This document discusses the importance of networking and maintaining connections. It describes the author's experience attending her first networking event for the Ontario Water industry three years ago where she was nervous but realized people just want to meet others. She was advised that connections made may not help immediately but could later. Since then, the author has stayed connected through emails and LinkedIn and now chairs the Young Professionals Committee. She highlights how she now knows people she first met at that event, including the past chair who became a close friend. The author encourages readers to introduce themselves at events and later follow up to nurture connections.