Creating Conference Posters
Think of a poster as an illustrated abstract or as an advertisement for your idea/research. It’s a way to grab the audience’s attention and get them to talk to you.
Use this format to introduce a new concept to your audience. You don’t have to teach them everything about this new concept. Rather, you’re inspiring them to learn about it (or try it) on their own.
What makes a good topic? Examples:
Use this format to introduce a new concept to your audience. You don’t have to teach them everything about this new concept. Rather, you’re inspiring them to learn about it (or try it) on their own.
What makes a good topic? Examples:
- A new or novel format for an old concept, such as an online reading group at the public library
- A new use of existing technologies, such as a lesson plan using an online game or 3D printers
- An activity or program that you designed for a specific user group, such as using picture books to facilitate dialog between adults with dementia and their families
- An activity or program that you designed along with a novel or new collaborator, such as lesson plan or college course being designed collaboratively with faculty or community partners
- The creation of a new, or implementation of an existing, conceptual framework, such as comparing the ACRL Threshold Concepts to High Impact Practices (HIPS)
- The results of a research project that you’ve been involved in, such as an information needs assessment of your community
Design Tips
Software recommendations: PowerPoint, Adobe Publisher, Google Slides, Canva [See links below.]
Software recommendations: PowerPoint, Adobe Publisher, Google Slides, Canva [See links below.]
- Standard sections: title, author block (including institution information), introduction/background, methods, results, conclusion/next steps, acknowledgments/funding/conflicts of interest (if applicable)
- Use standard fonts, e.g. Helvetica, Arial, Calibri
- Font sizes (approx.)
Title: 75-160
Headings: 54-72
Body text: 34-48 - Use lots of images or figures. They should be relevant, not superfluous. High resolution is best (150-300 dpi)
- Limit narrative text. 300-700 words. Bullet points are easier to read than paragraphs
- Use lots of white space
- High contrast colors (2-3). Dark type on light background is best. Avoid using red & green, especially in ways that require the audience to be able to draw distinctions between the colors (such as using the colors in a bar graph)
- Online format: Although participants will be able to zoom in and out on your poster, try not to rely too heavily on the zoom feature. This will keep it more accessible…and limit motion sickness!
Helpful Resources
- http://hsp.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ScientificPosters.pdf
This slide show has lots of helpful tips about how to design your conference poster, including suggestions about flow (slides 17 & 31) & image files (slides 34-38), as well as examples of poorly designed posters (slide 54). - http://guides.lib.unc.edu/c.php?g=8592&p=44028
Software specific design instructions.
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