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Hi! I’m Diane Darling - pleasure to meet you. I am a consultant, keynote speaker, instructor, and leadership coach specializing in professional networking strategies. I have 20+ years of experience researching, developing, and educating on the role professional networking strategies play in both individual career development, as well as broader business performance. At present, my services include virtual and in-person speaking engagements, one-on-one leadership coaching, and strategic consulting. I aim to meet each client where they are in their journey, and contribute in a way that makes sense for them. In doing so, I have had the pleasure of working with many wonderful clients in a variety of industries, such as accounting, architecture, law firms, higher ed, and more. Lastly, I have been very fortunate to have had my networking strategies published by McGraw Hill in over nine languages, and I am always eager to hear other research perspectives in this area. I look forward to seeing how we can work together. The industrial freighter was HUGE - especially from the eyes of a six-year-old girl. It would take three weeks to sail from San Francisco across the Pacific to the Philippines. I would soon be a new kid (the only white girl) in a classroom at a local school.  For the next 10+ years I would attend 6 new schools and needed to learn how to make friends. This included going from rural Indiana to Bangkok and then coming back to Indiana for my senior year of high school. All before Facebook and email! Little did I know that learning to speak to 'strangers' would be a lifelong skill that I would teach others.  In order to overcome my fear of public speaking, I took acting and standup comedy classes. That out-of-the-box and strategic mindset has been a contributing factor to my success. Indeed, I was even the commencement speaker at MIT Charm School (yes there is such a thing). Considered a pioneer in social networking, McGraw-Hill commissioned me to write the definitive book on networking in 2003 (before Facebook or LinkedIn) called The Networking Survival Guide. It went into a 2nd printing just 90 days after the book hit the shelves. Collectively my books have been translated into 9 languages. I've has taught at Harvard Business School, 20th Century Fox, Cisco Systems, Bank of America, University of Texas Law School to name a few clients. Media appearances include on NBC Nightly News, in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. I'm a member of the Chief Executives Club of Boston. I've lived in the Philippines, Thailand, Colorado, Indiana, Alabama and now in Boston, MA. Travels include all seven continents and approximately 60 countries. Follow me on LinkedIn ... www.LinkedIn.com/in/DianeDarling You're warmly invited to receive my newsletters as well .... https://zc.vg/sf/ztA1y
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