The purpose of an Applied Learning poster is to summarize your experience for an audience that might not be familiar with the field. To be effective, the poster must be visually attractive. The presenter's aim is to create a poster that stands out from other posters and captures the audience's attention. 

Below are recommendations for creating posters for both Farmingdale State College's IGNITE Symposium and off-campus academic conferences. These instructions are intended to be interdisciplinary, and therefore, they might have to be modified for specific disciplines or projects.

Content

Content should be of high quality and follow professional and disciplinary standards.

Posters should include the following content sections:

1. Project Title. The title should include specific language that focuses on the key facets of the applied learning experience. 

2. Introduction. Include the the student names, company names, locations, position, and dates. Also note if this was for a course and what course it was for. In addition, describe how you secured the experience. 

3. Abstract. The abstract should provide a concise summary of what was done and learned in this experience. 

4. Learning Objectives. List 2 to 5 learning objectives that you had planned to achieve by completing this experience.

5. Description of Key Responsibilities. Summarize the major responsibilities, activities, and project(s) completed during the experience. 

6. Application of the experience. Explain how your work at FSC has helped with this experience. Link to relevant courses, theories, and concepts to their applications within the experience. 

7. Lessons Learned. Explain what you learned about the industry, the company, the career process, and yourself.

8. Acknowledgments. Recognize the people who helped you, including the site supervisor, the course instructors, mentors. Include full titles in acknowledgments. In addition, acknowledge funding sources. 

9. Visuals. Incorporate visual aids to illustrate key points, Be sure to label all visuals. Include; names, dates, and locations. 

10. Logos. Include site logo and FSC Logo. 

Technical Considerations

Program.Posters should be designed in PowerPoint using a single slide. To be printed by FSC, posters must follow specific design parameters. The page setup should be set as follows: 

- Height = 36"

-Width = 48"

Recommendations for Text

The text should communicate ideas clearly and succinctly. While the poster should include the above content items, it;s also important to limit the amount of text, as few people will read a poster that contains mostly text.

1. Avoid long sentences. 

2. Use the active voice. 

3. Additional information may be distrusted as supplemental handouts.

Please feel free to download our FSC Template. 

Poster Template

The purpose of a Civic Engagement poster is to summarize your experience for an audience that might not be familiar with the field. This is an opportunity for students to make a public presentation of a service-learning, community-based research, or co-curricular civic engagement project.  To be effective, the poster must be visually attractive. The presenter's aim is to create a poster that stands out from other posters and captures the audience's attention. 

Below are recommendations for creating posters for both Farmingdale State College's IGNITE Symposium and off-campus academic conferences. These instructions are intended to be interdisciplinary, and therefore, they might have to be modified for specific disciplines or projects.

Content

Content should be of high quality and follow professional and disciplinary standards.

Posters should include the following content sections:

1. Project Title. Give the poster a clear title related to community-focused experiential learning or civic engagement.

2. Abstract. Include a brief yet sharply focused summary of the community-focused project.

3. Background/Context. Provide background information on the issue addressed, including its social or community context. Also, list the goals of the project and mention (if applicable) the project's relationship to a course or a co-curricular program.

4. Activities/Implementation. Outline elements of the project implementation process. Show how the implementation allowed you to (a) explore and apply concepts, theories, and skills learning in class to issues affecting the community and/or (b) take informed and responsible action, working collaboratively with others to address issues faced by the community. Also, name the community partners for the project.

5. Outcomes/Impact. List specific, measurable project outcomes - academic, civic learning, personal growth, etc. 

6. Discussion/Reflection. Comment on the outcomes of the project. Share what might be done, or done differently, if the project were to be repeated or extended.

7. References. Cite literature and media sources, following guidelines appropriate with your academic discipline.

8. Acknowledgments. Recognize the people who helped you, including the site supervisor, the course instructors, mentors. Include full titles in acknowledgments. In addition, acknowledge funding sources. 

9. Visuals. Incorporate visual aids to illustrate key points, Be sure to label all visuals. Include; names, dates, and locations. 

10. Logos. Include site logo and FSC Logo. 

Technical Considerations

Program.Posters should be designed in PowerPoint using a single slide. To be printed by FSC, posters must follow specific design parameters. The page setup should be set as follows: 

- Height = 36"

- Width = 48"

Recommendations for Text

The text should communicate ideas clearly and succinctly. While the poster should include the above content items, it;s also important to limit the amount of text, as few people will read a poster that contains mostly text.

1. Avoid long sentences. 

2. Use the active voice. 

3. Additional information may be distrusted as supplemental handouts.

Please feel free to download a template below. 

Adopted from Barry University. 2024.

Poster Template