Title: You might have a BAD poster if
1You might have a BAD poster if
- A PSA from four PHD students who have been there
21. your poster is CUT PASTED from a PAPER
32. if your poster is in 12-point font
- If it doesnt fit, you must SHORTEN IT!!!
43. If your poster has more EQUATIONS than WORDS
OR FIGURES
- Equations should be explained with terms
identified
54. If a passing observer cant find ABSTRACT and
RESULTS at a glance
65. If YOU cant find what youre talking about on
your own poster
76. If your poster contains COMIC SANS
87. If your poster contains CLIP ART
98. If your poster is comprehensible only to your
direct colleagues/subfield
- Minimize jargon, especially in titles
109. If you are not at your poster for, at the VERY
VERY LEAST, the full session you are listed for
1110. If you are wearing a torn undershirt, tuxedo,
an evening gown, etc
12DO
- Start from the beginning when presenting
- For a relatively GENERAL AUDIENCE poster session
(like this), do put your work in context - Grand motivation
- Your sub-field
- Its OK if your results are a small part of the
poster, as long as its clear that they are YOUR
RESULTS - have your contact information
- Do it in PICTURES
- if that doesnt work, do it in WORDS
- if that doesnt work, do it in EQUATIONS
- if that doesnt work, do it in MIME
- remember that people LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY
ALREADY KNOW! - have white papers/copies of the poster/preprints
in a professional conference