Transcript Poster Presentations - University of Florida

Poster Presentations
Poster
Presentation
Procedure
Poster presentations are an economically
efficient way of conveying lots of information
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What is a poster “session”?
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Science fair for grown ups
Why have poster sessions?
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Efficiency!
What is the purpose of a
poster presentation?
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Overt – sharing of research
Covert – Networking!
 Creating collegiality/connections
among practitioners
 Fishing for graduate students and
post docs
A successful poster
presentation has three parts
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Creating a Successful Poster
Preparing the “Presentation”
Knowing the Procedure
Posters are visual!
The poster is a
of your research. The audience is on
the move, not sitting still. Thus, visual
appeal is critically important.
Balance TEXT and GRAPHICS.
Choose text and graphics
carefully.
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Necessary Text
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Title + Affiliation
Abstract (use all)
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
For IMRD, write a
short text and
bulleted points
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Critical Graphics
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Background image
that matches theme
of research
All of or excerpt of
survey/s or
materials
Graphs of key
results
Relevant photos
Layout should reflect the
presenter’s purpose.
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Overall layout of poster depends on
what you want to convey to audience
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What it most important?
What is most persuasive?
Great Website -http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/posters.html
What is the process for
creating a poster?
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3 or 4 “panel” design with several ways to
organize poster
Use PowerPoint or Corel Draw
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Sketch out by hand first
Set slide size in Page Set up for 44” x 36”
Lay out whole poster using text boxes with
15%-20% (or whole page) “view”
Enlarge to 25%-50% to work on individual parts
Save frequently!
Check whole poster for balance before printing
Print in Arch.118 or CSE E211 for just $6.00!!
Present the Poster!
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Yes, Virginia, there is still a “presentation”!
But it’s…
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Conversational in tone – “chatting” about your
research where you are the expert
YET…
 Still a Dialogue – cannot hog the floor
Know your research well.
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PRIME DIRECTIVE:
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For each section of your work, be able to
answer the wh-questions: who, what,
when, why, where, how
Practice the Presentation!
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Prepare and Practice a 60-120 second
response to the killer* question: “So, tell me
about your research”. One sentence each:
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Topic + significance of topic
Research Question
Methods
Results
Discussion
* the preeminent fishing question!
Topic, Significance and RQ can
usually be stated in a single sentence.
The exchange of ideas, facts and feelings is at the core of our
conscious lives. [TOPIC] Much communication involves stories,
conversations and discussions reflecting various forms of
connected discourse. [SIGNIFICANCE]. In general, the greater
somebody’s background knowledge, the better they understand a
piece of discourse. While the functional neuroanatomy of
phonology, lexicon and syntax has been scrutinized closely, there
have been fewer neuroimaging studies examining comprehension
and memory for passages of text in normal volunteers. The present
study investigated the functional neuroanatomy of the auditory
processing of discourse by manipulating coherence and prior
knowledge. [RESEARCH QUESTION].
Method statement should include
basics of design and population
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Thirteen right-handed male subjects (mean age 31.9
years, range 25–43 years) took part in the study. Subjects
were administered PET scans while listening to a
standard story with good coherence and an usual story
with lower global coherence. Subjects were then asked to
recall the story. Each story was read twice for a total of
12 PET scans. [METHOD].
Results statement is a synthesis
of what is most important.
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Standard stories with global coherence were
rated as fully comprehensible, even after one
exposure. The unusual story, where prior
knowledge was present from the outset, was
also rated highly but was rated as hard to
understand when no prior knowledge was
available with a marginal increase in
comprehension following repetition.
Interestingly, when subjects were given prior
knowledge between first and second exposures
to a story, comprehension ratings increased
significantly once the global theme of the story
was known. [RESULT].
Discussion statement is a summary of
strongest implication or application to field.
In this study, we identified brain activations associated with
auditory discourse processing (in the form of stories) by
manipulating differences in global coherence and prior
knowledge. The main finding was that an area of anterior
medial parietal/posterior cingulate cortex was
differentially active when subjects attempted to link what
they were hearing with the prior knowledge that they
brought to bear on the task. The more detailed picture of
the neuroanatomy of discourse processing revealed five
principal regions of increased brain activation: two in
medial parietal cortex, two within prefrontal cortex, and
another in the left temporal pole. The circumstances in
which differential activation of these regions is observed
gives insight into the effects of prior knowledge and
coherence, and into the distributed neuroanatomy of
comprehension and memory processing. [DISCUSSION].
Plan for other open-ended
questions.
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What is most important/significant
about your research?
What should happen next?
How does this relate to the field?
Any practical applications?
Follow the procedures for
Poster Presentations
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Bring 3-5 hard copies of whole paper
Bring 20-50 copies of handout with copy of
poster on one side (color if you can afford it)
and brief summary of project, research
references, and contact info on the other
Other material if applicable (copy of survey
instrument, brochures, etc).
Stand next to poster and smile!