Branding Room Only with Paula T. Edgar

Kelly Hoey is a prolific writer, speaker, advisor, and business coach. She helps anyone from young professionals to entrepreneurs connect in the social media age for greater success. Her book, Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World, also details her unique approach to creating potent networks. She is also the host of the Build Your Dream Network podcast and a professional speaker through Penguin Random House. Kelly has co-founded a startup accelerator, held an interim CMO position, served as an angel investor, appeared on CNBC's Power Pitch, and contributed to publications like The New York Times and Forbes.com. In this episode: Network building is essential for any executive or entrepreneur. However, everyone knows no single technique or hack can create a resourceful network. Developing a robust network requires a host of skills, time, and kindness. Fortunately, there are a few guidelines that can ease this process. Kelly Hoey, a speaker, writer, and coach, specializes in helping others build their dream network. Her approach to personal branding and connecting with others has tangibly boosted the careers of countless entrepreneurs and leaders. Kelly's networking expertise comes from her transformative career journey, where she discovered the key to achieving professional milestones and unlocking opportunities despite starting with a law degree and business cards in hand. Now she takes the time to share them with you. In this episode of the Branding Room Only podcast, Paula Edgar speaks with Kelly Hoey about the best practices for building a better network. They go through how to give a good elevator pitch, how to use your networks, and the importance of proper listening. They also touch on the one and only hack for networking.

Paula Edgar is an attorney, speaker, and CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC, a strategy firm that provides diversity, equity, and professional development solutions for organizations. She conducts live and virtual facilitated workshops and offers executive coaching where she helps leaders improve their personal branding, networking, social media, and business developments. She was a Founding Partner of Inclusion Strategy Solutions LLC and was the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer at New York Law School. As for her writing, Paula has written for publications such as the New York Times, Bloomberg Law, Business Insider, and US News. In this episode… For leaders and executives, personal branding is everything. The initial impression one makes can significantly influence how others view them, their level of trust, and the potential for collaboration. Even more importantly, your continued actions will define not only yourself but your organization as well. However, creating this personal image is harder than it seems. Effective branding takes intentionality and time, but it helps to have someone guide you along the process. In this episode of the Branding Room Only podcast, Chad Franzen flips the script and interviews Paula Edgar, the CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC. Together, the two discuss what it means to build a personal brand and how she helps her clients define themselves. They also go through her perspective on diversity, how she got into coaching, and why she started her new podcast. Stay tuned for all of this and much more in the future!