The Great Networking Controversy….

The Daily Telegraph in the UK recently ran a feature about BNI in which it was noted that the amount business passed through BNI has risen from £185m to £269m. Charlie Lawson, national director of BNI UK, said local firms were taking the benefits of ‘word of mouth’ referrals far more seriously. “What we know [...]

Free Book by Emyth Author – Michael Gerber

Michael Gerber (left) is a long term supporter of BNI and personal friend of Founder and Chairman – Dr Ivan Misner.   He is offering BNI members a FREE copy of his book “The failure of the Business Next Door”.
To receive your copy – CLICK HERE!
BUT WAIT – THERE’S MORE….
Michael Gerber is visiting New Zealand [...]

New Year’s Resolutions and Networking

A friend of mine, TR Garland (pictured with me in the photo), just wrote a great blog entry which contains some very timely information for many people across the globe and I’d like to take the opportunity to share it with you today as a guest blog.  Enjoy …
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How to Never Go to a Bad Networking Event Again

Keith Ferrazi is an expert on relationship developement, is a world renowned speaker and is the author of two #1 New York Times bestselling books – Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back.  That being the case it is not surprising that he was asked to deliver the Key Note speech at the BNI National [...]

Are you sticking your oar in where it’s not wanted in social networking?

The saying “to stick one’s oar in means to interfere or meddle in some matter that doesn’t concern you. It’s a close relative of sticking one’s nose into something.”
According to Michael Quinion of http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sti4.htm “This expression dates back to the sixteenth century and has turned up in all sorts of different formulations down the [...]