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Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:49:35 UTC No. 16255228
Any advice on designing a conference poster? This is my first time making one and there are a number of prizes at stake which I wouldn't mind winning. I've looked at a number of winning posters and watched a few lectures, but would appreciate any tips from any of you who are experienced with this sort of thing.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:53 UTC No. 16255250
>>15833839
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Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:03:08 UTC No. 16255371
>>16255250
Alright then I'll rephrase the thread
>What are your thoughts on scientific posters as a medium for conveying your research? When you've made them/seen them before, what were some aspects you found particularly compelling?
Besides anon, this board is packed to the brim with race baiting, creationism bait, and IQ threads. Can't we do with some variety for once? Knowing the board I can't imagine this will get any real traction anyhow so fret not
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:07:27 UTC No. 16255385
>>16255228
Keep the font big. Don't have a lot of text. It's an ad for your poster, not your poster. Be prepared to explain it to people.
>>16255371
Don't feed the trolls.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:08:16 UTC No. 16255387
>>16255371
>the rules don't apply to me, i'm too good for that, i'm a super special unique snowflake
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:28:10 UTC No. 16255436
>>16255228
add clickbait and play on emotions, people are emotional dimwits even in academia
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:31:55 UTC No. 16255441
>>16255228
put mostly big images in your posters. puts your results/experiment/etc at the center. as few text as possible. I've been to more than five conferences and I aint reading any text except some high level ideas/equations. also, no proofs. I saw some mathfags put proofs in their poster. lol, lmao even.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:36:33 UTC No. 16255449
>>16255228
Posters are just a way to gatekeep the real stuff that matters, i.e. research papers. Don't lose your time making a poster, write a real paper.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:39:09 UTC No. 16255576
Posters are an insanely fake and gay waste of time. And the prizes are for women, silly.
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:54:01 UTC No. 16255594
>>16255228
Images and bullet points. A poster is not a paper: It's there to provide a brief outline of shit you're doing and give you stuff to talk to visitors about. Even your example is still probably a little too wordy still. Same logic goes for oral presentations - the slides are an outline for you to work off of, not a teleprompter.
Your research group may also have a template to work off of (or at least examples of prior posters for you to use as a starting point).