Time’s running out for the BNI KL08 World Members’ Conference

  The 2nd World Conference for BNI members will be held on 28th and 29th May 2008 with a Director’s Day being held on 27th May.
At the inaugural event in 2006 there were around 380 people present.  Judging from the level of interest at the International Director’s Conference in San Diego last year, around 800 [...]

Two new Assistant Directors join the fold

  I am pleased to announce that we have appointed two new Assistant Directors to join the team here in Auckland.  Fraser Calvert – from the Titirangi chapter and Mariska Mannes from the Albany chapter have both accepted the roles and will be taking up their positions later this month.  Seen here is a photograph [...]

How to avoid being on the wrong end of a barge pole

A Nielsen Global Survey conducted late last year established that 83% of Kiwi consumers (compared to 78% globally) trust recommendations from fellow consumers more than any other form of advertising.
Global managing director for Nielsen’s Customised Research Services, David McCallum, said that despite increasingly diverse media platforms, “the recommendation of someone else remains the most trusted [...]

“The Time is Now” Movie

  The Founder and Chairman of BNI – Dr Ivan Misner is to appear in an upcoming film that is currently in production: “The Time is Now”.
The film features personal conversations with Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Tony Robbins, John Gray and Jack Canfield, plus many others.
The Leaders in the New Civilization–LINC–charitable organization is producing the [...]

The Mountains We Climb

The start of the year has seen the loss of two important New Zealanders – Sir Edmund Hilary and Hone Tuwhare – both of whom described and defined us and our place in the world.
I wanted to focus on one of these two people – Sir Edmund Hilary – who is famous as much for his [...]