Building your Professional NetworkEvi Dube, Lawrence Livermore National LabVidya Setlur, Nokia ResearchCarolyn Strobel, Anita Borg Institute

Networking

Collaboration, ♞♟

Funding, $

Another of Aesop’s Fables …

“If you do good research, fame, funding, promotions, and graduate students follow”

Networking Establishes Your Brand

Source for new ideas,

collaborations, feedback

Invites to talks,Job interviews,

Program committees

Letters of recommendation

Internships, papers accepted

Networking is one of your skills

Networking

Prepare for an eventElevator Speech

Offer to Help

Talk to those around you

Set Goals

Practice this new Networking Skill

Deliberately Target your Networking

Established Researchers

Business Leaders

Technical Advisors

Contemporaries

People with Possible Job

Opportunities

Alumni

Networking is a Relationship

Write down next Steps

Keep in Touch!

Exchange giving talks

LESSONS FROM OUR EXPERIENCE

Things I’m glad I did

• Took risks to go into new areas not typical for computer scientists

• Delivered in everything asked to do• Active in assignments• Spent some time in Washington D.C.

on assignment”• Pursued the Ph.D. and the PMP

Evi Dube

Things I wish I had done

• Understood the value of a mentor for myself earlier in my career

• Learned to listen to others with a more open mind earlier in my career

• Aggressively avoid meetings

Evi Dube

Things I’m glad I did

• Several internships during my Ph.D. stint

• Pursued a novel research area in computer graphics and HCI

• Pursued my goals with passion• Had a baby in graduate school

Vidya Setlur

Things I wish I had done

• Learnt to say no early on• Prioritize meetings• Keep communication channels open

Vidya Setlur

Things I’m glad I did

• Made connections with people in my extended network

• Attended conferences and events• Represented my organization externally• Built strong relationships with

colleagues• Followed through with work and

created reliable processes

Carolyn Strobel

Things I wish I had done

• Contributed more in meetings• Understood the value of my

perspective• Take more risks

Carolyn Strobel

Start your Power Networking Today

Because your Peers are your Competition and they are out there Networking ……

• CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops, Workshop reports and transcripts

• Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections by Ivan Misner, David Alexander and Brian Hilliard

• Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-how for Business And Career Success by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon

Resources