Important to Note:

• Unlike previous years, you will NOT bring a printed poster onsite and pin to a presentation board.
• LTEN will not post your presentation deck online or in any communications. If finalist would like to include their presentation materials in the conference app, share those with us as a PDF file under 5MB.
• LTEN will reach out in May with your time slot within 7:00–7:50 AM on Tuesday and 7:30-8:20 AM on Wednesday along with your Learning Lab location and pre-event checklist.

• Format: 10-minute presentation with a 5-minute transition to the next finalist’s presentation. The presentation can be a video, PowerPoint slide or picture slide show. Must be formatted to 16:9 widescreen) w/5-minute transition between presentations.
• Audience Participation: Attendees will see the Awards Presentations schedule in the conference app, attend a Learning Lab and use headphones to hear the award presenter speaking into the microphone. Due to the short nature of the presentation, there won’t likely be time for Q&A.
• Learning Labs Tech & Room Set: The Labs will be set in theater seating. Each Lab will include:
  • One flipchart with markers
  • One screen and an LCD projector
  • One handheld microphone
  • Basic wi-fi for checking emails and viewing conference app
  • Laptop – You must bring your presentation on a USB.

You can also email our team at awards@L-TEN.org. Please allow 24-48 hours for reply. We appreciate YOU and your patience!

LTEN is pleased to offer LTEN Excellence Award applicants the opportunity to create a poster of your 2024 awards nomination, summarizing and spotlighting your work.

Digital posters:
Share your artwork with LTEN and we’ll showcase your award poster across all of LTEN communication channels.

Your poster should take a viewer through the information you submitted as part of your award application, highlighting your achievements. Unlike a verbal presentation, however, where the pace is dictated to the audience, posters allow viewers to study the information at their own speed and discuss the content with the poster “presenter.”

A well-organized, visually appealing poster takes thought, and the following guidelines are meant to help you produce a poster that effectively communicates your topic and appeals to the training audience. With little space to explain your ideas, it’s important to communicate key points clearly and succinctly.

Posters should be no larger than 8.5” tall by 11” high and saved as a PDF file.

• You may include a QR code on the poster.
• Place the title in large‐sized type at the top of the Poster, including the award category you applied for. If you require an award logo, please email us at awards@L-TEN.org.
• List the title and all contributors/authors under the heading.
• Use a font size that can be read from a few feet away.
• Use charts, drawings, and illustrations similar to those you would use in a PowerPoint presentation.
• Keep captions brief and content self-explanatory.
• Use shorter sentences and paragraphs as much as possible, since with larger fonts even short paragraphs will appear long.
• Use sub-heads to break up the flow and use bulleted or numbered lists.

Your poster should take a viewer through the information you submitted as part of your award application, highlighting your achievements. Unlike a verbal presentation, however, where the pace is dictated to the audience, posters allow viewers to study the information at their own speed.

• 2023 posters
• 2022 posters
• 2021 posters
• 2020 posters
• 2019 posters

A well-organized, visually appealing poster takes thought, and the following guidelines are meant to help you produce a poster that effectively communicates your topic and appeals to the training audience. With little space to explain your ideas, it’s important to communicate key points clearly and succinctly.

Summary
Similar to an abstract in a scientific-based poster, the summary section is intended to provide a top-line overview of the information contained in the poster. It should include the most important points from each of the subsequent poster sessions such as, background to the topic or issue, learning objectives, relevant data and/or approach and conclusions.

If the viewer does not have time to read the entire contents of your poster, they should walk away with clarity on your topic after reading this section.

Situation Analysis
This is the background or big picture summary that will set the stage for viewers. It’s where you define the current state of a topic, the problem and the need for a change, new approach or solution. The situation analysis does not need to be lengthy; it just needs to provide enough information for the rest of the poster to flow and make sense.

The award application section of Needs Identification can be covered here.

Methods/Approach
This area will contain the bulk of your information and allow for the most creativity and interpretation. Research-based presentations would present the methodology here, but more likely you will use this space as a general discussion of your topic. What concept are you trying to get across? What new idea are you proposing? What challenges are important to overcome? Or, if it’s an educational session (e.g. based on current industry trends), focus on both the content you are supplying and the justification for trainers to need that information. Posters will vary in style, approach and objectives, so use your best judgment in making this section content-rich and persuasive with clearly defined information points. Sales savvy will come into play; your goal is to have viewers reach that “aha” moment.

The award sections of Design Approach and Alignment will be highlighted in this section.

Evaluation
If there are concrete results from a case study or research initiative, then these should be communicated here. If that doesn’t apply, use this section to convey your experience in achieving the learning objectives you proposed. In addition, you may choose to cite external data that supports your approach or concept.

The award application section of Evaluation Approach would fit here.

Conclusions
In developing this section, ask yourself: What do the “results” demonstrate on a larger scale? What are the most important conclusions to convey? What should the viewer understand about the effectiveness of the approach?

Conclusions tend to be broad-based statements that respond to the problem or the need you previously defined. This section is typically brief, but should present the most important, specific information you want viewers to hold onto.

The award application section of Results fits here.

About Your Company
While the posters should be non-promotional in nature, LTEN recognizes that this is a great opportunity to inform viewers about your company and service offerings. Poster presenters are welcome to include a brief “boilerplate” paragraph about their company at the end of the poster, along with a website address and contact information.

Your poster will be posted online at www.L-TEN.org and available to LTEN members and web visitors across LTEN communication channels.

Note: In order to be included in the digital distribution of your poster, email your PDF file to awards@L-TEN.org by June 3.

• 2023 posters
• 2022 posters
• 2021 posters
• 2020 posters
• 2019 posters

This opportunity is only open to the 2024 LTEN Excellence Awards finalists.

Due: Email a copy of your Poster to awards@L-TEN.org by June 3.

Quick Facts:

• Format: Single-page 8.5″ x 11,” saved as a PDF. Hyperlinks should be embedded in your file.
• Location: All Posters submitted by June 3 will be posted to the LTEN website, 2024 conference app and across LTEN communication channels
• Email to awards@L-TEN.org

About the People’s Choice Award

• Conference attendees will be sent an email and notification through the app to view the posters and vote on their favorite.
• The People’s Choice poster winner will be selected via conference app voting until Wednesday, June 12 at 12:30 PM.
• The winner will be announced after the awards ceremony on Wednesday at 1:30 PM.

You can also email our team at awards@L-TEN.org. Please allow 24-48 hours for reply. We appreciate YOU and your patience!