Poster Presentation Tips
Presenting a research poster is one of the most common ways to share your work at conferences, symposia, and academic events. This will guide you through:
- How to design a strong poster
- What sections to include
- How to present your poster with confidence
Title, Authors, and Affiliations
Introduction/Background
Introduction/Background
- 3 to 5 sentences about what problem you are addressing and why it matters
- State your guiding question or hypothesis clearly
- What you did
- Who/what you studied
- What tools/procedures/analyses you used
- Use graphs and visuals with short bullet points to describe your findings
- What your results mean and why they are important
- Use tables, images, and diagrams as much as possible
- Use clear, large fonts
- Avoid clutter and too much text
- Keep text boxes and sizes consistent
- Guide your audience through an overview of each section of your poster
- Point to your graphics as you reference them
- Highlight key findings without reading directly from your poster
- Make eye contact and smile
