BNI is a just a Game!

Well, no, not exactly…
However BNI has a lot of similarity to a team sport.
Confused?
Well look at it this way, your BNI meeting is your team ‘training’, that Wednesday night you used to work away with your rugby or netball team to be better for Saturday. You learn about your team members, see how you all [...]

One of our own, now also published in Switzerland

If you’re looking for practical advice and step-by-step guidance on how to get the most out of your BNI membership, look no further.
BNI member Tony Allwood’s new book, ‘Beyond the Comfort Zone’, has not only been endorsed by Ivan Misner, but was recently also translated into German by BNI Switzerland.
‘Beyond the Comfort Zone’ is a [...]

Has your BNI lost its business focus? Time to toughen up…

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 [...]

Winning or Losing, Trying or Quitting

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 [...]

Important Notice – Extra visitors’ day support from BNI

“Some BNI members have been asking for a bit of extra support in recruiting new members to their chapters, and this direct mail and telemarketing partnership between BNI and whoiswhere™ is our answer,” says Colin Kennedy, Marketing Director for BNI New Zealand.

How the WhoIsWhere™ partnership works:

Inform your director that you would like to hold a [...]