The Friendship Strategist provides professional development coaching for growing your networking professionally and socially. Learn how to grow your network, build your confidence, the differences between networking in-person versus virtually, resume guidance, scoring an informational interview, personal branding, and marketing yourself.
Julie is the winner of Last Story Standing with the National Speaker's Association of Pittsburgh
Julie Cantola Kirsch delivers a high-energy, actionable keynote that transforms how professionals approach networking. This is not about collecting business cards or working the room. It is about building real relationships that create real career growth.
Through her signature Always-On Networking approach and reverse storytelling framework, Julie shows audiences how to turn everyday conversations into meaningful connections that open doors, build advocates, and create lasting momentum.
Attendees will walk away with practical, immediately usable strategies to:
Rethink networking as a long-term relationship-building skill, not a one-time event
Use energy and presence to create stronger, more memorable connections
Apply reverse storytelling to clearly communicate their value and goals
Turn everyday conversations into opportunities for career growth
Build an Always-On Networking mindset that creates consistent momentum
After this keynote, your audience will see networking differently and feel energized to take action. They will leave with the confidence and tools to turn simple conversations into meaningful relationships that open doors and elevate their careers.
A curated, high-energy networking activation designed to turn conversations into real relationships.
Julie doesn’t just speak about connection—she creates it in the room.
As an add-on to her keynote, Julie partners with meeting planners to design and facilitate a structured, engaging networking experience that helps attendees immediately apply what they just learned.
What your audience will get:
“Stop Networking. Start Connecting.” Live Activation experience that will guide participants to actively connect and remove awkward networking. Your audience will leave with smiles, renewed confidence, and new connections.
Book Julie
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