How to do a Poster Presentation

Poster Presentation - a visual medium for academic and scientific meetings.

Academic poster presentations are used as a medium of knowledge transfer by a wide range of professional groups.  Poster are design to give a visual representation of an issue that firstly attracts attention, and then convey an intended message.

Poster Presentation: Benefits and Limitations

Posters display a snapshot overview of a topic. This may be viewed as a combination of creativity and scholarly activity, view with the aim to disseminate information. In common with advertising , the provision of key-point information is messaging to passers-by is paramount. Additionally, the issue of  'selling' the presenter's work is undeniably a prime objective of poster presentation. 

Examples of a poster presentation.

Rowe, N., 2007. Existentialism in Evidence-Based Practice: How consideration and inclusion of the inter-professional workforce can improve the teaching & implementation of evidence-based practice. In: 4th International Conference of Evidence-Based Health Care Teachers & Developers, November, 2007, Taormina

Lots of text to explain the issue, graph, images & tables..

Is it really something you want to 'read' through?

• 14 font main text
• 4 'newspaper' columns
• 2051 works

Rowe, N., 2007. Comfortable With Academic Challenge? Releasing Potential in Practice-Based learning & Higher education [Literature Review]. In: Association for Peri-Operative Practice National Congress 2007, October 2007, Harrogate UK.

Enough text to explain the issue, but arranged around the central image.

You can read the key points & engage in further discussion with the author.

• 14 font main text
• No 'newspaper' columns !
• 1327 words