Business advice from the Toltec Indians!

  Those of you who listened to the recent Podcast by BNI Founder and Chairman – Dr Ivan Misner “Staying in your Flame” will have heard Ivan giving an outline of a presentation delivered by Penny Power of Ecademy at this years BNI Global Networking Conference in Kuala Lumpur (BNI Podcast).
During her presentation we heard Penny [...]

Green Drinks Networking

Every month people around the world who work, or have an interest, in the environmental field meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.
There are 12 cities in New Zealand that host Green Drinks – for example in Auckland, Green Drinks is coordinated by the Auckland Branch of NZAEE (NZ Association for [...]

Mini-Workshop: What to do with a referral

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.
Purpose – What to do with a referral
Start by saying to the members…
Someone has just given you a referral.  What [...]

What Is New In BNI NZ

  Whilst visiting the Hastings Chapter of BNI yesterday I delivered a ten minute presentation entitled “What is new in BNI”.  As many of the changes that take place are often invisible to the membership – I thought that it might be helpful to share this information:

Website Optimisation - Over the last few weeks we have [...]

Is Your Personality Killing You?

The shocked death of well known Australian John Ilhan (of Crazy John Mobile Phone outlets) at the young age of 42 years has caused many people to look at their life.
John had built a multi million dollar empire, had a young family, was fit and ate healthy food. While he looked after himself physically, he [...]