Creating Scientific Posters and PPT Slides
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Creating Scientific Posters and PPT Slides
- 1. Creating Scientific Posters and PowerPoint Slides Ed Nagelhout Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Kinesiology
- 3. Understanding basic visual design helps to present "clean" documents and communicate more effectively. Four Basic Principles: 1. Contrast 2. Repetition 3. Alignment 4. Proximity Basic Visual Design
- 4. Use the principle of contrast to create strong dynamic differences among elements that are different. If it is different, make it very different. AND, effective use of white space is the best contrast of all! Contrast
- 5. Science Camp
- 7. Use the principle of repetition to repeat selected elements throughout your poster. This can help give your poster unity and organization. Repetition
- 9. Repetition
- 10. Repetition
- 11. Use the principle of alignment to connect elements visually (through invisible lines) on your poster. Grids are very useful for achieving good alignment. This will give your poster a clean, well-organized look. Alignment
- 14. Use the principle of proximity to ensure that related items are grouped together. People will tend to interpret items together or near to each other as belonging to the same group. Proximity
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- 20. Keep it Simple! • Make ONE clear, major point • Follow basic visual design principles • Place important information, like conclusions, in visually effective places • Make your findings obvious on multiple levels Scientific Poster Tips
- 21. Colors and Fonts • Limit colors to 2 or 3 • Limit fonts to 2 (Headers and Text) • Maximize Contrast of fonts/colors/background • Use highlighting selectively • Making reading (and seeing) easy • BIGGER IS BETTER! Scientific Poster Tips
- 22. Text Thinking • Text should not be TEXT • Always left justify • Include Methods & Include Findings, but simplify descriptions • Short text lines are easier to read • Make use of headings, highlighted key words, and bullet points Scientific Poster Tips
- 23. Pictures and Photos • Pictures can add detail • Pictures can help tell the story • Pictures can provide clarification • Pictures should not stand alone • Pictures can be sized and adjusted Scientific Poster Tips
- 25. Figures and Graphs • Keep figures and graphs simple • Avoid “chart junk” • Create titles with a message • Make clear connections to findings and other elements in the poster Scientific Poster Tips
- 27. Effective scientific poster design must consider not only the ways that viewers “read” the poster, but also the range of distances from which they the will view the poster. Different distances require different sized text. Your primary message should be clear at a range of distances. Reading Posters
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- 29. Effective poster design must not only account for key visual components, but also the ways that key terms and phrases catch the reader’s attention, especially at a distance. Poster Reading Patterns
- 30. Science Camp
- 34. For More Information: Designing Conference Posters: http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign Scientific Posters Tutorials: http://www.makesigns.com/tutorials/ Top Ten Slide Tips - Garr Reynolds http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/ Questions? ed.nagelhout@unlv.edu Kinesiology