5. Online networking:
Expand your circle of contacts
Keep in touch (or get back in touch) with colleagues,
friends, collaborators,class/labmates, bosses in a
professional way
Make new contacts (potential collaborators, colleagues,
competitors)
Discover new information, get advice, answers to your
questions from your network of contacts
Trust in peers
Form new collaborations—publications?
7. Examples from Nature Network
Ask the Nature Editor link
Good Paper Journal Club link
Nature Protocols forum link
Fluorescence imaging for life sciences link
Gene mapping – linkage and association, Genetics,
Nanotech, Bioinformatics, India, Brazil, Italy, Science &
art, Systems biology, Evolution, NMR spectroscopy,
Energy, Postdocs, PhD students
Boston, London, NYC, San Diego, Toronto…
Boston Postdocs
14. Testimonials
“There are an unbelievable number of resources to help you
fine-tune your resume or CV, but very few that offer the first-hand
experiences of people. The act of putting myself out there to
start a dialogue actually helped me hone my own questions
and evaluate my personal direction for a career.” -- Craig
Rowell, former postdoctoral fellow, Duke University, now working
for Bio-Rad in California
Sometimes a brief outing to the forums takes your mind
away from the proposals and paper writing. When you stroll
back, you may be a little inspired and refreshed with new
ideas. The Network offers such opportunities for us to
know what our peers are thinking and how excited or
puzzled they feel about their research projects. -- Pu-
Chun Ke, Assistant Professor of Biophysics, Clemson
University
15. Testimonials
“Since I started blogging, experimenting with Facebook,
Twitter, Google (docs, apps, sites, reader… and
maybe ?wave?, what WILL they think of next) etc…. I’ve
realized the enormous power of the online community,
online tools, online conversation for gathering
information, for discussion, and for frequent
communication between isolated small groups – and
how much more powerful it could be if more of the
scientific community participated in it.”
“Kicking and Screaming into the Online Age…”
~ drdrA
(http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com)
16. Online networking:
Benefits
Complements face-to-face networking
Low barrier to entry
Breaks the ice
Easier to keep in touch
Expand your own network
Get answers to your questions
Find relevant information, stay on top of new
developments
Discuss and develop new ideas
Increase your visibility
17. How to do online networking?
Set up a profile, keep it up-to-date (don’t be anonymous!)
Build your network of contacts
“Friend” people after you meet them
Look up and “friend” old contacts
Explore friends of friends and mutual contacts
Share your bookmarks, publications, etc. with your
network and encourage your colleagues to do the
same
18. How to do online networking?
Post comments on papers and science blogs
Post comments in forums; ask and answer questions; give
advice/recommendations
Become familiar with other people commenting
Create a new forum and be a leader
Post a manuscript, poster, slide deck, video online
Blog/Microblog
Attend virtual events (Second Life)