But...
As much as technology has enhanced professional networking, I believe there is still something to be said about the good old-fashioned face to face meeting. Many of our professions belong to national and district organizations with meetings held on an annual basis. As much as I am a proponent of technology, these meetings, workshops, and clinical symposia provide a networking strategy that allows professionals to introduce themselves to one another, reacquaint with one another, and potentially meet with new employers. There's more to be said about a hand shake versus reading someone's biography and viewing their profile picture. By purely relying on technology for this one misses out on the human element. We must be able to disconnect every now and then and focus our attention on each other.