Poster presentations create a visual display of your research or community engagement project that is appealing, well organized, and representative of your research or project experience. Posters should prompt dialogue for audience and community members. These resources will help you understand how to design, develop, print, and finally present your poster.
How to Create and Print Your Poster for URES
URES 2025 Instructions for Creating Posters will be posted in January/February 2025 - A practical guide to creating posters in PowerPoint, and preparing them for presentation at URES. Note that these instructions may be updated closer to the print deadline, so please check back before finalizing your poster.
Tools, Tips, and Tricks for Effective Posters
Loyola Libraries: Poster Presentations - This guide will help you develop effective poster presentations, and includes links to sample research posters, as well as slides from a workshop on poster presentations.
Poster Presentations: Tips and Tools - Slides from a Loyola Libraries workshop on poster presentations, sharing a range of guidelines on designing a poster.
Accessibility Instructions for Poster Design - Do not forget to take the extra steps that will make your poster accessible to all of your audience. These instructions include information on designing a poster and presentation that will be accessible to participants with different levels of visual impairment, Deaf or Hard of Hearing individuals, and more.
Including Audio in Presentations - Some guidelines for the audio component of your presentation; how is verbally describing your research different from writing about it?
Creating Effective Academic Posters - A discussion of the purpose of an academic poster, and some tips on getting started.
Poster Presentation as Visual Rhetoric - Slides from a workshop on poster presentations, including practical information on the poster design process, with details on the differences between humanities and STEM posters.
Poster Presentation: Seven Simple Ingredients - Seven basic guidelines for creating an audience-friendly poster.