July/August 2005
Art of NetworkingAnnouncing the 2005 BNI Trip to New Orleans
You are invited to join the winners of the 2005 U.S. Member Extravaganza who will be visiting the beautiful, historic French Quarter, in New Orleans, Louisiana! This trip is open to all BNI Members from around the World!BNI has been offered a special price of ONLY $837.00 per couple which includes: round trip transfers and hotel accommodations, along with the mixer and the workshop (airfare not included). The trip will take place from Friday, October 14 through Monday, October 17, 2005.
To sign up for this exciting trip, all you have to do is contact Leroy Gaines (ext. 125) at BNI Headquarters (800) 825-8286 (outside of So. California) or (909) 608-7575 (inside So. California). A deposit of $50.00 per person will be required. Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express are accepted. Please Note: If you put in a deposit and you are one of the winners of the Member Extravaganza, your deposit will be refunded. Space is limited, so call immediately to reserve your room for this incredible event!
Attention BNI Travel Agents—You may sell this trip to BNI members and non-BNI members. For details call Leroy Gaines at above number.
Click here for more information.
Masters of Sales Book Announced
Ivan Misner and Don Morgan have signed a deal with Entrepreneur Magazine for two more "Masters" books. The next book in the series will be Masters of Sales.We are currently gathering stories for Masters of Sales. If you think that you might like to be a contributing author to this new book, please contact us at Info@MastersBooks.com for the submission guidelines.
Both of the previous "Masters" books were best sellers. Masters of Networking was a New York Times best seller and Masters of Success was a #1 best seller with the Wall Street Journal.
For more information on our previous "Masters" books, or to order them, please go to www.MastersofNetworking.com or www.MastersofSuccess.biz.
Ivan Misner Honored with Coachville "T" Award
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| Dave Buck, CEO of Coachville, presents Ivan Misner with the Impact on the World of Business "T" Award. |
This award acknowledges and celebrates the bridges BNI is helping to build between the coaching industry and the business world.
You can talk to Dr. Misner LIVE on many of the Coachville Social Capital Community telebridges here.
2005 Distinguished Alumnus
California Polytechnic University — Pomona's President Ortiz presenting Dr. Ivan Misner with their 2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award.Cross-Cultural Council Update
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| Stacia Robinson, BNI Cross Cultural Council Chairman |
In other words, does your chapter have "Be Like Me" (BLM) syndrome? Chapters with this syndrome typically represent only one business demographic within their region.
Six years ago, BNI purposefully chose to address BLM internationally and formally establish the BNI Cross-Cultural Council. The council's purpose is to increase the number of strategic alliances, clients and employees of diverse cultures thereby expanding profit opportunities for members. In short, regions, chapters and member business owners increase market penetration by developing key relationships and forming alliances with all segments of their business community.
What does the Council do?
The Cross-Cultural Council is a volunteer group of international BNI Directors and Members who develop Cross-Cultural policies and guidelines, educate and train staff, Directors, and Members about cross-cultural issues and monitor Cross-Cultural Council programs. The Cross-Cultural Council meets at Director's Conferences and corresponds as needed usually by email and periodic teleconferences.
What resources are available?
The Council has established strategies to accomplish the goal of forming more strategic alliances.
Those strategies briefly are:
- Find out demographics of the businesses in your region.
- Build a list of representatives from all business markets.
- Ask for referrals from your network for personal introductions (isn't that a novel idea!?).
- Include target businesses in your marketing plan.
- Make employees and strategic alliances aware of focus.
- Remember "BINGO" and… ELIMINATE BLMs!
Be aware
Include others
Never assume
Give respect
Openly communicate
Are you interested in serving on the Council?
Just contact me and tell me you're interested in being on the Council! Basically, the only requirements to participate are interest and willingness to expand your business network and target markets. It would be an honor to connect and work with you! Let me hear from you!
Stacia Robinson
Phone: (334) 279-1824
Fax: (334) 277-8193
Email: stacia@bni.com
Change to BNI General Policy #15
The Executive Board of Advisors, located here in Southern California, held a meeting on Thursday, April 21st. As a result of the meeting, there was a proposed change to the BNI General Policy #15 as indicated below. After subsequent review and vote by the members of the International Board of Advisors it was unanimously approved that the wording of General Policy #15 be revised as follows:
General Policy #15 currently reads: "Policies are subject to change. The Leadership Team will be notified regarding all changes."
The New wording for General Policy #15 will be: "Policies are subject to change. All proposed policy changes need to be reviewed first by the Board of Advisors."
This policy change is to take place immediately and will be incorporated into future printings of all materials, such as the Directors' Manual and MSP Booklets. Please make a note of this change and also make sure that it is included in any documents that you may have scheduled for printing.
Please feel free to contact Ann Longanecker at BNI HQ at ann@bni.com at any time if you have questions about this change.
