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Redefining Networking: How to Lead with Your Unique Value

Name: Redefining Networking: How to Lead with Your Unique Value
Start: 2026-04-09T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-09T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Sicily

A Blend Masterclass with Monique Kelley

Sicily

April 9, 2026

to April 9, 2026

6:00 pm

- 9:00 pm

About this event

For many leaders, networking still feels transactional, awkward, or performative.

This Blend Masterclass challenges that outdated model and reframes networking as a powerful leadership capability rooted in authenticity, purpose, and value. Join the Blend New York community for a high-impact session with Monique Kelley, Fortune 100 leader, executive coach, and author, as she shares a practical, human-centred approach to building relationships that amplify who you are, without self-promotion or burnout.

This is about leading with your value and creating connections that genuinely accelerate opportunity.

Our speakers

Monique Kelley

Communications Expert | Professor | Author

Monique Kelley is a trusted, purpose-driven professor (Boston University), consultant and author who serves in a fractional (interim) capacity for Fortune 50 and global biopharmaceutical companies seeking a strategic corporate communications or product marketing communications head who advances business objectives and alleviates their headaches.

Key themes & discussion topics

Clarifying your unique value and why it matters in a crowded, noisy world

Building sustainable, long-term relationships without self-promotion fatigue

Moving from transactional networking to authentic, purpose-driven connection

Creating a professional presence that attracts opportunity rather than chasing it

Event agenda

Registration & networking

6:00-6:30 PM

Masterclass & discussion

6:30-7:30 PM

Dinner

7:30 – 8:45 PM

Event wrap-up, reflection & networking

8:45 – 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

You’re ready to rethink networking as a leadership skill – not a necessary evil

This session will help you articulate and lead with what genuinely differentiates you

You’ll gain a practical framework you can apply immediately in real-world settings

The room offers meaningful connection with senior leaders who value depth over volume

Event Organizer

Emily Osgood

emily@joinblend.com

Venue

Sicily

328-330 W 46th St
New York
NY 10036
United States

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