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Critique and makeover: Weeding the library
Today’s contributor is Jodene Pappas. This poster is a bit of a break from the usual natural science that we see here on the blog, for which I am grateful. Click to enlarge!My computer was not able to...
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Link roundup for April 2017
I’ve seen a few creative re-uses of fabric posters before, but Rolf Hut is the new champion of poster recycling. I think Clicking to enlarge is mandatory to appreciate this in its full spendour.This...
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At a distance
Here are two posters from the same conference, photographed at roughly the same distance. (Identifying information has been slightly pixelated.)This poster is not using its available space well. The...
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Critique: Motor math
Not one but two posters are up today! This is fun, because I don’t often get to show people trying different things. Today’s posters are both from Chris Miles, a graduate student in mathematics. Chris...
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Lessons from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin: There’s just one bottom line – and it...
Margaret Moerchen wrote:Every poster needs an executive summary like this!I appreciate the sentiment here. Summaries are good. Highlighting those summaries is also good. But this doesn’t go far...
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Link roundup for May 2017
R users may be interested in this poster... not sure what to call it. Template? Package? It’s here, in any case. I am not an R user, so I am not in a position to evaluate it.Hat tip to Karthik Ram and...
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Use black on black for fashion, not posters
Wearing black make you cool. Everybody knows that. But while black on black makes an awesome fashion statement, it is a terrible communication statement.I saw a poster earlier this year that had its...
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Critique: Demonic
Today’s poster is from Christian Casey, and it won first prize in the student poster competition at the 2017 ARCE Annual Meeting. Click to enlarge!My first reaction when I opened this file was, “Oh,...
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How many people will show up at your poster?
This Twitter thread by Laura Williams about poster presentations began:83% expect 10 or fewer poster visitors at large meeting.This reminded me of an unfinished project: a formula to estimate how many...
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Handouts and other papers
The ESA Student Section tweeted:Conference tip: Presenting a poster? Consider giving some sort of handout: a print out of the poster, or additional info. #ESA2017It’s a common tip, but I got thinking...
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Link roundup for June 2017
Neil Cohn wins the “Best poster reuse" award for this month: Neil writes:Given my last poster, I can't help but design my poster for #CogSci2017 thinking how I'm just going to turn it into pillows...
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There should be at least two poster awards
Many conferences have some sort of awards for “Best student poster.” But John Vanek recently noted something I pointed out early on in this blog: the winners are often not very good looking posters.Pet...
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How to swash: using a font’s alternate glyphs, text styles, and numbers
Microsoft Publisher is my go to software package for making posters. It hits a sweet point for me between power and ease of use. I recently found another reason to use Publisher: it lets you in to a...
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Critique: Precipitants to suicide
Today’s contribution comes from Annie Snow, who was kind enough to share this poster with blog readers. You will probably need to click to enlarge this one!The rainbow background pops. A rainbow is the...
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Link roundup for July 2017
Diana Hernandez has this month’s “best re-use of a poster” nominee:How to deal with awkward questions at a conference, by Dani Rabaiotti. Hat tip to Stephen Heard.Netflix recently premiered an original...
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Critique and makeover: How to recognize birds
Today’s poster was presented at this year’s Evolution 2017 meeting by Stephanie Aguillon. Click to enlarge!Stephanie spelled out her design goals with this poster:I worked really hard on minimal text...
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New email address for submissions and Twitter feed
I have created a couple of new resources for this blog.First, and more important, the blog has a new, dedicated email address: BetterPosters@gmail.com. If you would like to submit a poster to the blog,...
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Critique: Nanotechnology versus climate
Today’s poster is from Jacob Martin, which he presented at the Commonwealth Science Conference. Click to enlarge!Jacob wrote:This was to a very diverse group of scientist and policy makers, so the...
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Critique: Measuring negativity
Today’s poster is from Jonathan Mohr. Click to enlarge!Jonathan says of this poster:Our study focuses on measurement, which is a pretty dry topic. I can’t say we’ve made any progress on making the...
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Critique and makeover: Hot Mediterranean
Today’s poster comes from Francisco Pastor. Click to enlarge!I like the central part of the poster. It’s very visual and colourful. The two columns are so clear you could probably do without the...
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