SEFI Workshop 322
Maximizing the Engagement Factor for Engineering, Scientific, or Technical Posters:
Purpose, Exchange, and Universal/Accessible Design
NOTE: The example poster below is not meant to be legible (we aren't examining content today).
NOTE: The example poster below is not meant to be legible (we aren't examining content today).
Think about the design, the purpose, and the ways in which this poster
Think about the design, the purpose, and the ways in which this poster
allows or prevents audience interaction with the subject matter expert. What action does the creator want an audience to take?
allows or prevents audience interaction with the subject matter expert. What action does the creator want an audience to take?
Your hosts
Your hosts
Rick Evans, Ph.D.
Traci Nathans-Kelly, Ph.D.
Allison Hutchison, Ph.D.
Breakout Room 1:
From this example, what poster-specific genre conventions did the creators follow?
Breakout Room 2:
From this example, what actions did the creators want from their audience or viewers?
Breakout Room 3:
What does a "classic" poster design like say about the hoped-for identity of the creators?
For the second activity, you can use this Google Slide deck to tinker with some ideas.
For the second activity, you can use this Google Slide deck to tinker with some ideas.
Otherwise, feel free to also sketch on paper!
Otherwise, feel free to also sketch on paper!
