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TABLE 17.5 Dos and Don'ts of Poster Presentations
Do
Don't
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Follow the conference-specific directions for size and
formatting
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Include too much text
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Use too small a font
Look at posters of others for ideas (examples can be found
online)
Choose colors or style that are too busy/
unclear/hard to read
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Set an appropriate resolution and put a border around the
poster
Forget it on the plane, train, bus, etc.
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Research different printing options and cost
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Have Plan B ready (e.g., a copy of your poster on your
memory drive with you)
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Bring extra tacks
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Put your contact information on the tube and take it as
a carry-on on the airplane
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TABLE 17.6 Dos, Don'ts, and Nevers of Paper Presentations
Do
Don't
Never
Become comfortable with public
speaking
Use overly technical language
Read from a paper that is in
publication format
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Put too much text on each slide
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Follow the conference-specific
directions
Use unnecessary animation
Read without using slides
or other visuals
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Read your paper if you can avoid it
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Find out how much time you will
have
Leave a slide up for too long
Keep talking after your
time is up
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Use the words “um” or “uh” or other
fillers
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Try to emulate a good public
speaker you admire
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Put tables full of numbers on
a slide d only put up absolutely
necessary numbers
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Write an abridged version of your
study
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Organize your talk into sections of
introduction, methods, etc.
Paste figures into a slide without
ensuring the font size of the legend or
numbers is readable
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Choose a high-contrast font/
background color combination
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Use the same delivery style that you
would with your students
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Have enough slides so that you
can switch about every 30 e 45
seconds
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Put it together in advance
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Relate the facts about your work
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Practice, practice, practice
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Remember that the goal of
presentations is to educate the
audience about the results
Be confident!
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