Making Your Networking Relationships Stick

Diane founded a firm called Effective Networking on the premise that everyone can learn to network. Individuals just need to find their own style. Combining interactive training, strategic planning and an exploration of the natural fears of networking, Darling demystifies the process by providing techniques that can be immediately implemented. Have you ever felt left out when colleagues are talking sports and you don’t have a clue?

Diane founded Water Cooler Football to help people fit in. She receives rave reviews for her seminars and speeches. McGraw-Hill commissioned her to write the definitive book on networking called The Networking Survival Guide, published in April 2003 and went into a 2nd printing just 90 days after the book hit the shelves. In 2005, McGraw-Hill published her 2nd book, Networking for Career Success. Combined, they are translated into 7 languages.

She has appeared on NBC Nightly News, in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. She's been a columnist for the Boston Business Journal and taught at Harvard Business School, MIT, London School of Economics, University of Michigan, and several other universities. Nonprofits and corporations hire her to help them increase revenues, recruit and retain top talent, as well as streamline communications.

Her travels include all seven continents and approximately 60 countries. She has lived in the Philippines, Thailand, Colorado, Indiana, Alabama and now in Boston, MA. She is a member of the Chief Executive’s Club of Boston, is the past president for the American Society for Training and Development, and a founding member of 20/20 Women on Board – an organization advocating for women serving on corporate boards. Contact Diane: Diane@DianeDarling.com

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