In this episode from the archives, Dr. Katie Linder, director of the Ecampus Research Unit at Oregon State University, shares strategies to network with other researchers in a range of settings including conferences and social media.

Segment 1: What Do You Want to Network About? [00:00-10:53]

In this first segment, Katie shares some ideas to identity the people, methods, and themes you want to focus on for your networking efforts.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• AHEAD
• RIA # 42: Dr. George Veletsianos on Sharing Research Online 
• RIA # 63: Dr. Nyasha Junior on Text-based Research

Segment 2: Networking Opportunities at Conferences [10:54-21:26]

In segment two, Katie discusses some strategies for networking at conferences and in conference online back channels.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• RIA # 32: Dr. Tom Cavanagh and Dr. Kelvin Thompson on Keeping Up with Reading
• Virtually Connecting

Segment 3: Networking Opportunities on Social Media [21:27-30:59]

In segment three, Katie offers some tips for networking with other researchers online.

In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:

• RIA # 54: Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega on Being an Actively Engaged Researcher
  • #ScholarSunday on Twitter
• Additional Twitter hashtags mentioned in this segment:
  • #phdchat
  • #ecrchat
  • #prodchat
• TweetChat
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Dr. Nyasha Junior on Twitter and Instagram
• International Journal for Academic Development

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