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Effective Research Poster Presentation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Discover how to create an impactful research poster presentation by following best practices and avoiding common mistakes. Learn about design, formatting, content, and post-presentation steps to ensure your hard work is effectively communicated.

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Effective Research Poster Presentation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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  1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly How to effectively present your research

  2. What is the point of a research poster? it is an advertisement, a way to quickly communicate your hard work and findings

  3. The Bad

  4. The good

  5. The ugly

  6. In the beginning • Identify a meeting or conference to present at • Local, Regional, National or International • Determine size requirements • Should be available on conference website • Make poster slightly smaller all around • Determine any other requirements • Abstract? • Poster #

  7. Your Poster • Visual aid • Tell a story • Introduction/Background • Method • Results • Discussion/Conclusions • References

  8. Your Poster • Make the story flow • LR, Top  Bottom • Less is More • 500- 800 words • Bullet points • Short sentences • Graphics • Charts, Pictures, Flow charts

  9. Formatting • Title • Easily readable from at least 6’ (minimum font 48) • Headings • Be bold, minimum font 32 • Text • Minimum font 24 • Font • Anything but Comic Sans

  10. Formatting Continued: Design • Make it Appealing • Appropriate and simple color scheme • No distracting backgrounds! • Be consistent • Font • Spacing • Writing style • Dry, logical and formal

  11. So….. You made a poster. Now What? • Solicit Feedback • Send a copy to your mentor • Post a copy and have your friends and classmates comment on it • Upload to Faculty of 1000 for expert feedback. • Revise & Repeat • Print! • Save as .PDF • Print early • At least 3 days before conference

  12. The presentation

  13. The presentation

  14. Extras • Add a QR code • Contact info • Music or video files • Digital handout of poster • www.qrstuff.com • Layouts • Horizontal 1 • Horizontal 2 • Vertical 1

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