Twas almost the night before Christmas

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the holidays, and for a prosperous New Year.

While many people were already winding down for the holidays, this week saw Santa visiting BNI(R) Spitfire – the new chapter in Kent that we have mentioned several times before.

BNI(R) Spitfire chapter launched in April of this year, and has already passed 878 referrals so far – in nearly 9 months, worth £185K.

Keith Edwards played the part of Santa in this weeks meeting, with over £185,000 of business passed within the new chapter already Christmas has come early for the members… and they are looking forward to continuing their growth in 2012.

The Notable Networker award

When members join BNI they are given a grey badge to hold their name card, however you may have noticed people with blue badges and wondered about the significance?

 

These badges are given to members who have made a significant contribution to their chapter, for example:

Andrew Paine, the builder from BNI(R) Spitfire chapter was recently awarded a blue badge due to his exceptional performance – in the last six months he has had zero absences and has also given 64 referrals, of which 53 were external!

Maybe you know someone in your own chapter who has made an exceptional contribution? If so, please do mention them for consideration.

Want to “Earn more MONEY by using Social Media and BNI Connect” CLICK HERE

We are very pleased to introduce a new workshop for 2012

“Earn more MONEY by using Social Media and BNI Connect”

A guide on how you, and your chapter, can benefit from using the popular Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc and also now BNI Connect.

We will take you through all you can do with BNI Connect and how to have a great online BNI presence, within your Chapter, Nationwide and Worldwide.

This training will run by, Zoe Cairns (Trainer Consultant Speaker – Social Media Marketing), James McBrearty (Business Social Media expert) and Tim Kidd (BNI)

Together we will give you the ‘Know How’ to use Social Media to help you in your business and the BNI angle to help your referral marketing and growth for you and your Chapter.

The first of these workshops will be on Friday 10th February 2pm until 5pm, at the Russell Hotel in Maidstone.
Please find details of this event and online booking . http://www.bnikent.co.uk/eventdetails.php?eventId=9488

Looking forward to seeing lots of you there, book quickly as we have had lots of requests for BNI Connect Training and Social media, so this will be a busy one.

International Networking Week® 2012

The dates for the International Networking Weekd® 2012 are February 6th – 10th.

This is a great opportunity to promote networking worldwide as other networking organizations are invited to participate with BNI in this annual event, which has already been celebrated by thousands of businesses since its inception.

This year’s theme is “Business Networking and Sex: not what you think”.

Remember: we all speak the language of referrals!

Dr Misner would like to thank Referral Institute (www.ReferralInstitute.com) and Entrepreneur Press (www.Entrepreneur.com) for sponsoring International Networking Week 2012.