General Information
- The poster board display will be 4 feet tall by 8 feet wide, mounted on stands.
- Poster must be in landscape orientation. Poster size suggestion is 36″ x 48″
- Thumbtacks will be available on-site for mounting the displays.
- If you need any accommodations, please contact DCHC@gmu.edu
- No audiovisual equipment is permitted for poster presentations.
- Your poster number can be found in the conference program.
- Boards will have the poster number for each session on the top corner. Please find yours and place your poster 5 minutes prior to the start of your session.
- Poster Sessions 1-2: Friday
| 2:45-3:25 | Poster Session 1 (Posters 1-27) | Layton and Rockbridge |
| 3:35-4:15 | Poster Session 2 (Posters 28-54) | Layton and Rockbridge |
- Poster Session 3-4: Saturday
| 10:15-10:55 | Poster Session 3 (Posters 55-80) | Layton and Rockbridge |
| 11:05-11:45 | Poster Session 4 (Posters 81-106) | Layton and Rockbridge |
- The author must remain by his/her poster board for the duration of the 40-minute session.
- If handouts are to be distributed, bring approximately 50 copies.
- Bring business cards with you in case the viewer is interested in more information.
Poster Development Tips
- Materials should include the title of the presentation and list of authors. Letters in the title should be at least 1 inch high. Bring all illustrations needed — figures, tables, color photographs, charts.
- The material should be well labeled and legible from a distance of 6-10 feet away. Lettering should be bold. If you will be posting typed material, use a large font size (24 point font) on white, non-glossy paper. Use 1-inch margins. Avoid use of fancy fonts. Use upper and lowercase letters. Sans serif fonts such as Veranda are much easier to read than Serif fonts.
- Here are some tips for The National Communication Association: https://www.natcom.org/sites/default/files/annual-convention/NCA_Convention_Resources_Creating_a_Successful_S2S_Poster.pdf
- Typically, your home institution will have resources for templates and also for printing.
- There is not a business center in the hotel, if you need printing near the conference there is a fedex just over 2 miles away: https://local.fedex.com/en-us/va/herndon/office-1823