Poster and Presentation Resources

Academic Poster Presentations

• General Presentation Advice: (presenting academic research, communicating to a lay audience)
• Presenting with PowerPoint
• Academic Poster Design Advice
  • Designing Posters for Specific Disciplines
  • Poster Design Information from UNC Sources
• Poster Design Software
  • Using PowerPoint to design posters
  • Using InDesign or Illustrator to design posters
• UNC Computer Labs with Design Software
• Poster Templates
• Poster Examples
• Printing Resources
  • Printing Resources at UNC-Chapel Hill

General Presentation Advice: (presenting academic research, communicating to a lay audience)

• How to Prep for a Presentation
• Art of the Conference Paper advice from a graduate student (Inside Higher Ed)
• Giving a Good Scientific Presentation (American Society of Primatologists)
• Effective Presentations for Chemists and Other Scientists (Lab Manager Magazine)
• Preparing Effective Oral Presentations (University of Kansas)
• Informative Speaking (Colorado State)
• Dos & don'ts of giving a good 15 minute talk (Australian National University)
• The Art of Communicating Effectively
• Impromptu Talks: Addressing a nonscientific audience (NC State)
• Ten Secrets to Giving a Good Scientific Talk
• Designing Effective Oral Presentations (Rice University)
• Dazzle 'em with Style: The Art of Oral Scientific Presentation (Ohio State)
• How to Give a Bad Talk- Oral Presentation Advice (UC Berkeley)
• How NOT To Give a Scientific Talk (York University)
• Dealing with Presentation Disasters
• Presentation Zen

Presenting with PowerPoint:

• 5 Ways to Make PowerPoint Sing! (And Dance!)
• PowerPoint Does Rocket Science--and Better Techniques for Technical Reports (Edward Tufte)
• Oral Presentations and Writing for PowerPoint (George Mason University)
• Some Tips for Preparing a Research Presentation (Swarthmore)
• Learning from Bill Gates & Steve Jobs (Presentation Zen)
• Life After Death by PowerPoint (Funny video clip: How NOT to do PowerPoint)
• 14 Tips for Better Presentation Slides (Viget Labs)
• PowerPoint Is Evil (Edward Tufte in Wired Magazine)

Academic Poster Design Advice:

• So, Your Poster Got Accepted--Now What? (recorded webcast from the Natonal Library of Medicine)
• The Scientist's Guide to Poster Design (Katie Everson, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
• Creating Effective Poster Presentations: An Effective Poster- excellent overall (NC State)
• The Basics of Poster Design- useful for all disciplines
• Advice on designing scientific posters- excellent tips and examples (Colin Purrington)
• How to Make a Great Poster- practical advice (American Society of Plant Biologists)
• Designing Effective Posters- online tutorial (Kansas University)
• Preparing Professional Scientific Posters- planning and construction (University of Minnesota)
• Effective Poster Design (University of Guelph)
• Create a poster that graphically communicates your message (University of Guelph)

Designing Posters for Specific Disciplines

• Neuroscience Poster Design
• Presenting Conference Papers and Posters in the Humanities (Texas Tech University)
• Developing Poster Presentations in the Social Sciences (George Mason University)
• Poster Presentations in the Natural Sciences (George Mason University)

Poster Design Information from UNC Sources:

• Research Poster Creation (Carolina Population Center)
• Designing Effective Posters (Health Sciences Library)
• Elliott Moreton, UNC-Chapel Hill Posters
• Creating Wall Posters (UNC-CH Computer Science)
• Preparing a 4 Foot by 5 Foot Poster in PowerPoint (UNC School of Pharmacy)
• Creating an Effective Poster Presentation for Graduate Students (Center for Teaching & Learning)

Poster Design Software

• Using PowerPoint to design posters
  • Designing Effective Posters Using Powerpoint (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Designing Effective Posters Using Powerpoint 2010 for Windows (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Designing Effective Posters Using Powerpoint 2011 for Macintosh (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Creating a Poster in PowerPoint (University of Washington)
  • Creating a Poster Using PowerPoint (Penn State)
  • Creating a Large Format Posters using PowerPoint (Wake Forest University)
  • PowerPoint XP (2002) for academic posters (University of Bristol)
• Using InDesign or Illustrator to design posters
  • Designing Effective Posters Using InDesign (UNC-Health Sciences Library)
  • Designing a Poster with Adobe Illustrator (Whitman College)
  • Creating a Poster Using Adobe Illustrator (Penn State)

UNC Computer Labs with Design Software:

• List of all ITS campus computer labs
• ITS Virtual Computer Lab
• Health Sciences Library Media Design Studios
• House Library Design Lab
• University Libraries Media Resources Center
• School of Journalism Park Multimedia Lab
• School of Dentistry Center for Educational Development and Informatics

Poster Templates:

• Google template search
• Poster Example Files (UC Davis)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Wake Forest University)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Penn State)
• PowerPoint Poster Templates (Rice University)
• PowerPoint Poster Template (Virginia Tech)

Poster Examples:

• Poster Sessions Flickr Group (Colin Purrington)
• Pimp My Poster Flickr Group
• Poster Examples (NC State)
• SURP Poster Awards 2005
• Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium

Printing Resources:

• At UNC-Chapel Hill
  • UNC Xerox Printing Operations
  • Health Sciences Library Media Design Studios
  • School of Dentistry Center for Educational Development and Informatics
  • UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy- Creating Posters for the HP DesignJet 800
  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Digital Imaging Facility
  
  
   Source: http://gradschool.unc.edu/academics/resources/postertips.html