Prepare for Success: Planning

Presenting a research project that you have worked on for months in an ePoster is a challenge! Choose a limited number of main points you want your audience to understand, including:

1. The problem/ issue that your research addresses
2. Your specific research aims
3. Your key finding(s)
4. The implications of your findings

Prepare for Success: Audience Awareness

At the USRC, your ePoster will be viewed by a mixed audience and it should therefore be easily understood by people from different academic backgrounds, not just specialists in your field. Take time to show why your research is important within your field and how it is relevant or beneficial in the ‘real world’. Avoid using a lot of technical details or ‘jargon’.

Prepare for Success: Effective Visuals

Present your ideas in an attractive way, without presenting all the procedural details of your study (e.g. data analysis). If the audience want to know more about technical points, they will ask you on the day.

Instructions and recommendations for preparing your ePoster:

By following these instructions, your ePoster will be compatible with the conference TV and Computer screens.

1. Folder and file management Create a folder and name it: USRC2019-YOURNAME (no spaces)
   • Download and save the ePoster template
   • All additional files such as audio, video, images you create to use in the ePoster need to be saved into the same folder.
   • Save ePoster Powerpoint as .pptx to ensure all your embedded images and videos are included.

2. Formatting Instructions:
   • Use the USRC ePoster template available on Blackboard site. Template slide size is set to W 47 x H 23 inches.
   • DO NOT change the slide size, navigation button setup.
   • You can alter the content layout but not the slide colour and layout
   • Font type: Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial. Other fonts may have cross-operating system display issues.
   • Font size: use 32pt or larger.
   • Image file formats: .jpg, .png
   • Video file formats: .mov, .mp4, .mpeg
   • Save all mathematical formulas and equations to images (.jpg, .png)
   • All graphs and images, videos and audio need to be embedded into your ePoster slides
   • The ePoster should be set on loop
   • The ePoster should be saving as a PPT show

Each ePoster should contain the following elements:

1. Each slide should use the template provided and should contain the same slide master details:
   • Title of your research o Presenter name(s)
   • Supervisor name
   • College
   • Department 2. Modifications are allowed:
   • Color
   • Addition of elements 

ePosters should contain 4 slides: Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions

Slide 1: Introduction: This slide should include two elements, Background and Research Aims

• Background: Here, you should have information about the background to your research
  • A combination of images and paragraphs explaining:
    • The background of your research
    • The reasons why you chose this topic
      • Avoid using technical language
    • Research Aims: Here, you should have information about the aims to your research
      • A combination of images and paragraphs explaining:
        • The main or key aims of your research
        • What you were attempting to learn about
          • Avoid using technical language

Slide 2: Methods: Here, you should have information about the methods used in your research

• A combination of images and paragraphs explaining:
  • The methods used to conduct your research
  • The reasons for using these methods (optional)
    • Avoid using technical language

Slide 3: Results: Here, you should have information about the results of your research

• A combination of images and paragraphs explaining:
  • The main results you discovered in your research
    • Avoid using technical language

Slide 4: Conclusions: Here, you should have information about the conclusions of your research

• A combination of images and paragraphs explaining:
  • Your main conclusions having conducted the research
  • Implications of your research
  • Possible future areas or further research
    • Avoid using technical language

Visit the USRC23 Blackboard Organization to download and start modifying your ePoster Template Visit the USRC23 Blackboard Organization to see examples of ePosters from previous conferences Visit the SSU Speaking Center to get advice and feedback on your presentation skills (C5-0076|library