Poster Details and Tips
Details of Your Poster Presentation
- Please email your name, the title of your poster, and an abstract to Kate
Bell (Kate.Bell@Colorado.EDU)
by Tuesday, April 17. Every participant's abstract will be included
in a booklet/program. This abstract should be no more than 100 words. Here
is a sample abstract.
- There are two ways to get help in preparing your poster. a) The faculty
member and graduate students you work with should be able to give you feedback
on organizing your poster, or b) We will also have some times scheduled during
which graduate assistants can help you. You should plan to have
your poster made during the days of April 9–13. Waiting until the last minute
will likely cost you a lot of time while you wait for other posters to be made ahead
of yours. Also, the computer lab will not stay open late for you on any day (past
approximately 5 p.m.). The easels on which you will be displaying your poster are 4 ft.
by 4 ft. We suggest a poster size that is 2' tall by 3' wide. We encourage our participants
to present their findings in a visually accessible manner (graphs, figures, large fonts,
etc.). Below are suggestions for preparing your poster. You should also look at
the posters that are posted on bulletin boards throughout the D and E wings
of the Psychology Department. Looking at posters that have already been prepared is a good
way to get ideas for your own.
- Undergraduate Research Day will take place on Wednesday, April 25,
2012, from 3 – 5 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom.
Students presenting their research should plan to arrive at the Ballroom by
2:30 to post their presentation so that everyone is ready at 3:00. Participants
may plan to start taking down their posters around 4:45.
- For additional information contact:
Tips For Preparing Your Poster
- The easels are 4 ft. by 4 ft. (these are provided).
- You should have a caption for your poster that includes the title and your
name. Also indicate the name of your faculty sponsor. All printing should be
legible from 3 ft. away. Usually titles are in a larger font than the rest
of the text.
- Arrange the information so that it is presented in a manner that is clear
and practical. Frequently the sections included are:
- Abstract — You can use the same abstract that is included in the pamphlet.
The abstract should give a 1–2 sentence rationale of the study, 1–2 sentences
describing what the methodology was, 1–2 sentences of results, and the implications.
- Introduction or Background – This
section should provide the rationale for your study. Give people reading your
poster an idea of the important research in the area, and the theory and empirical
work that lead to your hypotheses. It is helpful if you include your research
questions or hypotheses at the end of this section.
- Methods — Describe the subjects, procedure, design, and measures of your study.
If relevant you can also provide a table describing the participants or greater
detail about a measure you used, if applicable.
- Results — It is helpful to organize this section around
the specific research question or hypotheses you presented earlier. Many times
people describe their analyses, and summarize briefly, but most information
is presented in a table(s) or figure(s).
- Conclusions — What important points should we take away from your study? What
are the implications for future research?
- Try not to present too much material such that your poster appears cluttered.
It may be helpful to show your poster to graduate students and the faculty
you have worked with to get feedback before it is printed.
- We will have push pins there the day of the event for you to use in attaching
your poster to the easel.
- If you would like to prepare a longer one–page summary to distribute during
the session you may prepare this as well.
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