90
seconds. May decide in 10 seconds how much they
want to engage at all
• Make it visually interesting and easy to understand
at a glance
Poster Design Tips and Principles
• Powerpoint is often the easiest option– Design Tab, Page Setup – customise the size of
the poster• A2 = 59.4cm x 42cm• A1 = 84.1cm x 59.4cm• A0 = 118.9cm x 84.1cm
– In most instances landscape is better than
portrait.
• Other options for design, include Adobe
Illustrator/Photoshop and InDesign – but require
software and know-how
Poster Design Tips and Principles
• No matter what size you choose – no more than 1000 words!
• Fonts:– Sans Serif fonts (Arial, Helvetica, Calibri)
are easier to read, and should be used for headings
– Serif fonts (Times New Roman etc.) are fine for body text.
– 22 point font size is a minimum.• Instead of using words, think of ways in
which you can use photographs, cartoons or illustrations to illustrate your concept.
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Elements of the poster
Title
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Elements of the poster
Title
IntroductionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
ConclusionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Elements of the poster
Title
IntroductionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
ConclusionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
MethodsBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
Findings
Images
Graphs
Acknowledgements, references, contact details
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Elements of the poster
Title
IntroductionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
ConclusionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
MethodsBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
Findings
Images
Graphs
Acknowledgements, references, contact details
Include CUROP!
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Colours and backgrounds
Title
IntroductionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
ConclusionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
MethodsBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
Findings
Images
Graphs
Acknowledgements, references, contact details
Include CUROP!
Poster Design Tips and Principles
Colours and backgrounds
Title
IntroductionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
ConclusionBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
MethodsBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah blahBlah blah Blah blah Blah blah Blah
Findings
Images
Graphs
Acknowledgements, references, contact details
Include CUROP!
Example Posters
Exercise
• In groups, take a look at an old CUROP poster and discuss what is good and bad about the design.
• Be ready to share an example of one good thing and one bad thing about the poster!
Any Questions?
@cardiffedu
Useful Online Resources
• Poster Templates– http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/
free_poster_templates.html
• Designing academic posters and presenting them at conferences– http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
• Print Centre Cardiff (www.printcentrecardiff.com)
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