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Effective business networking is about smart talk, not small talk. The right message in the right setting creates instant credibility.
When new members get referrals right away, they become more committed to the chapter, believe in the process, and invest more in others.
You can choose to see the world through a lens that lets you deal most effectively with the hand you've been dealt.
Comparison is the thief of joy, so follow Ivan Misner's tips for surviving in the age of social media highlight reels.
The harder you work, the luckier you get. Luck opens doors, but hard work walks you through them. You won't succeed without it.
Making a bad introduction reduces your future opportunities. Be honest, be respectful, and preserve relationships for the future.
Listen to fear---but don't let it drive. Listening to the message fear is giving us helps us find action steps to alleviate it.
The substitute program is not about your convenience. It's about bringing value to your BNI meeting when you're not there.
Learn how one education coordinator transformed his chapter's Education Moments into lively seminars with active member participation.
Tom Etherington explains how to work with the other members of your chapter to develop a strategic visitor invite campaign using LinkedIn.
Define yourself, clarify your role, build trust, connect specialists, and reap the benefits of Givers Gain®.
Building a Diamond Chapter with 100+ BNI members requires strategy, accountability, motivation, and measurable goals.
If you're asked to take a leadership role in your BNI chapter, look at it as an opportunity, not an obligation.
Learn how to apply BNI's Core Values to help yourself move through John Maxwell's Five Levels of Leadership.
If you want to meet a Big Name in your industry, find someone who knows and trusts you both and ask for an introduction.
When you join BNI, you get much more than referrals. Beneath the surface are structure, commitment, education, coaching, and mentoring.
The amount of time that someone stays in a BNI chapter and the size of the chapter make a huge difference in the return on investment.
Kamryn Reynolds explains that the way to get more referrals is to share why you do what you do in a way that makes your listeners feel good.
Holidays are a great time to network, so teach your BNI chapter how to identify referral opportunities at events.
Master Passion, People, and Process to become a leader in your industry and create an enterprise that makes a difference in people's lives.






How can we get Dr Meisner to visit our chapter? Chapman@bc-lawyers.com
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just because you are afraid doesn't mean you are in danger.
Change the mindset of "I can't" to "I don't know how". One mentality promotes giving up and staying stagnant. while the other promotes the desire to learn, improve, and move forward.
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This was amazing Ivan! I'm sharing this!
Question..... what if you’re a personal trainer and you coach people in a gym all day? My professional attire is gym attire. Definitely not a polo or slacks or anything like that. My uniform is the fact that I’m fit and show up to meetings looking like I’m about to train someone.
Yes. And, collecting cards to only enter the person into your email drip campaign (i.e not not a personalized message) is not networking; it is a sales funnel. Networking is about connecting.
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BNI is “how” to network. Without the BNI model to use at Chamber of Commerce and Rotary, I would burn so many bridges without even knowing why.
In my (not so humble) opinion, the disconnect between Priscilla’s observation and Dr. Misner’s observation is; Ivan is having a discussion on the BNI podcast about BNI. Priscilla is hosting the BNI podcast from the perspective of a small business owner who happens to be a member of BNI.
I will be doing this this week! thanks for sharing!
what's working for me? Self improvment and support group.
Just wanted to leave some feedback about this podcast episode as it was really hard to understand Tiffanie. I just couldn't understand what she was saying because it was so muffled. could you try to improve the quality of the line in future so it's not muffled. thanks!
The whole time I am listening to this I was thinking that you got this idea from Star Trek and Captain Kirk reprogramming the computer.
I, too, talked too much! And my mother always said that I care too much. She absolutely hated it when I heard that a friend needed assistance, and I would volunteer myself, or - even worse - volunteered her, to help! Today, I coach students on standardized exams, like the SAT and ACT for college admissions, and I recently launched an organization called The ParenTween Connection. The purpose of the organization is to create community and bring education to parents of teens and tweens, with the ultimate goal of supporting teens and tweens more and reducing the number who are inclined to take their own lives. We lose FAR TOO MANY kids to suicide! So I guess what was in the way, my talking and caring, really has become the way for me. I'm connecting people with a goal of saving lives. I can live with that. :-)
Daleen Pretorius South Africa: I learned in hockey to play the game until the last second, regardless of it being tough or a run away winning game. Applying this to BNI and business would mean that we are present during meetings, we truly contribute, we execute the basics and we play by the rules!