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There are several options for printing a poster. You can opt to print it at home or use a professional service, which is available in person at stores and or via online vendors.
Prepare the File for Printing
Files need to be formatted a certain way before they’re ready to be printed. Printing services may require specific formatting options too.
- Posters should be designed with the color option of CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and key) or RGB (red, green and blue). CMYK offers better color profiles than RGB, and it may provide a more accurate preview of what finished poster will look like because the CMYK setting is used for computer screen images.
- Use vectors when creating your poster with a resolution of at least 300dpi (dots per square inch) for crisp results, according to Creative Bloq.
- Know what you want, including the poster size, type of paper and any other finishing details.
Printing In Person
There are many brick-and-mortar businesses that allow you to come in and create your poster for printing. For example, FedEx offers poster printing services, including poster prints, mounted posters, backlit prints for retail, photo posters, oversized prints and architectural prints. FedEx also produce professional signs and banners, which are ideal for businesses. If you don’t have a poster design already or are unsure of where to start, head to a local printing store for help.
Online Printing
Many printing businesses operate exclusively online. When you electronically submit your design, they will print your poster and mail it back to you. For example, Vistaprint is a large online website that specializes in all sorts of print jobs, from business cards to posters. You can choose from numerous types of paper and different finishes, from glossy or matte finish to mounted posters. You can add accessories like poster rails and snap frames. And you can even choose to laminate your poster, which ensures that it’s water resistant and will lasts longer. To get started on with an online printing project, find a trusted website and follow the step-by-step instructions. Once you submit your design, you’ll be prompted to enter your payment information and shipping address, where your poster should arrive.
Home Printing
If you want to print a poster at home, you can do so with your home printer by using a service like Block Posters. Block Posters allows you to upload your image, which is then enlarged. The enlarged image is divided into smaller sizes. That means that the poster is printed on several 8.5″ x 11″ sheets, which you can tape up together on your wall to make up the original image.
Still Unsure?
If you’re someone who’s not super tech savvy or familiar with design programs, then contact your preferred printing service to inquire about the easiest way to get your poster printed. Online printing businesses often have a customer service representative available by phone, or your local printing shop will have a friendly worker to offer instructions. You might even be able to pay extra to have someone design and print your poster for you.
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Links to university corporate identity (Logo) pages
List of corporate identity pages where you can download university logos to use with your poster presentation. Help your fellow researchers. Good quality logos for use in printed research posters are difficult to find online. If you have a link to the identity page of your university, email it to us and we will add it to our list for others to use.
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Adelphi University Duke University UPENN Bradley University ENMU
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Standard size research poster templates in inches use these starter poster templates as a starting point for your own poster designs, thumbnails of posters are shown in proportion to each others’ sizes based on a 48 inch (height) x 96 inch (width) display area, 36” tall x 48” wide .
STARTER 36x48 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE The 36x48 scientific poster template size is one of the smaller sizes and also one of the most common. It is very suitable for scientific posters with low to moderate amount of text and graphics. The 36x48 research poster template can also be printed at the following sizes without distortion or any necessary adjustments: 36x48 (Standard), 42x56, 48x64, 30x40
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STARTER TRIFOLD POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE These free PowerPoint poster templates are designed for a standard 3x4 foot poster presentation to be mounted on a standard Trifold poster board. This research poster template should be printed only at the following size: 36x48 (Standard Trifold) This poster template is for a standard Trifold board presentation. You can use it with poster boards available at office-supply stores or our professional ready-to-use Trifold poster presentation product. Are you looking for a larger MonsterBoard template? Use this PowerPoint MonsterBoard template.
36” Tall x 56” Wide
STARTER 36x56 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3x4.5 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is for a medium size poster. It is suitable for most poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate to large amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 36x56 (Standard), 42x65.3, 48x74.6
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STARTER 36x60 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3x5 foot poster presentation. This is also one of the standard sizes. It is used mostly when the height of the presentation board is only three feet and there is more content to present that can fit in a 48x36 poster. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 36x60 (Standard), 42x70, 48x80
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STARTER 36x72 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3x6 foot poster presentation. The same as the above scientific poster template, only wider by a foot. Again, it depends on how much content you need to present. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 36x72 (Standard), 42x84, 48x96
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STARTER 36x96 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3x8 foot poster presentation. It’s the widest one you can use on a three foot tall presentation board. It has five columns. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 96x36 (Standard), 24x64
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STARTER 42x60 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3.5x5 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is suitable for most poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate to large amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 42x60 (Standard), 36x51.42, 48x68.57
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STARTER 42x72 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3.5x6 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is for a medium size poster. It is suitable for most poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate to large amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 42x72 (Standard), 36x61.70, 48x82.28
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STARTER 42x90 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3.5x7.5 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is for a large size poster. It is suitable for most poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate to large amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 42x90 (Standard), 36x77.14, 44x94.28
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STARTER 44x44 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 3.7 x 3.7 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is for a medium size poster. It is suitable for many poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 44x44 (Standard), 36x36, 42x42, 48x48
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STARTER 48x72 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 4x6 foot poster presentation. This PowerPoint research poster template is for a medium/large size poster. It is suitable for most poster presentations. It can accommodate moderate to large amounts of content. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 48x72 (Standard), 24x36, 42x63
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STARTER 48x72 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 4x4 foot poster presentation. This scientific poster template is a good size for limited available spaces without compromising room for content. This research poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 48x48 (Standard), 36x36, 24x24, 42x42
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STARTER 48x96 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 4x8 foot poster presentation. This poster template is for the largest size poster usually allowed in conferences. It can accommodate a lot of content. You can use this template if you also have a large number of photos, tables, charts, and text. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 48x96 (Standard), 24x48, 42x84, 36x72
40” Tall x 30” Wide
STARTER 40x30 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard 40x30 inch poster presentation. This vertical poster template can accommodate a moderate amount of content. It can accommodate several photos, tables, charts, and a decent amount of text. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 40x30 (Standard), 48x36, 56x42
Free PowerPoint poster templates in metric sizes (cm) for international poster conferences
Thumbnails of posters are shown in proportion to each others’ sizes based on a 200 cm (height) x 100 cm (width) display area, 91 wide x 122 tall.
STARTER 91cmX122cm POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric 91 cm by 122 cm scientific poster presentation for international poster sessions. This PowerPoint poster template is essentially a vertical version of a standard 48x36 inch poster presentation. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 91 cm x122 cm (Standard 36x48 inches), 76x102 cm
70 Wide x 100 Tall
STARTER 70cmX100cm POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric 70 cm by 100 cm scientific poster presentation for international poster sessions. This PowerPoint poster template is for a small size poster poster presentation commonly used at international conferences. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 70 cm x100 cm (Standard 27.5x39.37 inches), 100x143 cm
100 Wide x 140 Tall
STARTER 100cmX140cm POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric 100 cm by 140 cm scientific poster presentation for international poster sessions. This PowerPoint poster template is for a small size poster poster presentation commonly used at international conferences. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following sizes: 100 cm x140 cm (Standard 39.37x55.12 inches)
1 Meter x 1 Meter
STARTER 100cmX100cm POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric 1 meter by 1 meter scientific poster presentation for international or domestic poster sessions. This template is commonly required at the Keystone Symposia research poster conferences. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following size: 100 cm x 100 cm (Standard 39 x 39 inches). Any square size up to 121 x 121 cm
100 Wide x 200 Tall
STARTER 100cmX200cm POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric 1 meter by 2 meter scientific poster presentation for international or domestic poster sessions. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following size: 100 cm x 200 cm (Standard 39 x 78 inches)
STARTER A0 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric A0 scientific poster presentation at a 841mm x 1189mm size for international or domestic poster sessions. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following size: 46.81 inches x 33.11 inches
STARTER A1 POWERPOINT POSTER TEMPLATE This free PowerPoint poster template is designed for a standard metric A1 scientific poster presentation at a 594mm x 841mm poster size for international or domestic poster sessions. This scientific poster template can be printed at the following size: 23.39 inches x 33.11 inches
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Here you can find research poster templates that can be edited to make your own poster presentations. Free poster presentation templates are available for PowerPoint (.pptx), Google Slides and OpenOffice for PC and Mac. Templates are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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PowerPoint does not allow a filet to use dimensions greater than 56″ so if you need a very large poster size, can use a scaled template. For instance, for a 94×94 poster size dimension, use the 42×42 poster and scale it 200%.
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If you are using Microsoft PowerPoint, download the .pptx version and open it in PowerPoint. It is compatible with Mac and PC (Windows).
If you are using Google Slides to design your poster presentation, click View on Google Slides and then go to File -> Make a Copy to create your own copy of the presentation. Starting from this point you’d be able to edit the poster and add your own data, images and content.
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Yes. Poster templates can be edited to fit your presentation needs. Remember to save your changes. You can edit the presentation by adding your own content, data charts and images. It is possible to replace the top left logo by any logo image you want or remove it completely if it is not required. You can also remove the footer with our logo, notes and comments.
Poster designs are fully customizable and can be edited to change colors with a few clicks. The poster format follow most standard US and international poster sizes and supports different versions of PowerPoint. Only basic PowerPoint skills are required. The poster templates can be used for research posters, in any scientific poster designs or as a conference posters.
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In the academic, scientific and research communities, presenting your findings and research on large format posters during conferences is common practice. Often, these posters are set up with key research findings and lead into a discussion with attendees. A well-crafted poster can start the conversation the right way and get others to pay attention and participate in a discussion.
While apps like Adobe InDesign and Scribus dominate the professional layout world, PowerPoint is easy enough to use because you can quickly draw content boxes and fill it in with your key ideas.
Use one of the featured free PowerPoint research poster templates found in this tutorial for your next poster presentation. Also, for premium options that really stand out, look at the many professionally-designed premium PowerPoint best poster presentation template found on ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Envato Elements or ga-analytics#sendMarketClickEvent">GraphicRiver and use it as a basis for your poster presentation .
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Whenever I build a PowerPoint presentation, it's rare that I start with a blank slate or with one of Microsoft's built-in designs. Both of these options take more time and wind up with results that aren't as good as using a pre-built academic poster template.
Free academic poster templates that are creative, professional and well-designed aren't easy to come by. Premium poster design template PPT not only make poster presentation creation a breeze, but also set you apart from the rest of the presenters. This is something free scientific poster templates can't guarantee.
Time is always of the essence. Gearing up for a PowerPoint poster presentation session is all about putting together your key ideas, creating visuals that support those ideas, and preparing to share it with others.
That's why I turn to a couple of services that help me skip ahead in the slide design process. Using a template is as easy as finding a good starting point, customizing it with the details that are specific to your presentation.
One of these sources is ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Envato Elements , which is a flat rate, all-you-can-download site for creative assets. For a single monthly subscription rate, you unlock the entire design library that includes everything from presentation templates to stock photos to video footage. If you find yourself regularly in need of fresh academic poster template designs, Elements is a great deal!
Another option for presentation templates is ga-analytics#sendMarketClickEvent">GraphicRiver . Instead of unlocking the entire library, you can choose files and purchase them one at a time. When you know what you're already looking for, GraphicRiver might be the perfect choice to just buy a single PowerPoint template that helps you make an impression with a presentation.
Envato Elements and GraphicRiver doesn't have templates that are the perfect fit for the traditional PowerPoint poster presentation design, but that doesn't mean that there aren't useful templates. Use a template from Elements or GraphicRiver for handouts or slides that you can give out.
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Before we get into our free academic poster templates let's have a look at some popular premium templates that are icon and graphics rich. These templates will help you create professional poster presentations that are more visual and less wordy.
1. ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Graphic Infographic PowerPoint Presentation Template
This graphic infographic PowerPoint presentation comes with 1000 icon sets. It's simple and easy to customize by adding your own data. Create beautiful and colorful visually appealing poster presentations quickly and easily.
2. ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Infographic Solutions PowerPoint Template
This is a multipurpose collection of more than 200 icons. You can copy/paste every infographic solution slide to your own presentation, and it'll automatically change colors into new theme colors, making editing just so much easier. This well-organized template is easy to edit, customize, recolor or change size.
3. ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Medical - PowerPoint Infographics Slides
33 unique slides and loads of features you can use for any medical research poster presentation. Perfect for those who want to present their findings in a simple and interesting way.
4. ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Chart Infographics PowerPoint Presentation Template
Here are 1000 icon sets at your disposal. This is a great must-have-template as you never know when it would come in handy—especially if you're someone who creates poster presentations that need a lot of charts and graphs to represent your findings visually with lesser words.
5. ga-analytics#sendElementsClickEvent">Environment Infographic PowerPoint Template
This PowerPoint template comes stacked with 20 unique slides of educational and science-related graphics and diagrams. If you're someone who researches or conducts studies about the environment, pollution or anything nature related, this template is ideal for you.
Principles of Poster Design
Before we start designing our poster, let's review some of the principles that make for successful posters.
The posters that we'll build in this presentation will typically follow a common format that you'll see at conferences. There's a well-understood format that most audiences will recognize:
- Titles . It's not unusual that a poster will accompany a research paper, so it's helpful to have an official title in case others want to reference or applaud the contents of your poster presentation.
- Introduction . A plain language version of your research findings is crucial so that anyone can spend just a few seconds and understand the purpose of the research performed.
- Methods and Procedures . Most research features a structured approach to finding the results
- Results . Share the data that was an outcome from the results and procedures that you performed.
- Conclusions . Ultimately, share the findings of your research in a concise conclusion that sums up and conveys your outcome.
- References . If your research is built on critical assumptions, make sure to reference them in a section of the poster in case viewers want to cross-reference with other original works.
The research poster templates featured in this article typically have these key features. They might be labeled slightly differently, but the general placeholders are there. Just fill them in with your research work, and you're on your way to a successful poster session!
Not every educational PowerPoint presentation has to fit the traditional poster design template PPT format. If you want to create something educational but eschew the poster format, check out the tutorial below to see 15 of the best poster presentation templates to create learning-centric PowerPoint presentations:
Top Sites for Free PowerPoint Poster Templates
Luckily, there are many talented creatives and researchers that share their hard work in the form of free PowerPoint research poster templates. Many of these sites also offer printing services for the science poster templates. That's helpful because the science poster templates are non-traditional print sizes that can't be printed on most consumer printers.
Let's check out some of the top sites that offer free poster templates:
1. PosterPresentations.com
Leading off, the aptly named PosterPresentations.com has a deep library of free download poster presentation templates in an incredible number of printing formats. Just click on any of the thumbnails to download and start customizing these PowerPoint research poster templates in over 20 sizes. You can also use this site to upload the finished science poster template and print the poster.
Don't miss out on the A0 and A1 format poster templates on this site as well. These are page formats that are fit to be printed on standard sized printing paper. You can use these for handouts to the audience.
2. MakeSigns
MakeSigns offers up some of the more modern design options in this PowerPoint poster template round-up. There are 24 separate templates at the link above, each of which has six different sizes and formats that you can print directly through the site. This best poster presentation template free download is easy to use. Just Download the template, add your content, and prepare to print a poster that grabs the audience's attention.
3. PosterSession.com
This site has over 22 different size formats for printing a PowerPoint poster template. It includes all of the standard poster sizes that'll fit right at home on the exhibition tables of a showcase or conference. The simplicity of this design can focus the audience on the content instead of overwhelming them with unnecessary design elements.
4. Template.net
One of the best things about this selection of templates is their flexibility. There are eight different choices that you can use to set up your printed poster. The sections in several of the templates aren't labeled, so make sure to use the list of suggested sections above to build in all of the proper content for your printed poster.
5. Microsoft Office Template Library
The Microsoft Office template library always has a useful set of starting points for your next presentation. You can grab a free scientific poster template like the Science Project template you see below for one of the best ways to build a PowerPoint poster. It's one of the easiest templates to customize thanks to Microsoft's attention to detail.
6. Craft of Scientific Posters
The PowerPoint research poster template format doesn't get any simpler than the options on this site. All of these make nice use of white space so that the viewer's eye follows the content from left to right.
It's important to remember that keeping your free scientific poster template design simple is one of the most important aspects of a successful poster presentation. In reducing the number of design elements, the audience is more likely to focus on the content.
7. Colin Purrington
Colin Purrington is a Ph.D. and professor at Swarthmore. He also happens to be kind enough to share some excellent PowerPoint poster templates that you can check out at the link above. They're simple and easy to update.
Make sure to check out Colin's excellent article on Designing Conference posters . In it, he shares some of the principles that can help you succeed in designing the content for your poster.
8. ResearchPosters.com
This is another site that allows you to tie into printing academic poster templates with a printing service called Genigraphics. There are six major categories of designs, each of which has dozens of sizes so that your poster will fit in with the standards of any conference. Again, this is another great selection because the conference poster templates are clean, easy-to-update, and include all of the placeholders you need to present.
9. Call4Posters
For our international readers, this might be one of the best poster presentation template free download option in this article thanks to the dimensions that align well with the international dimensions typically expected at conferences. You can download one of these conference poster templates, customize it, and then print it through the same outlet that provided the conference poster templates.
10. Posters4Research
Make sure to check out the link above to see the sheer number of free scientific poster templates that this site offers. This site includes both colorful and straightforward poster templates that you can use to prepare for a big poster session. As you can see in the screenshot below, this best poster presentation template free download has all of the critical elements you need for a successful poster session that grabs your audience's attention and
Keep Learning
In this article, we checked out some of the best sources for free poster templates. These templates are your key to quickly preparing poster presentations that'll engage an audience and lead to discussions around your research.
There are plenty of other templates for PowerPoint for nearly every design occasion. Check out the other links in the round-up below to see other ideas for designing presentations and slides that engage an audience:
How do you prepare for your poster presentations? Do you use one of the conference poster templates in this round-up, or do you design your own? Let me know in the comments section below.
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How to create beautiful and effective academic posters in PowerPoint
- Written by: Emily Pinch
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It’s time to show the world your research, how exciting! After all your hard work, all those hours in the lab, you can finally present your findings and talk to fellow researchers about your work! Except… you’ve left it a little late to create your poster. So, you dig out the trusty old PowerPoint template passed down for generations and fill in the gaps with your own findings. But be honest with yourself, how old even is that template? Instead of presenting the exciting poster you dreamed of, you’ve got an uninspiring wall of text which leaves your audience a little lost on what you actually discovered. Your academic posters should be keeping pace with the rate science is moving, not trailing behind! It’s time to upgrade your template and create beautiful and effective academic posters in PowerPoint.
Why use PowerPoint for academic posters?
PowerPoint is the go-to tool for creating academic research posters. If you weren’t already aware, we love PowerPoint, and for good reason! It’s easy-to-use, quick to edit and accessible to many, making poster creation a breeze. We’re going to take you through a whole host of PowerPoint poster creation tips from shaping your content into a clear and concise message, making the most of our free pre-designed poster templates to help you build effective and beautiful research posters!
Download our free templates here:
Academic research poster template – Portrait
Academic research poster template – Landscape
Tips on your content – make your poster effective
Let’s step into your audience’s shoes for a moment and consider the problem with the typical ‘wall-of-text’ poster. The reality is poster sessions attendees have very little time to see a LOT of posters. Time is of the essence and your audience are a moving target, so you’ve got to grab their attention, and fast! You can’t assume your audience will be happy to stand and read your poster for ten minutes.
Your research poster should be a conversation starter, not a wall of impenetrable text. A poster is simply a visual abstract, representing a concise and accessible summary of your research. Its purpose is to drive attention to your research, not show every detail. Think of it more like a billboard, designed to transmit key information quickly as your audience moves past.
- Cut the jargon – Consider your target audience, sure you may have attendees that are specialists in your field, but you also want your poster to be accessible to people who are new to your research. Cut the jargon and specialist terms and use plain language as much as possible to make your poster easy to understand.
- Organise your story – Separate your content into sections using headers and ensure your poster tells a flowing story that includes: Background, Question, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
- Condense your content – Decide what your audience needs to know, then consider what is just nice to know. Then get rid of the nice to know. Be ruthless and keep your content concise and clear. Aim for a maximum of 250 words, possibly <150 if you’re feeling brave! If you’re concerned about the lack of detail on your poster, you can link to a full version of your paper using a QR code – we’ll explain how to do this further on.
- Summarise your key finding – Most important of all, what did you find out from your research? Why should people care? Consider what the punchline of your research is and translate it into conversational plain English. Determine what key image or graph will support this finding and help transmit your message clearly so that your audience can quickly understand the value of your research without standing and staring at your poster for an eternity.
Layout Creating an effective academic poster is all about making it easy for your audience to quickly understand the content. A clear and logical layout is fundamental to achieving this. Consider the hierarchy of your information. You want your audience to read the most important information first – in case they don’t make it to the bottom of the poster. So, place your key finding and a supporting graph or graphic right at the top of the poster. To ensure the rest of your poster is easy to read, consider the flow of your content. In the West, we read top to bottom, left to right so make sure your content follows this flow. You could number your sections or use arrows to guide the reader and use bullet points rather than long paragraphs of text. You can read more about hierarchy here
We’ve created 4 academic poster PowerPoint template layouts to help get you started!
Data Your research will inevitably contain graphs and data, and whilst you may want to show them all off on your poster (because they took ages to make!) you need to decide which are the most important.
- Be selective – Display only essential data on your poster. Whilst pictures and graphs do help break up text, you don’t want to overload your audience with information so only include the most important graphs.
- Simplify – Simplify your graphs and, if necessary, re-label them so scientists outside of your field will understand the basics.
- Summary figure – Pick a single graphic to support your key finding and help your audience understand your punchline – fast.
- Formatting – Apply the colour scheme and fonts of your template to any imported graphs for consistency across your poster. You can find pre-designed graphs in the sticker sheet for each of our templates!
Tips on the template – make your poster beautiful
Your content is ready to go, now it’s time to make your poster beautiful! To give you a head start, we’ve created 4 different landscape and portrait academic poster PowerPoint templates each with their own unique design style! Pick your favourite and fill in the sections with your content. We’ve helped get you started with placeholders for headings, graphs, references etc. on each template but these are editable so you can customise your poster to work best for you.
Each template also has its own matching ‘ sticker sheet ’. Just copy and paste any of the elements you’d like to use on the sticker sheet on to your poster
Now, let’s run through some top tips to make sure you get the most out of these templates!
Guides are important to help align and balance your poster design. Some key things to remember are to keep the border clear and maintain the gaps (gutters) between sections to give your content space to breathe.
If you want to create your own guides, this article shows you how easy it is with our free PowerPoint add-in BrightSlide .
White space Don’t underestimate the power of what’s NOT on your poster. White space is essential for making a beautiful and effective poster. Your poster should roughly consist of 20-30% text, 30-40% figures and 40% space. Yep, you heard me, 40% ! White, or ‘negative’ space is all about creating areas of contrast, with clear focal points to draw your attention to the important parts, and create a flow and hierarchy across your poster. Learn more about the power of white space
Try to avoid using photos in the background, it can clutter the poster and make it difficult for your audience to read the text or understand the graphs.
Colours We’ve predesigned our poster templates with carefully selected colour schemes to make them simply beautiful! But we’ve got some tips on how to best apply the set colour scheme to your content. Each template has a colour palette of 6-8 colours. We recommend using a bright colour as your accent colour to draw attention to key information on your poster. It’s important to use this accent colour in moderation to ensure it holds its attention-grabbing function! Make sure you apply the colour scheme to all the text, images and figures you’re using to keep your poster design consistent
If you have to use specific colours, or fancy creating your own colour palette, here are some top tips:
- Use 3-5 colours – 2-3 shades of a primary colour, an accent colour that stands out, a background colour and a couple of text colours (one light one dark).
- Use the eyedropper tool – Find an image with colours you love and use the eyedropper tool in PowerPoint to extract the colours. To use the colour, draw a shape on a PowerPoint slide, select it, head to Shape Format > Shape Fill > Eyedropper and click on the colour from the image.
- Use a colour contrast checker for accessibility – Poor colour contrast can mean your poster becomes less accessible to a whole range of people. Luckily, while this is a common error, it’s also a very simple thing to fix. Check out the free colour contrast checker in our brilliant PowerPoint add-in, BrightSlide .
- Update your colour theme in PowerPoint – The best way to handle colours in PowerPoint is to set your template correctly and use a colour theme. Then it’s easy to use the same colours over and over again. Once you’ve chosen your colours, read this article to learn how to change the theme colours in PowerPoint .
Fonts Less is more when it comes to fonts, we recommend picking just one or two fonts . Using a second font can help to clearly distinguish your body text from your titles and headings, but this can also be achieved by making your titles and headings bold . Our poster templates have pre-set fonts but if you’re striking out on your own, here are some other fonts we recommend:
Read more about our recommended presentation fonts.
Font size is also important. Your poster needs to be readable from a meter away, and your title and headings need to stand out. For A0 posters, try sticking to these font sizes:
- Titles – 90pt
- Headings – 60pt
- Body text – 36pt
Check your font sizes by zooming in to your poster 100% and stand a meter away from your screen to test if you can easily read the body text and distinguish the headings.
Graphs We’ve created some pre-designed graphs, tables and diagrams in the sticker sheet to copy and paste on to your poster and insert your own data.
However, we recognise that you may not be using Microsoft Office to create your charts and graphs. In this case, we recommend exporting the graph from whatever software you’re using (Origin, for example) as an EMF image , and pasting that into your poster template. You can then ungroup the image and format the elements of the chart to match your poster template fonts and colours. Don’t forget to regroup the graph afterwards to make it easier to move and resize!
To make the most of your graphs and data, focus your audience’s attention on key information by using PowerPoint shapes or arrows. Edit the line colour, fill colour, and transparency to highlight important trends or values on your graphs.
If you’re using Office 365, you’ll be able to access PowerPoint’s native presentation icons, and we have a blog post showing you how to insert these PowerPoint icons . Whilst PowerPoint has a LOT of icons to choose from, you may be looking for something more specific for your research. If you’re in the environmental sciences, the IAN image library is a great free library of graphics. Another great generalist website to find free illustrations and icons is Freepik .
If you’re really after something custom or specific, Adobe Illustrator is a powerful tool for creating illustrations. Though it’s a paid software, there are lots of free resources out there to help you create exactly what you need. If Adobe Illustrator isn’t the right choice for you, PowerPoint can be used to create surprisingly sophisticated illustrations as this post explains.
QR codes Adding a QR code to your poster is a quick way to provide your audience with access to your full paper or a digital copy of your poster. This allows the attendees to walk away with as much information as they like. You can be more confident condensing your content for your poster, safe in the knowledge that your audience can still access your full paper through your custom QR code. To create your own QR code, you can head to Canva or qrcodemonkey . If you want to link to multiple files or locations, it may be worth using Linktree which allows you to connect your audience to multiple locations through a single link from your QR code. You can then add that QR code to your academic poster in PowerPoint before exporting the it ready to share.
Finishing up I hope your poster is coming together nicely now! But… you’re not quite finished yet. Here are a few tips to make sure you, and your poster, are ready to go!
- Is the layout clear and easy to follow?
- Did you understand the key finding quickly?
- Can you double check my spelling and grammar, please!
It’s important not to miss out this feedback phase, and do it sooner rather than later, so you can implement any changes in good time! Trialling your poster will give you more confidence to present at your poster session too.
- The final check! – It’s a good idea to test print your poster before printing it full size. Print your poster A4, or A3 if possible. Check everything looks how you want it to, that the resolution of your graphs and images is up to scratch (300dpi is recommended), that there is enough space in the margins, and nothing is cut off and do a final proofread of all the text.
- Be prepared to present – Your poster won’t do all the talking for you, it serves as a conversation starter, so you’ll have to be prepared to talk about your research. Don’t panic! We’ve got LOADS of presentation tips to help you prepare.
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We’d love to see the academic posters you make in PowerPoint using these templates, please send them to us or share them on twitter and tag us @BrightCarbon .
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