Angela Cochran is a director, mother, wife, daughter, and volunteer leader who advocates for networking through volunteering and active participation. She recommends getting involved in committees and leadership roles to meet people, learn negotiation and collaboration skills, and gain experience in governance. Cochran also suggests attending professional events to ask questions, start conversations, exchange business cards, contribute online, and speak up so others realize your knowledge and potential to contribute.

1. NETWORKING
Angela Cochran
Director, Journals
American Society of Civil Engineers
@acochran12733

2. WHO AM I?
• Mom
• Wife
• Daughter
• Co-leader, Girl Scout Troop 293
• Past-president, Council of Science Editors
• Associate Editor, The Scholarly Kitchen
• Member, American Heart Association Scientific Publishing Committee

3. NETWORKING VIA VOLUNTEERING
• Don’t just join, get
involved
• Serve on a committee
• ACTIVELY participate
• Lead a committee

4. NETWORKING VIA VOLUNTEERING
• What YOU get from being a volunteer
• Meet people
• How to negotiate with others
• Emphasis on complimentary skills
• Resources often tight so get creative
• Governance
• How YOU like to be treated as a volunteer
• Learn new things constantly

5. NETWORKING VIA APPEARING
• Attend seminars, courses, annual meetings/conferences
• Ask a question
• Start a conversation
• Always have a business card/make notes on cards handed to you
• Write a comment on a blog post
• Contribute in meetings
If you do not speak up, people will assume you have nothing to
say.