Guidelines for Poster Printing, Creation, and Presentations

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Guidelines for Poster Printing, Creation, and
Presentations
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Elements of your poster

• Title
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Data/Results
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References
• http//writingcenter.gmu.edu/resources/socsciencep
  oster/sld004.htm

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Sample PosterBy John Doe

• Abstract

Results
Conclusion
Introduction/ Background Information
Table Or Chart
Works Cited/ Acknowledgements
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Things to Remember

• Your poster should be stand alone
• Font should be readable from 3 away (feet)
• Bullets keep peoples attention more than putting
  your whole paper on the poster
• View menu Grid and Guides allows you to align
  and space properly

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Guidelines - Font

• No smaller than 20pt
• Title should be at least 60pt
• Be careful of fancy, elaborate, script or any
  font that may be hard to read from a
  distanceremember that simpler is almost always
  better

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Guidelines - Color

• Beware of dark backgrounds
• Light backgrounds with dark text work best
• Watch color combinations
• Images on your screen reproduce differently on a
  poster

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Guidelines - Graphics

• Graphs good
• Clip art if tasteful
• Photos work just dont use too many
• Make sure any extra picture or clipart you use is
  related to your specific topic and is not too
  general

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Guidelines - Format

• Sizing the poster
• File menu ? Page Setup
• Average Poster Size 28 x 40 (inches)

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Websites for Additional Info!

• http//www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/
• http//www.cur.org/pdf/Presentations.PDF
• http//writingcenter.gmu.edu/resources/socsciencep
  oster/