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Diane Darling's recent
effort as an entrepreneur is Effective
Networking, Inc., a consulting firm that teaches networking
best practices.
Clients include: Siemens, Cisco Systems, Fidelity
Investments, Harvard Business School and Young President's Organization.
Effective Networking Inc. teaches successful networking
techniques to generate opportunity and growth. Based in Boston,
our company was established on the premise that everyone can achieve
professional and personal goals through this essential survival
skill for today's fast-paced, competitive world.
History of Effective Networking
| In 1999 and 2000,
smack in the middle of the Internet bubble, Diane Darling was
entrenched in her own startup servicing the hospitality industry
- specifically airlines and hotels. She was also an active volunteer.
At one event, someone commented she was good at connecting people
and requested she give a workshop about how to network effectively. |
| December 4, 2000
- She delivered a workshop and an attendee immediately approached
her inquiring about her speaking fees. Startled, Darling discovered
others wanted to learn networking strategies and techniques
as well. |
| July 2001
- An attendee at a networking program mentions the workshop
to a Wall Street Journal reporter. |
| September 11,
2001 - The events that day make it clear her startup
for airlines and hotels wouldn't make it. |
| December 4, 2001
- The Wall Street Journal profile her workshops. That day McGraw-Hill
calls to commission a book and NBC Nightly News calls and films
her workshop that evening. In response to the need, Effective
Networking was born teaching networking skills. |
| April 2003
- The Networking Survival Guide hits the book shelves. It is
now in its 4th printing and has been translated into Korean
and Chinese. |
| Summer 2003 - Effective Networking expands and brings on additional presenters. In addition to Darling, others share the Effective Networking methodology to a variety of organizations. |
| Spring 2005 - Networking for Career Success is published. |
| December 2006 - Diane becomes a monthly columnist for the Boston Business Journal. |
| Spring 2007 - Networking for Career Success is translated into Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian. |
| Fall 2007 - Networking for Career Success is translated into Portuguese. |
Prior to Effective Networking, Darling was working
on a company tentatively called "Lost and Found." The
mission was to help airlines and hotels manage their lost and found
inventory such as cell phones, computers, favorite bathrobes and
more. Sadly the events of September 11th ended the efforts to launch
the company.
Darling also has a passion for nonprofits.
She has worked at several and launched an organization to help women
in technology, DigitalEve. The organization ended with the dot-com
burst, however, she is still an active volunteer presently helping
the Volunteer Lawyers of the Arts.
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"Networking is
my secret weapon, and I mean both kinds. I've built my career
on the technologies of networking computers - Ethernet, Internet
- but I would still be a voice crying in the wilderness had
I not learned the technologies of networking people. I learned
networking the hard way, at one gruesome party after another.
You can learn it the easy way with Diane Darling's book."
Bob Metcalfe - Ethernet inventor,
3Com founder, InfoWorld columnist, and Polarist partner
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look at it, other people are your greatest resource. Diane Darling's
in-depth, easy-to-follow instructions will fill your life with
opportunities to meet these people and reap the rewards."
Nicholas Boothman, Author of How to Make
People Like you in 90 Seconds or Less and How to Connect in
Business in 90 Seconds or Less
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