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Here’s the level of “attention to detail” that anyone who designs should aspire to: This makeover from Rian Hughes is shown here . His website is well worth checking out. Hat tip to John Wick. Titles matter. This article analyzes what titles of scientific articles get social media buzz . Funny titles don’t help. But making positive, definite statements about the results does. These data support the Columbo principle for writing titles: Show the murder. Make the audience wonder, “How can you prove it?” instead of “Whodunnit?” Hat tip to Neuroskeptic . If you are conference organizer, one of your main goals should be encouraging interaction with students and more senior people. Andrew Thaler reports on a solution pioneered by the International Marine Conservation Congress : Giving the only drink tickets to the students to hand out during poster presentations is a brilliant move. One of my bugbears is how often people use idiosyncratic abbreviations and acronyms. I’ll let you have DNA,

Today’s contribution comes from Patric Chua, who gave me permission to post this. Click to enlarge! Patric had this to say: Better Posters has been my guide for poster designs ( Aw, thanks! - ZF ), and I've followed the many ideas for this poster. I understand that PowerPoint is not the best tool, but I hope it will suffice. The design of the poster is inspired by infographics - I did not want it to conform to the IMRAD template. Each section can be read independently and has its own method and results. However, I’m afraid that I’ve falling into the trap where I’ve placed too many information in. I also think that the poster lacks a strong entry point. The piece de resistance is probably the bottom right corner where I followed the advice on Inviting interactions post. I plan to attach cardboard boxes and place comment cards in the first box to make it easier for the audience. The amount of work that went into this is impressive. I’ve opened the file and seen just how many indiv

Today's contribution comes from Larry York, and is used with his permission. Click to enlarge! Larry’s own review of this poster: There is too much text on the bottom of my poster, but the overall idea of the poster was a review of my recently published and ongoing work. One thing this poster does well is direct the reader through the the tricky portrait format. It’s clear that this poster is meant to be read across, in rows. Another thing it does well is the choice of colours. The blues and greens are clearly related to the colours happening in the figures. The background colours are subtle, although the greens might even be just a little lighter. I agree with Larry’s own assessment that this poster has got too much going on, particularly in the bottom. But it’s not just the text. The overall feel of this is “jam packed,” but not in a good way. Less stuff and more space between everything would surely improve the appearance of this poster. There are many complex graphs. The layou

I won’t say this is the best poster from the recent Evolution 2016 meeting, but it is my personal favourite . Click to enlarge! This poster is by Emily Austen , who was kind enough to send me the PDF and give me permission to share it. I asked Emily if she had comments about the design. She wrote. First, when I visit posters, I have way more fun if the presenter explains the poster to me than if I try to read it. I tried to make a poster that would encourage conversation. Second, while designing, I was very inspired by this awesome poster by James O’Hanlon, which I am pretty sure was featured on your blog before. ( It was! - ZF ) That poster is brilliant. This poster is also pretty brilliant. Of all the posters I saw at the meeting (and I saw all of them ), this was the only one that stopped me in my tracks. I love this poster. I love the full bleed flower picture. I love that the colours in that picture are carried throughout the poster. I love that each graph has a simple, short