PRESENTATION INFORMATION

(45 Minute Sessions)

• Create a digital poster or slide presentation version of your project then chat with attendees about your topic and the process of creating it. Your poster will be displayed with others as Open House attendees walk around to view projects and ask questions. We encourage having presenter notes or an outline to reference.

• Use language that is as clear as possible so you can reach a broad audience

• Use visuals and provide images and figures that will draw your audience in

• Use large font and colors that are easy to read. Your audience should be able to read your content while standing at a comfortable distance from the poster. This also means you'll have to limit the amount of text on your poster. 

• Short text pieces are easier to understand than long stretches of text. Remember that your poster should not stand in for you! It should highlight key concepts, questions, and findings. A title, brief introduction, and some concise paragraphs that walk the audience through the design process and the narrative of your project are very effective here. 

For Digital Posters/Presentations: 

For information and advice on creating digital posters: https://mitcommlab.mit.edu/nse/commkit/digital-poster/ 

For information and advice on creating presentations:  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/visual_rhetoric/designing_effective_powerpoint_presentations/index.html  

As you present your project, consider how your work connects to this year’s theme: Illuminations. This theme invites you to reflect on how digital and multimodal composing can help reveal––or illuminate––new ways of thinking, learning, and understanding. You are welcome to use any of the following questions to help frame your presentation: 

• What did this project help you illuminate for yourself or for others? This could be an idea, a question, a personal insight, or a new way of approaching writing, composition, or design. 

• How did your choice of medium or genre shape what became visible in your work? Compared to traditional text-based genres (like a research essay, for example), what does your project highlight that text alone might not capture? 

• Tell us about a moment in your process that changed your direction or helped things “click.” What helped you think about your project or topic differently? What helped it come together? 

Information coming soon !