Effective Poster Presentations
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Effective Poster Presentations
George R. Hess
Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources
North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina 27695-8002 USA
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What is a poster? A visual communication tool
An effective poster will help you …
… engage colleagues in conversation.
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What is a poster? A visual communication tool
An effective poster will help you …
… get your main point across to as many people as possible.
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Comment on posters Take 10 minutes to look
Note your impressions of the posters
List likes and dislikes
Your thoughts will shape discussion
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An effective poster …
delivers a clear message,
is highly visual, and
is easily read from 1-2 meters away.
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Know your audience
Specialists only
Wide-ranging discipline
Very general audience
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Layout
Headings identify key sections
Balance placement of text & graphics
Use white space creatively
Don’t fight “reader gravity”
Use a column format
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Text Keep text elements short
Use phrases and active voice
Use serif font for text
San-serif font OK for title & headings
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Graphs
Graphs communicate relationships
Keep them simple and clean
Avoid 3D graphs unless you’re showing 3D data - and then be careful
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Summary
Poster = visual communication
An effective poster will help you …
… engage colleagues in conversation …
… get your main point across to as many people as possible.
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An effective poster … delivers a clear message,
is highly visual, and
is easily read from 1-2 meters away.
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Acknowledgements
“Thanks!” to students in my poster classes, for letting me use their work as examples
“Thanks!” to people who commented on poster site – they have really improved it!
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Contact Information
George Hess Department of Forestry &
Environmental ResourcesNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleigh NC 27695-8002 USA
[email protected]/~grhesswww.ncsu.edu/project/posters/
USA 919.515.7437