A poster presentation is a common way to present information at academic conferences. Many of your instructors may have given a poster presentation at one time or another. In most poster sessions, 4 - 6 posters are placed on display at the same time. Each presenter stands with their poster for 10- 15 minutes. As people come to look at your poster you should:As a viewer/audience you should try to spend time at ALL the posters. After the set time, another group of students will display their poster. In this way you have a chance to see/hear more presentations in a poster session than in regular presentation and be much more involved.
- Allow them time to look over it.
- Offer to explain or give examples of parts to your poster.
- Offer in-depth information about the poster topic (The poster itself should only have heading-type information anyway).
- Encourage and answer questions asked.
- Generally involve the poster, the audience and yourself - be friendly and open.
The last point is VERY IMPORTANT - the presenter and poster can ONLY be effective IF THE AUDIENCE gets involved by asking questions and making comments.
The following are some practical guidelines about what a poster should contain:
- Photos, pictures or other graphics
- White space (areas on the poster where there is nothing!)
- Colour (if possible)
- Large fonts (thick, dark, bold, easy-to-see)
- Variety of Fonts (if possible)
- Short phrases or words, NOT sentences
- Knowledge (content that you will needed to explain)
- Good Organization
- Bullets or Symbols
- Large paper surface (a poster should be visible from a few metres; it need not be one large sheet of paper - be imaginative 4 x A4 or 3 x A3 for example)
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