Networking is more than nibbling wine and cheese (in a doomsday bunker)

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Inger has a guest host while @Jasondowns is gallivanting his way
around Australia on #epictrip2021. Tseen Khoo (@tseenster) from
the Research Whisperer Blog joins Inger to talk about a topic
that gets them both fired up: networking.

They share their networking tips and techniques, especially the
stuff that works online during Covid times when the dreaded wine
and cheese events are no longer available (hooray!). Inger
reckons they are both pretty judgy about how networking is taught
to researchers, but Tseen prefers to think they are 'discerning'.
They share their tips for shy people who want to network, as well
as musing about the burnt tire aroma of International Roast
coffee and the reason their children don't know how to send
actual letters.

Inger has been reading a book about doomsday bunkers while Tseen
has a couple of excellent newsletters scooped from Substack. We
finish with 2 minute tips as usual, and include a bonus bit of
Jason who phoned in from an underground cafe in Cooper Pedy. If
you want to leave a message like his, you can do it via a
webrowser using Speakpipe

Links we mentioned:

Research Whisperer Blog
PostAc app
Jason's Epic Trip on Instagram
Prolifiko newsletter
Oliver Burkeman's newsletter 'The Imperfectionist'
NicoleDonut
Bunker: building for the end of times


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