Brooke, a self-described "advocate of promiscuous networking," gave a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting in February in which he roused the audience for a networking exercise in which everyone stepped outside their comfort zones and practiced networking promiscuously.
And if you question the wisdom of adopting these networking practices, take a look at the successful professionals around you--more often than not, you will find that they have been practicing "advanced networking" techniques for years.
The most ambitious launch of the year within Business & Professional has been the Professional Networks, a series of 11 websites that provides insight, advice, best practice, networking, jobs, careers advice and training for a series of professional communities.
For example, federations or other forms of practice networking are emerging in England, with similar developments in New Zealand and Canada [ 15].
All four case-studies presented here demonstrate conceptual research use with – sometimes subtle – communications strategies supporting the creation of policy and practice networking and links.
If you want a way to practice your networking and conversation skills, there is no better way than going on a bunch of low-stakes dates.
In the absence of any experienced external advice, your organization could take a self-help approach, by getting books on your topic of choice and forming a working group (possibly including interested faculty) to critique each other's resumes and cover letters or to practice interviewing and networking skills.
But the group quickly realized that start-ups needed more practical help, like sharing best practices and networking.
Network across sector boundaries: I think there are more informal ways of sharing good practice and networking between the sectors.
The paper reveals the complexity of the research-policy making interface and identifies key lessons for the practice of networking and engaging policy and decision-makers.
