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Introduction Postgraduate research students are
frequently required to present their work to
others in an oral form, either as part of their
course requirements (e.g. some universities
require an oral defence of the thesis) through
departmental seminars or at conferences,
seminars or other functions. For maximum impact,
such oral presentations require effective public
speaking skills, good preparation and plenty of
practice. At times your may also be in a position
to talk to or write for the popular media.
Visual supports (including the integration of
graphs, diagrams, photographs, sounds and video)
can assist greatly in engaging your audience and
conveying your ideas clearly, succinctly and
effectively. Poster presentations and
self-running displays are examples of alternate
presentation formats where a few extra skills can
enhance your impact considerably. While
presentation technologies offer many
possibilities to increase the effectiveness of
your presentations, it is important to be aware
of their traps and ways they can be misused.
Findings and Conclusions Once you have completed
your poster, bring it down to MIU for printing.
We will produce a A3 size draft print for you to
check and proof read. The final poster will then
be printed and laminated. Note Do not leave
your poster until the last minute. Allow at least
5 working days before you need to use it. Simply
highlight this text and replace. Cost For
poster-printing and laminating charges contact to
MIU

• Method
• Tips for making a successful poster
• Control nerves before you start by taking a few
  deep slow breaths (rather than a few stiff
  drinks).
• Know the exact words you are going to start with.
  It makes for a confident start which can clear
  the nerves.
• Make an initial impact Consider starting the
  presentation in a novel way a funny or engaging
  story, an image or a question to the audience can
  be effective.
• Acknowledge your audience. Thank them for coming
  acknowledge any people who have supported your
  work who are present and recognise the expertise
  that is present.
• Be confident. Your audience are there because
  they are interested in what you have to say.
  Focus on them, not yourself. Know your strong
  points and work to those. If you make an error,
  correct it, and continue there is no need to
  make excuses or apologise profusely.
• Keep your talk very simple with a few main
  points. Dont try to present too much
  information. Plan which parts you might leave out
  if time is short.

Results Work from the basis of what does the
audience want to know rather than what do I
want to tell them. What is it that will be new
in your talk for them, and what will they already
know? Find out as much as you can about their
background knowledge and interests and shape your
presentation accordingly. Notes about
graphs For simple graphs use MS Excel, or do the
graph directly in PowerPoint. Graphs done in a
scientific graphing programs (eg. Sigma Plot,
Prism, SPSS, Statistica) should be saved as JPEG
or TIFF if possible. For more information see MIU.

• Incorporate some humour or narrative. Stories are
  great for engaging your audience.

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Aim There is no doubt that an ability to speak
clearly and to communicate effectively with an
audience is one of the key characteristics of a
successful researcher, no matter what stage of
their research career they are in postgraduate
research students may need to apply these skills
to the presentation at conferences, faculty
seminars and viva voca examinations early career
researchers will need good public speaking skills
for conference presentations and job interviews
and established researchers will inevitably be
called upon to give keynote addresses, media
interviews and perhaps pitches for large research
grants or commercial partnerships as part of
their role.
Contact Renata PhelpsSchool of Education
Southern Cross University PO Box 157, Lismore
NSW, Australia 2480 ph. 02 66 203792 fax 02 66
221833 Renata PhelpsSchool of Education
Southern Cross University PO Box 157, Lismore
NSW, Australia 2480 ph. 02 66 203792 fax 02 66
221833
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any people who have supported your work and
expertise that is present.
Acknowledge your audience. Thank the m for
coming acknowledge a ny people who have
supported your wo rk who are present and
recognise the expertise that is present.
Acknowledgements Repetition is useful in some
instances, but use it strategically. For
instance, recap your main
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Introduction First Check with conference
organisers on their specifications of size and
orientation, before you start your poster eg.
maximum poster size landscape, portrait or
square. The page size of this poster template is
A0 (84x119cm), landscape (horizontal) format. Do
not change this page size, MIU can scale-to-fit a
smaller or larger size, when printing. If you
need a different shape start with either a
portrait (vertical) or a square poster template.
Bear in mind you do not need to fill up the
whole space allocated by some conference
organisers (eg. 8ftx4ft in the USA). Do not make
your poster bigger than necessary just to fill
that given size.

• Method
• Tips for making a successful poster
• Re-write your paper into poster format
  ie.Simplify everything, avoid data overkill.
• Headings of more than 6 words should be in upper
  and lower case, not all capitals.
• Never do whole sentences in capitals or underline
  to stress your point, use bold characters
  instead.
• When laying out your poster leave breathing space
  around you text. Dont overcrowd your poster.
• Try using photographs or coloured graphs. Avoid
  long numerical tables.
• Spell check and get someone else to proof-read.

Results Importing / inserting files Images such
as photographs, graphs, diagrams, logos, etc, can
be added to the poster. To insert scanned images
into your poster, go through the menus as
follows Insert / Picture / From File then find
the file on your computer, select it, and press
OK. The best type of image files to insert are
JPEG or TIFF, JPEG is the preferred format. Be
aware of the image size you are importing. The
average colour photo (13 x 18cm at 180dpi) would
be about 3Mb (1Mb for B/W greyscale). Call MIU if
unsure. Do not use images from the web. Notes
about graphs For simple graphs use MS Excel, or
do the graph directly in PowerPoint. Graphs done
in a scientific graphing programs (eg. Sigma
Plot, Prism, SPSS, Statistica) should be saved as
JPEG or TIFF if possible. For more information
see MIU.
Printing and Laminating Once you have completed
your poster, bring it down to MIU for printing.
We will produce a A3 size draft print for you to
check and proof read. The final poster will then
be printed and laminated. Note Do not leave
your poster until the last minute. Allow at least
5 working days before you need to use it. Simply
highlight this text and replace. Cost For
poster-printing and laminating charges contact to
MIU
Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, between 18 and 24 points.
Left aligned if it refers to a figure on its
left. Caption starts right at the top edge of the
picture (graph or photo).
Conclusion For more information on Poster
Design, Scanning and Digital Photography, and
Image / file size. Contact Medical
Illustration UnitPrince of Wales Hospital Ph
9382 2800Email miunsw_at_unsw.edu.auWeb
http//miu.med.unsw.edu.au
Aim How to use this poster template Simply
highlight this text and replace it by typing in
your own text, or copy and paste your text from a
MS Word document or a PowerPoint slide
presentation. The body text / font size should
be between 24 and 32 points. Arial, Helvetica or
equivalent. Keep body text left-aligned, do not
justify text. The colour of the text, title and
poster background can be changed to the colour of
your choice.
Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, between 18 and 24 points.
Right aligned if it refers to a figure on its
right. Caption starts right at the top edge of
the picture (graph or photo).
Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, between 18 and 24 points.
Left aligned if it refers to a figure on its
left. Caption starts right at the top edge of the
picture (graph or photo).
Acknowledgements Just highlight this text and
replace with your own text. Replace this with
your text.
Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, 18 to 24 points, to the
length of the column in case a figure takes more
than 2/3 of column width.
Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, 18 to 24 points, to the
length of the column in case a figure takes more
than 2/3 of column width.