Biophysical Society Newsletter

BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER

2016

With your poster finished, it’s time to prepare

your actual presentation. You’ll want to stick

around near your poster for as much time as you

can to engage with readers, answer questions, and

of course meet and network with other scientists

interested in your research. Definitely plan to

camp out by your poster for at least the hour that

you are scheduled to present. Keeping in mind

that most people will only stop for a moment, and

even those who linger will only do so for three to

five minutes, put together an “elevator speech”

with the top points you want to make and practice

it! To help develop your presentation, test it out

on a colleague or labmate to get feedback on your

clarity and delivery.

Engage curious parties in conversation, but be

careful to not badger anyone, or to be too en-

grossed in any one conversation (thus ignoring ev-

eryone else). You can always schedule a follow-up

with very interested individuals if needed. If you

have them, bring business cards (or paper and pen)

to share your contact information with anyone

interested in follow-up.

If you come prepared with a well-designed poster,

a few key talking points, and copies of any neces-

sary ancillary materials, you can hang your poster

and then let your science speak for itself!

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