Creating Effective Poster Presentations

George Hess @ NC State University

with Kathryn Tosney & Leon Liegel

(c) 2022

An effective poster is a visual communication tool.

An effective poster will help you ... engage collegues in conversation ... and get your main point across to as many people as possible, quickly.

This site is designed to help you get there!

In a hurry?

Download our Quick Reference Guide or visit our Video Library.

In a really big hurry?

Hone your main message and make it your title.

Keep your poster visual ... images, graphs, maps.

Use text minimally (use big text).

People standing around a poster talking. There is text that says An effective poster is a visual communication tool designed to engage colleagues in conversation.

What's a Poster?

A head of a mannequin that appears to be shouting - like a town crier. Meant to indicate the importance of defining your message.

Define Your Message

People milling about in a poster session. There are numerous posters in a well lit, sunlight-dappled room and perhaps 20 people.

Know Your Audience

A person presenting his poster to a single viewer. They are standing in front of a poster that has several graphs and maps on it.

Write an Effective Abstract

Focuses on two posters in a room of posters. There are people presenting the two posters to audience members. They look cheerful and engaged.

Create Your Poster

A person presenting his poster to a single viewer. The poster has several maps on it.

Present Your Poster

A poster about entitled Southern Flounder Exhibit Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination. If you click on it, you will see several example posters with critiques.

Critiqued Examples

People milling about a poster session. The room is well lit, there are windows in the background with sunlight pouring in. The rug is very orange.

Resources

Dozens of people looking at tens of posters in a brightly lit hallway with sunlight from above.

Video Library

A 5x5 Zoom square with images of people waving.

Trending

A text bubble containing the words Send a Comment.

Send a Comment

Please cite this website as ... Hess, GR, L Liegel, & K Tosney. 2022. Creating Effective Poster Presentations. URL=https://go.ncsu.edu/posters.

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