From the Founder
Rediscovering Your Business
Find Your Starting Point.
By Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder & Chairman, BNI

Central to BNI's referral-marketing process is teaching people how to send you referrals. They must know exactly what you do: the product or service you provide or make; how and under what conditions you provide it; how well you do it; and, in what ways you are better than your competitors. | Read this article


Breaking News
TRUTH OR DELUSION?
Busting Networking's Biggest Myths.

The business world is full of ideas and assumptions about networking. But what is true, and what is just a delusion?

You will be challenged with these and other Truths:

• You can network anywhere, any time and on any occasion.
• A director of a nonprofit organization can be one of your best referral sources.

...while these Delusions and many more will be dispelled: | Read this article


Art of Networking
"Yahoo" for BNI-Yahoo! Group
Join online and widen your BNI world.
By Tony Dalia, BNI-Yahoo! Group Moderator

The BNI-Yahoo! Group, in existence since August 1998, is the official international group site for BNI members worldwide. The bulletin board is a forum for discussion about running good BNI meetings.

There is a broad range of questions, and the members post very helpful answers. There is a chat feature, and we have had several "Ask the Founder" chats. Some of the group members also get together at the BNI International Conference. | Read this article


To The Next Level
Turning Competition into "Co-opetition"
Turning category conflict into cooperative success.
by Mavis Lamb, PR & Event Coordinator—BNI Miami-Dade

We've all had someone like John Knowles visit one of our chapters—the visitor who represents a category conflict with an existing member. But when we look deeper, there is room for something else: cooperation.

Take John, the owner of Photo-Offset, who first visited the Coral Gables chapter of BNI more than eight years ago. There was already a printer in the chapter, so it seemed there was no opening for him. However, the representative for the existing printer, Dan Lincoln, didn't see competition—he saw a chance for cooperation. | Read this article

BNI in the News

Starting Out: How to Launch a Business in Your 20's

In this Wall Street Journal Online article, author Kelly Spors recommends joining a networking group and specifically mentions BNI.

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