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International Networking Week 2024

BNI New Zealand — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:51:18 +0000

International Networking Week, 5th – 9th February, is a BNI initiative that is in its 17th year! International Networking Week is a celebration that highlights the valuable advantages of networking…

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Business Networking in the Digital Age

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 03:48:44 +0000

Chat GPT It’s been a little over 6 months since Chat GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) 4 was released on an unsuspecting world. Over that time many people have tried using…

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Talk to Each Other – Not About Each Other

BNI New Zealand — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:34:21 +0000

In life, we often find ourselves navigating a complex web of relationships, be it with family, friends, colleagues, partners, or other BNI Members. These relationships are built on a foundation…

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Who wants a red-hot business referral?

BNI New Zealand — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 06:06:22 +0000

Serial 1-2-1 Postponers Occasionally we all might have something come up that means we can’t make a scheduled 1-2-1. Life happens. But, in some BNI chapters, hopefully not ours, some…

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How do we change our business networking contacts from accidents into allies through BNI?

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:43:14 +0000

Imagine your network as a bulls-eye, with each concentric circle representing a different networking relationship, like in this illustration Make Your Contacts Count by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. Let’s…

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PALMS in BNI – What do all the acronyms mean?

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:49:26 +0000

Quickly, think of a PALM…. Who thought of a hand or a tree? In BNI, PALMS are the way we track our activity. It’s an acronym that stands for: Present,…

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Developing Relationships at Home, Work, the Community and BNI

BNI New Zealand — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 04:42:11 +0000

Building Relationships One of BNI’s Core Values is to Build Relationships. In BNI building relationships means generating trust that brings friendship and referrals. But we don’t need to just build…

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Who has been having a business conversation with someone, maybe a prospect, the conversation is going well and suddenly they just stop communicating?

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 04:26:44 +0000

Who’s been ghosted? We’ve all heard about being ghosted on social media. You know when you are going back and forth and suddenly, they leave the conversation. It’s like you…

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Follow Up is Key to Building Relationships that Result in Quality Referral Business

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:57:29 +0000

The Networking Disconnect Who here has ever been to a one-off networking event, or an event described as a networking opportunity? Ok, most of us. Who received genuine business opportunities…

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Politics, Religion and BNI

BNI New Zealand — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:22:09 +0000

Politics, Religion and BNI On October 17 New Zealand goes to the polls to decide who will govern the country for the next three years and to give the government…

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