Scientific Posters: Design and Pitching
A workshop offered by the Bonn Graduate Center
An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, appropriate use of language and special techniques in presenting. This workshop will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and allow you to practise the communication skills required to make your research interesting and accessible to your audience.
Online Workshop
Monday, December 15, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Trainer
Dr. Karin Bodewits
Language
English
Location
Online
Target Group
Doctoral students
Track(s)
Research
Certificate
12 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus certificate
Description
A research poster is more than just a visual summary of your project — it’s a powerful tool for communicating your work, sparking interest, and engaging with a broad audience at conferences, workshops, and academic events. Designing an effective poster requires more than placing text and images on a large sheet. It demands thoughtful layout, concise and accessible language, and an eye for design that highlights your key message clearly and persuasively.
This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and allow you to practise the communication skills required to make your research interesting and accessible to your audience.
Content
- Your audience and their needs
- Crafting the 'story' of your poster
- Design posters - structures, layout, software, colours, lures, visual impact and best/worst-practise examples
- Graphical abstracts
- How to present your data
- Basic self-presentation skills - presenting yourself, your research and the poster
Feedback from Participants
"The lecturer was creating a comfortable atmosphere in which you could discuss everything and were able to try out the new things just learned. The information and practice was very useful! It is nice that you are able to work with online resources after the workshop ends on specific topics that interest you." (Participant 2024)
"The lecturer was very well informed on the subject, and was very good at communicating this. The use of online tools was very well suited for the topic, and utilized well." (Participant 2024)
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Address
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
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