Building your personal and professional network is essential. Yet "networking" has developed a bad rap as being an unpleasant experience. Fortunately, there is more to building a network than just "networking." Hear and share recommendations for ways to initiate new connections and maintain existing ones; how networks contribute to individuals' personal and professional successes; and how the process of networking is changing in today's virtual world. (This P2P discussion follows a Thought Leader Session on the same topic.)