Connection Age supercedes Information Age

Last night I attended an excellent presentation by a world renowned author (126 books), publisher (since 1969) and speaker (CSP) namely, Dan Poynter of Santa Barbara, CA USA. His subject was Social Networking for Books.
Dan explained how we have now passed from the information age and moved into the connection age. This has indeed affected [...]

Mini Workshop – Infomercials – 001

Instructions:
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: To focus members on the purpose of their 60 seconds.
Requirements: – 0.
Workshop:
Start by asking the members…
What is your [...]

7 Factors that influence confidence so people refer you!

Last week we touched on how to build trust and what things could influence the level of confidence people need to refer you, so here they are:
 
Seven main factors that influence the level of confidence are the following:
• What profession you are in
• The size of your referral group
• How supportive the group is
• How well you educate the [...]

What’s your BNI purpose?

I’ve just read how in ancient European monasteries monks walked dark corridors with candles on the toes of their shoes, giving them just enough light to see the next step. It was done to demonstrate their faith in God, but there is also a powerful metaphor for the way we manage our day to day [...]

Intuitive Decisions

  If you have ever watched programes such as ‘Sensing Murder’ or ‘Medium’ you may have found yourself wondering what it would be like to have your own private session with a psychic medium.  Well the good news is that the chapter President of BNI Business People – Jane Brebner of Intuitive Decisions is someone [...]