Be genuine when sending ‘Thank You’ notes

They’re two very ordinary words — thank you — but they have enormous power.
Used often and appropriately, they can enhance the lives of your clients and staff, increase your profits, build customer loyalty and improve the quality and quantity of your referrals. Thank-yous can position your business ahead of your competitors and provide a buffer [...]

All Conversations are not equal in intimacy!

“Before anything happens there is a conversation that precedes it. That conversation is a necessary preamble that sets two or more people up to effectively act together or to coordinate action.”(WomenLikeMe on How to Create our World through Conversation)

There are three different types of conversations that eventually lead progressively to intimacy that supports sponsorship.Every type of conversation has a [...]

Community: When you have a giant Network things happen by accident faster – welcome to Connectedness!

When I met Thomas Power at the BNI conference in Kuala Lumpur last year he told me that in his view – online networks such as Ecademy have a spiritual component to them – helping people to form relationships and to increase their presence or “vibration” through their connectedness. His recent article about On [...]

BNI NZ & Hospice – A partnership for the future

BNI NZ is one of Hospice New Zealands’ three National Partners – and as part of that relationship we are seeking to encourage the 120 BNI chapters in New Zealand to establish relationships with their local hospice.  Here is a letter from one Hospice reporting on how well the relationship is going:
We were delighted to [...]

How To Wake Up Your Audience At Your Next Networking Session.

Have you ever pondered about this question when standing up at your BNI networking session?
What causes your fellow networkers to listen to what you have to say? Do they sit up with rapt attention or do they simply keep eating their breakfast and sipping their now rapidly cooling coffees? The difference between them paying [...]