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60 SECOND POSTER EVALUATION

See how your poster measures up before going to your poster session.

Created by George Hess - NC State University - Forestry Department

Rating Criteria - Circle rating that applies.

Overall Appearance

   0 Cluttered or sloppy appearance. Gives the impression of a solid mass of text and graphics, or pieces are scattered and disconnected. Little white space.
   1 Pleasant to look at. Pleasing use of colors, text, and graphics.
   2 Very pleasing to look at. Particularly nice colors and graphics.

White Space

   0 Very little. Gives the impression of a solid mass of text and graphics.
   1 OK. Sections of the poster are separated from one another.
   2 Lots. Plenty of room to rest the eyes. Lots of separation.

Text / Graphics Balance

   0 Too much text. The poster gives an overwhelming impression of text only.
OR
Not enough text. Cannot understand what the graphics are supposed to relate.
   1 Balanced. Text and graphics are evenly dispersed in the poster. There seems to be enough text to explain the graphics.

Text Size

   0 Too small to view comfortably from a distance of 1-1.5 meters.
  0.5 Main text OK, but text in figures too small.
   1 Easy to read from 1-1.5 meters.
   2 Very easy to read.

Organization and Flow

   0 Cannot figure out how to move through poster.
   1 Implicit. Headings (Introduction, Methods, etc) or other device implies organization and flow.
   2 Explicit numbering, column bars, row bars, etc.

Author Identification

   0 None.
   1 Partial. Not enough information to contact author without further research. This includes missing zip codes on addresses.
   2 Complete. Enough information to contact author by mail, phone, or e-mail without further research.

Research Objective

   0 Can't find.
   1 Present, but not explicit. Buried at end of "Introduction", "Background", etc.
   2 Explicit. This includes headings of "Objectives", "Aims", "Goals", etc.

Main Points

   0 Can't find.
   1 Present, but not obvious. May be imbedded in monolithic blocks of text.
   2 Explicitly labeled (e.g., "Main Points", "Conclusions", "Results").

Summary

   0 Absent.
   1 "Summary", "Results", or "Conclusions" section present.

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