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Do members prefer to stay with BNI online™ permanently?
Another 16% of Members prefer to stay with BNI online™ permanently. Hybrid Chapters are an option. If your chapter wants to continue as an online-only chapter, you can do that. If your chapter is in an area where it’s safe to meet in person every week, you can do that.
What happened to Dr Misner’s podcast 608?
This is a rebroadcast of Episode 608, originally published on May 15, 2019. Dr. Misner realized recently that there’s a story he’s been telling for decades but had never done a podcast on.
How did Dr Misner start BNI?
In 1986, a year after he started BNI, Dr. Misner was determined to follow Michael Gerber’s advice in The E-Myth and work on his business and not just in it. He asked himself where he wanted to be and mapped out his vision for where he wanted BNI to be for the next 5-10 years.
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In Episode 530, Dr. Misner talked to Mike Macedonio about “ networking up .” That episode focused on hanging out where successful people are and how to connect with them. Today, Dr. Misner wants to share some additional suggestions about how to network above your weight class.
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It’s International Networking Week, which makes it a great time for a reminder that if all your networking efforts are focused on visibility, you’ll never get to profitability.
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Jonathon Chua, Head of Operations at BNI Global, joins Dr. Misner this week to talk about passion and enthusiasm as elements of making a referral. Sometimes we go overboard with our enthusiasm, and then being passionate can come across as being pushy.
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Becky Isbell joins Dr. Misner on the podcast this week to talk about the three places you need to build relationships: at home, at work, and in your community. Relationships are one of BNI’s core values, and it’s important not to take them for granted.
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Have you ever been solicited for business or for a referral by someone you didn’t even know? Asking for a referral before there’s a relationship is premature.
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Tim Roberts, BNI Executive Director for Central Florida, Florida Northeast, and New Hampshire joins Dr. Misner on the podcast this week to explain why your appointment book is the best referral-generating tool you have as a BNI member.
Complete Transcript of Episode 683
Priscilla: Hello, everybody, and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast. I’m Priscilla Rice and I’m coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. And I’m joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello, Ivan. How are you today?
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Is your chapter making excuses for not inviting visitors? Are you marking time waiting to go back to meeting in person? Don’t let your group deflate while you wait for the challenges to be over. In this week’s episode, Dr. Misner addresses all these excuses–most of which are the same excuses he’s been hearing for 36 years.
Complete Transcript of Episode 721
Hello everybody and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast. I’m Priscilla Rice and I’m coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. And I’m joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello Ivan. How are you and where are you?
What should your weekly presentation be?
Your weekly presentation should be laser-specific and focus on a different product or service every week. An elevator pitch needs to tell people who you are and what you do in more general terms. If you’re doing an elevator pitch in your weekly presentation, you’re wasting your time. Here are seven tips to help you create an effective elevator ...
Should a weekly presentation be laser specific?
The weekly presentation should be laser specific every and you should talk about a different product or a different service. That is different than a elevator pitch which is going to be more general and it tells people who you are and what you do in general terms. If you do a basic elevator pitch every week in BNI you are wasting your time.
Can you use elevator pitch in BNI?
Maybe, you use your elevator pitch in BNI on a visitors day. So it’s a little more general but doing an elevator pitch week in and week out, where it’s in general terms what you do, is not what you want to do in a BNI meeting. Your elevator pitch is different from your weekly presentation.
What are some ways to follow up on a BNI fundraiser?
You go to the chamber function, or Rotary, Kawanas or Lions. When you go to a fundraiser, these are great opportunities to follow up. Certainly, visitors who come to your BNI group, that is a great way to follow up.
What is the 24/7/30 follow up system?
Today’s topic comes from Dr. Misner’s book Avoiding the Networking Disconnect. Dr. Misner’s co-author Brennan Scanlon came up with this system for following up with new contacts after meeting them at networking events. It’s called the 24/7/30 Follow-up System.
