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Review Instructions (to poster class)
Here's an opportunity to review a poster
for a colleague of mine. John Frampton is
a Christmas tree geneticist and will be
presenting this poster at a meeting of a
Christmas Tree Growers Association. His
objective is to let the growers know about
the work he's doing. This is not a scientific
audience, but they know a lot about Christmas
trees.
If you have a chance between now and Tuesday,
please download the poster and send me any
comments you have -- I'll collect and forward
all to John. Wed AM is about the latest your
comments will have any value -- John has to
present next weekend.
Reviewer 1
the graphs are a bit busy (especially the one on the bottom right)
I am not sure what IBA or NAA are
the legends on the graphs are very small
I like the colors, but the black seems harsh, but I
understand that the black background provides a nice
contrast to the bright lines in the graphs
the pictures and the title area are pleasing to the eye
title could be more grabbing
I am not sure what auxin is
well balanced
overall: pleasing, but a few color adjustments or
graph simplifications would make it even nicer
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Reviewer 2
This is a really nice poster - you've done a great job of
keeping the text to the bare minimum to get the point
across, and in developing figures that support your
main points. It's well balanced and visually appealing.
Graphs:
I suggest sticking with a white background and
using dark colors for the lines and bars. On the bar graph,
I suggest ditching the 3D effect and just going with
simple 2D bars -- the 3D doesn't add any information, just noise.
Same with grid lines -- remove them from all the graphs --
they add no information and just make them look busy.
Increase the font size on all graph elements -- you should
be able to read them comfortably when the poster is printed
on an 8.5x11 page.
Other:
The title isn't quite there yet. How about "Increasing Fraser Fir
rooted cutting success"
or some variant that tells the reader there's something (s)he might
care about here?? It's good to get something about your results
into the title -- at least tell them the poster has information that
will help them do better. As it is now, there's no indication in the
title that you've discovered anything useful.
The peach color you're using for the headings is too light --
stick with a darker color, even if it's black.
On right side, the verbiage following "Do cuttings from stumped trees
root better:"
is too complex -- break it up with sub-bullets or something -- too much
text in a row.
Conclusions on right side -- suggest putting first conclusion in
a positive light -- they want rooting ability to increase, so say
rooting ability is higher with younger trees.
Note that it does not print well in B&W for handouts of
miniature versions (copy in mailbox) -- title and names disappear
into the photos, graphs are not complete and not readable.
Ack disappears.
IBA and NAA are not defined anywhere
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