The Official Bni Podcast

Jennie Edwards shares her tips for bringing imagination and storytelling to education moments in BNI. A must-listen for Education Coordinators.

Excellence is not a single act. It's a habit. Persistence pays off. Be a dog with a bone if you want to achieve success.

Next time you're at a networking event, introduce yourself to the wallflower. You could meet the next Bill Gates or Burt Rutan.

Mark Appelbaum shares tips for increasing your credibility with fellow BNI members when giving and receiving referrals.

Cross-chapter TYFCB is now part of BNI Connect. You can pass referrals anywhere in BNI--and receive credit for them.

Introducing Ivan's Inner Circle, which combines 22+ in-depth webinars, a private Facebook community, and live Q&A calls into the best networking and business education available.

Whether you call it Nash's Equilibrium, Reciprocal Altruism, Enlightened Self-Interest, or Givers Gain, reciprocity is about serving others.

Visitors pass referrals to BNI members, whether or not they join. If everyone in every BNI chapter brought one visitor per month, the average chapter would experience a bump in thank-you-for-closed-business of $330,480.

If you have an idea that you think is going to change the BNI meeting, talk to your BNI director. Work out a system where it gets tested. Change for the sake of change is not innovation. It's just bad business.

David Kauffman of BNI Delaware Valley joins Dr. Misner on the podcast this week to talk about the Referral Confidence Curve. It isn't just your behavior in BNI meetings that affects your referability. Your behavior in every arena affects your credibility with referral partners and prospective customers.

Synopsis Rick Sapio, one of the co-authors of Who’s in Your Room?, joins Dr. Misner on the podcast this week to talk about making business decisions. Rick uses a decision-making lens to help him get the desired results. Yes/no decisions come faster when you use a lens. To use the lens effectively, you have to […]

Christina asks how nonprofits can use BNI to support their mission. Dr. Misner shares ten benefits of BNI membership for nonprofits, even if they don't have products or services.

If you want to grow your business, create an org chart for all the roles the company needs--and start replacing yourself in those roles.

Dr. Misner shares 7 tips for saying no without sounding like a jerk.

Synopsis This question comes up at least once or twice every year. A BNI director passed it on from the president of a BNI chapter. How about once a quarter we move our normal meeting from 7 am to an evening meeting so we can invite more visitors? We’ll do the same meeting, take the […]

"Givers Gain" is a philosophy based on the law of reciprocity. It's a great standard to apply to ourselves. But it shouldn't be used to judge others.

Thanks to BNI Connect, it's now possible to pass referrals to BNI members anywhere in the world.

Synopsis Mike Macedonio joins Dr. Misner this week to talk about how to handle it when members say they’re too busy for BNI and are thinking of leaving. Leaving BNI because it brings you too much business is forfeiting an asset. Don’t stop going to the gym just because you’re in shape. Instead, increase your […]

Dr. Misner shares questions from "Who's in Your Room?" to help you create your ideal BNI chapter.

If you assume you know better than the people who have the experience, you’re going to make a lot of mistakes, and some of them will be painful. Don’t dismiss ideas just because they seem too simple.