J. Kelly Hoey, Build Your Dream Network: "Know why you're in the room"-Women to Watch Media®

Kelly Hoey, a networking expert, and author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World, shared the story behind her title with us on August 7, 2024.
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Rating: 5 out of 5.
Of the interview, our founder and host, Sue Rocco, says: "Listen in as I sit down with Kelly to talk about her desire to leave her hometown in search of more, an unexpected dinner with Malala, working in NY's start-up community and how the most important key to building your network is to know your why."
With her law degree and business cards in hand, Kelly advanced along a predictable corporate career path until a unique opportunity in 2009 infused her career with confidence and encouraged her to stop playing it safe. Working alongside the visionary leader of a global business network for women, co-founding a startup accelerator, angel investing, an interim CMO position (and reporting to a founder/CEO twenty+ years younger) - these roles are all part of an unimaginable career journey to becoming a published author, career coach and keynote speaker.
Some of her other crazy career outcomes that have resulted from building a diverse network: appearing on CNBC’s Power Pitch, moderating the Meet The Innovators speaker series at the Apple Store, and contributing to publications such as The New York Times, Forbes.com, Fast Company, Inc. and more. Today, Kelly enjoys transforming how others approach the vital activity of networking, through her various speaking, coaching, facilitating and hosting roles.