Changemakers Competition
Saudi Youth for Sustainability is going to host a changemakers poster competition as part of the annual conference 2023. The competition is open to all students as well as young professionals. An example of a poster is an entrepreneurial product or a program developed by groups whose work is related to sustainability, in any of the sustainable development 17 goals. Posters will be judged by a panel of experts. Winners will be announced at the closing ceremony of the conference. Don’t miss this opportunity to be awarded and recognized for your efforts!
The deadline for poster submission is September 30 2023
The poster can be either in Arabic or English. The poster template can be below.
Judging Criteria: Each section requires you to score on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best.
- Purpose of your Initiative
- Inclusion of Youth Empowerment
- Presentation of the project (problem, solution, next steps)
- Social Impact of the Initiative
- Economic and Technical Feasibility of the Initiative
- Environmental viability of the Initiative
- Clarity of the Presentation, Quality, Structure
- Creativity
Instructions regarding the poster format:
These instructions are written for PowerPoint but are applicable to any other software you may wish to use. Use PowerPoint 2007 or newer, and set the dimensions of your poster to:
Please use the template attached below. LANDSCAPE: 140cm width x 73cm height (width: 55.0in x height: 28.5in).
The number of pages (slides): one.
- The poster can be in Arabic or in English
- Make sure your text and background have a large contrast (dark lettering on a light background or the reverse)
- The monitors are full of high definition, and therefore the letters on-screen look nice and smooth. It’s generally advised, though, that for electronic posters to be read on-screen, a minimum 24-28 point size (or bigger) for body text fonts is used to ensure optimal legibility from the usual distance of 3-5 ft. A slightly larger text (e.g., up to 32 pt size) might also be a good idea as it will provide a comfortable reading from an even larger distance, such as up to 8 ft.
- For embedded images prefer .jpeg or .png file formats in a resolution of 72 or 96 dpi.
- Do not use animated effects, “animations,” and animated videos
- Before submitting, save your poster as a PDF file. All recent versions of PowerPoint and most other software applications allow you to save your poster as a PDF file from the "File > Save as" menu or through the "File > Print > as .PDF."
- The maximum allowed file size of 5MB.