We all know that a regular flow of visitors is essential to a chapters’ health – but how easy it is to slip out of the mindset of inviting visitors. Sometimes it takes hearing the same message from overseas for a point to really hit home. David Wimblett is a BNI member and Assistant Director in the UK. The following excerpt from his blog – My BNI Day:
There are many ways in which you can tell if your chapter is healthy or not, but the number of visitors your chapter has each week is an easy way of telling if your chapter is growing or in decline.
Over the long term three or more visitors each week mean the chapter is growing, whereas two or fewer visitors mean that the chapter is in decline. Now you may be wondering why this should be the case and the answer is simple. On average all chapters lose one member per month.
Now before you say ‘Not my chapter!’ remember I said on average. Some chapters don’t lose that number, but then others lose more. In fact, my own chapter has lost four members in the past month – it really does happen! So, during the term of a Leadership team, your chapter could lose up to six members (maybe more).
Therefore, just to remain a group of the same size, you need six new members. Now, again on average, one out of every five eligible visitors will join your chapter. However, we all get a lot of ‘other’ visitors as well, so the joining rate is actually more like one in every eight visitors.
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Very relevant for chapters to appreciate.
This is a keeper.
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