title: Tips for success: Networking is not a bad word.
abstract: To many scientists, the word "networking" sounds like an enterprise only suitable for those who run in circles with the business elite. However in reality, most scientists depend on networking to generate and maintain professional relationships, disseminate and gather information, and to climb the professional ladder. Presented here are tips from three seasoned professors, Kathy Cheah, PhD, Susan Mango, PhD, and Randall Moon, PhD, who describe what networking means to them, why it is important, and how they go about doing it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. jkiefer@neuro.utah.edu
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kiefer
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002322:Career Mobility; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D059232:Laboratory Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration; D012586:Science / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce