Better Posters

Hivemind! Are you going to a conference with a poster competition? Is there a cash 🤑 prize for the winner? Tell me about it in this super quick, super easy, 4 question survey: forms.gle/3g7VETZXTPACLJ…

@AlexMillhuffDO If you'd like more comments / makeover, I'd be happy to do a blog post if you email me with the poster file!

@AlexMillhuffDO Better than most! 🙂 Suggestions: 1. Text boxes in columns are not aligned. 2. More generous spacing around everything; would try between columns first. 3. Try aligning title to left and moving logo to right to give title more prominence. 4. Use white logo without background.

Thanks to the guidance of one of my research mentors @abubaker9696 and support of my coresidents @tescobargil (not all pictured/listed here) our research poster won first place 🥇 at the @ACPNewMexico conference!

Thank you @_TheTransmitter & @JordanCollver for this piece about the power of science comics! Science has the biggest impact when it can reach the most people. Science comics invite us to discuss research creatively & accessibly. Article 👇 & a quick 🧵thetransmitter.org/craft-and-care…

This time I’m gonna try A5 #handouts with a big QRCode to download the poster and a smaller image just as a reminder. Will it be appreciated?

@Fluseology Anatomical reconstructions are usually head left. Flipping the central image might help get conclusions on the right.

@Fluseology Here’s a couple! 1. In most cases, abstracts drain value from your poster. 2. People look for conclusions in the bottom right.

My PhD student Stella Ludwig (@Fluseology) and her excellent poster on Spinosaurus at the SVPCA meeting in Southampton. Stay tuned for exciting new research!

@JohnPOrtiz14 @NizarIbrahimPhD @Fluseology @mikemorrison Well, I’ve seen it now! 😃 Lovely illustration, can offer suggestions if wanted.

@NizarIbrahimPhD @Fluseology @Better_Posters @mikemorrison should see this!

I can’t explain it but this image makes me want to go to a conference where people exchange tiny posters with QR codes on the back to the full poster

🆕Blog post! We should study poster sessions for a view of research that hasn't been distorted by file drawer problems and publication biases. betterposters.blogspot.com/2024/09/poster…

I am not deleting this account, but I have significantly cut back on my use of this platform. Currently, I am most active at: bsky.app/profile/doctor… No dedicated poster feed there, but happy to discuss design!

Great Idea for Poster presentation...!!! Via Caroline O'Donnell/O'Flaherty Lab (Linkedin) #scicomm #scienceoutreach #sciencetalk #scienceposter

On posters, use bold for emphasis instead of italics.

I am so proud of my mom who has been an RN for 40 years, went back for a masters in her 50s, started doing research, and is presenting a poster at a conference for the first time today. I hope I also keep doing new things when I am 62!

Thank you @neuroethology @icn2024berlin for reserving seats in the U-bahn for people with poster tubes ! So thoughtful ! 😃

This poster drew crowds. Lesson: If the work establishes some sort of record - biggest, smallest, oldest - you put that in your TITLE. That kind of content is GOLD 💛. gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018AM/web…

@StroekWowa Well done! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Funny story about this one, omw to the conference I forgot my poster in the bus. After a day of scavenger hunting, I found my poster, presented it, and won the poster prize. What a great recovery. Thank you @ChemicalScience @DaltonTrans @ChemCommun for sponsoring the prize

@CejkovaLucie Blog posts tagged “reuse” include many repurposed fabric posters: betterposters.blogspot.com/search/label/r… Some people have made a full outfit from their posters! I also have a section on reusing fabric posters in the Better Posters book 📖.

✈️ Happy to attend #SMSociety @SocMediaConf with my poster on adolescents’ perception of false information on social networking sites! Also, #phdchat #phdlife, any fun ideas on how to repurpose this big friend of a fabric poster after the conference? 🧐 Any inspo is welcome!