Part II Self-study work

Task 5 Can you discuss? Let’s do it!

I. The purpose of scientific posters is to present work to an audience who is walking through a hallway or exhibit. Posters are a special type of presentation. When well designed, they are something between journal papers and a mounted set of presentation visuals. Discuss the rules of preparing the scientific poster and prepare the poster of your own.

Rule 1 – The Title should quickly orient the audience.

 Make the title the most prominent block of text on the poster (either center or left justify at the top).

 Do not typeset the title in all capital letters (such text is difficult to read).

 Use small words such as of, from, with, to, the, a, an, and and to separate details in the title.

Rule 2 – The poster quickly orient the audience to the subject and purpose

 The audience should recognize the subject and purpose within 20 seconds of seeing the poster.

 It should have a well-crafted title and with supporting images.

 The type is large enough to be read and that enough contrast exist between the color of the type and poster's background.

Rule 3 – Sections should be easy to locate on the poster.

 Once readers recognize what the work is, they decide how much energy to invest into the poster.

 Many will read only the motivation for the work, the objectives (or goals) of the work, and then the final results.

 Others, who have a deep interest in the topic, will try to read the poster from beginning to end.