1. Power Point presentation To support the speech, not to control it To support the speech, not to control it

2. Function of a slide? Prove something (table, figure) Prove something (table, figure) Reminder (keywords, terms and names, figures, colors) Reminder (keywords, terms and names, figures, colors) Figuring something out Figuring something out Parsing the base idea of a speech Parsing the base idea of a speech Alteration for the speech (citation, figure) Alteration for the speech (citation, figure)

3. Layout First thing to figure out! First thing to figure out! Simple, clear (colours, figs, font, amount of text) Simple, clear (colours, figs, font, amount of text) Three main colours at the most Three main colours at the most Understanding of meaning of colour Understanding of meaning of colour

5. Content planning Compact (three things/one graph per slide) Compact (three things/one graph per slide) Table or graph – better than text Table or graph – better than text Effecting!!! Effecting!!!

6. Slide show Don’t read from the silver screen Don’t read from the silver screen Testing (sound, video) Testing (sound, video)

7. Posters - Facts reading distance ~ 1,5 m reading distance ~ 1,5 m reading time few minutes reading time few minutes Decision to read: 11 seconds Decision to read: 11 seconds Layout Layout introduction introduction

8. Posters - Contents Headline Headline Intro Intro Materials and methods Materials and methods Results Results Conclusions Conclusions Contact info Contact info

9. Posters – Practical info Software Software Organizer’s instructions (size, orientation) Organizer’s instructions (size, orientation)

10. Posters – Design Use enough time Use enough time Make a manuscript and a plan Make a manuscript and a plan Collect the material Collect the material NOT TOO MUCH TEXT (compress, compress…) NOT TOO MUCH TEXT (compress, compress…) Clear figures Clear figures

11. Common paper sizes ClassA-seriesB-series 0841 x 11891000x1414 1594 x 841707x1000 2420 x 594500x707 3297 x 420353x500 4210 x 297250 x 353 5148 x 210176 x 250 6105 x 148125 x 176

12. Common paper sizes