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Making Posters for Conferences and
Events: Getting to the Point
Why doing poster presentation?
 An advertisement of your hard work
 Impress others
 Sell your ideas
 Persuade others
 Land yourself a job
…
It’s just an illustrated abstract
 Explain why your work is important.
 Describe the objectives of your work.
 Briefly explain the methods or approaches.
 Succinctly state results and conclusions.
It’s just an illustrated abstract
How do I get months and years of
research onto my poster?
 Your poster is a short story.
 Describe a few major points.
 Arouse the reader’s interest to read on.
 Limit it to 250 words.
Who’s my audience?
 Provide context for your
work. Explain the big picture
and why the problem is
important.
 Use plain language to
present your work.
 Avoid jargon and acronyms
unless you're really positive that
yours will be a specialist-only
audience.
 Interpret your findings
Less is the best
 Your goal is to convey a clear message and support it
with a compelling combination of images and short
blocks of text.
 What is the one thing you want your audience to
learn?
 If it doesn't reinforce your message, leave it out!!
 Make the strongest statements your data will support.
Keep it simple
 Ask yourself which details are absolutely essential
 Focus on one message.
 Omit anything that is not essential.
 Edit text carefully - simplify verbiage, reduce sentence complexity.
Layout
I could actually read this
Visual gravity
Easy for the eye to follow
 Supply cues to help
viewers follow your
presentation.
 Visual attractiveness.
Easy for the eye to follow
Your poster title: "Think Big! Really BIG!
 Your biggest
impact!
Push your idea to its extreme
 No one will remember your work and idea when you
try to stay in the middle.
 This is another poster doing X.
 Push your idea to the limit.
 Leave a deep and lasting impression.
Heading
 Note how headings convey the message - viewers in a hurry
need not read further.
Conclusions first!
 Put the most important
part first!
 Short and to the point!
 Upper left hand corner.
Can anyone read “ your body text?
Text sizes:
Title: 85 point
Authors: 56pt
Sub-headings: 36pt
Body text: 24pt
Captions: 18pt
Images and graphs say much
more than words
Keep posters visual!
Creative data visualization
Creative data visualization
 Surprise people.
 Give unique insights.
 Make complex data simple
to understand (not the
other way).
 Don’t confuse people.
Using color to engage your readers
 2-3 colors, no
more!
 Dark type on
light color
background.
Whoa! Where’s my sunglasses?
Be aware of busy backgrounds
Your contact info!!!
Without it you’ll become “ya know, those guys with
the awesome poster”
 Include all contact info:
 Mail address
 Phone
 E-mail
Edit, Edit, Edit and "Evaluate!
 Edit all text to simplify verbiage, to reduce sentence complexity,
and to delete details.
 If it's not relevant to your message, remove it!
You’re not done yet… "
 Prepare a short 60s introduction.
 Prepare a 3-5 minute verbal explanation.
Enthusiasm
 You should be excited about your
research.
 If not, talk with your advisor.
 Show your enthusiasm.
 Others can tell you are proud
of what you have accomplished.
 Your eye should sparkle.
Acknowledgement