Just in: Portuguese scientists discover the secret to business networking

It’s not what you know, it’s what you know about who you know
According to a report in ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2011), “a study of the biotech industry has revealed that opportunities which arise, and whether or not they are exploited by biotechnology entrepreneurs, depends to a large extent on how well connected is an individual [...]

Christchurch Shakedown launches ‘lets get on with it’ phase

Caption: Canterbury Directors Rob Bakker (left) and Sam Williamson (far right) present Auckland Director Mariska Mannes with a thank you gift. All photos by Cassandra McKnight Photography.
BNI members from all over Christchurch gathered recently for the BNI Christchurch Shakedown at the Westpac Hub – to have a drink on BNI, to [...]

Mary Potter Hospice Award for BNI Wellington Chapters

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Use your mobile to invite visitors

By The Catalyst at MY BNI Day
Today you can just about run your entire business from a mobile phone and this makes the mobile a very useful tool for inviting visitors to your chapter. Tell me something I didn’t know you cry!
Well, just in case you don’t know, I’m going to tell you about [...]

Using the word ‘why’ to optimise your 60 second

‘Because Y’s a crooked letter and neither you nor I can straighten it’.
I usually heard that expression from my mother after I had asked her ‘why’ once too often.
I never really lost my love of the word ‘why’, which is probably the reason I went into journalism. And now that I have three daughters ranging [...]