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Workshop Poster Session: Tips
One easy way
to make a poster is to prepare your poster material on standard
sheets of paper and then attach these to the poster board (or to
colorful paper on top of the poster board) with pushpins.
Keep in mind the audience. There will be workshop
participants from both math and physics. Think about how you would
like to present your area of research interest to someone not
familiar with your field. Posters that you have previously used at a
math or physics meeting may be too specialized for this workshop.
Focus on the key ideas. The key to crafting a good poster is
to focus as narrowly as possible on the central ideas you want to
convey. As you would do with a talk or paper, be sure to include a
statement of the problem, a description of the methods of attack, a
presentation of results, and then a summary of the work. It is also
nice to list some open questions. As opposed to a paper, it is not
necessary to write in complete sentences. Sentence fragments and
bulleted list can be quite effective. Include pictures and graphics
to illustrate your ideas. A poster should not contain a lot of
details; you can always communicate more information to an
interested party.
Have a short overview prepared. Plan a 1 minute overview of
your research that you can tell someone who stops by to view your
poster. After that, ask the visitor if they want to hear more.
Since there will be many posters, a number of people may be content
with the 1 minute overview. If the visitor wants to hear more, be
prepared to describe portions of your poster in more detail.
Make posters easy to read. People will first see your poster
from a very far distance. Be sure that the title is written in a very
large (at least 48 pt) font. Try to include color, graphics, or
diagrams to catch people's attention. People coming to talk to you
will still be a few feet away from the poster so again, use a large
font (such as 36 pt) for the text of the poster.
Have fun. View the poster session as a chance to discuss and
get input on your research in an informal setting.
There are a number of websites that discuss poster sessions and
poster preparations. Here are a few that I found to be very good.
http://www.siam.org/siamnews/general/poster.htm
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/speaking/poster/index.cfm
If you have additional questions about the poster session, contact
the session organizer, Lisa Traynor:
ltraynor brynmawr.edu
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