Seth Godin is launching a new book - it is called “Tribes”- and it is due out in October – however he has an interesting offer to those who preorder (today!).
Having recently ordered my copy of “Family, Village Tribe – The Story of Flight Centre” -which explains the rationale to the structuring of the Flight Centre into ‘families’, ‘villages’ [...]
Bill Sherman is based in St. Louis, USA and writes on social capital and thought-leadership marketing at Aha Moments. Graham Southwell recently asked Bill some questions about building social capital.
GS: What’s the difference between a social network and social capital?
BS: Many people have become comfortable with the concept of a social network through tools such as [...]
This is a 2-3 minute activity that involves those at the meeting.
You will need to read it through beforehand and be prepared. What you say out loud to the group is in larger type in bold.
Ask the chapter the following question and repeat some of the responses.
When you invite people to your BNI chapter what [...]
Last week BNI NZ National Director – Sue Redknap attended the launch of “Moonlight” at Mercy Hospice, Auckland. Moonlight is a book of New Zealand poems on death and dying edited by poet Andrew Johnston.
Royalties from Moonlight, published by Random House NZ, will go to Hospice New Zealand. This charitable connection was Johnston’s idea, as [...]
Latest research shows that only 20% of employment opportunities are advertised in Australia. Networking accounts largely for the remaining 80% of job placements. Whether it’s an executive recruitment firm search, word of mouth referral or someone’s next door neighbour’s brother – the job is often filled by someone known by someone else.
In the best selling [...]
