How to add value to your poster (Comms for GM1)

If you’re a student on the Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode has been created for you.Understandably, students tasked with preparing a poster presentation tend to assume that it’s all about the poster itself. Of course, the poster’s the primary component of a poster presentation. But there’s more to poster presentation than that. This episode explains the why and the how concerning two further components of poster presentations. Attending to all three components of a poster presentation will help you to optimise the way you engage your audience and communicate your work.Contents00:00 What’s in the series?00:58 What are the components of a poster presentation?03:02 Who are you communicating with?05:36 What does your poster not say?07:07 How can you add value with supplementary resources?10:23 Where next?Further episodesThis episode is the first of a series of episodes on poster presentations. The others are:How to optimise your use of space on your posterHow to optimise design features on your posterA parallel set of episodes deals with presentations. Support the showAbout the publisherThis episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoringediting and writingtrainingand work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.