Julie is the winner of Last Story Standing with the National Speaker's Association of Pittsburgh

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Keynote Experience

Stop Networking. Start Connecting. The Real Secret to Career Momentum

Julie 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, audiences walk away knowing how to turn everyday conversations into meaningful connections that open doors, build advocates, and create lasting momentum.

What Your Audience Will Gain

Attendees will walk away with practical, immediately usable strategies to:

  • Rethink networking as a long-term relationship-building skill, not a one-time or transactional event

  • Build an Always-On Networking mindset where you can turn everyday conversations into career momentum

  • Learn why telling your story in reverse has actionable results to elevate your career

  • Receive actionable tools such as her signature “People Notebook” and “Professional Networking Audit”

The Transformation

After this keynote, your audience will see networking differently and feel ready to take action. I activate professionals to shift from reactive networking to relationship-driven career growth—so opportunities, advocates, and momentum find them.

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+Add-On Networking Workshop

Partner with me to design your networking event

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.

 "Julie was an outstanding speaker at our Delta Sigma Pi professional event! Her peppy, engaging delivery made her interview prep strategies both practical and fun, and she gave us tools we can immediately apply in real interviews. We’re so glad she took the time out of her day to share these tips and tricks. Thank you, Julie!"

“Julie’s talk on interviewing and networking was incredibly insightful. She emphasized the importance of genuine connections and gave advice that can be applied immediately. She shared tips on approaching an interview with confidence and intention. Her takeaways will be useful well beyond the interview process.”

“I enjoyed learning about networking from someone with so much experience, and it opened my eyes to potential opportunities in networking and how those can open so many doors! Thank you for coming!”