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 [...]

Who are your five?

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”  Jim Rohn
If you are going to be the best that you can be in this life, then it is important that you surround yourself with others who are striving to be the best that they can be. When you are developing [...]

BNI & ‘Word of Mouth’ Marketing

Many readers will know that BNI HQ is currently engaged in a major website project across the entire organisation, to include an on line ‘Social Networking’ platform.   The project is being headed up by Beth Anderson who is a contributor to this blog and is also a long term BNI member in the US. I came across an [...]