9. The Research Cycle
1. BrilliantIdea!
2. BuildIdea
3. Fund Idea
4. Research
5. Compile
6. Share:Write, Present
7. Fame,Fortune
10. The Research Cycle:
What people think
1. BrilliantIdea!
2. BuildIdea
3. Fund Idea
4. Research
5. Compile
6. Share:Write, Present
7. Fame,Fortune
(curecancer)
11. The Research Cycle:
What Really Happens
1. BrilliantIdea!
2. BuildIdea
3. Fund Idea
4. Research
5. Compile
6. Share: Write, Present
7. Fame, Fortune
12. The Research Cycle:
WhatReally Happens
1. Idea!
2. Build Idea
3.FUNDIDEA
4.Research
5. #&@^!&Deadline!
6. Share: Write, Present
1. Idea #2
2. Try #2
0. Failure!!
1. Idea #896
0. beer
2. Build #896
38. The human eye can only read so
much text in a given block before
wanting to die a painful death.
Keep your text blocks to a
minimum (size and content), lest
dead bodiespile up near your
poster.
41. 1 | Title
Title, formatted in sentence case, that hints
at something interesting.
Not Title Case
NOT ALL CAPS
sans serif
jargon is not
interesting…
42. 2 | Intro
You have two sentencesto hook a
reader. Use it wisely.
serif font from here on
out
Figure 1. Wisely can mean
using a graphicin the intro.
It’sa poster, not a paper.
Who looks
awesome?
43. If they really want details, they will
contact you. Keep thisbrief. How
about some visual stimulusor
interaction?
3 | Materials/Methods
seriously.
enter graphics
enter
technology
44. Paragraph format isfine, but bullet lists
work aswell. Just keep it readable.
KISS:
vs.
Layout is key
here!
4 | Results
45. Don’t just recap your results: these are
for the conclusions, the ah ha! M oments.
Thissection should be readable by
itself.
Talking points!
Many people start
reading here, so
recap a bit.
5 | Conclusions
Make sure to
cover “What’s
next?”
72. Bad Color Choices
Avoid loud, garish colors…
Avoid text colors that fade into background,
i.e. blue and black
Avoid color-blind combinations:
– Red and green
– Blue and yellow
• Did you know blue/red appears fuzzy?