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Poster session
October 3, 4:30-6:00
Why posters?
- Increase the variety of information exchanged during the conference
- Showcase the scholarship efforts of Extension personnel
- Encourage interaction and future collaboration
- Provide a venue for critical review of the presentation of research, program development and evaluation, and teaching efforts across the Extension organization
Poster Content Criteria
Posters should focus on scholarship in a discipline area related to Extension, with a focus on scholarly work in the following categories:
- Use of Technology and Distance Learning
- Program Development, Delivery and Evaluation
- Research
Scholarly work is defined as any creative intellectual work, and ranges from research and discovery to evaluation and teaching strategies.
Please select the category that most closely aligns with the work you are showcasing; posters may only be in one category.
You are welcome to submit appropriate posters created for other conferences with a peer audience, such as professional society conferences.
Abstracts Submission Process
Abstract submissions is closed August 22.
All abstracts will be reviewed and ranked by reviewers. All submitters will be notified by September 9 with the review result: accept, not accept, accept with changes. Abstracts will be reviewed based on:
- appropriateness in the category
- significance of subject
- originality of subject
Poster Creation and Display
We encourage all accepted poster authors to attend this webinar put on for their information:
“Posters in Power Point”
Webinar by Kristen Mastel, Outreach & Instruction Librarian
September 13, 1:00 pm
View the Recording of this Webinar
Handout from this webinar, "Powerpoint Posters" (PDF)
Each accepted poster is provided a black bulletin board that is 4’ high by 8’ wide. For more poster creation guidelines, please read Poster Preparation Tips (PDF).
Also, to view past Extension Fall Conference posters, please visit the collection in the University Digital Conservancy, at: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/48246 Accepted posters are encouraged to add their materials to the UDC as well.
Poster Staffing
- Poster setup will be done by an author during setup time on Monday, October 3, no later than 3:00 pm.
- Posters must be staffed by at least one and not more than two authors at a time during the poster session (Monday, October 3, from 4:30-6 pm).
- All posters must be removed by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, October 5. We are not responsible for posters left up after 12:00 pm.
