#SAConnect
How to Network Digitally for Professional
Development and Relationship-Building

Who We Are:
Lisa Endersby, Higher Education
Assessment & Technology Consultant
@lmendersby
Christina Ferrari, Valparaiso University
@cm_ferrari3
Paul Gordon Brown, Boston College
@paulgordonbrown
Briana Mathew, New York University
@BrianaMathew
John Rodriguez, Suffolk University
@johnorodriguez
Rebecca Windover, Kent State
University
@bwindover2013

#SAConnect

Goals of the Session:
● Explore how professionals can utilize
social and digital technologies to
network, build relationships, and
enhance their professional
development and learning goals
● Provide an opportunity to reflect and
discuss the ideas and opinions
expressed in the panel
● Create a strategy for meaningful and
purposeful relationship building in an
online environment

Overarching Question:
How can social media
build relationships,
online and off, that are
genuine and mutually
beneficial?

Panel

#SAConnect

Q & A
How have you used social media to
build relationships?
Was the development of the
relationship planned?

#SAConnect

Q & A
Have you successfully ‘moved’ an
online relationship into an offline
(in person) space?
What worked well and what challenges,
if any, did you face?

#SAConnect

Q & A
Can you be authentic online? What
does an authentic online relationship
look like to you?

#SAConnect

Q & A
How do you maintain meaningful,
mutually beneficial relationships in
online spaces?

Q & A
Additional Questions

What Makes A First Connection a
Lasting Connection?
AUTHENTIC
RELATIONSHIP
PERSONAL
LEARNING
NETWORK
ONLINE
RELATIONSHIP

What Now? What’s Next?
- Share an article/blog
post/idea with someone you’
ve just met.
- Start a conversation with a
question.
- Ask about the path, not just
the product.

Tweet It Out!
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Stay
connected!
Lisa Endersby,
lmendersby@gmail.com
@lmendersby
Christina Ferrari,
christinamferrari@gmail.com
@cm_ferrari3
Paul Gordon Brown,
paulgordonbrown@gmail.com
@paulgordonbrown
Briana Mathew, briana.
mathew@gmail.com
@BrianaMathew
John Rodriguez,
johnorodriguez@gmail.com
@johnorodriguez
Rebecca Windover,
windoverrebecca@gmail.com
@bwindover2013