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Niki Grennell and Matthew Hawke are writing a book, The Great New Zealand Cafe, based on their road trip around New Zealand, exploring the country’s character cafes.
BNI is a sponsor of Niki and Matthew’s adventure. They add [...]

BNI Epsom – Fundraiser follow up.

I recently attended a BNI Breakfast with a difference!  Following the successful auction evening as a fundraiser for Mercy Hospice – BNI Epsom decided to hold their weekly meeting at Mercy Hospice – and to take the opportunity to present their cheque for nearly $5000 to hospice themselves.  As the chapter Director Mariska Mannes was unable [...]

BNI Foundation offers support to Christchurch

Beth and I are keeping our BNI New Zealand organization in our prayers. We are opening an earthquake relief fund at the BNI Foundation and matching the first $10,000 donated (that means every dollar you donate we match)!Feel free to join us in our support by donating online now at:

https://grants.ccf-la.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=292
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The hidden influence of social networks

We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know.

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To be a master is to be a servant

The latest issue of Successnet – BNI’s international newsletter; contains an article by Brian Tracy.  In this article Brian talks about the qualities of a great leader and how the secret of successful teams is to support your team.  What he is talking about of course is Servant Leadership – something that is becoming something of [...]