ENVIRON 590K: Ecosystems, Resource Management and Sustainability: Effective Posters

• Posters are intriguing: they use graphics, pictures, charts to invite interest
• Posters use few words but should get your idea across to your audience
• Posters are designed so that they are easy to follow
• Posters are a way to present a project to someone who will fund it

Common errors:

• Make sure to include names, contact information and university logo or name.
• Citation is needed for all elements but is sometimes done in the references at the end rather than in the text. Small citations also needed under maps, graphs, photos.
• Limit the amount of text and make it large enough that someone could read the titles from 10 ft. away.
• Title and subtitles should tell the story so someone can quickly get the main points.
• Your oral presentation should be short – maybe only 1-2 minutes and should highlight key points.

This information is from the Medical Anthropology students from the first semester for a cheap way to print posters.  Evidently, you have to have a Taobao account to access the site: http://e22a.com/h.bcJCOr?cv=AAOsANLS&sm=c2dbf0

No endorsement given for this site but it is just offered as an alternative.

Useful websites about how to create an effective poster