Poster Presentation Resources

Poster presentations are a form of academic presenting which can allow for a much more engaging discussion of your research. But there is a certain ’science’ to presenting a poster at a conference and taking full advantage of the opportunity.

I’ve collected some resources which might be useful to the academic and student preparing a poster presentation:

• Advice on designing scientific posters, Colin Purrington at Swarthmore College: an excellent in depth discussion about how to present a poster well. Lots of examples and tips. This page also discusses some of the visual attributes and do’s and don’ts of designing a poster.
• Creating effective poster presentations, George Hess, Kathryn Tosney, and Leon Liegel: A good site that shows a step-by-step approach, as well as several “before” and “after” examples of poster redesigns. There is a good discussion on effective layouts and using graphics.
• Biology poster presentation redesign, Gary Richardson: This site shows a redesign of a poster with commentary. This is useful to review before designing your own poster presentation in order to avoid some common mistakes.
• Poster session writing guide, Colorado State University: A very useful sight with valuable writing advice on how to write a poster.