Social Action Posters

Social Action Interactive Posters can describe any social action project that authors participate in and wish to share with other members of the CHI community. This CHI '95 activity is sponsored by the SIGCHI Special Interest Area on Social Action.

Review Process

Good posters allow viewers to assess their interest in the work at a glance and to easily glean the main points of the work. They also stimulate discussion. Reviewers of Social Action posters will be concerned with the following questions:

Does the poster describe a social action project clearly?
Does it offer resources through which the viewer can find out more information, carry out a similar project, or make a contribution?

We are less interested in position statements or "soapbox" posters. This session is intended to help us learn how to increase our effectiveness in concrete, action-oriented ways.

Social Action posters do not require innovation, technology, or analysis (of course, all of these are quite welcome). They are intended to communicate how members of the human-computer interaction community are attempting to improve conditions in the other communities in which they are also members. If your social action work involves technology that is easy to demonstrate, or you have a prototype about which you wish to obtain feedback, we will work with you to arrange technical support.

Format

Summary

Prepare a two-page summary containing title and authors, contact information, keywords, abstract, and text describing the poster content. This summary must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings format and will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion if the poster is accepted.

Mock-Up

Also prepare a mock-up of the actual poster. The mock-up is a graphic layout of how the poster will be presented on the display space, along with samples of each component to be displayed. This can be a sketch; however, a reduced image of the intended poster is preferred.

Upon Acceptance

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by mid-January, 1995. The two-page summaries of accepted social action posters will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion. Note that because of the late submission deadline there will be no opportunity to prepare new versions of the summaries, so your submission material must be prepared carefully.

Electronic versions of accepted social action posters will be published on a CD-ROM. Details on how to submit electronic summaries will be sent with notices of acceptance. The electronic versions are due February 17, 1995.

At the conference, interactive poster presenters are provided a 1.1 meter high by 2.3 meter wide (44x92 inches) display space (and possibly an enclosed videotape viewer or enclosed slide viewer, if required). If the poster requires a tape recorder the presenter will be expected to provide this. Presenters are required to be available at their posters during designated presentation times. AV support will be provided only during the scheduled poster presentation session.

Checklist for Submissions

Every year some submissions are returned without review because the authors failed to follow the guidelines established by the conference committee. Don't let this happen to you! Please follow the steps in this checklist in preparing your submission, and double-check that you have met all the requirements before sending it.

Read the General Submission Instructions.
Note that submissions must be in English, and that electronic mail or FAX submissions will not be accepted.
Fill out the Standard Cover Sheet.
Fill out the Planning Information Sheet.
Prepare the two-page poster summary in the Conference Proceedings format. Prepare the mock-up.
Be sure that your submission contains no proprietary or confidential material. Submission of video or pictures of identifiable people should be done only with the understanding that responsibility for the collection of appropriate permissions rests with the submitter, not CHI '95.
Collect the Standard Cover Sheet, the Planning Information Sheet, the two-page summary, and the mock-up, in the order given, in a packet, and make two copies. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
In addition, send one original, camera-ready copy of the two-page poster summary. It should not be printed double-sided, and it should not be stapled.
You may include a self-addressed reply postcard, which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
Send the original poster summary plus the two copies of your submission packet, and the reply postcard, to one of the Social Action Posters Co-Chairs at the Send To address. Be sure to allow enough time for your submission to arrive by the indicated Deadline.

Keith Instone // instone@acm.org // 94-12-06