Poster Presentations

Watch and Learn

Some hints and tips for staff and students that are helpful for anyone else creating large poster presentations in academia.

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Producing an academic poster

Top Tips for Making a Poster Presentation

A poster is a graphically based approach to presenting research. In presenting your research with a poster, you should aim to use the poster as a means for generating active discussion of the research.

An effective poster is:

  1. Focused - there is a single message
  2. Graphic - let graphs and images tell the story
  3. Ordered - keep the sequence well-ordered and obvious

Enhance your Learning

This video demonstrates the complete creation of a research poster. It shows all the steps involved in the creation of the poster. From the insertion of the title to the references section.

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Overview-How to design a poster presentation

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Value for Me?

An effective poster will help you engage colleagues in conversation and get your main point(s) across to as many people as possible.