Date:         Wed, 11 May 2011 14:59:16 +0000
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Subject:      Re: Thursday Theory
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One of the most useful (and undoubtedly the most entertaining) resources for scientific posters (not SAS specific) that I've bumped into is at:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm

Note that I have not seen the "Teaching house cats to perform cold fusion" topic addressed at any of the SAS conference poster sessions that I have attended over the years ...


Mike Rhoads
RhoadsM1@Westat.com


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:00 AM
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Subject: OT: Thursday Theory

What makes a good poster?
for SGF/RUG?


[PDF] EFFECTIVE POSTER PRESENTATIONS FOR SAS ® USER GROUP CONFERENCES

suggestions are given on poster design, materials, color, lettering, graphics, and construction ..... organization of the poster.

http://www.nesug.org/Conference/Posters_HelenJeanTalbott.pdf - Similar

From: Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/OCOO/ITSO)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:47 AM
To: 'Peter Flom'
Subject: RE: SAS poster in LaTeX

Hi Peter
I am not an avid nor experienced poster assembler
so I do not have any LaTeX suggestions.

Within CDC I have seen people
use PowerPoint to assemble a HUGE one-page event
-- 49 words?! maybe 490 words! --
which they then print on a poster printer.

I suggest for consideration these items:
* Abstract
* References
* Demo of concept
* Presentation of Code

The best posters I have seen have been demonstrations of
visual
elements of SAS
The most memorable was at NESUG and showed how to do color selection.

http://www.nesug.org/proceedings/nesug03/at/at002.pdf
Oh, Yes, by Perry Watts, one of our famous doyens.


Remember: a good presentation is an advertisement for a paper.
What is a good poster?
visual presentation: i.e.: advertisement for paper
or
proof/demo of concept?

may put this out to SAS-L as a � theory Q

Ron Fehd  the crowd-control maven