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Kristjan Thor Magnusson, PhD MPH

Poster presentation

  • The art of capturing interest -

Objectives

  • Bridging common pitfalls during preparation

phase

  • Preparing you for hands-on experience
  • Motivate you to...

– realize that “ less ismore” – use graphical formats – be organized – capture the viewer‘s eye!

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What is “ poster presentation” ? Structure

  • Quantitative research: Usually similar format as

used by most scientific journals – Introduction – Methods – Results – Conclusions

  • Qualitative research: variety of formats
  • Objective is to find the equilibrium between

tradition and novelty in presenting the highlight

  • f your research

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  • Interesting scientific information displayed by

visually attractive means on a poster

  • The presenter – you!
  • Audience

Audience

Y

  • u

Science

The elements Posters – Poster presentations

  • First used in current form early 1970‘s in USA
  • Big part of scientific conferences worldwide
  • First author usually presents the poster

– Short time format – The time posters are up varies

  • An opportunity to show your skills within your

research area to other collegues

  • Communication via this format may lead to

cooporation later in your career!

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Audience

  • Y
  • ur audience are 1 – 2 meters

away from the poster.

  • T
  • pic should be appealing,

interesting and readible(!)

  • Y
  • u have 90 sec to convey your

message. – Competition for time and attention – Often times hundereds of posters on

display at any given conference

– Design your poster to make it worth

while for the audience to read up on your work

Audience

  • Three groups:

1. People who know a lot about your work 2. People who work in your field but not in your area

  • f expertise

3. People who are outside of your field of work

  • Group nr. 2 is often said to be

your target audience when you prepare your poster.

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Text

  • Y
  • u can skip the abstract.

– The poster is an abstract!

  • Do NOT make anything cloud the main

scientific message.

  • Short direct text – short paragraphs

– 20 lines maximum!

  • Lists are good, e.g. to highlight objectives

and conclusions.

  • Make sure to use FONT, SIZE and color to

simplify your text.

  • Hand-outs or business cards are good

accessories.

Font and size

  • Readible font types

– Title: Arial, Helveca, T

ahoma ofl.

– Body: Times New Roman, Bookman Old Style,

Palatino Linotype, Calibri

  • Stay away from cal l ygr aphy and only use

italics to follow accepted conventions in scientific writing.

  • Essential – poster must be readible
  • Thickness of title 23 mm at

minimum (65pt)

  • Body text 5 mm at minimum

(14 pt)

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Color

  • Double edged sword
  • Background should generally be light

– Visually more comfortable

  • Use colored text to e.g. harmonize

sections

  • Think of purpose before you color

somethingg – Don‘t use color only to capture attention – Use it to organize your poster

Space and line-up

  • Make sure you know the

dimensions of your poster before you begin.

  • First, use paper and pensil.
  • Try to have no more than 5 sections
  • n your poster.

– About 50% of poster should be

unused!

  • Or to be used to connect different

sections

  • Unusual forms are double edge

swords too. – Use sparingly

  • Line-up should be logical

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Presentation of data

  • Same common rules apply for figures and

tables as in scientific articles, i.e. should be able to stand alone.

  • Tables:

best if max 20 items

  • Figures:

best if max 3-4 lines per fig. or 6-8 bars.

  • Main points presented CLEARL

Y

  • Colors and si ze are important

Presentation of data

  • Uniformity in display is important
  • Photographs can say more than 1000 words

– Should have a more meaningful purpose than just

to be visually interesting

  • Pictures must be easily understood
  • Matte texture of pics better than glossy

glossy

  • Try not to use pictures as backgrounds

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The presenter

  • Y
  • u matter

– knowledge – sincerity – presence – confidence

  • Acknowledge audience ahead of

acquaintances during poster presentation.

  • Whether the audience being two or twelve –

be professional.

Hand-out

  • Can better your poster presentation
  • Business card with main info + reduced size

poster as giveaways.

  • Business card + abstract
  • Something that doesn‘t take much space but

holds vital information about you.

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M aking it fit

  • Size of poster varies

depending on field of study, type of conference etc.

  • Must know size and shape

before you start!

  • “Clarity and beauty are

closely related concepts” – Imhof (1982)

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Time management - composition of poster

  • Be organized – during your

research expect to make a poster.

  • Begin weeks before the

conference is scheduled.

  • Have someone read over your

poster

  • Print a preview version
  • Murphy’s law

Visualizing data

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Unorthodox examples

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10 issues

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Don‘t hinder the readability

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  • 2. Bla bla bla... 3. Bla bla bla ... 4. Bla bla bla ...
  • 5. Bla blah...
  • 6. Bla bla bla... 7. Bla bla bla... 8. Bla bla bla...

Bla bla!

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Don‘t hinder the readability

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  • 4. Bla bla bla ...
  • 2. Bla bla bla...
  • 5. Bla bla bla...

Bla bla!

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  • 6. Bla bla bla...

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Don‘t make it too complex

#2

Don‘t choose illogical order/context

#3

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Don‘t drown your poster in text

#4

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M y new great super awesome poster where I present my greatest scientific achievement on my super duper great research project which no one cares to read because I put way too much text on this poster and the audience can‘t make sense

  • f the main points which is a shame because it took me months to prepare the

presentation for the conference in Australia which was also super expensive

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Don‘t emphasize trivial things

#5

INTRODUCTION

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SIX TIM ES

beneath it. Also, make your subheads similar in size to your body text (you can use a special font or color to help them stand out). If the subhead is much bigger than the body text, it could mess up text alignment. Tip: To ensure that your subheads are consistent—a key tenet of good design— create a style for them. Once you’ve designed a subhead, highlight it. In Word, go to Format: Style. Click on New and give the subhead style a name. If you’d like to use it in other documents, select the Add To Template option. Then click on OK. In Pages, click on the plus sign (+) at the bottom of the Styles drawer (if you don’t see the drawer, press Command-shift-T to open it).

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enthusiasm more quickly than a long, unbroken block of text (see screenshot).Rat her than cramming a year’s worth of activities into one narrative, look for ways to break out some pieces into stand-alone stories. Then place each of those stories in its own text box.To create a new text box in Word, go to Insert: Text Box and then click and drag to draw the box on screen. To give the box a background color and help separate it from the rest of your text, choose Format: Text Box and click on the Colors And Lines tab. To remove the default border around the box, set Line Color to No Line.

Conclusionbox in Pages, go to Insert: Text (if the menu

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ALWAYS more quickly than a long, unbroken block of

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Don‘t fail to underline important issues

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ALWAYS more quickly than a long, unbroken block of text (see

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background color and help separate it from the rest of your text, choose Format: Text Box and click on the Colors And Lines tab. To remove the default border around the box, set Line Color to No Line. Resultsa new text box in Pages, go to Insert: Text (if the menu item is grayed out, click on the edge

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then drag the to open it). M ETHODS text box in Pages, go to Insert: Text (if the menu item is grayed out, click on the edge of your document to hide the blinking cursor) and then drag the edge of the box to create the desired

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eye to associate the Tip: To ensure that your subheads are consistent—a key tenet of good design—create a style for them. Once you’ve designed a subhead, highlight it. In Word, go to Format: Style. Click on New and give the subhead style a name. If you’d like to use it in other documents, select the Add To Template option. Then click on OK.

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Don‘t focus on the methodology

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Then place each of those stories in its own text box.To create a new text box in Word, go to Insert: Text Box and then click and drag to draw the box

  • n screen. To give the box a

background color and help separate it from the rest of your text, choose Format: Text Box and click on the Colors And Lines tab. To remove the default border around the box, set Line Color to No Line. Resultsa new text box in Pages, go to Insert: Text (if the menu item is grayed out, click on the edge

  • f your document to hide the blinking cursor) and

then drag the to open it). M ETHODS text box in Pages, go to Insert: Text (if the menu item is grayed out, click on the edge of your document to hide the blinking cursor) and then drag the edge of the box to create the desired

  • shape. You can add a fill color or a border from the
  • ve each subhead, but not below it—you want the

eye to associate the highlight it. In Word, go to Format: Style. Click on New and give the subhead style a name. If you’d like to use it in other documents, select the Add To Template option. Then click on OK.

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Don‘t be the wordy presenter

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Another Another winning winning poster poster

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Properties of great posters

Focus Simplicity Graphics Organization

..the focus should be on a single message wherever possible ..don‘t tell the story, show it – a picture says more than 1000 words ..important not to drown the audience in text ..logical order of the material on the poster is essential in order not to lose the thread

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Good luck!

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