http://neoacademic.com/2009/04/03/networking-in-academia/ technology, education and training research from an industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist in the ivory tower Sat, 04 May 2013 15:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://neoacademic.com/2009/04/03/networking-in-academia/#comment-7 kristie Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:11:03 +0000 http://neoacademic.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-7 Richard, I am having the same thoughts about networking this weekend! In early grad school, I always saw networking as difficult because to me, it seems opportunistic– you are only talking to people to get something for yourself. For some reason, something shifted for me this time– I have connections that have just “happened,” but I am also recognizing a willingness to mentor in this community. It’s amazing the response you get by just telling someone you respect their work, and that you think you could learn a lot with them (of course, it helps if you have an awesome sample or theory to offer them in return). And frankly, if they can’t be bothered to follow up with you, or if they turn up their nose at collaboration, do you really want to work with them anyway? I seem to remember some sort of saying about past behavior and future behavior…

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