by Dr Ivan Misner: Not getting the referrals you want? Stop pointing fingers and start taking charge of your company’s success. One of the problems people often have when …
December 2008
Article contributed by Clive Murphy. Every day, the news is full of the economic downturn and how it impacts on us. I often hear people speaking of how much money …
Givers Gain
My enquiry into leadership has led me to ‘The Art of Loving’ by Erich Fromm. Fromm is one of the major figures in the field of psychoanalysis – and the …
Reflections from a new BNI member
Article contributed by Fiona Powell. Donna Roy is a Massage Therapist and a new BNI member of Hutt Catalysts in Lower Hutt. Donna is already aware of how BNI can …
Here are some guidelines (regularly used by good copywriters) for preparing your pitch: 1. Begin with a problem. Nothing pushes buttons like pain. But the trick is to make your …
Thinking Outside of the Square
Before emigrating and setting up BNI in NZ at the start of 1999 – I spent some 15 years working as a property valuer, mainly in London, UK. The last …
The 2008 BNI International Directors’ Conference was held at the Hyatt Hotel in Long Beach, California from 13th to 15th November 2008. There were 550 BNI Directors and staff in …
If you have teenage children and are looking for ideas for Christmas – you might be interested to know that Brian Falkner – long term BNI member and designer …
By Colin Kennedy Surviving the economic downturn may be a simple case of good neighbourliness for small and medium businesses. In fact, no matter what the state of the economy, …