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Politics hits poster sessions
Alexandra Witze reports:Here at the ASSW (Arctic Science Summit Week - ZF) Arctic science conference in Boulder, a poster describing research done with US federal funds has words including “ethical”...
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Water Whys presentation, 28 March 2025: Poster pitfalls and power-ups!
I’ll be giving an online presentation tomorrow, March 28 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time or 11:00 a.m. Arizona time.There is still time to register! Visit https://waterwhys.org/seminar/spring-2025/...
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Making statements with section headings on your conference poster
A new paper by Wolfe and colleagues (in press) provide a new suggestion for improving your poster.Do not use generic section headings like “Introduction,” “Methods,” “Results,” and “Discussion.”...
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We have a long way to go on poster accessibility
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!This poll from this weekˆs ISMPP annual meeting shows how far we have to go in the field of conference posters:Almost half of medical communication...
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The view from the floor of ISMPP 2025
I recently attended the 21st annual meeting of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). I was quite excited by this, because this was the first chance I had to present...
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QR codes on conference posters: Some scan, some don’t
I have been writing about the possible uses of QR codes for more than a decade now. But I have had one lingering question.Does anyone actually use them?This matters for conference poster design,...
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Posters should not reach to the ankles
This post is not a criticism of the posters in the picture below.Skinny posters are difficult to layout. And this is quite possibly the most extreme aspect ratio I have ever seen for conference...
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Shadows are not edges
A question recently landed in my inbox about alignment. If some elements in a layout use shadows but others do not, should the shadows align with the edges?Probably not.This is a case where the...
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Get a bigger venue instead of sticking posters on tiny self service screens
Another in our continuing series of, “Please don’t do this, conference organizers.”Although this is a bit of an old picture I found while cleaning out my inbox, I wanted to bring this to the fore...
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Happy fourth bookiversary to the Better Posters book!
I can’t quite believe it’s been four years since the Better Posters book was released.And I am even more incredulous that it’s been bought and even read by some people that I personally don’t know! It...
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Critique and makeover: Tickled zinc
The title of this post is a direct swipe from the poster because Meg Mindlin’s title is reigns supreme and is undefeated. It’s just one of many things I love ❤️ about this poster. Click to...
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All in favour of puppies at conferences?
Brook Flammang posted this picture from the Ocean Science meeting.She writes:Every conference should have a puppy play zone. Seconded!
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Critique: Ocean cukes
Today’s poster was generously shared by Bronson Mills! Click to enlarge!I like the way the poster is sectioned using colour. And the choice of colours works well: they harmonize well, are not too...
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Link roundup for May 2025
It’s been a while since I’ve had the brainpower to pull one of these together. But now?Since its debut, the billboard format has been admired and disliked. A new paper compared it to more standard...
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A quick way to assess posters
If you are looking for a rubric to assess conference posters quickly, this might fill the bill. This rubric has gone through a couple of versions. This is the most recent, presented on a poster this...
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Critique: Posters have entered the chat
Some time ago, Greg Fell shared an interesting poster. (You may not be able to see it due to user settings.) I reached out to the creator, Anton Pottegård. He sent a slightly earlier version of this...
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Over a year ago, I saved a few tweets about controversies that erupted over a couple of posters at a Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference. At the time, I was aware that there was a...
View ArticleHow to pitch a poster in lightning talk (ePosters blog guest post)
The good people at ePosters asked if I would write something for their blog, They asked nicely, so I said, “I’ve been meaning to write about flash talks where people pitch their posters. How about...
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Critique: Computing crocetin
This week's is courtesy of the extremely patient Dimitra Bezantakou. Dimitra was nice enough to say that she found the blog helpful as she was creating the poster below. Click to enlarge!This is a...
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Link roundup for June 2025
Let’s see if I can get back into a regular rhythm of posting these!• • • • •There continues to be a small group working on creating posters by computing methods.A new preprint by Pang and colleagues...
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Critique: Minimalist RNA
I spotted today’s poster when researching the Woodstock of Biology 2 + Night Science conference for the June link roundup. I reached out to its creator, Jakub Zeman, who sent along a copy and how he...
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Critique: Biconcave backbones in 3-D!
Friend of the blog Mike Taylor gave me the okay to share this poster some time ago. Get out your 3-D glasses, and click to enlarge!This poster has, dare I say, a touch of elegance to it.Part of what...
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Critique: Toads aren’t picky
I’m always pleased to show an award winning poster! This week’s poster is courtesy of Audrey Kelly. This poster won the Victor Hutchison Graduate Student Poster Award in Ecology, Natural History,...
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Critique: Small town fungi goes to the big city
Today we have a trio of posters from Stephen Kutos. Click to enlarge!This is the first of the posters chronologically, and already shows a lot of sophistication in the design. There are usually few...
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Link roundup for July 2025
It’s been a month. What has happened around conference poster sessions?• • • • •The quest to perfect the online poster session continues!Macarthur and Drude posted a slide deck with a brief explanation...
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