POSTER AREA

• Mount your presentation on a poster board on larger than 28" X 44" (not including your title).  Poster board of this size is available in numerous colors in the Bookstore.
• Bring your own pins to attach your poster board on the available poster spaces.

• TITLE:  Title, author(s) and affiliation(s) are to be printed across the top of the poster in characters at least 1" high.
• ABSTRACT:  Include an abstract with your poster.
• TEXT, FIGURES, AND TABLES should first be mounted on colored backgrounds (illustration board or heavy construction paper) and then arranged on the main board in vertical columns (not rows) in a clear and logical sequence.  This can be accomplished by numbering the illustrations or using arrows. 
• Poster sessions are often crowded and busy, conditions which can make close viewing difficult.  Therefore, your poster should be easily read from 3 to 4 feet.  A distance that requires a character size of at least 3/8 inch high.
• Each figure should have a large heading (1/2" or 36 point) or "take home" message, one or two lines long.
• The "take home" message should communicate the main content of the figure.  Detailed information concerning the figure can be provided in a legend.
• The figure legend should contain information that would normally appear in the body of a manuscript.
• Remember, a casual viewer of your poster should be able to understand the poster without having to read the legend; the legend is strictly for those people who want to gain more detailed information about the figure.
• Tables should follow the same general layout as figures.
• Tables should be simple and contain no extraneous material.
• For ease of viewing, try to convert any tables into figures.

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/undergrad/posterinstructions.html

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/presentation/designing-poster/designing-poster

SAMPLE POSTER PRESENTATION