Here is a funny video about some mistakes to avoid. In class we'll watch the first minute but if you carry on watching you'll hear some tips on making powerful poster presentations:
Watch the following video if you'd like step-by-step instructions on how to create a well laid-out poster:
Here is a google doc version of today's lecture. I'm afraid I have too many images so I couldn't upload it exactly as I showed it in class. As always, let me know if you have any questions:
Today I learnt that you only have 1 second to get a persons attention, 15 seconds for them to understand, and 5 minutes for them to read your poster. Which is not a lot of time, so it is clear that you need to be short and efficient when making an academic poster.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to any type of public speaking, an audience needs to be grabbed in quickly and especially with powerpoint presentations. It relates to the Pecha Kucha method in always changing the images every 20 seconds.
Here's an academic poster on Distractions, it isn't exactly what my discipline is, but since I am in education it is interesting, since presentations is what I will mainly be doing when teaching.
http://www.jschrauth.com/portfolio/posters/posters/Distraction.pdf
My name is Cassandra Holte. Today I learned that all font on a poster should be visable from four feet away. This seems like a long distance I was surprised the writing was supposed to be so large.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to presentations of any type because if you have visual aids you want them to be clearly visible. A visual aid your audience can't see properly will not add anything to your presentation and will probably just frustrate and bore people.
Here's an academic paper on Nutrition and teaching it in other cultures. This relates to my disicpline because i'm in the nutrition and food science program and i'm also taking a class right now about effectively teaching nutrition to different cultures and ethnicities.
http://www.sph.unc.edu/images/stories/ogh/ogh/documents/Sri_Lanka_Poster.pdf
Having an effective poster is not the only tool you can use to share your message; you have your voice as well. Typically you will be around your poster while presenting. This is your chance to catch the viewer's attention and explain it so it is easily digestible and quick. The poster is there to back you up.
ReplyDeleteThis form of presentation is like informative casual events, when participants move along casually passively or actively engaging with exhibits or booths. For example a job, or science fair.
I found a video of pretty much exactly what I was describing previously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFiWW73Qu2Q
As you can see presenters and audience interact casually and refer to their posters to illustrate their finding, etc. I notice that there is quite a diversity of poster design. Some very refined and complex and others are simple in design with pictures, captions and arrows. I find the simple less wordy, picture based posters hit home the best when used with a speaker.
- Curtis Vieville
Today I learned that effective posters should contain giant blocks of text, and should make use of relevant images more so than words. This same principle applies to power point presentations, as each slide should not be filled with text, but should provide key points and messages. In this poster (found here: http://www.cahs.colostate.edu/News/Images/Large/tsg3142n5z4o1w0xwfe53drc.Gaurav%20Madiwale%20poster%20web.jpg) done by a graduate student in food science and human nutrition, figures and images are well-spaced and easy to understand, but the abstract appears as a block of text. This is an understandable error given the amount of content in abstracts, but it could be avoidable by pulling out only the key sentences.
ReplyDeleteIn lecture we discussed presenting information via a poster. I found out that the total word count of a poster should be between 300-800 words. With this range you must be able to summarize and concisely convey the message of your research or paper. The poster must capture the viewers attention and relay the information in less than 5 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThis information can be applied and related to advertising in any medium. Whether you are advertising through sound (on radio) or text (on a billboard or magazine) or sight (on television) you only have a limited amount of time to convey important information. You must be able to capture the viewers attention quickly, summarize the main details, and present it in such a way that it is memorable.
An example of an economics academic poster can be viewed at: http://www.sal.tkk.fi/images/posters/2010_08-portfolio.jpg. This poster on portfolio decision analysis is not very effective. It has a title that captures the viewers attention and summarizes what the poster is about. Multiple colors and pictures grab the viewers attention. However, due to limited words, one not in the discipline would have a difficult time understanding what is going on.
An effective poster is concise and eye-catching. This makes it easy for readers to grasp the main concept of what is being presented in a quick and efficient way. I think that having posters that are visually interesting is most important because that is the impression readers first get; the visuals set the interest level of your presentation. With this, having a clear visual presentation contributes to the overall initial reaction of the reader (i.e. using fonts that are legible, pictures that are clear and not pixelated, etc.).
ReplyDeleteI think poster presentations are a fun way to present an idea because it presents the presenter with challenges while creating a pressure-free atmosphere. You are challenged in the way that you must ensure your poster is presentable and eye-catching to readers, but you also get rid of the pressures from public speaking. In addition, you are put in a more casual environment when you speak because you are more likely to speak with one person or smaller groups that facilitate by asking their own questions, rather than a larger group where you are in control and have to engage the audience.
An example of an academic poster that relates to my discipline is linked below. It describes genetic behaviours that influence people. This relates to my discipline as I am studying family ecology, and how an individual acts through heredity and what becomes hereditary is very influential. http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/general_information/impacts.html
Well I found today a very informative class because every student has to make a poster for at least one class in their university career. Something new I learned today was that there are various sizes of font for the different sections on the poster and that these fonts will be readable from four feet away. This is great information because I will be making a presentation in my ANSC375 class at the end of semester so I will definitly be refering back to today's notes and slides for help with the format and layout. It will also be a presentation summarizing a paper, so this is good practice.
ReplyDeleteThis information relates to powerpoints or pecha kuchas; all these presentations should have concise wording and data that is easy to read and follow. Presentations should not be long, super detailed and hard to follow. That is what repells and bores audiences. Papers and textbooks are already boring and super detailed; posters that summarize those papers should not be.
I found a poster from PETA about alternatives to animal-based antibody production methods. It is a fairly effective poster with the use of colours, fonts and images, but the arrangement could be different to allow easier flow and to captivate the audience with the information and pictures presented more to the middle of the poster. http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/09/06/peta-scientists-take-montreal.aspx
Today I learnt that an effective poster is not just dependent on your ability to make a well designed, organized, informative piece but it is also quite dependent on the presenter's public speaking capabilities. If you are a poor public speaker, that will detract from the effectiveness of the information and the poster you are presenting. Even if your poster is extremely well organized and effectively communicates information itself, it will not be an effective poster unless the presenter has good public speaking capabilities.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to using powerpoints as presentation modes, especially with Pecha Kucha presentations. Despite a very well designed powerpoint, the effectiveness of that presentation simply will not be as powerful unless the presenter exhibits good public speaking capabilities. In a Pecha Kucha sense, the powerpoint is very much reliant on the presenter's ability to verbally communicate, while also supplementing with pictures or buzz words that contribute to the presentation's information.
http://www.learningseed.com/pc-125-49-2000-years-of-clothing-poster.aspx
This is a link to a poster regarding 2000 Years of Clothing History, which I thought was fascinating, but there is so much information that it is very difficult to read. However, given the way the poster laid out the information, I thought it was effective. The text is not solid chunks, but rather small points that are colour coded, and are often given a picture to help visualize the information. To make the presentation even more effective, I think a more concentrated time span could have eliminated the need to present so much information in one poster about clothing history.
Today in our ales 204 lecture, we learned about how to design an effective poster. I learned that a poster should be between 300-800 words. In biology 208, we had to design a poster with our research on it, and present it. When I made that poster, I didn't realize that there should actually be a word count. All I knew was that the poster should be concise. How concise the poster is, is very important in making your poster effective. The font really matters too. I remember watching the poster presentations of my peers, and I found that some of the posters had too small of a font, which made it difficult to read. The posters that looked like it was bloated with information was unappealing.
ReplyDeleteThis information can also apply to making powerpoint presentations. An effective powerpoint is easy to read, the font is legible, and the slides are concise with not too much detail.
An example of an academic poster that relates to my discipline is linked here: http://www.turkhaygen.gov.tr/doc/IETS-POSTER-cloning-SARAT.pdf . The link relates to my study because it studies cloning of a bull, and I am currently studying animal sciences. Cloning was a huge step in the world of science.
Today I learned that poster presentations are successful and effective when concise, key points are used to summarize the topic being talked about. Too much information can be overwhelming and confusing to the reader, so the most important information must be presented to get the main point across.
ReplyDeletePecha Kucha presentations must also be concise as each slide is timed and you have to be able to get the main idea of each slide across quickly but effectively.
An example of an academic poster relating to textiles and clothing: http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume4issue1/images/Narahari_Kenkare.pdf
I think this poster follows the rules of 1 second to grab someone's attention, 15 seconds to get the main idea, and 5 minutes to read the information on the poster.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that time interval to grab someone attention is very small, literally just one second to see if the audience like our presentation or not. we need to be concise and informative at the same time making sure that the message we are trying to put forth gets delivered to the right audiences in case of a conferences.
I believe that presenting an academic poster to general public could be nerve wrecking but exciting as well. It is generally keeping the general public interested about all the research going around and making sure that general public present at the conferences could understand the general notion.
The following link contains a academic poster, that represents the basic needs of a human growing in technological world. It depicts the transformation of food from agricultural forms to consumers plate. It uses effective imagery and statistics to describe the main content of the research.
http://futureoffoodsa.ning.com/page/declaration-1
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ReplyDeleteFrom today’s lecture, I learnt that the simplest posters are the ones that can be most effectively deliberated to the viewers. Being concise, yet informative, are really important for creating a good poster. Just like the Pecha Kucha style of presentation, the time or the space is limited for presentation; this really makes presenters to narrow down to the main concept. However, unlike the Pecha Kucha presentation, the style of the poster presentation is not limited. That is why I like poster presentation more than PowerPoint. We can be creative with the usage of the layout, text, font, colour, images, etc.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the posters with simple layout and design are more professional and academically suitable; however, I believe that it should not be restricted. Through all the colour, font, images and layout, it reflects presenters’ characteristic and more importantly, tell us which group of viewers they are targeting on.
Here is a poster that is related to nutrition and health:
http://www.neatsolutions.com/Images/Products/MNO/nutrition_poster_marktwain.jpg
From it, we can tell that it is targeting children and new mothers. The font used is less formal and the poster is filled with colours. Short descriptions are provided around the posters for the mothers; since children will more likely to look at the pictures rather than reading the actual content, a sample meal is provided at the bottom.
Here is another sample of a more formal poster presentation: http://www.learningseed.com/p-403-make-myplate-be-your-plate-br-poster.aspx
Again, short descriptions are used. A huge picture is presented in the middle-great way to attract views’ eyes and conclude the main concept of the poster. Compared to the poster shown before, this one is more formal, considering its layout and font used.
Both posters seem great to me. They both deliberate information in simple and creative manner.
I learned about the importance of public speaking in presenting a poster. You can have a clear, concise, and visually appealing poster but if you cannot explain your ideas you cannot convey your message. This is not a connection I had made previously. For this reason, posters are very related to public speaking. In a speech, you have to be to the point to not bore your readers which is the same reason posters are supposed to be simple. Visual cues and gestures while speaking can also influence the message and the way it is perceived. Posters obviously also rely on visual aids.
ReplyDeleteI found on a poster relating to equine health, my own interest. http://www.ahf-laminitis.org/2011/11/winner-of-best-content-in-poster-lynn.html This poster is effective as it is very easy to read with the dark tect on a light background. Subheadings and titles are emphasized well. Photos are placed in the center to draw attention. Overall, it is very effective.
Something I learned about posters today was that they had to be readable from 4 feet away. I only thought that they had to be eye catching and give an appropriate amount of information but I never considered that people wouldn't be looking at posters up close. This is great to know so that I don't think that size 14 is okay for a poster anymore and prevents me from trying to put light fonts on dark backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteThis same knowledge can be applied to any kind of visual presentation, like a Powerpoint or the more specific Pecha Kucha style. Presentations are made to educate people! When using visual aids, you should make sure that they're actually helping you to make your point. If people can't see the information that you're putting up then it's not helping at all.
A great example of a nutrition-related poster (although technically, it is not a poster) is our very own Canada's Food Guide. It's bright and colourful without being too distracting while using minimal amounts of text and helpful visuals. Seen here: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/food-guide-aliment/view_eatwell_vue_bienmang-eng.pdf
Today in class I learned that effective poster presentations include many factors. Having a well organize poster that is concise can catch people attention than a wordy block. Also the presenter plays a big role in keeping attention of the audience and can determine if it succeeds or fails in getting its message across.
ReplyDeleteThis format can be effective for power point presentations because being short and sweet is important in getting or message across.
The Ontario government waste management poster is short clear and an interesting fact plus, it catches your eye when you walk by http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/stdprod_083022.pdf.
Today I learned about the importance of poser formatting. Above it being clear and concise with wording, it needs to be logically laid out. With standard text, spacing, and overall organization- the poster needs to be aesthetically pleasing because the reader determines interest in a matter of seconds. This reminds me of the events on campus that use posters as a recruiting tool. Since there are so many options, It is important to quickly draw the audience in through visual cues.
ReplyDeleteIn relation to other forms of presenting, posters are very similar to large scale advertising. (Billboards, bus ads, etc). Both need to be concise and capture the audience quickly.
An example of an academic poster that relates to Human Ecology (child development) is this link.
http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/substanceabuse_mentalhealth/apa/_images/abuse.jpg
A good poster presentation is clear and concise, as it needs to deliver an important message in simple terms within 300-800 words. Often these messages come from a complex process or extensive knowledge. It is important to recreate this knowledge in an understandable form that is clear through the use of organized headings and grouped text. Your main message should be eye-catching and situated to at the top and center of the page to grab attention. The opening line of your presentation must engage your audience, perhaps something that they can relate to. You must be cautious of using lingo and scientific terminology that becomes second hand in your industry, many other people will not know what you are referring too. An example of this may be referring to lipids, commonly known as fat.
ReplyDeleteAn effective poster is similar to an engaging powerpoint, such as Pecha Kucha. Both grab and keep your attention.
Here is a link to a scientific poster related to nutrition: http://www.healthystores.org/images/downloads/bmoreposter.jpg.
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Today in class I learned how important fonts are on a poster, and that they can help organize the information on the poster! I had never really thought about the effect of fonts on a reader's impression before, but just taken it for granted. I also didn't know that using up to three different fonts on a poster was acceptable, and a good way of distinguishing sections - I had always thought it had to be all the same font!
ReplyDeleteThis new insight regarding fonts is quite applicable to powerpoint presentations, pecha kuchas, and blogs. I'll be more aware of my font choice in future presentations, and choose them to suit the type of presentation and audience.
Here is a poster including research on how corn by-products could efficiently be used as part of dairy cattle feed.
http://animalscience.unl.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=22cc6b46-20bd-469b-b3fd-2720d95dd36a&groupId=2074044
Posters need to catch attention and be able to relay points without too much run-on fluff; organized, concise yet still informative for the reader to take home a strong message about your studies. Avoid fonts that are too complicated in design, and make a good division between bullet-point information and sentences, keeping in mind that sentences should be small and avoid run-on. Titles for graphs should remain short and to the point as well, and graphs should be cleaned up and simple.
ReplyDeleteI can apply this to PowerPoints, where it bothers me to no end to have a professor post large paragraphs of information and, worse yet, lecture by speaking that same paragraph word for word on his own lesson plan. I am learning a lot in conciseness, and perhaps keeping words as selective as possible ala Twitter, which can teach me a thing or two in simplicity of PowerPoint, academic posters and beyond.
Below is a link to a poster focusing on a peoples' harvesting patterns of an oyster species in a specific land designation. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/research/student_posters/2009_Cannarozzi_poster.pdf
In today's ALES class I learned that guiding the eye of the reader is an effective tool for poster presentations. Using easy-to-read serif font styles contribute to increased reading speed and comprehension for the audience, in order to quickly get a point across. A balance between words and graphics will keep the audience's attention, as well as graphs and statistics when deemed necessary. However, there must be an explicit research objective present in order for the reader to understand the specific goals of the poster. We must be able to grab the audience's attention while keeping the poster to the expected level of professionalism.
ReplyDeleteThis relates to powerpoint presentations, in which the audience has a limited amount of time to obtain the information on each slide. Posters must get the message across without unnecessary detail, and the use of various font sizes (for titles and headers) and high-quality colorful images can help keep the audience engaged.
http://www.health-heart.org/poster.gif
This is a link to a Nutritional research poster that I found, which studies the health consequences of a high linoleic acid intake, through the consumption of polyunsaturated fats. I found it interesting because people tend to think that fats from plant oils are generally healthy, however this study questions the link between polyunsaturated fats and the risk of developing degenerative diseases, blocking omega-3 absorption, and may potentially lower high-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol).
Although the poster uses a yellow background for the poster title, which is hard to read, the rest of the poster is very informative with lots of research and graphs to back up their conclusion. The poster also effectively uses red text to indicate headers, and black text for statistics and information.
One valuable thing I learned about posters was the importance of the text. Effective posters are concise with minimal writing and leaves adequate negative space to help the viewer focus. A good poster ensures that the font is sans-serif, not too small (legible from 4 feet away), and preferably a dark colour over a light background. This draws the viewer's attention and makes it easier for them to read. Finally, the writing should have a good logical flow so the viewer can follow along as you explain.
ReplyDeleteThis knowledge can be applied to many forms of presentation, such as newsletters. A newsletter that catches the eye has a large title and is not crammed with text. This makes the cover page the most critical part because it is the deciding factor in whether passersby will pick up your newsletter. Once they open up your newsletter, it is also important to keep them engaged by writing in a concise manner, with logical flow. One thing is that newsletters are challenging to cut down on the writing because you are not there to guide the viewer; however, they serve a different purpose than do research posters so they can contain more elaboration.
Here is a link to a research poster on food security among females in an Inuit community: http://www.jamesford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/maude_dec09-1024x1024.jpg
Today in class I learned the importance of having the most important information such as the results of a study, or important graphs and images in the center of your poster, where your eye is naturally drawn. This is a really good technique to focus observers on the key points and overall concept of your project.
ReplyDeleteThis concept can be applied to oral presentations and powerpoint persentation in terms of focusing information. You want to spend a shorter length of time on things like background information, introductions and conclusions, but you want to spend the bulk of the presentation focused on the "meat" of the presentation (ie. the methods and results). This will help focus you and the people listening to the presentation on the most important information.
I found a few examples of Scientific posters on: http://www.unep.org/Publications/polarbooks/resources.aspx?id=1034. There are 5 different posters on this page, each focussed on a different aspect of Arctic science: Polar Regions,Climate change in polar regions, Polar people, Research in polar regions, and Biodiversity and the poles. The poster on Biodiversity and the poles most closely relates to my Animal Health degree. Though my degree is focussed primarily on agricultural animals I also have a keen interest in wildlife and ecosystem biology.
I really like how the information is focussed around a large image of the two arctic poles, which gives someone a really good idea of the types of information that the poster will cover in just a couple seconds. I also really like how the different sections are separate into boxes of a slightly lighter blue, distinguishing them from each other. The main problem I found is that some of the fonts that were used were pretty difficult to read. Overall I found the poster to be both visually appealling and informative.
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ReplyDeleteSomething I learned today in ALES 204 lecture was how effective or ineffective a poster can be in getting a point across to a reader. A proper layout of a poster should be able to grab the readers attention in the first second of it being viewed. A proper layout includes being abled to read the text and diagrams effortlessly, along with an easy to follow flow of information throughout the poster. The layout of a poster is a very important aspect. WIth a poor layout, a reader may become confused or lost with the poster and its purpose.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a poster on organic agriculture that I find to have a proper, easy to follow layout: http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/organic/images/organicposter.pdf. This poster easily allowed me to understand what message it was conveying due to the bold, easy to read title. By taking a quick scan over the poster I already know what the poster is discussing (organic agriculture) and what area the poster is focusing on (United States). The easy to read bar graphs allowed for me to compare data and visually see the results clearly. The layout of this poster is clear and concise, allowing me to easily understand the progress of organic farming throughout the years.
Posters just like this are used daily to quickly convey a message to the reader. Being an active member of the Smoky Lake Agriculture Society I understand how important it is to advertise efficiently in order to get across all necessary information to readers. When putting on an event, you want the public to know what is going on, when, where and how much does it cost. By using easy to read font and headings on a poster, you can advertise for an event successfully.
Something that I learned about posters is focus. You want the important, key main messages to stand out or draw the audience in immediately. Having focus is very important so the audience knows what the poster is talking about and so they can easily follow it. Also, I learned the importance of text, that is shouldn't be too small but also that is shouldn't be distracting. A font that is hard to read can get very distracting and having a lot of different sizes of text can also be distracting - you want it to be easy to read, not too wordy, and not distracting.
ReplyDeleteThese things are also true for a powerpoint presentation. A powerpoint that is too wordy isn't easy to follow along with and having little focus can become confusing for the audience.
Here are some examples of academic posters that I don't think are done too well, they are too wordy and I don't think there is anything that would draw an audience in immediately: http://www.slideshare.net/weidowb/sample-academic-posters
Today in class, I learned that a poster should not be too wordy, between 300 and 800 words to be exact, as well as the use of "negative space." The use of negative space is important because it ensures your poster is not too crowded with information and pictures which might overwhelm the audience. It should not take someone more than 5 minutes to read the content of your poster.
ReplyDeleteA poster is very similar to a powerpoint presentation that one might use during a public speaking presentation. It should not be too overwhelming with photos and words and simple, clean fonts should be used to ensure it's easily legible. As with posters, powerpoints should not take away from what the presenter has to say but should reinforce the key ideas.
Some good examples of an academic posters on different aspects of family studies can be found here: http://www.ot.utoronto.ca/iatsl/news/archived_news.htm
During our class today, I learned that posters are a very visual way to provide information to an audience. They are to inform others through more focused visual means to present the message. This also taught me that it is important therefore to present the information in a balanced and asthetically pleasing way that will allow all the ideas to flow together. This meand that, when creating a poster, it is important to think of the figure/ground relationship and how the negative space helps bring unity to the poster.
ReplyDeleteEven though I would argue that a poster is a more visual presesntation type, a power point and poster both focus on keeping text to a minimum and not to overload a presentation with text.
I found a professional interior design firm poster on the web that showed a poster style presentation of how they wanted to decorate a room. http://www.melaniegowen.com/images/selfdwelling_poster.jpg
Hello, ALES 204. I learned in class today that a poster is not a regurgitation of your research paper. It is a between 300 to 800 word summary of your research paper. If you relinquish everything pertaining to your paper on the poster then you will have nothing much to say. Either people will read your poster and know everything about your research or they will pass it by because it looks boarding. A poster want to be a eye catching demonstration of what people could learn if they stopped to talk to you about your information. Your poster is a glimpse into your paper's main points of interest, like an advertisement selling your research topic to people passing by.
ReplyDeleteA lot of this information is applicable to doing power point presentations because you don't want to bore people with lots of words on your slides, but you want to provide main points in which expand upon in order to keep your audience attentive. You do not want your audience guessing what you are going to say before you have even said it, almost as though you were reading from the slides yourself. Also the us of images like in a research poster is very good at portraying information but it is more visually intriguing.
Here is a U of A link on how to make a research poster: http://www.uri.ualberta.ca/en/URIPresents/~/media/uri/How_to_design_research_poster_-_Sadler_Takach_-_Nov2011.pdf
Here is a poster I have looked over: http://blog.dnagenotek.com/blogdnagenotekcom/?Tag=livestock+genetics
This poster is related to discovering DNA in the production and discovery of superior genes from nasal samples collected from sheep. I am in Animal Health; Majoring in Food Animals.
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Becky
Today in class, I learned that the flow of your poster is very important. In most cases, information presented on a poster is meant to be read in a specific order. If the order in which the information should follow is not clear to the observer, the data may be interpreted incorrectly. It is also important for a poster to be legible. Fonts play a major role in the legibility of a poster as they can make it, or break it. It is a good choice to chose a font that is simple, and large enough to read from about 4 feet away. In addition, it is best to stick to a max of 3-4 four fonts to keep the poster simple, after all, the emphasis is typically on the information being presented and not on the font used. Posters that are heavily text based are also hard to follow.
ReplyDeleteThe link below shows a good example of a poster that is more picture based and less text based, allowing the poster to be understood easily. The poster is also laid out with headings and sub-headings in 3 columns so that the reader to easily follow the intended order of the information.
A power point presentation should be formatted in the same way. Power points that are wordy, rather than point form or image based are hard to follow and do not capture nor keep an audiences attention. It is best to be concise, and to the point in a simple and informative manner in order to present your poster in the best way possible.
http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume3issue1/images/hari-poster.pdf
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ReplyDeleteIn today’s lecture, I learned that academic poster is an effective way of concise, visual and attractive communicating, which summarize information or research to help publicise it and generate discussion. In order to have an effective poster, we should not only manage the source of information and summarize our works, but also pay an attention on visual grammar. Font is an important part of visual grammar. A good choice of font is a half success of the whole poster. Because it always takes 1 second to catch the viewer’s attention, and then people will take 15 seconds on understanding the main message and 5 minutes on reading the whole poster. We should grasp viewer’s attention on the first second by using attractive or striking font, clear layout, and moderate words and graphs. Too many graphs will make viewers hard to understand the purpose of the poster, and too many words will kill viewers’ interest on reading the poster.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, showing all Powerpoint slides on one paper is poster. Both of them are presenting information for people, while Powerpoint slides can grasp audience’s attention by the one giving presentation , but poster just get attentions by its attractive form and information.
I found a good example on the web, which is about Southern Flounder Exhibit Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/examples/example11.html#top
The real size is about 54 inches wide by 36 inches tall.
Today I learned that the images on a poster are just as important, if not more important than the actual information the poster contains. Just as important as the images, are their placement on the poster. Pictures and graphs should be in the center of a poster because that is where people tend to look first. Also, a poster should not be cluttered with too much text. You do not want your reader to have to spend more than five minutes reading text.
ReplyDeleteThe importance of images on a poster is similar to the importance of images in a pecha kucha presentation. With a pecha kucha, you do not have very much text, if any at all, so it is extremely important to use interesting images, that catch the attention of your audience.
Having effective public speaking skills is also crucial in poster presentations and in pecha kucha presentations. Even with an amazing power point presentation or poster, the information will not be received effectively if the speaker is not clear, prepared and confident.
For some interesting nutrition posters check out this link:
http://www.conagrafoodsscienceinstitute.com/pdfs/NAASO_Poster_1_412.pdf
Today I learned how to make and present an effective research poster. I learned that the poster should be concise, well laid out and make good use of negative space. What caught my interest the most was that you can either gain or lose your audience's attention in the first second of presentation. This is similiar to other forms of presentations such as powerpoint and pecha kucha which require immediate engagement by the audience to be significant. An effective poster presentation will be engaging, concise and the presenter will be well prepared.
ReplyDeleteThe ConAgra Foods Science Institute website has tons of examples of academic research posters specific to research being done in nutrition. I've included a link to the poster that summarizes research exploring improved insulin resistance though lifestyle intervention.
http://www.conagrafoodsscienceinstitute.com/pdfs/Lifestyle-Intervention-Improves-Insulin-Resistance.pdf
Today in class I learned that you actually don't want your poster to be too wordy. Only between 300-800 words which really doesn't amount to much in the end, therefore you can use all the extra space for diagrams, graphs, flow charts and any other visual representations that will capture the audience's attention. So in this aspect and in many other aspects, poster presentations seemed quite similar to a pecha kucha. In both of these presentations it is important to be very clear and even when you speak and body language is also extremely important for both.
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This is a link to a great example of a poster presentation. I wasn't too interested in the topic, I just really like how they laid it out and their use of visuals. I also liked how they didn't have too many words and every thing was legible and understandable.
This lecture stressed the importance of limiting the amount of text you use in your poster. I had already heard this rule before but learned today the conscious effort that is required to really use the appropriate word amount. Even after hearing it stressed in lecture, my poster still came out with too many words in lab. I wrote what I thought was a few very minimal sentences for the introduction, and it still came out as an intimidating paragraph on the poster. It has become obvious to me that the best posters really have as few words as possible and actually a fair amount of empty space. Just like in Pecha Kucha, there should be mostly visual cues to catch the audience's eye, while you stand by to explain in greater depth. As hard as it is for me to reduce text on my posters, I found it quite easy to do in powerpoints even before I did Pecha Kucha. I definitely prefer to have slides of just pictures or a few bullets and then elaborate on them, as it keeps the audience engaged. Now I will continue to reduce the text on my posters- unlike the link below. Although I'm sure the project these researchers completed was very academic and thorough, their poster is just too wordy and the pictures too small to catch my interest.
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Nicole Luchanski
I think the point of a poster is quite simple, it makes the information clear, simple, easy to read! In short it makes the information of a research document accessible to anybody interested in that topic! Keeping it brief shares the most important parts of the research and keeps it concise, it keeps the listener's attention alert and focused on the presentation. The purpose of a poster is similar to the Pecha Kuchas we have seen, they are to keep of focused and not wandering away from the presentation of speech, it gives an visual focal point for the listeners and helps them understand the topic of the lecture.
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As a student at the U of A I have seen many research posters on walls in different buildings. Especially in the biology building. If I stopped to check out a poster, I would be easily deterred by a long, hefty, scientific title or huge paragraphs of small font writing. I learned in the lecture that you should ony have 300-800 words in a poster presentation. As I searched through a number of nutrition oriented research, I saw some very word filled posters I had no wish of looking any further.
DeleteUntil I came across this poster, by Kuklu, Leblebici, and Carrara entitled "A CMOS Image Sensor for Nutrition Analysis", this title was clear to me and I had a good idea about what they researched.
The poster had a title, small in length, followed by a small paragraph
Intro, 4 large diagrams, with small amounts of text highlighting the details, limits, design and future work.
www.nano-tera.ch/PDF/posters2011/0-0-14-2.png
This poster is a good example of a concise, poster with good flow of information and usage of space.
I almost forgot to relate a poster presentation to another type of presentation! If compared to the Pecha Kucha style, it is similar in regards to the use of images over words. However, a poster should explain itself with the text the researcher does put on it, it should sell itself. Pecha Kucha styles encourages active listening to get the information, if the researcher is not there to explain the pictures, they will not have as much meaning.
DeleteIn class I learned some very helpful things about creating posters. The main point I took is away to limit the amount of text and instead use pictures and graphs to represent information. This seemed to be the take away message for the entire class because in the lab I saw some wonderful posters with little text and it was much more appealing and approachable. With less text, it allows the audience to focus on the main points and it is not as intimidating as one with lots of text. I found my TA's poster to be a little text heavy and I wasn't as drawn to it as some of the other students. I also learned that contrast and colour is very important in making a poster. You want to make sure your text is legible and visually appealing. A way to do this is to use darker text on a lighter background. I find that lots of profs tend to be too creative with their colours and it is not very effective. For example, one of my profs uses neon green text on a white background and it is very difficult to follow.
ReplyDeleteI find the main concepts of poster presentations are very similar to that of Pecha Kucha. You want to limit text and stick to mainly graphs and pictures and use the verbal aspect of the presentation to describe your topic. I think both of these are effective styles of presentation because it's short, to the point and keeps the audience interested and engaged.
I found a poster related to weight that is pertinent to my field of study. I like how on the left side of the poster there are graphs to represent information and bullets to outline the key concepts. I am much more drawn to the left side because there's not as much text. I also like the graphics they used at the top and the size of the title at the top. It's large, it describes the topic at hand and it is visually appealing. However, the right side of the poster is very text heavy and I really didn't bother reading it. They could have added another graph or put the points they already had into bullets. This would make the entire poster inviting and straight-forward.
http://www.thpc.scot.nhs.uk/images/Nutrition/tnn_pu2.jpg
I have learnt that effective poster presentation does not always require a lot of text, rather text to support an image or flow charts to clarify and make the reading easier to follow. This can also be true for PowerPoint presentations since they can be long and boring, images can have a lasting impression instead of just text and catch the eye faster.
ReplyDeleteI realize now that an image, per se shown in class, stays longer in my head and the words Profs or guest lecturers attach with them verbally are easier to associate with the image after on, once it is shown again.
Here is a link to a poster from my discipline I found on google.com. I was attracted first by the bright colour blue! Has a lot of text (since it is an informative poster) but the different size of font makes it clear cut and draws your eyes in http://textilecollection.wisc.edu/images/event_images/2010_harris_leccture/felt-at-collection.jpg
Poster Presentations will very easily overwhelm a person. I learned in class that your eye is drawn to the middle of the poster, and you should be able to clearly read a poster from 4' away. I also learned a big part of a poster presentation is in the way in which you deliver your presentation. You should engage the audience, speak clearly, and be captivating. This holds true for Pecha Kucha as well, with the main focus being the clarity of your presentation. Deliverance is important, but your content must also fit into appropriately into your presentation.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a poster I found which I felt did an excellent job drawing the eye in. http://www.hypothetical-bias.net/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/17/iioa_posterchoi_2.jpg. The text is not overwhelming, the pictures and graphs are nice colors and are spaced out appropriately. Each division is clearly marked out and the title is easy to read.
I learned the importance of simplicity and organization of posters. The poster needs to be simple. This makes it easier to understand, if simple graphs and figures can be used to communicate the main ideas then more people will receive the information compared to a poster that is cluttered, contains lots of words and is difficult to understand. The poster also needs to be organized so that it draws the readers attention to the most important parts. If the poster clearly shows this then there will be a greater dissemination of the information because people will be able to quickly find and read about/see the main points of the poster compared to if they had to read the whole thing because the poster is not organized well.
ReplyDeleteBoth simplicity and organization are important for Pecha Kucha as well. The pictures and/or words used in Pecha Kucha need to be simple and easy to understand so that a message can be easily communicated with the slides in combination with an explanation from the speaker. If the picture on the slides are too complicated it will take too much explaining and people will not get the general message. Furthermore the slides need to be organized in a logical and strategical way to ensure that the main message of the presentation is received by the reader.
Each year 4th year nutrition students do a research project and present their posters at the Annual Nutrition Symposium. This year it will take place on Wednesday, April 4 from 9:00-12:00 at the Dinwoodie Lounge. Everyone is welcome to come check out the posters, snacks are refreshment will be provided.
An example of a nutrition poster can be found at http://www.conagrafoodsscienceinstitute.com/pdfs/healthy-convenient-prepared-meals.pdf
I am Hau Ying Leung. I have learnt that to be an effective poster presenter, we should always assume that audiences do not have any background knowledges on what you are going to present, for example if you are presenting a chemical research poster, you have to assume that audiences are not chemical and know nothing about chemical structures, so you should always include a very brief explanation on what it is. I also learnt that as a presenter, we should always understand and be clear on you are presenting, never confuse your audiences, express your idea and research in a clear and causal way.
ReplyDeleteThis is very true for Pecha Kucha too. Both of them requires simple texts or sentences, making it clear and understantable to your readers. Also, grahics are very important for both presentation modes, so that the overall presentation looks attractive.
http://shirleywho.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/biosci-admissions-091.png
The link above shows a poster about protein functional sites discovery. The Authors use very short and simple sentences in the poster to express their experiment and fingings. It is not directly related to my discipline Food technology, but it would somehow affect Food science and technology in the future. If people discover that one of the protein functional sites, for example can send signals to control the growth of cancer cells, food technology may shifts to extract that protein out and make healthy food.
Hey ALES 204 students. I've learned so many new things about making posters and giving presentations that I never knew before. A simple fact is that posters have to be able to be read up to 4 feet away. As well they should be no longer than about 800 words with approximately 700 words going into the body of the poster. This means that all the other sections of the poster will have to be really well summarized. I learned that pictures are much better for a poster than are words so this helps to limit the number of words. As well light backgrounds are better than dark backgrounds because the contrast of light text on a dark background is hard to see from further away. Finally, it's important to organize posters in columns as it makes it easier for readers to make their way through the poster with relative ease.
ReplyDeleteEnsuring that presentations are not overwhelmed with words and cluttered pictures is important for both posters and for powerpoint presentations. Slides overloaded with words quickly lose the audience's attention and cause the audience to stop paying attention to any extra detail you might be giving them. As well it is important to have large text on powerpoint presentations as well (even though they are projected on a screen) because tiny writing is always hard to read and most projectors cannot make tiny writing readable anyway.
The poster I found was made by a research group studying comparative pain at the NC sate College of Veterinary Medicine. I am a pre-vet student so veterinary posters interest me and maybe one day I'll be making a poster! As well I really like comparing how different species experience pain or hunger differently so I think I would enjoy this poster. I like this poster because the graphs are very simple and easy to follow. The poster is arranged in columns which allows ease of reading. However it does need to improve on a few things. The title is very long (it is based on a research paper so I wonder if they follow different criteria?), and there is definitely too much text. Finally, the text does seem to be a bit small but overall the poster looks well spaced out and not too crammed and cluttered.
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/docs/cprl/publications.html
Hey all! I learned that poster-making is a lot more complex than your fifth grade color poster. It can be a very effective tool for getting your point across and keeping the viewers interested in the presentation. I did not realize that you only had about five seconds to catch someones attention, that's not much time to get the viewer to understand your points and get them motivated about it! Also, I learned how font is a major feature of your presentation. It can't be too small, nor can it be illegible. Some of my favorite fonts are now a no-go for my poster presentation thursday!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to making my own poster presentation so I can put my new knowledge to good use!
This information can obviously related to what we recently discussed: pecha kucha. In the same way that we want to keep the slides free of clutter and too much text, we want to do that with a poster as well. Also, we want to make sure once again that any text we do have is to be clear and easy to read. It encourages organization of thoughts, as in pecha kucha you have to keep time with the changing slides, and have photos that are relevant to your discussion.
DeleteMy field of study is Agricultural Business, and so I wanted to find something that pertained to my future career. Though this poster does not follow the exact guidelines of our class, I find it very effective. It is not too cluttered, it catches my eye with colors and effectively conveys it's message very clearly. It also comes from the company I'm working for, Cargill, so that's a plus! Check it out:http://www.vividmedia.com.au/design/single-gallery/7777342
Monday's lecture was filled with great information on how to create a professional and enticing research poster. In creating a poster, you must remember who your audience is. It is important that the message in your poster is directed at and understood by your target audience. This means that the poster must have a good flow, be visually appealing and have a clear/concise message. Using fonts that are large, legible and dark on a light background make your poster clear from far away. If you were at a conference presenting your poster, you would have only a few seconds to capture your audience's eye as they walk by. In that time you need to create a good impression with a clear representation of your research topic. Furthermore, it is important that you use diagrams and other visuals in your poster to break up the words...this is what makes it a poster, and not a paper.
ReplyDeleteA graduate student made the following poster on her research. It is a great example of a poster as it has all the key components of a great presentation.
http://www.ncsu.edu/grad/research/docs/pirtle-levy-poster-2011.pdf
Another great poster that was related to nutrition was at the following link. It presented lots of visuals, little text and bright colour. The font was large enough to read and was dark on a light background.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM877.pdf
Academic posters are like condensing a power point and putting it on paper basically. You are cutting out the excess information and keeping the core ideas and pictures. There are lots of academic poster competitions at universities because they are such a great way of displaying research.
Looking at posters, I guess I never thought about when I did or didn't like the poster, what was actually wrong about the layout or content of the poster. A good poster should be easy to follow, people naturally read from left to right. If the poster doesn't follow that layout, it should have indicators to guide the viewer. Another thing learned was that the best way to get your message across is to stick to bullet points. Short, concise sentences will be easier for someone viewing your poster to understand the study better than long, wordy paragraphs (you don't want to copy and paste your paper onto poster-board).
ReplyDeleteI think that organizing a public speech is similar to that of poster. The PowerPoint or slideshow that you accompany your talk with should be simple and not too wordy, only to address a new point that you are going to mention. As well, your speech should be engaging, and energetic. Being monotone or talking to your slides will turn your audience off, but you also don't want to be over-excited about your topic. The same goes for a poster. A happy medium is always best.
I found a poster that addresses a new invasive pathogen that is attacking foliage in the UK. On a whole the poster delivered its message but it was a bit wordy. However the methods and results sections were well done, efficiently stating the process and it also contained informative table and pictures to help those who may not know names of plants and visuals of the effects of the pathogen. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/P_kernoviae_poster_IUFR2004.pdf/$FILE/P_kernoviae_poster_IUFR2004.pdf
I learned a lot of very useful information about poster presentation from Monday's lecture. Many key points were noted and will be extremely useful for presentations during lab this week. Some key points are that a poster needs to be interesting, captivating, legible (from 4 feet away), and organized. It is interesting to know that a viewers eyes gravitate to the centre of the poster which is where the key information or visuals should be placed. Along with having a good presentation, public speaking skills are also key.
ReplyDeleteJust like poster presentations, power point (especially Pecha Kucha) presentations also require good visuals and speaking skills. In both Pecha Kucha's and poster presentations, visuals are more ideal and effective over text. When text is used however it should be minimal and preferably in bullet points. They key message that came out of this lecture was that any type of presentation needs to be concise and captivating.
The poster that I found that is related to my field of study is about deaf children being able to read fluently. Often times it is hard for deaf children to read as they cannot hear all the sounds letters should make. This study however, showed that with support and opportunity these children can learn this valuable skill. This poster is effective as it is simple and to the point. Although there is quite a bit of text and not a lot of diagrams it still is not overwhelming as the text given is meaningful and straightforward which appeals to a viewer. This poster can be found at http://thematics.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/the-deaf-emergent-reader-poster-presentation/
I never realized how important it was to make a clear and readable poster until my second year of university. I had to summarize a research paper into a simple, readable poster, and then present the research to my professor and other Masters students as if if were a scientific conference. It was very eye opening, and I learned that summarizing the information was only half the battle--making the poster appealing and easy to read was the real challenge!
ReplyDeleteThe information presented in class today was really helpful in solidifying the concepts that I learned from my previous experience, such as minimizing the text and shortening the sentences into bullet format that only addresses the main concepts. I learned today, however, that it is also important to have "white space" on the poster to allow the data room to breathe and to have the data follow a clear pattern that the reader can follow.
This knowledge is also really important to apply to Power Point presentations (including Pecha Kucha) so that you can direct your audience to the main theme of your presentation without distracting or boring them with extraneous and cluttered information.
I found this great research poster from a veterinary student at Colorado State University. The text of the poster is very small and is tough to follow since it is not bulleted or shortened in any way. However, I thought the author did a great job maximizing the use of diagrams in the poster! Enjoy! http://www.today.colostate.edu/story.aspx?id=4140
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ReplyDeleteI learned so much during Monday's class lecture on poster presentations. From the lecture my eyes were opened to entire range of concepts regarding posters that I have never given much thought beforehand. Previously, I tended to have too much text on my school posters. I thought it was best to put as much information as possible in a small space. However, I learned that it is more beneficial for the reader if there are less than 800 words on the entire poster. So the choice of words and data becomes very important, to portray my topic in a clear, simple and informative way.
ReplyDeleteThe information she gave us on font size, type, colours etc. are good things to consider in conjunction with Pecha Kutcha or other Power Point projects. In one of my other classes this term we are required to create a Power Point presentation for a final grade. The tips I'm learning in this class will help me greatly!
A research poster I have found related to my field is one on the nutritional benefits to following the DASH diet plan. The poster presents research that promotes caloric restriction as a good weight loss method. There is not an overwhelming amount of text. The colour choices are contrasting which make it stand out, as well as easy to read. Also, the diagram is fairly straight-forward for the reader to comprehend. Here is the link to this poster: http://www.conagrafoodsscienceinstitute.com/pdfs/healthy-convenient-prepared-meals.pdf
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ReplyDeleteThere were some good points made in today's class. It is a good idea to notice where a person's eyes will first gravitate to and place the focus of the poster based on that insight. However, one must always note the flow of the presentation and insure that a viewer can follow, without effort, what information has been placed on the poster.
ReplyDeleteThe same point could be made about a presenter. The focus of the presentation should always be on the information that is verbally presented. When a presenter is attired in distracting garments or is an excessive hand talker, the focus is uncontrollably wrenched from watching AND listening to simply watching. All the audience sees is that gargantuan gemstone with its matching bracelet on the overly-enthusiastic hands.
On another note, I must say that the required length of the title of a poster cannot be set in such a strict boundary. Research often involves working with organisms and sometimes methods that have very long names which need to be stated within the title. In these cases, this requirement simply cannot be met. To further my point, I've found that short and witty titles can be deceiving. Such titles may initially catch the viewers interest but upon further inspection, the topic itself was not as appealing as the title presented it to be. This is obviously not always the case, but to me, a title that provides the viewer with a competent summary of the research, albeit somewhat lengthy, is more preferable.
http://www.aquaticanimalhealth.org/literature/poster200.pdf
Above is a poster created by the University of Florida displaying the various research areas their Marine Animal Disease Laboratory participates in. All pictures are accommodated with a short description using simply but clear vocabulary. The background is visually attractive without being distracting. Overall a very informant, approachable poster.
In Monday's lecture, we learned about creating clear and concise scientific posters. I have never made a poster of my own research, but I feel more prepared for when I eventually have to. I think one of the greatest challenges will be condensing a 2000 word paper into just 300-800. I think it's incredibly important that posters are visually appealing. This includes clear and properly sized fonts, balance between text and pictures, and an appealing colour scheme.
ReplyDeleteThis knowledge is also applicable to giving PowerPoint presentations. It is necessary to condense your information into fewer words and still get your point across. Choosing fonts that are simple and readable in a proper size are equally important in PowerPoint.
http://agribus.uark.edu/4882.htm
The two posters on this page were made by agribusiness grad students. The first is titled, "Creation of School Lunch Programs Using Locally-Sourced Foods from Low-Income Communities in Rural Arkansas" and the second is, "Development Strategies for Rural China: Case Study of Bamudi Village." I find the first poster a little too wordy. It may benefit from fewer words, more bullet points, and graphs more evenly distributed throughout. The second poster has very few words and more images.
From yesterday's lecture on effective poster presentations, one thing I learned was to be discriminatory when choosing what information to display on your poster. An effective poster will be worded in a way that the general public can understand (ie. avoiding long scientific explanations and words unfamiliar to those who may not be experts in the field). I also learned effective colour combinations (stark opposites like black text on a white background or white text on a navy background) are easiest for the viewer. Since the eye is immediately drawn to the middle of the poster, it is a smart choice to place your research findings in the center so the viewer, even if they don't read your entire poster, will get some sense of what information you are displaying. Another thing I learned was the difference between serif and sans serif fonts (I thought Sans Serif was an actual typeface as opposed to a style of font).
ReplyDeleteAll of this information can be applied to Powerpoint Presentations. Last semester I had a professor who used a bright blue background with yellow text for all of her Powerpoint presentations which was extremely difficult on the eyes and made it hard to focus. I also find that many Powerpoint presentations include too much text/text that is too small to read which would benefit from attending this lecture!
This poster is related to my field of study in nutrition, because it touches on Type 2 Diabetes and cholesterol. This poster effectively uses bullet points to summarize the methods of research used, and isn't overly wordy. However, I feel that some text would be beneficial in the Results section, because the charts/graphs/etc are left without explanation leaving the viewer to interpret the results themselves. If the viewer is not an expert in the field, they will not have an in-depth understanding of the study. I like their main title (white font on a blue background) and use of white background with black text and blue subheadings and charts. It is very visually appealing.
http://www.physiogenex.com/automne_modules_files/pmedia/public/r73_16_poster_ada_2011_final_10-20-03-4.jpg
In this lecture, I learned a new way to explain a research paper, poster. Poster can show the essay map clearly and impressively. Readers can easily to find out the thesis statement, the methods, and the results. In a poster, the context contained probably 500 to 600 words and no more than 800 words. Simple and meaningful words were be used to represent the ideas. Pictures can emphasize the subject or topic.
ReplyDeletePoster can be used to present in a public speaking. Different from traditional public speaking, speaker would not show the slides one by one, instead only one poster will be displayed. Audiences can know the speaker fast and better though the poster.
Here is an example for an Academic poster: http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/oxtalent/files/2011/06/AcademicPoster-Demidova.png
The author put interesting pictures together with words so that the whole poster is vivid which makes this poster is impressive.
In lecture 12 I learned that, ideally, it should take:
ReplyDelete• 1 second to catch viewer’s attn.
• 15 seconds to understand main message
• 5 mns to read whole poster
I also learned that a poster can be divided into 5 different subheadings which include the introduction, research design, results, conclusion and acknowledgments.
I think these types of posters are similar to a brochure or pamphlet (for a type of product) as they too combine many pictures with a bit of text and are designed to be eye catching and make the audience want to go up and read it to gather more information and see what it is all about.
I chose this poster, related to my minor of Interior Design, because it is concise, is not over ridden with text, provides a variety of interesting images and maintains an excellent use of space and balance. I think it looks great.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VEgmjbFu1DA/TJkO3-5uVdI/AAAAAAAACro/g8lrqPB1MCM/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-21+at+9.57.53+AM.png
In class on Monday I learned many useful things but there were a few details that really caught my attention: the first being that your poster should be able to draw someone in from four feet away so you need to ensure that you have a visually appealing poster, and the second being that the viewer should be able to fully read and understand your poster with in five minutes so we need to make sure we have condensed all the important parts to facilitate this.
ReplyDeleteI think that a poster is much like a Pecha Kucha because with in both you need to have a very logical and easy to follow flow through out, you need to have visually stimulating images to capture the viewer or listeners attention while still having the images relevant to the information, you need to condense the amount of time taken to do either into close to the same amount of time, and you need to be able to simplify the message of the research to often reach a broad audience.
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/posters/fungi-kingdoms.html although this poster is made with researched information it does not look like your standard scientific poster, it's flow is very evident and it is far more eye catching.
here is another website I found with several posters to look at: http://serc.carleton.edu/earthscoperockies/volabstracts.html. After looking through these examples it becomes very apparent which ones would be the most effective ( those that have a logical flow, are eye catching, and not too much information to sift through).
In Mondays class I learned information about how to make an effective poster. A few key points I took from the lecture was: First, to have 3 to 4 columns filled with information and pictures that flowed left to right and words from top to bottom. Secondly, to not have too much information, but when displaying the information have it in bullet points because then it will be easier to read. Thirdly, to make the poster eye catching by correlating the background colours with the font colours. Overall an effective poster in my eye would be to have 50% pictures and 50% text, bullet points and eye catching pictures because I believe this will draw in people walking by to actually read your poster and not just walk by because there is too much text to read.
ReplyDeleteI found this poster online and it really summarizes what I think about be an effective poster. The background colour and fonts colours are a little hard to read but other than that I like it.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=academic+posters&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1249&bih=617&tbm=isch&tbnid=4Dgf6B3TR6ykrM:&imgrefurl=http://acs.ist.psu.edu/ist590/&docid=g3B8iUaRz2p3AM&imgurl=http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/rlcs/uclcomp_rlcs.jpg&w=850&h=652&ei=B5UyT8jZJ8aTgwfj_bWgBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=326&vpy=309&dur=2048&hovh=197&hovw=256&tx=164&ty=139&sig=114160230643313236327&page=4&tbnh=132&tbnw=175&start=71&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:22,s:71
Something that I learnt from Monday's lecture was that effective posters are a summary of your work, not a lengthy research paper. When presenting, a typical poster visitor only looks for a 1-sentence overview of why your research is interesting and relevant, this can be effectively done by pointing at a figure.
ReplyDeleteThe same rule applies with presenting a Pecha Kucha presentation. You use the powerpoint as a tool to support yourself. You want an introduction, body and conclusion that is organized in an interesting manner with correct and concise content to connect with your audience and convey your message across, not bore them out.
Currently in Family Ecology, I found this academic poster: http://www.aifs.gov.au/conferences/aifs11/docs/fletcher.pdf about Father-child play extremely interesting. It may not include tables and graphs with consistent font types and sizes, but it explores the importance of father-child play and how it benefits emotional, cognitive, and social development.
In this lecture I learned that you should never make your poster presentation too 'wordy' because it doesn't attract as much positive attention as you would want. You should try putting a picture in the center of the poster because that's where people's eyes naturally fall and following the format of top to bottom, left to right is usually ideal because that's the way most people read. I also learned that you should never have colors that are hard on the eyes such as pink letters on a green background.
ReplyDeleteSome of these things that I've learned in this lecture I feel I can definitely relate it back to PowerPoint presentations or any other kinds of presentation. For example, now I know I should try to get my message across without having to put so much text on my presentation because that will bore people.
Here's an example of an interesting poster presentation that caught my eyes. The design is a little different compared to what I learned in class today but the point is that it still made me want to walk up to it and read it.
http://bigakudesign.com/service/product/process5.html
In class I learnt that an effective poster is not all about the text. Pictures are very important and effective when used in posters. For one, a picture is more visually appealing than text and two a picture can convey the same, if not, better message than text would. When making a poster it is important to have the text big enough to be read from 4 feet away. As well, never have green text on a red background or vice versa, as people who are color blind will not be able to read the text - not effective! To draw people in to your poster you must have something that distinguishes it from the rest - this could be a picture, appealing color combination or a witty title.
ReplyDeletePresentation of a powerpoint poster is similar to a pecha kucha presentation. It is similar in the way that the presentation of the presenter is important in both. A clean and professional look really enhances the presentation and draws people in. As well, the use of visuals in both is very important because use of text is limited.
I had a very hard time finding a poster related to my field (clothing and textiles) but I did find a poster that I really liked. This poster is very different from a lot of the posters I saw online and really grabbed my attention. I liked the background and the use of color. It grabbed my attention right away. Space was used very well, the poster looks balanced but is also easy to read. Here is the link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/deborahomalley/5707963484/in/pool-postersessions
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ReplyDeleteThe use of posters can be a very effective, creative way for you to bring your information to an audience. The creativity can grab the attention of viewers and it may appeal to more people and therefore cause them to remember your information. Organization is also key so that the viewer will be intrigued with the information instead of just being confused by it.
ReplyDeleteThis concept of organization and creativity can be applied when public speaking as well. If you are unorganized then the audience may not be able to follow your talk. Also, if you can be creative in the way you present your information maybe the audience will retain the knowledge for a longer period of time,
Here is a link so a nutrition poster that catches your attention with the images and gets straight to the point of the poster.
In class I learned about the importance of timing in a poster presentation. As the presenter, you only have one second to grab the attention of the audience. I understand this concept fully as last semester I walked by a series of posters, as I did not have much time I only stopped to look at the ones that fully grabbed my attention.
ReplyDeleteTiming is also important in slideshow presentations. If the presenter does not grab the attention of the audiences right away chances are they will not pay full attention to the rest of the presentation.
This poster faces the challenge of conveying its message in two languages, I found it effective, yet busy. http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/news_events/events/images/mascot_poster.jpg
The only time I made a poster was during high school, but I never had to make any real scientific posters before. Monday’s class was great to learn about making a good one. The most important aspect of the poster would be a nice catchy layout and title. If we have only 5 seconds to catch the reader’s attention the layout is the most important part. When making my poster tomorrow I’ll try to avoid crowding everything with texts, which are very hard to read.
ReplyDeleteThe presentation part closely relates with what we have been discussing in the “Death by PowerPoint” class. The presenter needs to practice before and organize his or her ideas to be able to have a good presentation. Not unlike Pecha Kucha practice is very important.
The poster in the link bellow is a very good example of an organized poster. It might have a little more text than I would have in my own poster, but the layout looked very easy to follow.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/NHRE/2010_web_archive/posters/2010-Glass-poster.jpg
I learned that an effective poster will be visually appealing from a distance in order to draw in an audience. There should be enough white space to allow for a proper flow when reading, as well as to not intimidate the reader from coming over to the poster (a text-heavy jam-packed poster is not going to attract many readers!). It is also important to have images and figures that are well explained and central to the topic of the poster.
ReplyDeletePowerpoint presentations are similar to research posters in a way. You don't want to have too many words that the audience will get lost in. You want to be concise and to the point. The poster, as with powerpoint presentations, should cover the basic ideas and the speaker in front of the poster/presentation can provide the finer details if asked.
I found a research poster about food store interventions in Baltimore. http://www.healthystores.org/images/downloads/bmoreposter.jpg
There is a lot of writing, but I think it is well balanced with the pictures and figures. It looks very professional.
After the poster presentation lecture, I learned of the mistakes I made in previous posters I've made. I found the lecture very useful, and learned some simple good tricks when making a poster. It is important to have a clear, well organized poster that is visible from around four feet. The font should he simple and the color should be easily seen in comparison to the background. The title is important when making a poster. Make sure it is bigger tuen other text, as well as any other important headings or sections. The detail itself should be listed in point forms to avoid long periods of complex reading.
ReplyDeleteThese tips can also relate to power point and pecha kucha in a few ways. The importance of bullet points and point form is extremely important in power point in order to avoid boring presentations and long amounts of reading while the presenter is speaking. In pecha kucha, the significance of a focal point on the picture is similar. It is important to make it clear which picture is your focal point.
A poster I found effective in clearly displaying information in a clear and organized way is http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Simple-Carbohydrates-Posters_i3292882_.htm?aid=1023772566&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eposters%2Eco%2Euk%2FNutrition%2F79654 It is an excellent poster with one main focal topic and easily readable sections with matching picture. The poster focuses on carbohydrates and explains the myths associated with them. The title and headings are clearly pointed out, and with the background white it is easy to read the writing on the poster.
In Monday's lecture about the effectiveness of a great academic posters, I learned a lot of how to maximize the use of a poster. I did not know that a poster should only contain 300-800 words. Compared to a research paper, the text on a poster isn't very much. I also learned the use of spacing and arrows to help maintain flow and not to make the poster look to cluttered. Spacing would be more visually appealing to the audience's eyes. Dark text should be written on a light background (black font on white background)and a larger font should be used so that those from four feet away can view the text. I also learned the difference between serif vs. sans serif (no serif-curly part) fonts, but most of the class already knew that! This is an academic poster in my field of Nutrition: http://www.health-heart.org/poster.gif. The academic poster is studying the relationship on health of consuming a high intake of linoleic acid (corn, sunflower seeds. The spacing, graphs, and large fonts makes this poster easy to read and understand. The author chose black text on a white background which makes it easy to read as well! Perhaps the author could of used more arrows to direct flow, but the poster still has a sense of direction and looked professional nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteI learnt quite a bit about effective posters on Monday.A poster should be clear and simple so that everybody would be able to understand it.Pictures play a big role in catching people's attention in a conference as an example.As well as too much text might be a turn off.People would not be atteacted to a plain poster that has no pictures and a lot of text.Additionally bullets are better to use than full texts in order to make it easier and more understandable for the audiance.
ReplyDeletePowerpoint presentations are similar to poster presentation in a way that too much text would discourage the audiance to pay attention to what a presenter is saying and pictures would attract people in order to learn what the picture on a powerpoint presentation is trying to reveal.
A prestation that caught my eye from my field which is Nutrition and Food sciences is in this link :http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=nutrition+poster+presentations&start=586&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1227&bih=579&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=3okb3RoCT2CRNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wellnessproposals.com/nutrition/nutrition-program-be-wise-about-portion-size.htm&docid=Wvvi0IbmTkVxiM&imgurl=http://www.wellnessproposals.com/nutrition/nutrition-programs/be-wise-portion-size-table-display.jpg&w=800&h=531&ei=lbQyT5HdOYjl0QHpisXCBw&zoom=1&chk=sbg&iact=hc&vpx=580&vpy=241&dur=391&hovh=123&hovw=159&tx=120&ty=68&sig=117120512441723474950&page=23&tbnh=123&tbnw=159&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:586
I like the pictures that show exactly what the presenter is trying to explain in their presentation.
In Monday's lecture I learned a lot about how to make a poster that is effective and attractive. While I have made posters in elementary and junior high school, I have never created a poster in post secondary. I learned that a poster should not be too wordy, and also to be visually appealing. In order to make your poster as visually appealing as it can be it should have dark text on a light background which I did not know before monday's class. Another thing I didn't know was that you should be able to read the font from 4 feet away, which makes sense especially if you are presenting it in a lecture setting. One more thing that I learned is that people are drawn to look at the middle of the poster first as opposed to the sides, so when I make my poster I will make sure to put the key information in the centre.
ReplyDeleteA poster I found in my field (education and hecol) is http://schoolco.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=76 this is a great poster to convey nutrition to students (probably for use in a lower grade). I like the colours on these posters, and I feel like they are not too wordy and use diagrams and pictures effectively. Limitations of this poster is that the font is a little bit small and I doubt that you could read these posters from 4 feet away. One other thing that the creator did well was to use a dark font on a light background, but also included a border to fancy up the design a bit.
I learnt quite a bit about efficiency and effectiveness of posters in Monday's class.it explains that a poster should be clear and simple so that everyone should be able to understand it.Pictures play a pivitol role in catching people's attention and helping them understand the topic.As well as too excessive text should be limited.People would not be attracted to a plain poster that has no pictures and a lot of text.The use of bullets is encouraged and are better than full texts in order to make it easier and more understandable for readers. A good poster should capture the readers attention!
ReplyDeleteA prestation that caught my eye from my field of study- family Studies and Community Diversity is http://www.toronto.ca/diversity/poster_gallery.htm .The reason why i chose this poster is because it is not only simple , to the point and colorful.it gives readers the oppurtunity to under what the city is trying to promote by the words.it also highlights the benefits derived from diversity
I found the idea of uploading your poster drafts to flickr very interesting and innovative. With unlimited feedback from other people, you can truly master your poster project. I am looking forward to making a unified, aesthetically pleasing poster using the tips and tools we learned from this lecture.
ReplyDeleteA great website for finding examples of posters that i found is http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/ExamplePosters.html
In Monday’s lecture, I learned that academic poster was used to introduce a research and its results to the public. It is important to include pictures in the poster, because pictures are the best thing to attract people’s attention. Posters are designed to attract people’s attention in one second! And posters should be in point form, which makes it easier for the readers to look through. They are very effective in introducing a research to the public because I would rather read a poster than reading a research article.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think academic posters are similar with the science news in a newspaper, but the news in a newspaper is usually in paragraphs instead of point form. And the newspapers tend to present much information about the background to raise the interests of readers, which is not very focused on the research itself as posters are.
Here is a poster about how to eat healthier foods:
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/50-Ways-To-Eat-Healthier-Posters_i2114193_.htm?aid=1023772566&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eposters%2Eco%2Euk%2FNutrition%2F79654 The poster is green in background, which delivers an impression of life and health. There are also many pictures of fresh fruits, bread and vegetables to attract people’s attention. But I found it a little wordy. It gives 50 points, but I think it would work better with 20 points.
The lecture about academic posters on Monday's class was very useful to me because before that lecture I did not know what an academic poster was. The lecture provided great tips in regards to making an effective academic poster that will catch an individuals attention and not get lost in the potential sea of posters at a conference. I found that the most important tip about making an academic poster is to not clutter it with text. More information is not always better and in this case, bullet points and blank space are far better on your poster than sentence after sentence of information.
ReplyDeletePowerpoint in another presentation mode that the less information on your slides the better. When minimal information is on the slides, the presenter is not tempted to read directly off the slides which gives the presenter the ability to elaborate and actually talk about their information and connect with the audience. I have found two posters in my discipline (nutrition) which are a great comparison of the use of bullet points and blank space. The first poster (http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/images/posters/serveofftable.pdf) uses bullet points and blank space quite well and keeps the poster from being cluttered and overwhelming. The second poster (http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/images/posters/decoupling.pdf) does not use any bullet points and leaves hardly any blank space which makes for a cluttered and hard to read poster. The lecture and lab provided great do's and dont's for making academic posters that I will defiantly be using the next time I make one.
Something which I hadn't thought about before Monday's lecture was how the layout is important to provide a logical visual flow. Without a good visual flow, it can become difficult to read and follow the ideas being presented, although each section itself (e.g. introduction, methods, etc) may be in a concise and easy to read format (such as in point form).
ReplyDeleteI think the concept of having a good visual flow can apply to almost any visual presentation - such as on a Pecha Kucha presentation, where graphics play an important role. A certain logical visual flow of images could be used to present an idea or process, and transform a slide of pictures into a tool to explain your topic.
An example of a post within the animal health field can be found here: http://www.vetcontact.com/presentations/show.php?act=show&vid=366&langselect=en&lang=en&ucnt=56&pflag=1&fglyt=
This poster has a light background and dark letters which makes it easier to read, and does include graphics. Furthermore, the different sections are nicely spaced out, and have a good visual flow. However, the paragraphs could be improved by using point form - to make the material more concise, and easier to read.
During Lab this week I realized just how many factors go into presenting an academic poster! The background, text, pictures and the flow were all very important and needed to be balanced. When we presented the posters you began to realize why some of the small things like color were so important to catch your attention but not distract. For the most part the reason why you were or were not drawn to the poster was the organizational and creative components and not specifically the type of information that was presented.
ReplyDeleteAfter learning about how to make posters effectively, even ppts, I can totally relate to my other classes. Learning that you have 1 second to catch someones attention is right on target. One of my classes is consistently always powerpoints but she does such a bad job putting them together; every second word is double the font size of the last and it makes you think that there is important information but really its just all one sentence.
ReplyDeleteI already knew that readers read the poster left to right, top to bottom but i did not realize that their attention went directly to the center of the poster- knowing this now really makes me think about why i have found so many of my past lectures boring.
Mondays class has really put into perspective what needs to be done to make an effective, informative, and still interesting academic poster.
From the presentations about how to make posters as well as practicing putting them together in lab helped me understand that making a poster is a much more intricate process. Beforehand, I thought to just throw a bunch of pictures and words onto the page, rather than coordinating how to make it more appealing and directional to the audience. I never really considered the audience, rather I just thought to get the work done. I know now that putting a poster together is not just trying to complete the assignment, but instead, practice communication skills and develop an understanding of the science behind putting a presentation into play. Tiny details such as contrast and font make a big difference and leave the audience with an impression of what you are trying to convey, how you conveyed it, and whether or not it was effective to help them understand through your "guide." I am really glad that I was able to learn this, seeing that I will probably be doing this for many years down the road!
ReplyDeleteI learned a ton of things from this lecture that were very useful in making my own poster in lab. I always thought that posters were supposed to be filled with words and be packed with graphs, tables and pictures. However, I learned that a poster should have a total word count between 300 and 800 words. I feel that this is a great length for a professional poster so that the poster does not become overwhelmed with words and look too cluttered. By limiting the amount of words, more space is therefore present on the poster. This space can be a very positive influence that allows the reader to stop and think about the poster, while focusing on the important elements. These important elements should be well represented using photos, graphs, tables and words that should require no further explanation.
ReplyDeleteA professional poster is very relatable to a PowerPoint presentation as they both should have minimal words and include graphs, tables and/or pictures. However, unlike a poster, a PowerPoint is usually heavily weighted upon the speech that accompanies the presentation. In contrast, a professional poster should have everything present so that the poster should not have to be further explained.
Here is an example of a nutrition poster that is quite well done. Most of the wording is in point form and therefore easy to follow. The graphs and tables are in the middle, well represented, and easy to read. Here is the link to the website:
http://www.conagrafoodsscienceinstitute.com/pdfs/NAASO_Poster_1_412.pdf
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