Social Media Revolution

With the launch of BNI New Zealand Social Networking site now just a few days away – this seems like a very timely posting for the blog:

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Connecting Hearts for real Network value

Penny Power and her husband Thomas are the couple behind Ecademy – the social network for business people. As you will see – their mission is closely aligned with what I am trying to achieve with this blog – and my goal is to feature more of their material on this blog. See what you [...]

The Conference is Dead!

First, what I don’t mean. Gatherings of people are going to do nothing but increase in importance. As more and more of our lives go online and particularly as our professional worlds cross more and more boundaries and connect us to people farther and farther away. In that world, the oasis of real human connection [...]

Why Twitter Matters

I came across an excellent article written by Rod Drury about Twitter.  We have been using Twitter to promote the BNI NZ blog with great results:
See what people are saying about … YOUR COMPANY
Twitter has become a real time social graph on almost every business of significance.
Before Twitter, if you had a disgruntled customer, they [...]

BNI Gender Survey

BNI HQ and the Referral Institute is in the process of conducting an international survey into the differences between the sexes in terms of networking,  as part of a reaserch project for a new book.
We have over 7,800 responses to this survey and our target is 8,000-10,000–we’re almost there!  We’d love to hear your opinions [...]