In this panel discussion, host Karen interviews Joe Apfelbaum and other speakers about using artificial intelligence to enhance LinkedIn networking while preserving genuine human connection. Joe explains his concept of "AI with soul," arguing that while AI can automate research, filtering, and outreach logistics, it should never replace the authentic relationship itself. He describes a workflow where AI interviews the user, generates a list of personalized questions, and conducts deep web research on contacts—scouring hundreds of sites and podcasts—to enable meaningful rapport. The conversation also touches on the broader cultural shift AI represents, likening it to past technological revolutions, and emphasizes the need to stay grounded in inner wisdom when leveraging AI. Promotional segments introduce Evvy AI, an AI‑powered networking sidekick, and a $99 "99 LinkedIn Hacks" playbook. The overall message is that AI can be a powerful, soul‑infused tool for networking, provided it augments rather than automates genuine human interaction.
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I already know everything about you. Now it's just be present with each other. I don't have to sit there and tell you what I do for a living and where I've been and my accomplishments and my fun facts. I don't need to do all that.
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I'm so excited to be here. So thank you for having me, Karen. So for me, LinkedIn has been a transformational part of my journey because I went from just networking offline to online. The problem was that I wasn't able to do all the things that I needed to do. And also when I was teaching clients to use LinkedIn effectively, I would teach them to do it, but often they didn't have the time to do it. And I didn't want AI slop. I saw the possibility of like, oh my God, AI slop. Everyone's just gonna generate comments and messages and da da da da. And I asked myself, how can I create AI with soul? How can I create an artificial intelligence with soul? And I realized is you should automate your systems and technology, but not your relationship. That's what I realized. Relationships you can't automate. You have to be authentic with your relationships, but the ability to sort and filter your network and have AI tell you who you should be talking to and then research that person. Everyone in this room was deeply, deeply researched with our AI. And scour the entire web and look at 500 websites, watch every podcast, tell me everything about you. That helps me be able to build rapport. I already know everything about you. Now it's, let's just be present with each other and really play and get to know each other. I don't have to sit there and tell you what I do for a living and where I've been and my accomplishments and my fun facts. I don't need to do all that. That's an API. That's an API in networking.
What does that mean? It's not a dot-com bubble or anything like that. This is like the Industrial Revolution, the birth of computers, birth of mobile computing, you know, the internet. This is what AI technology is. It's not generative AI, ChatGPT, and I made a, a cool picture and I look like a Viking. Okay. Which I actually did.
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But on top of that, it is transformational because as you're working with the AI and you're working with your own soul and you're getting that reflection back, You personally are transforming and becoming some more of who you came here to be. So you rise, you rise into a freer, more expanded version of yourself. And when you do that, your business rises also. And no one can replicate this business because no one is— no one else is you.
We lose our wisdom. There's an inner knowing. And I always tell everybody, AI is great, but you come from out of AI, you go inside to your inner source of truth, and you discern what it is that's just been given to you. And through that, if we can keep that center when we're working with AI of consciousness, we're conscious beings.
And then I also want you to tell us about the free gift that you have to offer. And we have just a few minutes. So let's, let's, let's start with Joe on that one.
Okay, so very briefly, the first step is just have AI interview you. Say everything you know about me, make me a list of 20 questions that you're going to ask me over the course of the next 3 weeks.
You guys have been awesome. I'm going to be posting a link in the show notes where all the lead— all the freebies that everybody and the contact information for everybody on the show has been. So all that you'll be able to connect with all of them. I hope this conversation has sparked something within you, a reminder that your story, your voice, and your purpose have the power to shift not only your life, but the world around you.
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