I will be giving a talk, "Creating an Effective Poster Presentation," at the
American Society for Investigative Pathology 11th Annual Career Development Program and Lunch: Fundamental Basics for Success: “How to Give Great Presentations" at
Experimental Biology 2011 in Washington, DC. I thought I'd share some of the tips I'll be including in my handout and presentation here, based on information we provided when I worked in the
NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (a great site to check out for career and professional advice). I hope you find these tips helpful!
Designing Your Poster
- Follow the conference guidelines
- It's easiest to read a poster that has a light background with dark text
- Show your work as opposed to using lots of text
- A good guideline is 20% text, 40% graphics, 40% empty space
- Show only your most relevant data, not everything you've done
- Use 3-4 columns
- Highlight your main ideas using bullet points (conclusions, introduction, methodology, etc)
- Make your poster self-explanatory (for when you are not standing next to it); your text should supply details but not be overwhelming
- Acknowledge your funding source(s)
A poster is not a manuscript printed out and put onto a board!
Make Your Poster Readable
- Title -- 96 pt
- Authors -- 72 pt
- Affiliations -- 36-48 pt
- Section Headings -- 36 pt
- Text -- 28 pt
- Acknowledgements -- 20 pt
- These are guidelines. Your individual needs/font sizes may vary.
Common Mistakes
- Showing too much data
- Writing too much text
- Bad/unusual layout
- Text blocks longer than 10 sentences
- Waiting until last minute to print
- Stopping after the poster is designed -- you also need to present the poster
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