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1/ @CogSci mentors: did you talk with your mentees about useful POST conference practices? What do you do? What would you recommend to students and ECRs?
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2/ For me, wrapping up a conference involves self care, notes, & networking. So my recommendations accordingly:
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3/ A. Self/Other Care: take the dog for a walk, spend time with partner/kids.
My head literally buzzes after a conference. I've learned to plan-ahead for a day to decompress. This helps to catch up on chores and make it up to family.
With that sorted out...
My head literally buzzes after a conference. I've learned to plan-ahead for a day to decompress. This helps to catch up on chores and make it up to family.
With that sorted out...
4/ B. Organize Your Notes. Don't waste all that great conference energy!
I do it by project.
Current projects - references to check, ideas for the discussion, people to stay/get in touch with, potential reviewers
I do it by project.
Current projects - references to check, ideas for the discussion, people to stay/get in touch with, potential reviewers
5/ Future projects - list ideas & actions. Actions would depend on your time horizon and who is involved.
Great time to think about how you are curating your "ideas filing cabinet." Do you open it often enough? Does it need decluttering? How about a new home for it? #Trello?
Great time to think about how you are curating your "ideas filing cabinet." Do you open it often enough? Does it need decluttering? How about a new home for it? #Trello?
6/ C. Your Social Network: with all that pressure to network, it may help to remember 1. relationships take care and time to develop; 2. as with romantic interests, some of your/others' interests would not be reciprocated. Life!
So my thoughts on networking:
So my thoughts on networking:
7/ Distinguish between relationships that you'd like to maintain and ones you'd like to start. Don't neglect the former although you may be really excited about the latter.
8/ For relationships you'd like to start: do you mean casual (social support) or serious (grant appl)?
9/ And is what you want also 1) what you need AND 2) what you have time/capacity for?
Hint: consider the distinction between your squad ≈15, your platoon ≈35, and your company ≈ 130 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2970
Hint: consider the distinction between your squad ≈15, your platoon ≈35, and your company ≈ 130 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2970
10/ All of the above helps decide whether to proceed with a Twitter follow, a courteous email with the promised GitHub link, an inquiry about post-doc funding, an extended email coupled with a Zoom invite for further discussion, etc.
Hesitant? What do you have to lose?
Hesitant? What do you have to lose?
11/ The above also helps decide how to RESPOND. Maybe you thought of emailing yourself and the interest is mutual, maybe digging up the data that could be re-analyzed would not be that easy after all.
Be kind.
Respond.
Be kind.
Respond.
12/ Also, if you got to be in a position to do it - introduce folks who may benefit from knowing about each other's work. It will send good vibes through your network 
#PayItForward
#PayItForward
13/ Not sure where this falls but v useful:
4. Lab post-mortem: discuss how the conference went with your lab. People attend different sessions, and maybe not everyone was at the conference. Did you see something that can make your lab's conference communications more effective?
4. Lab post-mortem: discuss how the conference went with your lab. People attend different sessions, and maybe not everyone was at the conference. Did you see something that can make your lab's conference communications more effective?
