• The FLARE Poster Session is scheduled for Tuesday, December 4, in the International Programs Commons (1117 University Capitol Centre, setup at 2 p.m.).  All class members are required to participate in this event and present their projects via a poster.

• The purpose of your poster is to present your project in a readable, viewer-friendly form. All of the posters will be displayed in the International Programs Commons on easels. Our audience will walk around looking at the posters and may ask you questions about your project.

• A poster should be complete and self-supporting so that different viewers may continue at their leisure. The author should only need to supplement or discuss particular points raised during inquiry.

• Remember that people of varying degrees of interest and experience may be viewing your poster at once. Therefore you will want to make your points as complete and brief as possible.

• The display boards are 30 inches high and 40 inches across, but your poster should only use half of the available space.  So that you can lay out your display in advance, we recommend that you purchase a sheet of posterboard (known as Railroad Board) measuring 22" wide by 28" tall.  This is available at Dick Blick for under $1 (68¢ to be exact).  You may also choose to use half of the display board and attach your pages with pins when you arrive in advance of the poster session.  Arrange your materials as indicated on the reverse side of this sheet.

• Material should be mounted on colored posterboard for contrast, because white paper on the white poster will not stand out enough.

• The standard elements are: project title, your name, course, abstract, and three pages with screen shots with commentary.

• Use large enough type so that the poster can be easily seen from a short distance. We recommend 18- or 24-point size, depending on the font you use. 14-point is too small.

• Prepare a banner for the top of the poster indicating the title, author(s), and course.

• Lettering of the title and author(s) should be large and appealing.

• Minimize the narrative. Use large type in short, separated paragraphs.

• Do not set entire paragraphs in boldface or capital letters.

• Numbered or bulleted lists are a concise but effective way to convey a series of points.

• In addition to the poster, most presenters will have a handout.  For the MM&SLA projects, however, we will prepare a composite handout for all class members.  You will need to email your instructors a revised brief abstract, about 50 words, by noon on Monday, December 3 .

Poster Layout

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