Design an academic poster people stop to read
Plans poster layout, headline, text, and figures so a passerby gets the main finding in seconds.
The prompt
Help me design a research poster for a conference.
Poster size and orientation: [e.g. "A0 portrait", "48x36 in landscape"]
Study summary: [question, methods, results, conclusion]
Key figures or tables available: [DESCRIBE]
Audience at the session: [specialists / mixed / students]
Required elements: [logos, funding acknowledgments, template]
Approach:
- Write a headline that states the main finding in plain language (not the paper title), readable from 3 meters.
- Keep total text to roughly 300-500 words. Results and figures should take at least half the space.
- Use a clear reading path (columns or a central figure), with section headings as short claims.
- Methods as a simple diagram or flow, not paragraphs.
- Add a QR code slot linking to the paper, data, or contact.
Return:
1. The headline plus 2 alternatives.
2. A layout sketch described in text (zones, proportions, reading order).
3. Final text for each section, within the word budget.
4. Figure guidance: which figure is the centerpiece and how to simplify it.
5. A 1-minute and a 3-minute walkthrough script for when someone stops at the poster.
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What to fill in
- e.g. "A0 portrait", "48x36 in landscape"
- question, methods, results, conclusion
- DESCRIBE
- specialists / mixed / students
- logos, funding acknowledgments, template
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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