Professional Networks & Developing & Maintaining Professional Collaborations

Developing Professional Networks With what types of people do you need to develop professional relationships? What types of things can you do to develop your professional networks?

Who Do You Need to Meet? Fellow researchers with an interest in the same hot topic on your campus & across the world (use your literature) Theorists – they don’t have to be in your field Funding agency officers Top names (scholars) in your field People with a methodological expertise (statistics, instruments etc) Editors of journals Department chairs who might hire you Leaders of professional associations Policy makers Gatekeepers of your population (e.g. principals of schools etc) Ethics/IRB Committee/staff members

One conference = Many outcomes American Education Research Conference (AERA, 2003) – Intro to PE Special Interest Group (SIG) AIESEP 2008, Sapporo Japan, UT + UQ OUTCOMES Sabbatical: UL - Kathy Armour 2008 MEXT 2009 TSI 2010 - 2013 Taiwan International Sport Teaching Symposium 2012

What Can You Do to Develop & Maintain Professional Networks? Active conference attendance Make a plan for conference attendance – what do you want to learn, who do you want to meet, set up a strategy to achieve this Use people you know to be introduced to others Attend social events at conferences – work the room Be brave – introduce yourself to leaders Ask Qs at sessions – find people after sessions Go to poster sessions & seek out fellow scholars Go special interest group meetings Attend events specifically put on for grad students Attend keynotes

Conferences & International Collaboration Conferences for our field AIESEP European College of Sport Science Education Researcher USA (AERA) British (BERA) Australia (AARE) Professional Conferences

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Finding & Developing Professional Networks? Join professional organizations – get involved Join online scholar communities – discipline-based listservs, online blogging communities etc Many journals run author sessions at conferences – attend & ask good Qs Use google scholar to identify relevant people to meet Use campus-wide search engines to find cross disciplinary partners Ask faculty & other VIPs with whom you should connect Write to authors Use social media: Facebook & Twitter

Maintaining Professional Networks Keep your professional memberships Be active in online scholar communities – bounce your ideas off others electronically Use skype for online face to face meetings Appropriate use of email Arrange brownbag lunches to get together Set a regular meeting time – e.g. 1st Friday in every month Take a role in group projects & follow through on your responsibilities Reading/theorist/methodology /writing groups Organizing retreats Go early – stay late from conferences

After TSI 2018: What can you do? Stay connected to your fellow CoRP and TSI colleagues Create a CoRP 2017 Facebook site Send emails to participating faculty Conference: check who is going to attend Re-introduce yourself Invite faculty to your presentation Send your publications through to your new colleagues Others….