What is a Research Poster?Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program. Research posters summarize information or research conc
This is an exercise in conciseness. If you had only 3-5 minutes to explain visually your project, how would you do it and what would you say?
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For our purposes, the poster will summarize your individual project. Using the 5 chapter approach - summarize your project on a single PowerPoint slide.
Do feel free to contact me if you have questions about how to place your topic into a poster format.
What is a Research Poster?
Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program. Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion.
The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.
What makes a good poster?
Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away
Title is short and draws interest
Word count of about 300 to 800 words
Text is clear and to the point
Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
Consistent and clean layout
Includes acknowledgments, your name and institutional affiliation
Where do I begin?
Answer these three questions:
What is the most important/interesting/astounding finding from my research project?
How can I visually share my research with conference attendees? Should I use charts, graphs, photos, images?
What kind of information can I convey during my talk that will complement my poster? (If you were to present)
What software can I use to make a poster? Usually MS PowerPoint
A sample of a well-designed poster
A sample of a poorly designed poster
Posters rarely need an abstract
Text is dissolving into background
Graphs are too small and too many
Captions not aligned with image
Too much wording - crammed into space
