Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their program. Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion.
The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats. At a conference, the researcher stands by the poster display while other participants can come and view the presentation and interact with the author.
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Image credit: Poster Session Tips by mousejockey@psu.edu, via Penn State
A popular, easy-to-use option. It is part of Microsoft Office package and is available on the library computers in the PC Lab. (Advice for creating a poster with PowerPoint).
Feature-rich professional software that is good for posters including lots of high-resolution images, but they are more complex and expensive. NYU Faculty, Staff, and Students can access and download the Adobe Creative Suite.
