Workshop "Networking in the academic context"

by Cornelia Altenburg

Thursday 27 Mar 2025, 14:00 → 18:00 Europe/Berlin

Zoom (The Zoom link will be announced to the participants.) (online)

If all places are fully booked, we can put you on the waiting list.

In the light of growing complexity in the knowledge society, the ‘know-who’ is gaining in importance next to the ‘know-how’. Fortunately, in recent years the possibilities to make quick and target focused contact, be it face-to-face or via social media, have increased in number and significance. With just a few clicks you can reach out to colleagues, experts, potential employers, funders and business partners of all kind. 
In the academic sector, as elsewhere, personal contacts offer chances. They help to gain co-operation partners and supporters for one’s own project, receive conference invitations, be involved in publications, and be told about interesting positions. Moreover, the numerous digital interaction formats allow for a simple way of cultivating your network and staying in touch. 

Networking requires initiative and continued investment. It is helpful, in this context, to be able to rely on proven traditional and digital strategies to make the right contacts, to maintain them on a long-term basis and to find the balance between giving and taking. The following points are dealt with: 

• Basics of networking: Objectives – right from the start!
• Before the harvest, sow: Building contacts face-to-face and online
• Network care: Traditional and digital opportunities
• Network academia: Which contacts and bodies are important?
• Networking: My next steps

Trainer: Dr. Cornelia Altenburg, Berlin, is a historian. She is a freelance trainer and communication consultant. She teaches people in science, 
politics and companies in writing and communicating. She facilitates communication processes in small and in big groups.