When Nelson based Tony Yarrall attended his first BNI meeting as a guest, he met chapter member Craig Lawson who also happened to be a competitor.
Little did he realise than that he would end up in partnership with Craig – not only in their company (The Cashflow Business) – but also as a regional director [...]
To be a really successful networker I would like to suggest that we need to move our behaviour from opportunistic, to deliberate… Let me explain.
When you achieve a referral for somebody in your network (your BNI), is it by chance because somebody mentioned to you that they were having a certain problem, or is [...]
From the Founder
The Hard Path is Easier!
By Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI Founder and Chairman
I am writing this column from beautiful Vail, Colorado, while attending a meeting of the Transformational Leadership Council. TLC is a group put together by Jack Canfield (co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series) and is comprised of trainers and [...]
Most business people agree that networking is a great way to make professional contacts—but only if you do it the right way. However, make one of the following conversation faux pas and your career and professional image could be headed for trouble. Here are five career-crunching networking mistakes people make when attending social or business [...]
THE AUCKLAND SUMMER GARDEN FESTIVAL
6th – 7th March 2010
10am to 6pm
Tickets: $30 (valid for both days)
The popular two-day Heroic Gardens Festival, showcasing the creativity and hard work of gay and lesbian gardeners, will be held over the weekend of March 6th -7th. Thirty-two gardens will be open to the public for this Auckland-wide event.
The Festival, [...]
