1. Building Your Professional Network Gilda Garretón Oracle co-founder of Latinas in Computing Elizabeth Bautista Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2. Why a Professional Network “If you do good research or work, fame, funding, promotions, and graduate students follow”

3. Professional Networking Making professional connections and using them wisely Systematically seeking out and becoming acquainted with people in the service of your career/professional goals Applying different strategies depending on context settings

4. Networking Establishes Your Brand Source for new ideas, collaborations and feedback Invites to talks, Job interviews, Program Committees Letters of recommendation Internships, Papers accepted, Citations

5. Networking is a skill Networking Prepare for an event Elevator Speech Offer to Help Talk to those around you Set Goals

6. Practice this new Networking Skill

7. Deliberately Target Your Networking Established Researchers Business Leaders Technical Advisors Contemporaries People with Possible Job Opportunities Alumni

8. Networking is a Relationship Write down next Steps Keep in Touch! Exchange giving talks

9. LESSONS FROM OUR EXPERIENCE

10. CRA-W Computer Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Mission increase the participation and success of women in computing research www.cra-w.org

11. CRA-W Programs Graduate Students Undergraduates Academic careers Industry/government Undergrads: Undergraduate Research Experiences Undergrads: Distinguished lecture role models Grad Cohort: group mentoring of grad students Grad Students: Discipline Specific Research workshops PhD Researchers: group mentoring of early & mid career@ CMW, CAPP, Hopper & Tapia www.cra-w.org

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13. Start your Power Networking Today Because your Peers are your Competition and they are out there networking ……

14. CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops, Workshop reports and transcripts Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections by Ivan Misner, David Alexander and Brian Hilliard Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know How for Business And Career Success by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon Resources

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