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How to Present, Summarize, and Defend Your Poster at the Meeting Robert S Campbell RRT FAARC Introduction Planning Outlining and Organizing Preparation Poster Presentation Formats Delivering Your Presentation: The “Moment of Truth” Summary For many people public speaking induces stress and fear, but with adequate planning, practice, and understanding of the “dos and don’ts” you can deliver presentations that will communicate your research clearly, succinctly, and with a professional and confident demeanor. This article provides a guide for the novice researcher to develop the skills to deliver several types of presentation and to minimize (and even make use of) the stress and fear. Planning and practice are the key to success. Key words: public speaking, conferences and congresses, peer review, research, respiration care, ab- stracts, exhibits. [Respir Care 2004;49(10):1217–1221. © 2004 Daedalus Enterprises] Be interesting. . . Be enthusiastic. . . and don’t talk time-efficient method of communicating research results too much. is through presentation at regional, national, or interna- —Norman Vincent Peale tional conferences. These presentations typically require submission of an abstract that leads to a poster and/or oral Introduction presentation at the selected conference. Most medical pro-