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12Add a thin, plain and simple grey or black border to make photographs stand out.Crop photos to emphasise the important part.Try searching websites like Flickr and Shuerstock for generic photographs, but make sure they are highenough quality and that you do not breach copyright—you may need to contact the photograph’s ownerfor permission as well as ci&ng the picture appropriately in your references.Infographics can be an effec&ve and interes&ng way of displaying informa&on visually.Figure 2: Infographic showing the weight of New Zealand’s populaonSource: Science Media Centre (reproduced with permission).Use graphs and chartsA poster should contain at least one chart or graph.Use graphs and charts to explain and highlight the key rela&onships between figures/data. Ensure graphsare accurate, placed near accompanying text, and are labelled clearly. Graphs should also be largeenough to be read easily.If using tables, make sure informa&on can be read easily and that columns are not too narrow or too long.
13Give your graphs and figures headings which sum up the content shown and therefore help to communicateyour message. For example, rather than:Figure 1: Number of paent referrals to POACTry:Figure 1: Increase in paent referrals to POACEnsure figures, graphs and charts are clear and comprehensible from a distance of one metre. If at leastthe gist of a figure, chart or graph can’t be understood at a glance, it’s too complicated for a poster.Check that axis labels and axis numbers are clear and legible from one metre.Use sentence case for axis labels, not Title Case or CAPITALS or italics.The seven sins of displaying data1. The sin of choiceIf using charts or graphs, choose the type that best illustrates what you want to portray. Less is more.Avoid 3-D or ‘noisy’ graphs where possible.2. The sin of sizeThink about what axis scale is being used. Does it make your data look like it’s varying too much, or notenough?3. The sin of shapeFormat your graph (&tles, shape, size) in Excel first, then paste it as an image into your poster. This willhelp maintain the dimensions and quality and avoid distor&on.4. The sin of over-simplifyingShow data over &me wherever possible, rather than aggregated (for instance, show data monthly,rather than annually).5. The sin of wasteDelete unnecessary ink, such as horizontal bars, data tables and other ‘chart junk’:X Background colourX 3-D effectX Grid linesX Inset legend boxes6. The sin of secretsAnnotate your graphs and let them tell the story. What is this axis? When did you implement specificchanges? What is the value of the average?7. The sin of overloadDisplay one set of data on each graph. Think carefully how many of your measures you need to show—what’s most important?
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