The BNI Britomart Chapter (ex BNI City Fringe) has experienced remarkable growth in the past 6 months, and energetic President Robert Bruce is now receiving invitations to speak to other chapters to help them grow too!
Roberts’ group was sitting at 11 members, and was not a fully-fledged group, when the new leadership team decided to [...]
By Ryan Monastra
Given that we recently had a long weekend to celebrate the birthday of our beloved monarch. I thought I’d muse on a few of the business, communication and networking lessons we can all learn from the British Monarchy.
Lesson 1: If you’re going to conquer someone (or some countries), don’t go in half hearted. [...]
You joined BNI to get more referrals, to grow your business. That is the purpose and being of BNI.
Unfortunately, a number of BNI members and even chapters get lazy, get familiar, lose focus… it becomes acceptable to stand up week in and week out and say ‘I don’t have any referrals’.
It was a refreshing moment [...]
The Nelson Network @ 9 Chapter recently approached the Nelson Harness Racing Club with an idea to raise funds for Hospice.
Hosting its popular annual winter meeting over two days in June, the racing club generously agreed to have BNI volunteers collecting donations at the gate, in lieu of admission fees.
Approximately 2,000 people attended the [...]
Last week I did my first Burlesque dancing lesson (for exercise purposes of course, but if it helps me attract a bloke, I’m not going to complain!)
Well I turned up with about a dozen other women (it was a women only class) dress in lycra gym gear as instructed. Well I am not exactly [...]
