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 for presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and give you the opportunity to practice the communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessible for your audience.
Online Workshop
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Friday, July 22, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Trainer
Dr. Philipp Gramlich
Language
English
Location
Online
Target Group
Doctoral students
Track(s)
Research
Certificate
14 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus certificate

Course Content
- 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 and Q&A sessions
- The communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessible for your audience
- Basic self-presentation skills presenting yourself, your research and the poster
Course Description
An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, appropriate use of language and special techniques for presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters and give you the opportunity to practice the communication skills needed to make your research interesting and accessible for your audience.
It is possible to participate in the workshop on even the most simple devices like smartphones. However, your participation would be limited, so please do try to use a computer with camera and microphone – built-in devices are generally good enough for our purposes.
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Address
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
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