Poster design and preparation
This participative workshop will help you understand how to select one aspect of your research to interest and stimulate a given target audience and conference theme.
COURSE DETAILS
The workshop will include:
- Understanding what posters can (and cannot!) do and what their objective should be
- Understanding the viewers they wish to interest
- Planning the content of a poster
- Elements of good graphic design
- Understanding the role of the presenter, and how to carry this out effectively
- Practicing mocking up a poster in a small group
When the course is not running, the following website includes hints and tips for poster design:
- Poster Design - Tips and Techniques (Colorado State University)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the session participants will be able to
- Formulate clear objectives for a poster
- Develop an understanding of what posters can and cannot achieve
- Define the target audience for posters
- Identify the elements of good graphic design
- Present a poster effectively
INTENDED FOR
PGR and Research Staff
NUMBER OF PLACES
30
COURSE LEADER
Louise Baron
DATE/TIME AND BOOKING INFORMATION
Information about the next scheduled course, and how to apply for a place, are in our course programme. This course usually takes place during Hilary Term. If it isn't currently appearing in the course programme, please keep checking back.
RDF SKILLS
A1, A2, A3, B3, D2
The Researcher Development Framework (RDF) provides a framework for planning and supporting the personal, professional and career development of graduate students and research staff.
Vitae (Vitae is a national organisation dedicated to realising the potential of researchers through supporting their professional and career development.)