{"id":82,"date":"2016-07-15T15:26:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2018-02-05T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T17:31:40","slug":"tips-for-planning-a-successful-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/tips-for-planning-a-successful-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Planning a Successful Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row row1200\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<h2>Brochure Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rough-outline a draft or mind map your brochure to get a sense of wordcount and subhead placement. Google \u201cmind mapping\u201d for more information.\n<\/li>\n<li>Google \u201cword counts for publications\u201d to gain a sense of how much copy is appropriate for various print projects.\n<\/li>\n<li>Set your software program to 3-column landscape view for a tri-fold brochure layout. You\u2019ll get a general sense of flow from panel to panel or page to page. You\u2019ll also see clearly where to position subheads.\n<\/li>\n<li>Graphics should enhance the copy and be chosen thoughtfully. Never use them as filler.\n<\/li>\n<li>Keep words, sentences, and paragraphs short.\n<\/li>\n<li> Keep words short and sweet. Your target audience may respond better if you use simpler words. Google \u201cplain language principles,\u201d they can help you write clearly and concisely.\n<\/li>\n<li>Short sentences lead customers from one phrase to the next. Try to keep collateral sentences down to 10-20 words. An exception is a sentence including parenthetical text within dashes \u2013like this\u2014or phrases that follow colons: like this.\n<\/li>\n<li>Pack content with benefits.\n<\/li>\n<li>Break up heavy text with white space, subheads, bullets, lists, and bold fonts.\n<\/li>\n<li>Subheads ideally should be 7 words or less, 10-15 word max in more technical content.\n<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t overwhelm with data-stuffed text. Whenever possible, present figures with infographics, pie and bar charts, graphs, lists, or bullets, and don&#8217;t forget visual images.\n<\/li>\n<li>Sidebars let readers take a visual pause. Cordoned text can highlight complementary information and include lists, tips, summaries, case studies, or testimonials.\n<\/li>\n<li>Include complete contact information, including web site. Note where to go to receive additional information. The best place for this is the back panel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Poster Tips<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsu.edu\/com\/biomedcomm\/documents\/bmc_posterguide_and_checklist.pdf\" class=\"bluebutton\">Poster Guide and Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biomedical Communications can assist you with any phose of your poster presentation &#8211; design through production. Our poster guide is designed to give you all the information you need to know including a handy checklist for creating your poster.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmccreative.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}