Poster / Presentation Format

Oral Presentations

Oral academic presentations focus on one or a few key research points. A good empirical presentation conveys research background (properly cited), hypotheses, results, and discussion. It stresses key and unique findings and makes suggestions for future research. A good theoretical-only presentation should highlight the relevant focus issue, selected background research, the outcome of the theoretical review or integration, and where possible, present new directions for empirical work. All effective presentations use slides for key talking points versus cramming text into slides from top to bottom. Your presentation should be loaded prior to the session on the room computer (we cannot promise connection for your own laptop). A flash drive is strongly recommended in the event of internet access issues. Oral presentations will not go over 10 minutes, after which about 2 minutes can be devoted to questions and answers.

Data Blitzes

New to NEEPS in 2019, a Data Blitz session contains a rapid series of 5-minute presentations. Each presentation should include 3 to 5 slides [e.g., Title and Author(s)/Affiliation(s), Background Overview, Study Design, and Results], and slides should be preloaded on the room computer (we cannot promise connection for your own laptop). A flash drive is strongly recommended in the event of internet access issues. Briefly state your hypotheses and focus on presenting your study design and key, data-driven results. In a data blitz, the presenter should endeavor to summarize their most interesting empirical findings. It is not advisable to cram a lengthy study into 3 slides. Avoid animation, as it unnecessarily takes up time. Presenters must adhere to the strict 5 minutes allotted, after which about 2 minutes can be devoted to questions and answers.

Posters

Posters should follow American Psychological Association (APA) suggested format for layout and major content areas. A casual reader should be able to discern your key points (APA, 2018). Posters should clearly present major hypotheses and findings and may suggest future directions for research. A good poster presents a clearly communicated, cogent sequence of information. Posters cannot be over 4 feet wide (48 inches; 1.22 meters; 122 cm). A set-up time and a removal time are built in to the conference. Please hang your poster in your designated number area only. Your poster number will be in the conference program. https://www.apa.org/convention/poster-instructions.pdf

At least one author of the poster should be in attendance at the poster during the poster session.

Keynote addresses should be approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes of question-and-answer. There is some flexibility on these parameters.