Are you a researcher who struggles when it comes to creating scientific posters? Or do you simply want to get better at it? This book provides you with a step-by-step guide to making a poster that has real impact to ensure you stand out from the crowd at your next poster fair. A practical guide that gives you answers to questions like: what to put on a poster (and mainly: what not to)? How do you come up with a title that immediately grabs people’s attention? What are the best images to use? How many words can you include on your poster? And much, much more… Everything you need to get started step-by-step and quickly achieve the best result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This book provides you with a step-by-step guide to making a scientific poster that has real impact.
Short summary 8
\nQuick reminders 10
\nIntro 13
\nCongratulations. It’s a poster! 14
\nThe real goal of a poster: getting conversations started 15
\nWhy do all scientific posters look the same? 17
\nHow your audience reads a scientific poster 20
\nPART 1: Content 25
\nStep 1. Who are you making the poster for? 26
\nStep 2. Choose one key message 30
\nStep 3. Write your introduction 40
\nStep 4. Draw a pyramid structure 46
\nStep 5. Write your text 52
\nStep 6. Make a handout and QR code 57
\nSummary so far 60
\nPART 2: Attention 63
\nAttention isn’t a bad thing 64
\nStep 7: Sketch your poster 68
\nInterlude: Ignore your institution’s template
\n(or a least some of it) 78
\nStep 8: Come up with an attention-grabbing title 82
\nInterlude: Make a pitch poster 90
\nStep 9: Find the perfect image 102
\nStep 10: Think about your design 113
\nStep 11: Bring in your data 126
\nStep 12: Add an element of surprise 135
\nStep 13: Ask for feedback 143
\nPART 3: At the conference 149
\nStep 14: Think of an icebreaker question 151
\nHow to talk to people 152
\nSpecific Situations 157
\nIt really does work 163
\nExtra tips for poster -session organisers 169
\nAbout The Floor is Yours 175
\nThank you! 176<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5597],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50674","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-design","7":"author-by-author-hans-van-de-water","8":"author-by-author-toon-verlinden","9":"publisher-lannoo-publishers","10":"series-academia-press","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n