12/17/2025
**DATE CHANGE** The workshop is moving to Jan 12, 2026 @ 7PM ET.
2026 predictions are basically confirming what a lot of us felt in 2025:
We’re moving into smaller spaces, more trust, and LESS PERFORMANCE.
Pretty Little Marketer shared about this yesterday, so you know it's real!
The “AI ick” is here to stay.
The funnel isn’t behaving like it used to.
And people are retreating from noisy feeds into group chats, private communities, and relationships that feel human.
Here’s the part that matters if you’re a high‑capacity professional:
If the old model was “work hard, be visible, show up to events,”
the new model is **be understood, be trusted, and be easy to refer**.
And that’s why so many talented people feel stuck right now.
Because it’s not that they’re not showing up.
They are:
- They attend the events (and half the time they leave with a handful of business cards but ZERO next steps)
- They volunteer support
- They send referrals
- They stay late and overdeliver
- They keep showing up on LinkedIn, too
All this and they still wonder why nothing is coming back to them.
Networking isn’t broken.
It’s just been overhyped, unstructured and it hasn't been TAUGHT.
What we need is:
🙅🏾♀️ Not more contacts.
🙅🏾♀️ Not more visibility.
😍 More clarity (who you’re for, who you actually need in your corner next , what someone should do after they meet you , and how you follow up without it feeling forced)
I have a question, what are you most tired of right now?
1) Loud rooms / no follow‑through
2) Being “known” but not understood
3) Doing the most and still feeling invisible
4) Not knowing what to say after a great convo
👉🏾 Drop the number (or add your own). I couldn't get away from these conversations in 2025 so for 2026, I'm running into them head first.
And yes — this is exactly what I’m building a solution for right now with Network to Revenue. We're running the first workshop on Monday at 7PM ET to get your mind right for the new year. 90 mins of your time to save you a priceless amount in burnout in 2026.
https://shop.beacons.ai/christinaadderley/461bc621-5f24-4102-b1ac-f3d468844484