Poster Presentation Guidelines 

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The Poster

In a Poster Presentation, attendees come to you to hear about and discuss your project. Presenters prepare a poster or digital slides to illustrate their work. Your poster should convey the essence of your message through visuals and text.  In your poster or slides, consider these rhetorical moves: 

• Describe the problem or question that you studied  
• Demonstrate why that problem or question is important  
• Discuss what your research means to you as a professional and your professional intent
• Use titles, introductions, and headings to announce your topic and to motivate your audience to want to know more.  
• Use quotes, visuals, bulleted lists, and short paragraphs to make and emphasize your points. In effect, the poster/infographic “talks” for you.