Academic Posters

An Effective Poster

An Ineffective Poster

• Summarizes your work/research

• Is a conversation starter

• Advertises your work

• Uses visual grammar:

  • Expresses your points in graphical terms

  • Avoids visual chaos - is organized following a visual logic and structure

  • Everything is legible from a distance

• Attracts a large audience and interest

• Poorly organized

• Objective and main points are hard to find

• Has poor graphics

• Text is too small