In This week's episode we are joined by Kingsley Aikins who is the founder and CEO of The Networking Institute, which is a Dublin based organisation whose mission is to help individuals and organisations achieve their goals through Networking. He is a recognized expert on the topic and has written and spoken extensively on the benefits of Networking and how to get better at it. He has run workshops and developed online and offline training programmes in the areas of Networking, Public Speaking, Philanthropy and Diaspora Engagement. You can find more information about the Networking Institute on thenetworkinginstitute.com To date he has trained over 10,000 people in more than 100 organisations in 22 countries. Clients include major accounting, consulting, law, non-profit and government organisations. He is an Economics and Politics graduate from Trinity College Dublin. In his career he has worked 10 years for the Irish Trade Board and IDA Ireland and was based in Sydney. He then led The Ireland Funds for 21 years mostly based in Boston. In his time with the Funds over a quarter of a billion dollars was raised for projects in Ireland. He was awarded a CBE for his work on British – Irish relations. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss his previous work, Diaspora Engagement, Importance of soft skills, how to network effectively and much more. Show notes are available on: chasingpassion.ie Connect with Kinglsey on: - LinkedIn @ Kingsley_Aikins - The Networking Institute @ thenetworkinginstitude.com If you enjoy listening to the podcast, I would really appreciate if you would consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts / iTunes. This will help the podcast grow and convince hard to get guests. For show notes & past episodes, please visit chasingpassion.ie Find me @domsniezka on: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook: | YouTube: