Poster is a picture that says a lot about your project than few thousand words!!!

1. Poster Making
Dr. Anagha Soman
Associate Professor
MMCOE, Pune

2. Poster presentation:
The poster presentation consists of
• a visual display of research findings combined with an interactive question
• Blend of text, pictures, graphs
• Content
• Organization
• Visual appeal

3. The poster must include
• Title
• Names of author(s) and affiliated organization(s)
• Abstract (brief summary of objectives, methods, results, and
conclusions)
• Background Information
• Project Objectives
• Materials and Methods
• Results (tables, graphs, charts)
• Conclusions
• Discussion of possible future directions or why project is complete

4. Points to be included in poster
• Research and development
• Facility design
• Engineering
• Human resources
• Process development
• Sales; computers
• Regulatory compliance
• Manufacturing
• Environment
• Technology.

5. Non technical aspects of poster presentation:
• Size (Stick to the prescribed one)
• Orientation ( Vertical/ Horizontal) and logical order ( left to right & top
to bottom)
• All illustrations and text must be readable from a distance of 3
feet
• Cut down text ( Too much info to be avoided)
• Use bullet points & not paragraphs
• Justify the text
• A picture is worth a thousand words
• Academic institution logo
• If industry sponsored, a written acknowledgement of funding

6. Structure:
• Title
• Names of author(s) and affiliated organization(s)
• Abstract (brief summary of objectives, methods, results, and conclusions)
• Background Information
• Project Objectives
• Materials and Methods
• Results (tables, graphs, charts)
• Conclusions
• Discussion of possible future directions

7. Few Examples:
Good ones:

12. Things to avoid
Don’t’s

13. Precautions:
• Avoid unprofessional font style, better use Times New Roman
• Don’t use font size smaller than 24
• Avoid too Bright colors
• Short titles should be used