Important elements in the poster
Posted on September 20, 2009 - Filed Under Reference |
Is your eye drawn immediately to the most important elements in the poster? Have you positioned your material so that it will be most effective? Is the poster balanced, or does it look lopsided? Once you are satisfied with your rough draft of the aid, construct the final product using stick-on letters and numbers.
Don’t tiy to crowd too much information into a single presentation aid. Are your margins and borders large enough to provide ample “white space”? Is there anything you can eliminate? If the poster looks cluttered, consider making a series of presentation aids instead of just one.
If you use computer-generated graphics to produce slides, transparencies, or handouts, experiment with several different designs. Don’t get so caught up with what the program can do that you try to incorporate everything into a single presentation aid. If you do, you will wind up with something that is so “busy” that it will detract from your message, rather than enhance it. Be consistent in the use of background color and fonts. Simplicity should be your rule of thumb.
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