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Hello, and welcome to EduKatedSTEM.
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I am Kate, the founder of EduKatedSTEM,
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and today we're going to be talking
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about networking, So sometimes you
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might be qualified for the role. You might
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apply for the role, but you don't even
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get interviewed. And maybe if you had
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utilized your network or had built a network,
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you would have a completely different
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outcome. So, this is one of the reasons
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why I'm going to encourage you to develop,
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build a network, and then nurture it so
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that when you are ready to move on,
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you can work with your network. Let
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them know that you are looking for
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another opportunity, And maybe you
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can utilize them to get informational
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interviews or other things. But the first
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thing is, you need to network. Now, when
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I mentioned that word did a chill, go
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down your spine? I've had a lot of
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conversations with individuals who
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think networking has kind of a horrible
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connotation. It's slimy. It is kind of
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using people you know to get your
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own way or for your own benefit.
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But it goes both ways, right? So,
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they're in your network. You could
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potentially help them. They might
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be looking for that as well. And
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you're going to be building a network
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of friends and colleagues. So, these
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are going to be people that you want
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to be connected with. You're not
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going to be, hopefully meeting someone
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that you don't want to be talking
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to in the future, because that is going
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to be uncomfortable for you. So, let's
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talk about maybe networking at a
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conference because, as a scientist,
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this is what you're going to be doing.
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Hopefully you're going to go to a
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conference you're going to listen
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to presentations. You're going to
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learn new information. You might
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present a poster, you might present
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an oral presentation. And then
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hopefully you're going to talk with
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your peers, maybe meeting new
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people. Maybe figuring out who
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you might want to be working for
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or with in the future. So, networking
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isn't a bad thing, But I'm going to
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encourage you to go in with plan.
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And I've seen a number of networking
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talks. At ABRCMS I saw a talk
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specifically for networking for introverts,
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which was very, very good, but I
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thought a lot of the information
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was also quite pertinent to people
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who were not introverts. So I'm an
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introvert. I find the concept of going
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to conferences and going to networking
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events. It's challenging. It really is.
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But I force myself to do it because
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you know, the more you do it, the
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easier it becomes. And I take advice
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from my friend Mary Mitchell and
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she always said, when you go, just
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have a goal in mind. So, if your goal
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is to meet a certain person, then
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that is what you try and do. If it's
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to meet a certain number of people,
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then you know three to five individuals
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in and to have a good conversation
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with them, then that is what you do.
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Once you have met your your goal,
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your requirement, it's then up to you
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if you then choose to leave the
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networking event. But hopefully
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by that point, you will feel comfortable.
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You've made some friends. You
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might actually want to stay. When
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you're going to a conference,
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especially nowadays, a lot of the
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time you will get information on a
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conference app. so ABRCMS
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definitely does that. The National
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Postdoc Association does that.
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And they actually use the same app.
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I might completely kill the pronunciation
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Whova, I'm not sure but it's a good
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little app. It has a list of all of the
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attendees. It has the presentations,
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where they are, what the talks are.
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You can go on and you can highlight.
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Yes, I want to go to these presentations,
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and then you have an itinerary,
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and then the app can say, you know,
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you've got to talk in 10 minutes in this
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place, so it's very, very helpful. But
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you can utilize the app to kind of
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come up with a plan for what you
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want to do for networking. So, maybe
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there is someone in your field that
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you are absolutely dying to meet.
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Are they on the list of attendees?
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If they are, are they speaking? If
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they're speaking you absolutely
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know where they're going to be
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at one point of time. So you could
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try and go and speak to them after
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they have finished. Or maybe you
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just know that they're going to be
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there so, maybe you try and have
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a conversation in a more relaxed
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setting. So, maybe over a coffee,
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or you see them at a lunch table,
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and you ask if you can join them.
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Whatever it is, if there are certain
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people that you want to meet,
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then let's try and make that happen.
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Why do you want to meet them?
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Maybe you want to potentially work
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with them in the future. You just
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want to have a chat about an
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experiment or a paper that they've done.
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Whatever it is. So let's focus on
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what we want to get out of that.
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And maybe there are other people
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there who would be helpful, someone
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who works at an institution that
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you're interested in working at, but
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not necessarily that individual.
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You can have a conversation with
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them and find out is it a great place
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to work? Maybe you'll have a
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chat to them and go. Oh, I don't
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want to do that. I don't want to move
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on. So look at the conference
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attendees and see who you might
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be interested in working for or talking
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to. And the next thing is be prepared.
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So, as a graduate student, you might
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not have the opportunity to have
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graduate sorry, to have business cards.
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But maybe your graduate school
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will purchase them for you. We used
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to make them for our graduate students.
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So that was a possibility. If not
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Vistaprint or something very similar,
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will make you cards for actually quite
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cheap. So, I designed my business
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card on Vistaprint. I think I got a
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thousand of them for $25 or
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something. It's really not that
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expensive, and you can, you know,
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put your name, an email address,
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I don't put my phone number
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because I don't want people
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phoning me at random times.
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And if you've got a website, then
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put that information on there.
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You could always, if you get a
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obviously a smaller number of
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them, you could say where you
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currently are, that you're a graduate
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student or a postdoc, you can
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always personalize it even more
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and say, you know, this is your field.
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I'm looking for jobs or whatever it is.
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You can pop it in there. So even
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if your institution won't give you
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a business card, then maybe you
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can kind of get some made. You
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might want to take a few copies
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of your CV or resume with you.
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You know if you have a particular
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person that you want to meet
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and you want to share your work
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with them, you could always print
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a copy of a paper or an abstract
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or something and attempt to give
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it to them. I will say that people
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have tried to give me CV's, resumes,
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papers in the past, and I'm gonna
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be honest. You get home, and
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you don't really do much with
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them. Business cards, yes,
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know, I have a big stack of them.
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Then it's really funny because
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somebody will email and be like,
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Kate I met you at this conference.
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We spoke, and if I can't remember
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them, then I'll go through my
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stack of business cards. I'm like,
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did I meet you? Because if I know
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that I've met you, then you know
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my response is probably gonna
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be more helpful. Or like, if you see
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me speak and you say, Kate, I saw
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your seminar on this, rather than
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Kate, I want this from you. Then
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obviously, I'm going to be more
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helpful to the person who you
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know opens up with I saw you
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at this thing and I would like your
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advice. So I don't know about
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giving things other than a business
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card. But you want their business
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card. If they can give you a business
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card that's really helpful, because
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then you can find them on LinkedIn.
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You can send them an email. And
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even if it's just you know it was
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wonderful to meet you at this
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meeting, I would love to stay in
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touch. Or if there's a question or
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something that you can kind of
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talk about following your conversation.
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Kind of move it along then that's
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always really helpful to kind of get
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them into your network. Obviously,
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if they're at a conference and you
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email them that night or something,
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then it might take a few days for
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them to respond because they're
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at a conference too. They might
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be socializing and hanging out.
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Or you might want to wait until
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the conference has ended and
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then send them an email because
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they'll have got home, and they
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will have more of an ability to respond.
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I'm a huge fan of just randomly
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talking to people around you. I've
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met some really cool people whilst
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waiting for tea, not coffee. Or in a
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line for lunch. You know, you just
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randomly start talking to someone,
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and you find out that they're a really
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cool individual who does something.
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And so just have an open mind, just
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see where it goes. You might meet
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someone who does something that
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you've never considered, and you're,
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like, oh wow, that sounds really cool.
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I might be very interested in that. So,
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be open to meeting new people.
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Be open to new information. But
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don't overstay your welcome. So,
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if someone's kind of shifting from
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side to side, looking at their watch,
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checking their phone, trying to
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make eye contact with someone
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who's walking past. They want to
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leave. They don't want to talk to
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you anymore. So, if someone is
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making kind of the body language
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that they've had enough, let them go.
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Don't hang on. You know that's
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when you say it was lovely to meet
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you. I would love to to stay in touch.
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If you haven't already exchanged
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business cards that's, you know,
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can I have your business card and
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I'll leave you to to it? I've got to get
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to my next session, or I'd like another
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cup of tea, or whatever. Make your
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exit graciously. But what you don't
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want is for them to get irritated
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with you, because then they're not
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going to want to help you or or stay
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connected to you in the future. So,
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consider that. Then you follow-up.
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So, again, you're going to find them
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on LinkedIn, if they're on LinkedIn,
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you're going to send them an email.
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Maybe they've got a social media
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profile? Whatever it is, you're going
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to connect, and try and connect
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with them a few times, so you can't
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just say, okay, you're now my connection
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and in a year or two, I'm going to be
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reaching out to you and
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that you can help me find a job
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because they're not going to remember
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you. They're not gonna necessarily
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think yes, it was that person. I met
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them at this conference. They were Fab.
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I absolutely want to assist them.
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You need to make sure that they can
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give you good advice for you because
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they know you as an individual. If you
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are asking them to connect you with
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someone for either an informational
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interview, or because there is a job
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available. They need to know that
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you're good. They need to know that
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endorsing you isn't going to embarrass
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them, so you need to know them
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sufficiently so that they can do that
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for you. So, you need to continue
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to network. So, even if it's, I saw this
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paper in your research field and I
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thought it was really cool. Or, I had
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a question on it would you mind
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taking a look? Or if you, you know
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that they love a particular sports
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team and their sports team wins
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you're, like, hey, just, saw that your
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team won at the weekend,
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Congratulations, I'm sure that you're
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on cloud nine or something. Whatever
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it is, you just need to kind of keep
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in touch with them every so often.
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Obviously, it doesn't need to be
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every day, every week, every month.
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But just occasionally, you just go.
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Oh, remember me, I'm here. I'm
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in your network. And then hopefully
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when it comes time to reaching
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out to your network, they will be
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in a better position to help you.
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So, networking can be scary. I truly
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appreciate that as an introvert,
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but it does get easier. So please
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don't be put off. If you're saying, no,
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I can't go out and do this take a
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friend, take a friend with you. And,
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you can kind of walk within groups
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yourselves and talk. The only issue
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I would have for that is if your friend
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might be more of an extrovert than
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you, and you don't get to talk. They're
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happily networking, but you're like
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the quiet little mouse in the corner.
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You do need to interact with people
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in order to build your network, so
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going with a friend is very helpful.
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It can definitely break the ice, but
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your friend also needs to give you
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the opportunity to shine. Or you
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get to the meeting and you disappear,
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you're in the same room, but you
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are networking at different times.
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And then you come back together,
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so that makes sure that both of
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you do do the work necessary in
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order to network. Well, I hope that
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helps. Good luck networking. If you
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have advice for networking and
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connecting with people, I'd be
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interested to know it. Pop it in the
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comments below. Please like and
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subscribe, and I'll see you next time.
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Thank you, bye bye.