Encourage Networking Within Your Organization
Article One company believes it has an ingenious solution to bridge departmental silos: randomly match employees for lunch dates.

Make Proper Introductions
Article Leaders should follow several guidelines when introducing professional colleagues, say networking experts.

Improve Your LinkedIn Experience
Article Leaders can get more from LinkedIn this year by making several resolutions, says a networking expert.

Flubs to Avoid When Networking at a Holiday Party
Article Holiday business gatherings are a great opportunity to network, but workers should proceed with caution, say communications gurus.

Office Space: Socialize With Savvy
CURRENTS Article This column gives advice on how to network productively at conferences and business-social events, including reminders about making a good first impression, tips on starting an engaging conversation, and the secret to gracefully ending a conversation that's gone on too long.

Win-Win-Win
CURRENTS Article This article explores the different ways that institutions large and small do student-alumni mentoring programs and the benefits that the students, alumni, institutions, and represented fields reap.

Schmooze without Being Sleazy
Article The term “schmoozing” doesn’t deserve its bad rap, says a management expert. He says leaders who know how to shoot the breeze build valuable networks.

Don't be a Compulsive Networker
Article Management experts say there are more leaders compulsively networking—attending too many events and growing their number of online connections with little professional value to show for it.

Face-to-Face Bests Social Networking
Article A communication expert says that leaders who focus solely on e-networking can hurt their chances to advance their careers and impair their social skills.

Learn to Network Beyond Conferences
Article Networking doesn’t have to be a trying experience, and there’s no reason why it should be confined to professional conferences, writes a management blogger.

How to Network Smarter
Article Two management researchers say the old adage “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is true. Still, they note that the quality of the individuals in a manager’s professional network trumps the quantity of them.

Don't be a Conference Wallflower
Article Fall conference season is just around the corner. This is no time to be shy, writes one management expert.

Career Path: Admiring the 'View
CURRENTS Article Interviewing for a job is an inevitable part of the professional world. However, what happens when the interview doesn't land a job? You may be surprised to find that it can still lead to positive results.

Advance Work: The Networkers' Network
CURRENTS Article Development professionals spend their workdays networking and making connections with people for the advancement of their organizations. In New York City they can do the same activities after work--but for the advancement of their careers. The Young Development Professionals of New York City has more than 75 members from some 20 institutions in the metropolitan area and beyond.