- Start by reminding students that networking is just talking to people.
- Create good networking opportunities for students by...
- Sharing contact information of alumni in attendance with students (with the permission of the alumni).
- Introducing your students to your colleagues and your colleagues’ students.
- Requiring students to report on three new people they meet.
- Help students meet new people by encouraging them to...
- Sit with people they don’t know.
- Introduce themselves to others while standing in line.
- Volunteer, which will allow them to meet other student volunteers.
- Take advantage of events like the First Timers’ Luncheon and Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions.