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INNOVATIONSKONTORET Poster Design Workshop

INNOVATIONSKONTORET On the Agenda • 09.00 Welcome – Communica2on Officer • 09.15 Introduc2on to Poster Design – Innova2on Advisor • 10.00 Break • 10.15 Crea2ve Workshop – Innova2on Advisor • 11.30 Demonstra2on of Poster Tool – Communica2on Officer • 11.55 Final words – Innova2on Advisor • 12.00 The End

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Introduc7on to Poster Design

INNOVATIONSKONTORET What is a Poster? A large-format poster is a big piece of paper (or wall- mounted monitor) that can communicate your research at a conference , and is composed of a short 7tle , an introduc2on to your burning ques7on , an overview of your novel approach , your amazing results in graphical form, some insighSul discussion of aforemen2oned results, a lis2ng of previously published ar7cles that are important to your research, and some brief acknowledgement of the tremendous assistance and financial support conned from others — if all text is kept to a minimum, a person could fully read your poster in under 5 minutes (really). Colin Purrington, www.colinpurrington.com

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Comes In Various Forms

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INNOVATIONSKONTORET Good or Bad Example? Colin Purrington, www.colinpurrington.com

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Purpose of the Poster • To avoid having to talk – to aWract people to talk to • Impress your academic peers – aWract new people – Other scien2fic areas – Public sector/companies/NGOs • AWract poten2al employers • How will you measure success? – Number of downloads, number of people talked to, talked to the famous X

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Create AFen7on

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Design Elements Short and novel Question & Importance Use graphics Standard or novel URL or QR Selection Use logos

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Illustra7ons • Make sure you have the right to use the illustra2ons! • If you use photos, include the photographer’s name • Keep it simple!

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Learn From the Best: Edward TuJe www.edwardtube.com

INNOVATIONSKONTORET Levels of Ambi7on Colin Purrington, www.colinpurrington.com

INNOVATIONSKONTORET • Drum up an interest Tips From Colin • No not chew gum • No hands in your pockets • Prepare a mini-presenta2on www.colinpurrington.com – Know your subject and poster – Talk to your audience, not the poster – Express why you are excited about the topic • Provide handouts of poster and/ or paper • A poster is a publica2on – Don’t put secrets in it – Make sure it’s possible to refer to it