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Iva Cheung fires a shot across the bow with a long blog post titled, “ Why academic conference posters suck .” Ahem. Obviously, I have thoughts on this. Cheung begins by noting that there is not a lot of research on conference posters. This is true, but it is expandin…

How many conference posters turn into published papers? It’s not a trivial question. A huge amount of scientific information is presented at conferences. Scientific conferences should be the places to find the “coming thing.” But in most research fields, the importance…

I have to lead with Jeremy Fox on the Dynamic Ecology blog, which tells you a big mistake almost every poster makes : The post actually said too much text , but you get the point. (And thanks for the plug for the blog, Jeremy! Hat tip to Meghan Duffy and Pat Schloss .)…