Test Whether Your Poster Can Stand Alone

This checklist provides criteria for evaluating a poster’s completeness.

Content

• Informative title, headings
• States motivation / purpose
• Describes methods / approach
• Focuses on design
• Explains how it works
• Presents key results of testing
• Uses coherent pattern of organization
• Explains figures/tables and labels them appropriately
• Defines jargon
• Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Cites sources
• Acknowledges support

Visual Display

• Appropriate number of words and images (not overloaded)
• Font sizes that can be read easily from 4 - 6 ft. away
• Figures that focus on critical elements; not excessive in detail
• Comparisons that make analysis clear and easy to evaluate
• Backgrounds that do not interfere with text or diagrams
• Adequate white space to make organization of information clear
• Consistent formatting
• Images relevant to purpose
• Color choices that are easy to view