Better Posters

Improving posters since 2009! Book from @PelagicPublish in print and ebook formats. Your host: @DoctorZen. Not the viral video.

[Better Posters @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: https://t.co/DUh4j7uEo1

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@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!

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@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.

[Kanaka Rajan @KanakaRajanPhD]

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 🧵https://t.co/iL8wSns26f

[Davide Rizzo @dav_rizzo]

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?

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

[Better Posters @Better_Posters]

@Fluseology Here’s a couple!

1. In most cases, abstracts drain value from your poster.

2. People look for conclusions in the bottom right.

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@JohnPOrtiz14 @NizarIbrahimPhD @Fluseology @mikemorrison Well, I’ve seen it now! 😃

Lovely illustration, can offer suggestions if wanted.

[Jake Wintermute 🧬/acc @SynBio1]

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

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🆕Blog post!

We should study poster sessions for a view of research that hasn't been distorted by file drawer problems and publication biases.

https://t.co/g03jsnpaL2

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I am not deleting this account, but I have significantly cut back on my use of this platform.

Currently, I am most active at:

https://t.co/afrSUDKxW3

No dedicated poster feed there, but happy to discuss design!

[SciCommIndia 🇮🇳 @SciComm_India]

Great Idea for Poster presentation...!!!
Via Caroline O'Donnell/O'Flaherty Lab (Linkedin)

#scicomm #scienceoutreach #sciencetalk #scienceposter

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#TypeCrimes

[That Gay Guy Candle Co. 🇺🇸 @gayguycandleco]

Vance is campaigning in Pennsylvania and it looks like he’s campaigning for Harris.

Terrible advance team work.

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On posters, use bold for emphasis instead of italics.

[Noelle A. Held @proteocean]

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!

[Aditi Vijayan @a_printzesa]

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

[Better Posters @Better_Posters]

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 💛.

https://t.co/qcHXjZKrgO

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@StroekWowa Well done! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Wowa Stroek 🇺🇦 @StroekWowa]

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

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@CejkovaLucie Blog posts tagged “reuse” include many repurposed fabric posters: https://t.co/Hw493zdRoa

Some people have made a full outfit from their posters!

I also have a section on reusing fabric posters in the Better Posters book 📖.