How to Create a Poster Presentation

Check out examples of real posters to get ideas that may work for you.

• Academic Posters

  Edinburgh Napier University student success how-to guide for academic posters.

• Designing Conference Posters

  Colin Purrington, a PhD and former professor, breaks down how to design conference posters and a list of do's and don'ts.

• Design of Scientific Posters

  Contains tips on design issues as well as sample posters and templates. From the "Writing and Speaking Guidelines for Engineering and Science" web site at Pennsylvania State University.

• BIO 801 -Scientific Literature and Writing -Poster Presentations

  Poster design tips from Gary Ritchison at Eastern Kentucky University.

• F1000 Posters

  Browse thousands of examples of real conference posters for biology and medicine that have been deposited with F1000.

• Creating an Effective Scientific Poster (PDF)

  University of Guelph, Integrative Biology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2011/2012. Covers preparation, design principles, software guide, and a checklist for assessing your poster.

• Poster Presentations: Designing Effective Posters

  University at Buffalo research guide by Fred Stoss, Biological Sciences Librarian.

• Examples of Posters

  View posters with evaluative comments from the Creating Effective Poster Presentations web site by George Hess, Kathryn Tosney, and Leon Liegel.

• Genigraphics

• MakeSigns.com

• Poster Presentations