Scholarly Presentation Preparation

Poster Presentations: Poster presentations provide students with the chance to connect directly with their audience through organized conversations with attendees. 

  • Designing Posters
    • Poster presentation designs vary. Posters are printed on a large format printer so that presenters are able to provide a clear visual overview of their research project. 
    • Elements to include:
      • Title of project, student's name, mentor's name, GVSU department information
      • Abstract, abridged version of the literature review, methodology, results
      • Images, graphs, and/or tables that help explain the project
  • Presenting Posters
    • Poster presentations are more conversational than oral presentations since presenters will be interacting directly with attendees.
      • Begin by telling attendees about yourself, your area of study, then begin explaining your project.
        • Provide background information about the project
          • Previous research that supports the rationale for your project
          • Why your project/research topic is important to investigate
        • Explain the method used to collect data
          • Describe participants (if applicable)
          • Clearly explain the steps of the method used
        • Review the results of your project
          • Explain the results
            • Use the images, tables, graphs to help explain results
            • Don't rely on the images, tables, graphs or attendees ability to interpret them
        • Describe the practical value that the results provide
          • How do your findings compare to those of your supporting researching?
          • Who is impacted by your findings?
          • How are they impacted?
        • Ask the attendee if they have questions

Oral Presentations: Oral presentations are an opportunity for students to present their project to a larger audience. Presentations are 20 minutes followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. Oral presentations are more formal and structured than poster presentations but some of the information above (poster presentations) can be used to help organize oral presentations; provide, explain, review, describe.

Speech Lab consultants are here to support each step of your journey as you prepare for poster presentations and oral presentations. Make an appointment today!  



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