The EWB-USA North East Region Workshop Committee is inviting chapters in the Region to submit project posters that showcase your best projects. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three posters.  Please follow the requirements attached below.

 

Any Professional or Student Chapter belonging to the EWB-USA North East Region is eligible to submit ONE poster per project.

 

The poster must clearly cite any text or graphics displayed and must provide an accurate, description of the project problem statement and proposed/implemented solution. A printed copy of the poster must be brought to the Workshop for display. The chapter, project location, and project members should be clearly shown in the title block, located at the top of the page.

Judging Procedure
A panel of five Judges from the hosting chapters, EWB-USA, and the North East Region will be responsible for rating the posters based on multiple criteria on a 1-5 scale. The outcome of each vote will be compiled and averaged to produce an overall score. The judge panel will then deliberate and select winners from the top five scores.

Judging Criteria
Appearance- The poster should be visually appealing.

Content- The poster/presentation must be factual with concise, significant information pertaining to the project.
Organization- All ideas and tasks for the project are presented in a logical order. No distinct repetitiveness within the poster/presentation. 
Conventions- The poster should be free of grammatical errors and have good sentence structure.
Focus-The poster should clearly show the project problem statement and proposed/implemented solution, and does not stray away from subject.

Awards
The first place chapter will receive $250 deposited into the chapter EWB-USA Project Account.
The second place chapter will receive $150 deposited into the chapter EWB-USA Project Account.

The third place chapter will receive $50 deposited into the chapter EWB-USA Project Account. 

Draft Submittal Deadline
All draft submittals must be received by October 22nd. Please send your draft submittal to Sarah Bolha at sarabolha@gmail.com.

Questions can be directed to sarabolha@gmail.com.