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.

• 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.

Shipping Instructions

You may bring the poster with you or ship to yourself at the hotel with the following instructions:

(Guest Name) (Guest Cell Number)
c/o FedEx Office at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge
5350 E Marriott Drive
Phoenix, AZ, 85054
(LTEN Poster)

Please confirm that you will be supplying a physical poster at the conference no later than 5/2 via email to Cayme Momita at cmomita@L-TEN.org.

PRESENTING YOUR POSTER AT THE CONFERENCE

• LTEN will supply the bulletin boards (on which posters will be displayed) and push pins (to affix posters to bulletin boards) and will arrange for set up in the general session room. The cork boards will be labeled with your poster number, name, and poster title to ensure the posters are set out correctly.
• The posters themselves should be brought to the Grand Canyon Ballroom foyer.
• You are required to ship or bring and set up your own posters. If your poster is not set before 7 AM on Tuesday, June 13th, we will remove the designated cork board for your poster.
• Posters will be displayed on Tuesday, June 13th from 7 AM until Thursday, June 15th at 11:30 AM. If you wish to keep your poster, you will be responsible for taking it down and shipping it home.
• Seize this prime opportunity to network and have a representative available to “present” the poster & answer questions between from 7:30 – 8:20 AM on Wednesday, June 14th in the Grand Saguaro foyer.
• You may provide copies of the poster for distribution.
• Submitter is required to secure all approvals to display information from parties mentioned in the poster.
• Winners’ and finalists’ posters will be recognized on the display.

REGISTERING & ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE

• We ask that one poster author register for and attend the LTEN Annual Conference. (If no authors are present, the poster will be withdrawn.) Attendee is responsible for all travel costs. For those poster presenters not yet registered for the LTEN Annual Conference, you may use the following discount code 23POSTERS100 to receive a $100 discount off a full conference registration pass. (Only one discount may be applied per poster registrant.)

For further information or questions, please contact Cayme Momita at cmomita@L-TEN.org.