Hone your graphic design skills by attending a Poster Design Workshop at The Instructional Media Center. IMC technicians Amanda Brooks and Ainsley Hume will share their knowledge about graphic design techniques to help you prepare the perfect poster for Research Day and beyond. They will lead a workshop on October 31 at 3:00pm and another on November 1 at 3:00pm. Workshops will focus on helping students design a poster that is visually appealing and informative.
“Posters created for conferences or as a presentation need to balance grabbing people’s attention with informing them,” Amanda said. “We hope that this workshop will get people thinking about how to best do that.”
Make sure to bring your own device with you so you can put the design techniques Amanda and Ainsley teach you into action. Remember to also bring a flash drive or another form of memory storage to save your work. You can contact the IMC via phone at (610)-436-3395 or email at libimc@wcupa.edu to reserve a spot in one of the workshops. RSVPS are not required but they help with preparations for the workshop.
Amanda and Ainsley will start each session by sharing a presentation on graphic design techniques that you can use to create your academic poster. They will also show you how to use programs you are familiar with to create new designs.
“We focus on PowerPoint since most people have used that program and have some experience with it,” Amanda said. Some skills we will cover are changing the slide size, textbox configuration, finding and formatting images.”
Each workshop will include time for Amanda and Ainsley to give you feedback and advice to help you develop your projects. You will also have an opportunity to ask any questions you have about designing posters.
“The presentation is helpful because it goes over several basic design elements, and how to incorporate them into a poster presentation,” Ainsley said. “Once we’ve gone over the basics, then the attendees can ask questions about specific functions within PowerPoint or applying the design elements to their own poster.”
This workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn from two talented individuals with a wealth of experience. “In my first career I was a theatrical costumer and I have presented at a conference on poster design,” Amanda said. Ainsley also brings a valuable and unique skill set to these workshops. “My design background comes from many years doing retail merchandising and visual displays,” Ainsley said. Overall, The IMC printed 850 posters last year. Amanda and Ainsley also showcase their graphic design skills by crafting posters for the IMC. Many of those posters were guided through the production and printing process with their assistance.
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