How to Network on LinkedIn and Create Career Opportunities

Hosted by Ivana Wang, Nora Michalski, and Ryan McNeely (facilitator)

Tue, Aug 18, 2026

10:00 PM UTC (1 hour)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Career Momentum Lab: Network, get unstuck, and create opportunity
Ivana Wang, Nora Michalski, and Ryan McNeely
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What you'll learn

Know who to connect with on LinkedIn

Identify the right people for your goals, including peers, hiring managers, mentors, and potential connectors.

Write messages people want to answer

Learn how to personalize connection requests, outreach messages, and follow-ups without sounding generic or pushy.

Build trust before you send the message

Use your profile, posts, comments, and engagement to create familiarity and make your outreach more credible.

Why this topic matters

Successful LinkedIn networking is about reaching the right people with a clear reason to connect. In this session, you will learn how to identify valuable connections, build trust through your profile and activity, write messages that feel personal, and follow up confidently—so online connections can become conversations, relationships, and career opportunities.

You'll learn from

Ivana Wang

Career strategist, 4 pivots across 5 fields, built network from scratch

Ivana Wang is the founder of Career Frontline and an AI GTM Engineer who has navigated four career pivots across multiple fields, from international affairs and research to AI and go-to-market strategy.

Her work is rooted in one belief: career change is not just about applications. It requires clarity, positioning, and the right conversations. As an introvert who often started from zero, Ivana developed a practical system for using outreach to learn faster, build credibility, and create opportunities with confidence.

Through Career Frontline, she helps professionals approach career transition with strategy, authenticity, and momentum, especially when entering a new industry without an existing network.

Nora Michalski

Silicon Valley mentor helping high-achievers move from stuck to strategic

Nora Michalski is a professional development mentor with a Master’s degree in psychology and over 26 years in self-development, teaching, and mentoring.

She built an award-winning international wellness business before spending a decade in Silicon Valley, including experience with Apple, Intuit, Logitech, and AI startups.

Her work helps high-achieving professionals move through procrastination, self-doubt, and inner resistance so they can take clearer, more aligned action in their careers and businesses. 

Ryan McNeely (facilitator)

Tech founder, 15+ yrs Silicon Valley, blends neuroscience with career strategy

Ryan McNeely spent 15+ years as a tech leader and founder in Silicon Valley, working with large and small companies including Salesforce and Meta.

Drawing on decades of study in neuroscience and ancient wisdom traditions, he developed a framework most career coaches never touch: the inner game.

He is the founder of CareerBliss Academy and Heart School Community, and hosts a free weekly Career Empowerment and Meditation Seminar combining practical strategy with neuroscience and ancient wisdom.

Previously at

Apple
Intuit
Salesforce
Meta
Logitech
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