July/August 2006
Art of Networking
KL06 – BNI Worldwide ConferenceBNI held its first Worldwide Conference in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia from June 20 through June 22nd.
More than 350 BNI members from more than ten countries were in attendance for training workshops, international open-networking sessions, and an awards ceremony featuring wonderful Malay entertainment.
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| Robert French and Avryl Au, KL06 organizers, with Ivan Misner at the KL06 Awards Ceremony |
Don Morgan Named One of the 10 Best Networkers in the World
On May 31st, 2006, Networlding announced the winners of the Best Networkers in the World Contest. The goal of this contest is to identify international and national leaders who strongly demonstrate their core values of innovation, collaboration, integrity, and making a difference and also who gave generously of their talents and time. The judges of this contest were charged with selecting the Ten Best Networkers in the World from numerous deserving nominations. Don Morgan, National Director of BNI Canada, was amongst the ten finalists.
Don Morgan's award was accepted on his behalf by the person who nominated him, Stephanie O'Hara, BNI Area Director of the Western Suburbs of Chicago.
To read the bios of Networlding's 10 Best Networkers in the world, go here.
Dr. Misner's Shares Latest Tips on Your Business Channel
In two candid interviews for the new online TV channel, Your Business Channel, Dr. Ivan Misner shares some of his best networking tips, including his latest material, which has not been published. Dr. Misner reveals his top tips for working a business mixer, networking with the "right" people, and becoming a gatekeeper. The interviews are part of a new series that features business leaders from around the world.
Dr. Misner has been dubbed the "Father of Networking" by Entrepreneur magazine, and he certainly lives up to that reputation in these interviews. His networking advice is masterful. Case in point, CNN presenter Richard Quest easily applied Dr. Misner's techniques and got results straightaway.
Dr. Misner reveals his secret to becoming a networking "gatekeeper." He outlines a step-by-step process to help you become indispensable to those with whom you are connected - even to the point that they phone you for more contacts!
You can be watching the shows within minutes, here: www.yourbusinesschannel.com/networking
Dr. Misner Addresses Cal Poly Pomona University Graduates
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| Dr. Barbara Way, Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. Ivan Misner and Beth Misner |
Dr. Misner spoke to the graduates about the many definitions for "success." He said that there are five main characteristics of successful people:
- Passion
- Goals and Vision
- Dealing with Adversity
- Social Capital and People Skills
- Persistence and System
Congratulations and Good Luck to all of the 2006 Graduates!
The Secret is released to the world!
This ground-breaking feature length movie presentation reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries... to reach you.
This is The Secret to everything - the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted.
In this astonishing program are all the resources you will ever need to understand and live The Secret. For the first time in history, the world's leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret that utterly transformed the lives of every person who ever knew it... Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein.
Now you will know The Secret. And it could change your life forever.
Ivan Misner has been interviewed and will be one of The Secret's "teachers" in one of the upcoming sequels. Dr. Misner's segment will talk about The Secret in the context of business networking.
We will keep SuccessNet readers informed of how and when they can view Dr. Misner's segment. Until then, visit www.TheSecret.tv to learn how you can begin to bring success into your life.
BNI Announces "Networking Series": 8 New Books by Dr. Misner
BNI is pleased to announce that Dr. Ivan Misner has tied up a second book contract for a new series of books on networking. The second contract is for eight books over the next six years and will be published by Thomas Nelson Publishing. When combined with the Entrepreneur Press contract, ten books will be released by 2012.
The publication of these new books will provide stimulating new educational materials as well as promote and advance BNI's brand recognition well into the 21st century!
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Are You "Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?"
How to structure the experience for your leads.
BNI members understand that leads are only "sold" on ideas, business, products or services once they're ready to buy. The act of "buying" is nothing more than a show of confidence that a given exchange will result in a positive experience. Like any relationship, trust and credibility must first be established—and the easiest way to establish that trust is with transparent, open dialogue that addresses the individual from their unique perspective.
Authors Bryan & Jeffrey Eisenberg, supporters of BNI, illustrate how to leverage their patent-pending Persuasion Architecture™ process to generate positive word-of-mouth, and to match the selling process to the individual's buying process. Of course, not everyone buys in the same way. The challenge, then, is to speak to a variety of personality types by focusing on what motivates them to buy. Using the Eisenbergs' methodology to bridge the communications divide between you and your leads, it is possible to plan for success in advance.
If you'd like some tips on how to find, approach, and engage better leads, Waiting for Your Cat to Bark? is a good read.
You can order the book on Amazon here.
To read more of the book Waiting for Your Cat to Bark, click here.
