GradExpo Useful Links

PechaKucha Links:

• Check out the PechaKucha.org site. It has examples of award winning PechaKucha.
• Here is a story from Wired about PechaKucha

General Poster Design Advice:

• Creating Effective Poster Presentations: An Effective Poster- excellent overall (NC State)
• Poster Design: Tips and Resources- some advice on poster design for the humanities (Stanford University)
• The Basics of Poster Design- useful for all disciplines
• Designing Conference Posters- excellent tips and examples (Colin Purrington)
• How to Make a Great Poster- practical advice (American Society of Plant Biologists)
• Designing Effective Posters- online tutorial (Kansas University)
• Preparing Professional Scientific Posters- planning and construction (University of Minnesota)
• Effective Poster Design (University of Guelph)
• Create a poster that graphically communicates your message (University of Guelph)
• Poster Production Show (Dartmouth College)

Poster Advice for Specific Disciplines:

• Neuroscience Poster Design
• Developing Poster Presentations in the Social Sciences (George Mason University)
• Poster Presentations in the Natural Sciences (George Mason University)

Poster Design Software:

• Using PowerPoint to design posters
  • Advice on Designing Scientific Posters (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  • Designing Effective Posters Using PowerPoint (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Creating a Poster in PowerPoint (University of Washington)
  • Creating a Poster Using PowerPoint (Penn State)
  • Creating a Large Format Posters using PowerPoint (Wake Forest University)
  • PowerPoint XP (2002) for academic posters (University of Bristol)
• Using InDesign or Illustrator to design posters
  • Designing Effective Posters Using InDesign (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Designing a Poster with Adobe Illustrator (Whitman College)
  • Creating a Poster Using Adobe Illustrator (Penn State)

Poster Templates:

• Google template search
• Poster Example Files (UC Davis)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Wake Forest University)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Penn State)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Rice University)
• PowerPoint Poster Template (Virginia Tech)

Suggested links to preparing an oral presentation include:

• Giving an Oral Presentation an Oral Presentation (University of Canberra)
• A very good presentation in PDF format by Professor Edwards (University of Michigan)
• Effective Presentations for Chemists and Other Scientists (Lab Manager Magazine)
• Preparing Effective Oral Presentations (University of Kansas)
• Informative Speaking (Colorado State)
• Dos & Don’ts of Giving a Good 15 Minute Talk (Australian University)
• The Art of Communicating Effectively
• Impromptu Talks: Addressing a nonscientific audience (NC State)
• Ten Secrets to Giving a Good Scientific Talk
• Oral Presentations (Rice University)
• Dazzle ‘em with Style: The Art of Oral Scientific Presentation (Ohio State)
• How to Give a Bad Talk- Oral Presentation Advice (UC Berkeley)
• How Not To Give a Scientific Talk (York University)
• Dealing with Presentation Disasters (Strategic Communications)

Suggested Links for your PowerPoint include:

• Oral Presentations and Writing for PowerPoint (George Mason University)
• Advice for Preparing and Delivering Research Slide Shows (Swarthmore)
• Learning from Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs (Presentation Zen)
• Life After Death by PowerPoint (Funny video clip: How NOT to do PowerPoint)
• 14 Tips for Better Presentation Slides (Viget Labs)
• PowerPoint Is Evil (Edward Tufte in Wired Magazine)
• PowerPoint Does Rocket Science–and Better Techniques for Technical Reports (Edward Tufte)

If you have additional questions, please contact Charles Rodda at: charles.rodda@umit.maine.edu