CREATING EFFECTIVE POSTER
PRESENTATIONSA crash course in planning, design, development, and presentation
Heather Moorefield-Lang
The three-legged stool of presentations.
1. Message.
The three-legged stool of presentations.
1. Message.2. Visuals.
The three-legged stool of presentations.
1. Message.2. Visuals.
3. Delivery.
The three-legged stool of presentations.
What does effective visual communication look like?
You, age 5.
1. Know your message.WHAT’S YOUR
MESSAGE?
1. Know your story.
2. Know your audience.
3. Go analog.
1.Title2. Author Name/Affiliation
3.Intro or Abstract____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Objectives/Goals/Major
Problems________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Methods________________________________________________________________
6. Results/Findings____________________________________________________________
7. Conclusions________________________________________________________________________________
8. References________________________________________
9.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
-Albert Einstein
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Horizontal Symmetry Horizontal + Vertical Symmetry
Diagonal Symmetry Asymmetry
Text
size
Matters.(….font and alignment, too.)
Don’t use these colors together.Don’t use these colors together.Don’t use these colors together.Don’t use these colors together.
Color matters.
Examples
Speaking to your Audience
Two Different Types
• Up Close and Personal• Large Crowd
EyeContact
Enunciation
Take Your Time
Stand your Ground
Projection
Technology
Let’s practice!
Activity
• Choose a partner• Put together a 60 second “elevator speech”• This speech highlights the points of your
poster• Practice it out loud• Present it to partner• If there is time will look for a few brave souls
to present to class.
What I am Looking For
• Eye Contact• Taking your Time• Enunciation• Clear presentation of ideas• Don’t forget to introduce yourself and your
poster title or idea
(Feel free to stand if it makes you feel better)