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Today in, “Things I should not have to say.” A poster session is a place for exchange of scientific and technical information between professional adults. It is not a place for you to hit on people for a hook up or booty call. Beth Ann McLaughlin asked : Women of STEM,…

A couple of weeks ago, I featured a poster that had no visitors . This, followed by having to defend poster sessions the next week got me wondering. Just how many people put in the time and effort to give a poster and talk to nobody? I ran a Twitter poll . I even ran …

Justin Kiggins wrote : The zone of PIs chatting with each other between the posters was always super intimidating to me. Science writer Bethany Brookshire agrees . It was super intimidating to me. The only thing that gives me courage now is a press badge. ☺️ I know ex…

The ESA Student Section tweeted : Conference tip: Presenting a poster? Consider giving some sort of handout: a print out of the poster, or additional info. #ESA2017 It’s a common tip , but I got thinking about it. What’s the purpose of duplicating your poster in miniat…