ASPIRE Networking Pacing Module Fall 2018
Fall 2018
9-10:30 am, Light Hall 350
Dir. Ashley E. Brady, PhD, BRET Office of career Development (ashley.brady@vanderbilt.edu)
Pre-workshop survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Networkingpacing2017pre
Extra Resource: Don’t Skip These 5 Great TED and TEDx Talks on Networking
Session 1: Overview of Networking and Introduction to Elevator Pitches
Tuesday September 25, 2018
Readings:
Networking:
- How Leaders Create and Use Networks, Ibarra and Hunter, Harvard Business Review, Jan 2007.
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Meeting People, Science Careers, Vaught, Mar 2014
- Learn to Love Networking, Casciaro et al, Harvard Business Review, May 2016
- The No. 1 Predictor of Career Success, Simmons, Forbes, Jan 2015
- How to make job contacts want to help you. Joseph Barber. Insider Higher Ed, Carpe Careers blog, May 2017
Elevator Pitches:
- Two Minutes to Impress, Kwok, R., Nature Vol 494, Feb 7, 2013
- Psychological Science Agenda, Gaffey, June 2014
- Elevator Pitches for Scientists, Uyen, The Postdoc Way, Aug 2013
Homework assignment: Assigned readings and draft an elevator pitch tailored for your conference.
Session 2: Practicing Elevator Pitches and Preparing for an Event
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Handouts: LST|CON Agenda
2016 Member Directory
Homework assignment: Set 3-4 goals for the conference you will be attending, and identify individuals who you would like to meet. Research these individuals and/or organizations and develop 3 questions to ask each person/organization representative.
Session 3: Share and Discuss Individual Goals for your conference and Learn about Navigating Conversations
Tuesday October 9, 2018
Homework Readings:
- Breaking into a Conversation Gracefully, Glickman, Harvard Bus Review 2010
- Entering and Exiting Networking Conversations, Grubbs, 2014
- Entering and Exiting a Conversation with Someone New, Riope, LinkedIN Pulse
- Non-Awkward Ways to Start and End networking Conversations, Taylor, The Muse, 2012
- 5 lines that will keep a conversation going, Errey, The Muse 2014
- How to (gracefully) exit a long-running conversation, Adams, Nash Biz Journal, 2016
(Fall break; no session Tuesday, Oct 16)
Session 4: Requesting a meeting and follow-up after the event
Tuesday October 23, 2018
Readings:
- How to Make Job Contacts want to help you, Joseph Barber, Inside Higher Ed, May 22, 2017
- Advice for How to Nurture your Career Network, Joseph Barber, Inside Higher Ed, June 26, 2017
- How to get a Response from an Established Person, Emma Hitt Jan 28,2015
- The Four I’s of Networking: Building Strong Connections, Rick Reis, Tomorrows’ Professor eNewsletter, Stanford Univ.
Session 5: LinkedIN Power Boost
Thursday October 30, 2018
Session 6: Attend LST|CON
Thursday, November 15, 2018
8:30 am- 6:30pm
21C Museum Hotel
221 2nd Ave N, Nashville, TN 37201
Networking Reception and Poster Session 5:30-6:30/7pm
Session 7: Post-Event debriefing and strategies moving forward
Tuesday, Nov 20, 2018