Perfect timing. I'm working on a research poster for a conference and I want to make sure it is nothing like the ones I have designed in the past. Thanks for the tips!
OMG. I just started to build a poster and I thought "Let's check YT and see what other people are doing". And your video was the second one I saw, I saw Mike Morrison (?) video and you both totally changed the view on how to do a scientific poster! I saw some posters in the insitute I am working and they're all overloading on info! And just the fact that you walk by kinda quickly and don't have the mind to take full account of all poster is sooooooo good to know! It is actually super helpful to think the creation of a poster the other way around. It's genuis! I love it! It's about the reader and not about me, it's not about me showing off my awesome work but to get strangers a quick overview of the topic ... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INSIGHT
Exactly! I thought a poster was just gonna be something like a summary of my research but going to yt and watching this made me reconsider. Love all the tips you gave. It was a great eye opener.
Thank you so much for this information and tips. You're so correct when stating that the program that the university wants us to use is rubbish. Our assignment requires more words; too many words. A poster should not have 700 words, just too much. You are dead on with this information. Thank you!
Good Timing for me too. I found this video just when I'm designing a poster for 3 weeks time. It's not new or novel research just reapplication of old tech with newish processes.
Einstein said "everything must be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler" strive for what's necessary and only what's needed to be made apparent on your poster board
Nice. This helps a lot. I'm thinking 8 large circle shaped pictures with titles wrapped around them. A banner across the top and a QR code in the bottom right corner. From a distance it might look like a domino.
I really want to use these techniques, as they seem obvious and useful. I'm concerned that I'll get marked down, however, because mine is an assignment rather than creating a poster for a study.
Andy, I did not realize this ahead of time, but I just realized that the Research Poster section is nothing more than ... The Adult Version of a Science Faire. It looks like just an advanced version of when you were a kid and teenager. And my thought was, "Are you kidding me? This, again?" It just blew my mind. In a way, it seems academia has not moved forward as much as I thought it was.
Thought: if supervisor / prof wants more words then ask them how much they will pay. Start at £2/word and see if they will negotiate (upwards). Have a picture of a billboard selling a chocolate bar to hand as a prop for the "what am I selling, what is it worth discussion" (it won't have many words, and will be there to 'Attract Attention'!)
do you have any tips on how to avoid having my work plagiarized or scooped during poster sessions? i have one coming up and it's kind of stressing me out
Yes, it is! It can help you get feedback about your work and learn all about academic conferences. Place your poster near areas of high traffic - beer, food, doors, if you want a better experience
You can edit page size in most tools, even PowerPoint or Photoshop. So you set the canvas/page size before you start, then you’re going to have to view it by zooming out, obviously. Stick with non compressed formats (TIFF, SVG), and especially avoid bitmap formats (BMP) or low res compressed (eg PNG, JPG). Always worth test-printing to make sure the image resolution comes out as needed for that size: what looks good on the screen at 15% magnification may look terrible on the poster. Good luck!
Nah. The QR-code-only poster completely misses the point - the poster-session is for talking to people - those presenting the posters your interested in and most importantly the other scientists that are also interested in the poster your interested in - not collect QR-pokemons. Much better to have the A4-printout of the poster to hand-out to interested people - that also works as a guide for how much text you can have. Scientists are childish - include something like flip-book style animations or a proper 3-D fold-out figure. Even if it doesn't add incredibly much to the content it makes the poster memorable.
Yes! I agree.. Logo-supplied colors are totally RUBISH. They want you to use their imbalanced and no harmony color combinations that will ruin your over all design. I'm a graphics designer by the way.
Scientists are sometimes pretty strong in concentration and deep thinking. Don’t assume everybody is like drunkards with low attention span. Not everybody watches tiktok or youtube shorts all the time. Some people really go for detail, which is not all the time communicable by talking as the presenter may not be there or may just be busy with talking to others.
Gonna stop shouting! I understand but stop shouting! Make this presentation inviting. I've left after 14 seconds as you are shouting and this is not 'inviting'.
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