“Business in Christchurch is my focus,” says Rob Bakker, the recently appointed BNI New Zealand regional director for the city.
Rob has seen what BNI can do for business, and is passionate about the country’s largest referral networking organisation which has 2,600 members nationwide.
Having learnt a few business lessons the hard way when he [...]
Denise Robinson has a long history of assessing others’ needs and then meeting them – a quality that will stand her in good stead as a newly appointed director for BNI in Dunedin.
With a track record in hospitality and conferences, she became involved in the real estate industry in the mid-nineties. Faced with the many opportunities [...]
Is your chapter getting a lot of visitors through the door, but suffering from poor conversion rates? The problem may lie with the people you’re targeting, rather than the chapter.
I did a 10 minute presentation to a chapter this morning that was ‘off the cuff’ so to speak (rather than pre-prepared), because I wanted to [...]
I met with my good friend Dr. Mark Goulston for dinner recently. Casually, over our meal he said something that made me reach into my pocket and scribble it down on the back of one of my business cards. He said:
We have much less control over winning or losing at something than we do over trying or [...]
Last night, BNI International established a matching fund to go to earthquake relief in the region. Any contribution you make will be matched by the BNI-Misner Foundation. BNI will match contributions up to a total of $10,000. 100% of all contributions will go to the Red Cross or other appropriate disaster relief organization. Go to [...]
