J. Kelly Hoey

Are you ready to reimagine how you network?

The ways we interact with other people has shifted, permanently. While the ability to build relationships has always been essential for professional success, pre-pandemic networking was often thought of as IRL meetings, coffee dates, conferences, and golf outings. When career success depends on having the support of others, a more flexible view of networking is needed. To forge ahead in this new era of work, outdated networking habits must be ditched, and this essential career activity reframed.

In this dynamic and engaging talk, J. Kelly Hoey illustrates how co-workers, clients, and collaborators can connect and thrive in a hybrid networking environment. She shares how digital platforms (such as Zoom, Twitter and Email) are all tools for real networking, reveals why the most successful networkers are amphibious – and, in the process, rebrands this most critical human activity.

For women, the path to career success appears steeper now than it did back pre-pandemic. As we enter this next phase of work, what can women do to ensure their ambitions do continue to be sidelined? In this empowering talk, J. Kelly Hoey outlines what successful women do differently to build powerful networks around their careers - and the deceptively simple ways women can shift their professional networking do the same. Kelly shares why embracing a dual approach to networking is essential. Spoiler alert! - women’s careers thrive when they tap into casual connections (a traditionally male approach to networking), AND when they curate an intimate, inner-networking-circle of career confidants, (the powerfully feminine approach to networking). Her talk provides actionable takeaways, including tips for avoiding networking overload and ideas for shaking up your networks.

What makes a great leader? For networking expert J. Kelly Hoey, the question is answered by analyzing the skills and attributes of successful networkers. Hoey believes leadership is demonstrated by the choices we make to develop and leverage our networks. In this energetic talk, Hoey uses powerful research from her book Build Your Dream Network to provide unique lessons about leadership success, offering actionable insights, practical take-aways, and road maps for leaders to enhance their skills—and their relationships too.

We have 3 assets in life: our relationships, our reputation, and our time. Time is our non-renewable asset, once taken or wasted it cannot be given back. So how and where are you investing your time, how do you engage with others so they want to invest their time in you, and what are the ways you can create more time in your schedule? In this unexpected approach to time management and productivity, J. Kelly Hoey explores through the lens of relationships and networks, the ways you can organize your daily goals and long-term pursuits in order to succeed.