UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship (FGHF) Poster Resources
Poster resources for Fogarty Global Health Fellows in the UJMT (UNC-CH, Johns Hopkins, Morehouse, Tulane) consortium.
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Creating an Effective Poster Webinar Slides
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Designing & Presenting an Academic Poster (April 7, 2021; updated 5/6/21)Post presentation slides and presenter notes from 4/7/21 presentation to UJMT Consortium Fogarty Global Health Fellows. Updated 5/6/21 with some conference venues (slide 42) to consider for presenting (workshop Q&A).
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Creating an Effective Poster (Feb 24, 2020 Update)Webinar slides from 1/22/20 updated 2/24/20. Updated information for remote consultations at the design lab (slide 41) and Q&A information from the webinar chat box (slide 43)
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Fogarty Fellowship Poster Webinar Take Home Messages (March, 2021)Our top ten take home messages from the poster presentation webinar (updated March, 2021).
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36" x 56" Sample PowerPoint Poster TemplateYou can use this .ppt template to see sample font sizes, learn simple PowerPoint techniques, and get started on a poster.
Presentation Advice
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General Presentation Advice from the Graduate School, UNC Chapel HillA collection of advice about presenting posters from a variety of sources.
Fogarty Logos; NIH Acknowledgement & Disclaimer
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Communicating & Acknowledging Federal Funding (NIH)This page has the statements to use (funding acknowledgement and disclaimer) and shows how to list the grant number or program.
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Logos for Fogarty Global Health Fellows in the UJMT (UNC-CH, Johns Hopkins, Morehouse, Tulane) consortiumLogo of the United States John E. Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health. Use high resolution for print posters. Updated February, 2018
UNC Health Sciences Library Media Design Guides
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Designing Effective Posters Online TutorialLearn how to design and publish effective posters. This guide includes sections on design elements, the poster design process, and using software to create posters.
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Finding Medical & Health Films/ImagesIncludes information on copyright issues and finding open images.
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UNC School of Medicine Logos & BrandingChoose highest resolution for print posters.
UNC Libraries Design Lab
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UNC Libraries Design Lab - including Online Design GuidesLocated at the Undergraduate Library, the Design Lab has many online resources including Design Guides for presentations, posters, websites, infographics.
- Request a remote appointment with the Media & Design Center: mediadc@unc.edu
Be sure to note in your email that you are with UNC's UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program and that you need assistance with poster design.
Example CUGH Annual Conference Poster Information
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Example Call for Abstracts (Posters & Oral Presentations): 2021 CUGH Conference (March 12-14, 2021)• Includes call for posters, abstracts, student poster competition, LMIC/Young Scientist presentations.
• Includes abstract submission instructions and link to FAQ sheet with additional abstract information..
• Deadline to submit was November 18, 2020, with notification of acceptance in January, 2021. -
Abstracts from the 10th CUGH 2019Abstracts for e-posters, paper posters, and oral presentations
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Poster Contest Finalists (Abstracts) from 8th Annual CUGH Conference (2017)Published poster abstracts from poster contest finalists for the 8th annual CUGH Conerence (2017) Jan - Feb 2017 Annals of Global Health (volume 83, issue 1, pp 1 - 226)
Sample Global Health Posters in F1000Research Online Archive
In addition to looking at abstracts and presentations from prior conferences, another good way to develop your skills is to look at many examples from your discipline. F1000Research is an open science publishing platform for life scientists that offers immediate publication and transparent peer review. It has many examples of public and global health posters.
More PowerPoint Tips & Tricks
See, also, "Creating an Effective Poster" Webinar Slides from January, 2020, above.
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Designing Effective Posters Tutorial: Getting Started with PowerPoint and Adobe InDesignCovers PowerPoint 2013, 2016, and Office365 for Windows/PC and a subsection for MAC 2011/2016.
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Quick Tips for Creating Posters in PowerPoint 2019/Office 365 (link)See topics, below.
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Quick Tips for Creating Posters in PowerPoint 2019/Office 365 (document download)Quick summary from frequently asked questions in workshops:
• Setting Poster Size (if you’re printing the poster for display)
• Aligning Objects
• Distributing Objects Evenly
• Grouping Objects
• Send to Front/Send to Back
• Keep SmartArt Shapes in Proportion when Resizing (fixed aspect ratio)
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Photo/Text Wrapping in PowerPointWrapping text around objects like tables, pictures, shapes, charts, and SmartArt graphics is not supported in PowerPoint. This page has work-around methods
Exporting PowerPoint files in .pdf format
Many commercial printers will ask for your poster in .pdf format. Here’s how to convert from PowerPoint and check the file after conversion:
- Tips for proofing your PDF file after conversion (from PhDPosters.com)
- Windows/PC:
- Office 365: File > Save as Adobe PDF > Save
- Older versions: File > Export > Create PDF/XPS > optimize for Standard (publishing online or printing) > Publish
- Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files (from Microsoft) for Windows, macOS, Web (2013 versions forward)
Infographics Resources
Infographics are a powerful way to tell a story using data; however, they take some skill to produce. There are a number of popular tools you can use to produce them, including PowerPoint and online tools such as Canva or Piktochart. Here are some resources to get you started (with thanks to Angela Zoss, a data visualization expert at Duke): Angela Zoss' Visualization Design Resources
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Free Infographic Maker (Canva)See, also, LEARN link.
Additional Poster Tools
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Snipping Tool to Capture Screen Shots (Windows 7, 8, 10)Free tool for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7 computers. Do attend to copyright issues and cite your source--see Finding Medical & Health Films/Images Guide for more information.
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Screen capture/Snipping Tools for MAC/iOSAlso: newer Mac operating systems now call their screen capture tool ScreenShot (formerly Grab). The new app can output screen grabs in several formats and is much more convenient to use.
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QR Code GeneratorCreate a QR code for your poster that links online to your poster, slides, website, or more. Users scan QR codes using a smart phone/mobile device with a camera or QR reader and QR Code reader software.
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Adobe InDesign (in Adobe Creative Cloud) for UNC affiliatesRequires UNC Onyen/pw login. Free to students and instructional faculty/staff. Reduced departmental price ($20) for non-instructional faculty/staff
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TechSmith SnagIt Screen Capture & Recording Softwarel (formerly Jing)Free trial. Lets you capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web
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Guidelines for Creating Accessible Printed Posters (Gilson & Kitchin, 2007) .pdf downloadFrom Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD).
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Accessible Poster Presentations: APHAFrom the American Public Health Association
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Visual Communication: General TipsBy Angela Zoss, Data Visualization Coordinator at Duke University.
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Working with ImagesFrom UNC Health Sciences Library Poster Design Resources guide.
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Image Resolution and Print SizeInstructions, screencast, examples from UNC Health Science Library Media Design Specialist Bob Ladd's Instructional Media blog.
Color Selection Issues & Information:
See how images look to those with colorblindness and select colors for those with colorblindness and for other issues.
- Color in Visualizations, A Rainbow of References, Jim Davenport
- Choosing Colors for Graphs that are Accessible to Most Viewers, Naomi Robbins (Forbes)
- Vischeck:simulates colorblind vision
- Testing How a Slide Looks to Someone with Color Deficiency, Think Outside the Box
- Colorbrewer (color advice for cartography)
- iWantHue (colors for data scientists)
- Colorpicker for Data
- Colorblind Webpage Filter to view how a web-based resource looks with different types of various colorblindness
- Colblindor Tools
- Color Oracle
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