{"id":5919,"date":"2020-11-25T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impact.science\/?p=5919"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:49:57","slug":"make-the-best-of-this-new-virtual-world-with-virtual-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cactusglobal.com\/media-center\/make-the-best-of-this-new-virtual-world-with-virtual-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Best of This New Virtual World with Virtual Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In this past year, the world has lived almost exclusively online. Stuck at home, unable to see colleagues, prevented from commuting to work, all our work lives been affected directly or indirectly by the pandemic. Analysts predict that the work culture will probably never be the same, and that the return to our old ways is not going to happen immediately.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And yet, we have adapted, and how! With the rising popularity of the work-from-home, apps, software, and technology that make the telecommute life easier have also gained footing. Even in academia, the work, socializing, and networking of researchers has been reshaped to adapt. Work, life, and your research must go on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Research Dissemination in the Pre-pandemic Era<\/b><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As any academic would know, research isn\u2019t truly complete if it isn\u2019t disseminated. You\u2019ve answered your hypotheses and found the solution to the most pressing questions in your field, but until the world knows about what you\u2019ve found, there are very small chances that your work will grow organically.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now, in the ancient (read pre-pandemic) days, the age-old tradition of networking, and specifically, research posters, were the solution to this dilemma.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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A research poster is a widely used format of research sharing in the academic community; most research conferences are sprinkled with academics explaining their research printed on posters in a clear and succinct format. The poster summarizes research information in a concise and attractive visual layout to attract and engage audience, and to generate discussions.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As a researcher, you probably have faint memories of attending conferences and presenting your research printed on towering vinyl posters to other experts and enthusiasts, and kickstarting conversations that lead to ideas and collaborations that guide you to take the next step. How do you get the same benefits and experiences now? As with most other dilemmas, the technology has a solution for this as well. Through internet, most conferences are now moving online.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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So what better way to tell share your research, than through virtual posters<\/strong>?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bringing Your Research Online<\/b><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Virtual posters are the best of both worlds: they have the details and attractive layout of a traditional research poster, the widely recognized format used in the academic community to communicate the research in a digestible format, and a dissemination-friendly format for ease of access and sharing. You can build your own virtual poster using any software as simple as PowerPoint or as detail rich as Adobe Suite.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Virtual Posters and their Benefits<\/b><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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A virtual poster combines all the key highlights of your paper under one banner, to give the audience a quick overview in a fun and interesting way; an academic paper on the benefits of compassion-based interventions has been depicted creatively in this poster, while retaining the essence of the study.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Virtual posters can be formal too; this poster for a study on acute pancreatitis in liver transplant recipients tells the story of the research in a clean, professional, and comprehensive manner.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n