Diane Darling

Diane Darling is the founder and CEO of Effective Networking, Inc. The Boston-based company is built on her philosophy that everyone can learn to effectively network--they just need to find their own style-and that to survive and thrive in this competitive world, everyone should learn to network effectively.

Effective Networking Inc. teaches, as it's tagline says, "the art of building and sustaining mutually beneficial relationships," to corporations, professional service firms, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, governments, and individuals. An accomplished speaker, Darling's client list includes Ernst & Young, Siemens, Cisco Systems, Fidelity Investments, Harvard Business School and Verizon. She is also the author of The Networking Survival Guide and Networking for Career Success. Her expertise has garnered press coverage in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Boston Globe and NBC Nightly News. She also teaches in the MBA program at Boston University.

Through her speaking engagements, seminars, books and ThirdAge articles, Diane Darling has helped countless introverts overcome their fear of networking, and countless extroverts how to channel their exuberance into more effective networking.