Poster Design and Presentation - Overview

This is a collection of resources to help you design a good poster and learn to present it well.

Resources

Papendieck Presentation: What scientific posters do, and how to do them well. Download What scientific posters do, and how to do them well.

Guidance, Templates, and Tools

Effective Scientific Posters: Quick Reference Links to an external site. (Hess, Tosney & Liegel 2014a)
Creating Effective Poster Presentations Links to an external site. - a website of tips, examples (Hess, Tosney & Liegel 2014b)
Jackson School Research Symposium 2016 - Guide for Presenters Links to an external site.
Example posters

Archive of exemplary posters by Jackson School faculty and students Links to an external site. (UTBox: access restricted to UT Students)
Example posters assembled by the UT Office of Undergraduate Research Links to an external site.

Templates
- Poster Template Collection 2015 Download Poster Template Collection 2015
  (Powerpoint) - UT Office of Undergraduate Research
Adobe Illustrator Links to an external site. (recommended poster creation software for grad students and frequent poster presenters. A 30-day free trial available) Links to an external site.
Labs: JSG Computer Lab and the PCL Media Lab Links to an external site. have Illustrator and other useful software such as ArcGIS

Printing

Printing services are available in JGB on the main campus through Jeffrey Horowitz. You should email him with questions at jeffh@utexas.edu. He will post a signup board prior to major conferences and symposia, and you are encouraged to print earlier.

Pickle research campus has printers available for students to use at UTIG and BEG.

Evaluating Poster Presentations

Quick poster self-assessment Links to an external site. from Office of Undergraduate Research

Poster Presentation Evaluation Form Download Poster Presentation Evaluation Form

Judging Rubric (TBD)

Practice and Feedback

Make a personal appointment or schedule a group practice session with Adam Papendieck, the JSG Writer-in-Residence Links to an external site.. Presentation space and equipment is available upon request.

References (cited)

Hess, G., K. Tosney & L. Liegel. 2014. Creating Effective Poster Presentations. URL=go.ncsu.edu/posters

Hess, G., K. Tosney & L. Liegel. 2014. Effective Scientific Posters: Quick Reference. URL=go.ncsu.edu/posters

Block, S.M. 1996. Do's and dont's of poster presentations. Biophysical Journal 71:3527-3529.
Briscoe, M.H. 1996. Preparing Scientific Illustrations: A Guide to Better Posters, Presentations, and Publications. Springer, New York.
Gosling, P..J. 1999. Scientist's Guide to Poster Presentations. Kluwer Academic Press, New York.
Harms, M.l. 1995. How to prepare a poster presentation. Physiotheraphy 81: 276.
Hess, G.R., K. Tosney, L. Leigel. 2009. Creating effective poster presentations. Medical Teacher 31(4): 356-358.
Nicol, A.A.M., P. M. Pexman. 2003. Displaying your findings: a practical guide for creating figures, posters, and presentations. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Teixeira, A. 1997. Preparing posters for technical presentations. Resource 4: 15-16.
Tosney, K. undated. How to create a poster that graphically communicates your message. URL=http://www.bio.miami.edu/ktosney/file/PosterHome.html, visited 2010 Jun 22.
Tufte, E. 1983. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT.
Tufte, E. 1997. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphics Press, Cheshire, CT.
Woolsey, J.D. 1989. Combating poster fatigue: How to use visual grammar and analysis to effect better visual communication. Trends in Neurosciences 12: 325-332.