This workshop is about scientific poster presentations, their design, and how to present (pitch) them well.

An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, appropriate use of language and special techniques in presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and allow you to practice the communication skills required to make your research interesting and accessible to your audience.

In this course you´ll learn about:

• Your audience and their needs
• Crafting the ‘story’ of your poster
• Design posters – structures, layout, software, colours, lures, visual impact and best/ worst-practice examples
• Graphical abstracts
• How to present your data
• How to write an engaging abstract
• Dialogues & Q&A sessions
• The communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessible to your audience
• Basic self-presentation skills – presenting yourself, your research and the poster