Keynotes and workshops that help people network with confidence and land the opportunity
Networking, career skills, and purpose-driven impact, for conferences, colleges, high schools, chambers, business groups, and nonprofits. Your audience leaves with steps they can use the same day.
The challengeMost people know networking matters. Few were ever taught how to do it.
Students freeze at career fairs and send applications into silence. Young professionals wonder why the job or the promotion goes to someone else. Experienced professionals are trying to figure out how AI fits into relationships without sounding like a bot. The skills that open doors, starting a conversation, following up, presenting yourself with confidence, are rarely taught in school or at work. That is the gap these talks close.
Why organizers book DoronPractical talks from someone who has done the work.
Doron Noyman is an author and keynote speaker with 2,500+ professional and community events behind him and 25+ years in business development and financial leadership. He wrote the From Invisible to Valuable series, including Skills for Career Success, How to Network Without Anxiety, and Networking in the Age of AI, along with the novel Santa Skipped Silicon Valley.
He serves as President of the Board of Sunday Friends Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Banking and Financial Services at San José State University. His community work earned the 2025 REACH Social Impact Award.
His talks are practical, interactive, and built from real stories. Students write and practice their own introductions in the room. Professionals leave with a system they can use the next morning.
Speaking topicsHow to Network Without Anxiety
Best for: colleges, high schools, career centers, student organizations, and early-career professionals
Five simple steps that take the fear out of walking into a room full of strangers. Based on the book How to Network Without Anxiety, with a live exercise where attendees write and practice their own introduction.
A natural way to start any conversation
A two-sentence introduction they can use anywhere
How to follow up so people remember them
Career Skills That Land Internships and Jobs
Best for: high schools, colleges, career centers, youth programs, and workforce organizations
Employers expect skills no one teaches: communication, confidence, professionalism, handling feedback, and building relationships. Drawn from Skills for Career Success, this session gives students the habits that help them stand out in applications, interviews, and their first job.
What employers notice before they read a resume
How to stand out for internships and first jobs
How to present yourself online and in person, including LinkedIn for students
Purpose to Impact
Best for: nonprofits, mission-driven organizations, and leadership groups
Purpose is personal before it is organizational. This session shows how to turn mission into strategy, partnerships, and measurable results, drawn from Doron’s work leading community programs and serving as President of the Board of Sunday Friends Foundation.
Connect personal purpose to organizational mission
Build partnerships that create lasting community impact
Measure what matters
Networking in the Age of AI
Best for: conferences, chambers, business associations, professionals, and business owners
AI changes how we find and prepare for opportunities. Human connection still closes deals. Built on the framework AI Before. Human During. AI After.™, this session shows how to use AI to prepare and follow up while keeping trust at the center.
Use AI to find the right people and walk into every room prepared
Build trust in the conversation itself, where AI cannot help
Follow up in a way that turns conversations into clients, partnerships, and opportunities
How it worksFormats
Keynotes (20 to 60 minutes)
Interactive workshops
Panels and fireside chats
Webinars and virtual sessions
You can purchase books in bulk and give them to each attendee. Please contact Doron for bulk pricing.
Three simple steps
Tell Doron about your audience and your goals.
He tailors the talk and the activity to your group.
Your people leave with skills and steps they can use the same day.
What hosts say
“After reading select chapters, my anxious seniors participated in a workshop led by Doron. They grew in confidence and left knowing solid strategies and real-world skills they can use for the rest of their lives.”
Tabitha Kappeler-Hurley, Instructor, Educational Options, Fremont Union High School District
Planning a conference, class, or program?
Send a short note with your date, audience, and topic, and Doron will reply with availability and options, including bulk book pricing.