Our networks are essential to our professional career. Whether you love or hate networking, we all have to do it, otherwise how do we meet people who are interested in our research? This session will help you build a strategy to support you in connecting with others and create a pitch to use when networking in conferences and events. It will start with some basic guidance on how to make networking work for you in person; then it will look at how you can apply that knowledge to the online networking experience.