Diane Darling

Skills4Today

150 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114 | (617) 308-0405 | Diane@DianeDarling.com
Works in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Last updated:
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026

Over 20 years of providing programs to help organizations earn more money to support their mission as well as help team members grow their career. Speaker at multiple events, conferences, and associations. Topics include: Fundraising, dealing with difficult people, public speaking, networking, and relationship building. Commissioned by McGraw-Hill to write the definitive book about networking, The Networking Survival Guide. Subsequently published Networking for Career Success. Both are now published in 9 languages. Author and curator of She Said It: Quote by Remarkable Women.

Areas of Expertise:

Board assessment, structure, training, performance

Communications / marketing planning and strategy

Fundraising events, Sponsorships and corporate partnerships

Employee development / retention, Executive coaching, Leadership training and development

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Workforce Training and Development, Professional Associations, Women / Girls Issues

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Mass General Brigham
    Description of services provided: Presentation to doctors on how to build rapport
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: MD Anderson Cancer
    Description of services provided: Presentation for doctors to advance their career
    Year services provided: 2015
  • Organization: European Cardiology Society
    Description of services provided: Presentation for early career doctors
    Year services provided: 2016
  • Organization: ESSAE - Empire State Society of Association Executives
    Description of services provided: Presentation about member engagement and marketing
    Year services provided: 2026
  • Organization: Calif School Nutrition Assoc
    Description of services provided: Keynote at annual conference
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: AZ Society of Association Executives
    Description of services provided: Presentation about networking to recruit/retain members
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: Massachusetts Bankers Association
    Description of services provided: Keynote at women's conference
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: ABC DC - Association of Builders and Contractors in DC area
    Description of services provided: Keynote and breakout speaker at regional summit
    Year services provided: 2026
  • Organization: ABC MD - Association of Builders and Contractors - Maryland
    Description of services provided: Presentation about business development and networking
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: National Association of Workforce Development Professionals
    Description of services provided: Presentation about recruiting and retaining top talent
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: AEI - Amusement Expo Int'l
    Description of services provided: Keynote - helping small businesses compete
    Year services provided: 2026
  • Organization: YMCA
    Description of services provided: Presentation about dealing with difficult people
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: Leadership America 2025
    Description of services provided: Presentation on fundraising
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: TX Association for School Nutrition
    Description of services provided: Keynote at conference about 'people skills'
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: Ms JD at Harvard Law School
    Description of services provided: Keynote about relationship building and networking
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: YNG - YPO Next Generation
    Description of services provided: Presentation about networking and relationship building
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba
    Description of services provided: Virtual Presentation - How to Advance Your Career
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: West End Museum
    Description of services provided: Facilitated community leader discussions
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA)
    Description of services provided: Keynote speaker at conference
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: LaunchX
    Description of services provided: Presentation about public speaking
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: School Nutrition Association
    Description of services provided: Keynote at national annual conference
    Year services provided: 2024
  • Organization: Association Forum
    Description of services provided: Breakout presentation - Effective Networking Strategies
    Year services provided: 2025
  • Organization: AWIS - Association of Women in Science
    Description of services provided: Presentation to the Boston chapter - People Skills
    Year services provided: 2021
  • Organization: ALA Nutmeg - Assoc of Legal Administrators of CT
    Description of services provided: Presentation at chapter meeting
    Year services provided: 2021


Training & Workshops:

  • Name: Effective Networking Strategies for Nonprofits
    Duration: 60-90 minutes
    Fee: $5,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 15
    Maximum Audience Size: unlimited
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  • Name: Leveraging LinkedIn for Nonprofits
    Duration: 60-90
    Fee: $5,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 10
    Maximum Audience Size: 25
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  • Name: Pre-Event Networking Strategies (virtual)
    Duration: 60
    Fee: $1,500 per session
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  • Name: Virtual Presentation - all my programs can be delivered online
    Duration: 60
    Fee: $1,500 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
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  • Name: Dealing with Difficult People
    Duration: 60
    Fee: $5,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
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  • Name: The Human Connection in the Age of AI
    Duration: 60
    Fee: $5,000 per session
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  • Name: Succeeding in a Multigenerational World
    Duration: 60
    Fee: $5,000 per session
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
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