What is a Research Poster?

Posters are widely used in the academic community to summarize information or research concisely
and attractively to help publicize a research topic and generate discussion. This poster also serves
to give faculty an ides of your research topic for your dissertation
The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other
presentation formats. In this poster presentation, the student stands by the poster display while other
participants and faculty can view the presentation and ask you questions.

What Makes a Good Poster?

 Important information should be readable from about 10 feet away

 Title is short and draws interest
 Word count of about 300 to 800 words
 Text is clear and to the point
 Use of bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read
 Effective use of graphics, color and fonts
 Consistent and clean layout
 Includes acknowledgments, your name, student ID and the institutional logo

Poster Presentation guidelines

 All posters should be prepared in advance and brought to the school by the presenters MBRSG
is NOT able to receive any posters by mail in advance, print or transport posters.

 There will NOT be facilities on-site for printing or composing posters.

 No audiovisual equipment is permitted for poster presentations.

 If you choose to bring handouts, we recommend you bring approximately 10 copies and
provide contact information (i.e., author names and email addresses) on the handout.

 Each poster should be no larger than A0 paper size measuring 84.1 cm (width) × 118.9 cm
(height) or 33.1 inches (width) × 46.8 inches (height).

 Each presenter is allowed one poster and each poster will have its own display board.

 Poster Locations: TBC

 See the next page for examples of a good and a poorly designed poster

Answer these three questions:

1. What is the most important/interesting/significant aspect of from my proposed research

project?
2. How can I visually share my research with the audience ? Should I use charts, graphs,
photos, images?
3. What kind of information can I convey during my presentation that will complement my
poster?

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Good Poster Layout

Poorly Designed Poster Layout

Source https://guides.nyu.edu/posters