CAW LibGuides: Writing for Presentations, Infographics, and Posters

This toolkit of four downloadable resources contains guidance on producing:

• Presentations: a combination of speech and audio-visual material (slides, posters, hand-outs, artefacts, recordings) used to synthesize and convey complex information.
• Infographics: a combination of imagery and text used to synthesize and convey complex information (often referred to as conference posters in academic settings).
• Posters: a single message or idea in visual form.
• Additionally, these resources may be useful to students producing leaflets, flyers, and other marketing materials.

This toolkit comprises: 'Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Introduction'; 'Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Visual Elements'; 'Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Visual Elements'; 'Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Checklist' and 'Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Appendix of Examples'.  These have been designed for postgraduate students preparing for assessment and academic or professional conferences.

How can these resources help?

Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Introduction

This resource provides guidance on writing and planning presentations, infographics, and posters.

Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Visual Elements

This resource provides guidance on visual elements (colour, shape, layout, font) and how these relate to text. This resource provides guidance on visual elements (colour, shape, layout, font) and how these relate to text.

Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Checklist

This resource provides a brief exposition of the factors to consider when preparing a presentation, infographic, or poster, and a series of prompts concerning planning, organising, writing, and preparing materials to supplement your presentation.

Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Appendix of Examples

This resource presents examples and outlines of the ideas discussed in the previous three documents. These examples are cross referenced. The document follows the order of subheadings found in ‘Writing for Presentations, Infographics and Posters: Visual Elements’.

The suite of resources come together to provide guidance on making your presentation:

• Accessible and inclusive
• Specific
• Concise
• Impactful
• Engaging
• Memorable

Download the below individual pdf files of Writing for Presentations, Infographics, and Posters that makes up the the complementary suite of resources.

CAW offers writing development workshops across all genres of academic writing.  In order to build on your learning, you may find the following workshops can provide additional support and guidance:

• The Writing Process: General guidelines to improve writing
• Proof-reading: Strategies too to improve the quality of your writing
• Writing Style and Language

To view available workshops and book online, visit: https://libcal.coventry.ac.uk/calendar/caw   

To book a one-to-one writing tutorial with the Centre for Academic Writing visit: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/cawlibcalhome   

Guide to Referencing: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/referencing

To find who your subject Academic Liaison Librarian is, visit: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/ALL