This document provides guidance on developing effective academic posters. It recommends including only the most important elements due to space constraints. Key points to focus on are the audience, structure, use of visuals like graphs and pictures, font style and size, color scheme, and references. The poster should concisely summarize the main features and achievements of the academic project in a clear, visually appealing manner for a non-expert audience. Examples are provided of effective content organization and color use to clearly communicate relationships and groups.
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Poster how to create a Poster
1. Michael Schmidt Posters for Academic Purposes Poster Series
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How to develop suitable content
1. Introduction 2. Background
• A poster is a static, visual medium • You do not have much space so include only the things that
are really important in your project.
used to communicate your
message/ideas • Try to think what elements of your work will be most
• Difference between Poster and Oral interesting to your audience.
presentations is that you let your poster • This will be the piece of work which will encapsulate the whole
do the ‘talking’ of your project; so present yourself and your poster in the
• Material presented should convey the best possible way.
essence of your message!
• A poster session is a common term in
conferences. It enables people to
present their academic work without
having to make a formal presentation.
3. Audience & Assessment 4. Structure
In general: prepare your poster for an audience of • The diagram to the right Title of Project
non experts: use clear language illustrates examples of headings
in an academic poster. Introduction
Assessment: some points to consider • However you can adapt the
heading as you see fit.
1. The main purpose of the assessment is not • As a rule of thumb: a poster Aims & Objectives
to judge the beauty of the posters. provides space for 6 normal A 4
2. The assessors want to see how well you are PowerPoint slides Results
able to summarise the major features and • Planning before hand speeds up
achievements of your project in a very tightly future conversion of content into
constrained way. Conclusion & Recommendation
a meaningful poster.
3. They also want to see how well you can
describe what you have done.
References
5. Planning - What’s, How’s, Why’s 6. Power of Pictures
What is the aim of my project?
Why did I follow this route?
• A picture can say more than 1000
words
What assumptions did I make
and what were my justifications?
• People remember visual stimuli
What problems did I
longer than just text.
encounter?
What results did I
obtain?
What have I
found out? Transfer facts and figures into
graphs and tables.
Transform text using SmartArt
7. Conclusion
Use suitable pictures from the
Keep the material simple Internet and reference them.
• Be concise and DO NOT WAFFLE
• Do not cram the poster full of info - messy
• A picture can say more than 1000 words
• Be selective
Give yourself enough time to be successful
(Fevre, 2012)
8. References & Bibliography Contact Details:
Further information Michael Schmidt
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/posters.htm Academic Skills Development Tutor
Centre for Academic Success
http://www.gcu.ac.uk/student/coursework/presentations/posterpresentations/ Michael.Schmidt@bcu.ac.uk