Have AI and Virtual Work Environments Changed Networking?
By Diane Streleckis - Technology has transformed how people work from interacting more via video calls and chat (even when we’re in the same office) to having generative artificial intelligence (AI) as an assistant or even a co-worker. How has all this technology affected the human need to connect with others who can help us develop as professionals?
Read moreThe Power of Connection: Reignite Your Network in 2025
Nurturing your network is not something you only do when you need something. It’s easy to put off because of all the other priorities in your work and life. But there is real power in staying connected to people in your professional circle as a consistent practice. And now is the time to plan for how you will kick off the New Year with a great connections strategy that allows you to be intentional in your career. Join marketing and communications Recruiter and Career Coach Angee Linsey for this powerful session.
What you will learn in this session:
- How to initiate conversations with those people who matter in your network (but you may have neglected)
- How to make every connection an authentic, relationship-building conversation rather than a “what can you do for me” transaction.
- Tools to be more intentional in connecting more consistently with those who matter most in your network.
- Easy ways to remind people they matter
About Angee Linsey
Angee Linsey has dedicated the last 20-plus years to helping companies build great marketing and communications teams through exceptional recruitment strategies and helping individuals achieve their career goals. She leads Linsey Careers, a national search firm that specializes in marketing and communications recruitment and career coaching. She has successfully filled marketing and communications roles for companies including Logitech, Fossil, TransUnion, Clearwater Paper, Serta Simmons Bedding, Nordstrom, Jackson Family Wines, A.T. Kearney, Dolby, Kimberly Clark and more.
Angee has been a featured presenter and keynote speaker at international and regional industry conferences and at academic institutions from Columbia University to the University of Washington. She also authored the book, Dare to be Deliberate – Level Up Your Communications Career, a guide for communications professionals who want to be more intentional in managing their careers.
A three-time Silver Anvil award-winning comms pro, Angee understands the sector and what it takes to succeed in it. She held communications roles in corporate and agency environments and served 25 years in the military — first as a U.S. Army journalist and then as a Navy Reserve Public Affairs Officer. She graduated from the highly regarded School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and earned a master’s degree in career development from John F. Kennedy University in Northern California.