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Episode 143: “Addition by Subtraction”

February 24th, 2010

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Synopsis

Today’s episode is inspired by a letter Dr. Misner got from the vice-president of a struggling BNI chapter who wanted to know how to keep the long-term goal of building the chapter in mind when facing personal attacks from members?

Dr. Misner’s response was to refer this VP back to an article he wrote in SuccessNet in 2006, called “Addition by Subtraction.” The chapter in that story was facing a problem with absenteeism.

In the article, Ivan and Beth Misner take turns explaining that the way to grow healthy rose bushes is to prune them back—and the way to grow a healthy BNI chapter is to get rid of the members who don’t show up or don’t participate. BNI thrives on accountability.

This episode is brought to you by our new sponsor, Ask Ivan Misner.

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Published In: Getting The Most From BNI | Leadership Teams
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Episode 129: “SuccessNet Online”

November 4th, 2009

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BNI SuccessNet will be 25 years old in 2010. The newsletter started just a few months after BNI itself was founded. The online version started about 8 years ago.

If you’re anywhere near a computer, go to www.BNIsuccessnet.com. You can subscribe to get an e-mail notification when the month’s edition appears. We will not sell or rent your contact information, and we won’t spam you ourselves, either.

Each issue’s regular segments are listed in the left sidebar:

If you don’t have time to read an article, you can print it out and bring it with you to read later—maybe with your BNI chapter.

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Episode 102: “And the Survey Says…”

April 29th, 2009

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The national directors of BNI in the UK and Ireland surveyed 4785 members and came up with some great information.

44% of BNI members had been in their business for more than 5 years. 70% had been in business for more than 2 years. (Most businesses fail within their first 3 years.)
25% of BNI members are one-person-businesses; 54% have 2-10 employees; 22% represent companies of up to 50 employees. 75% of our members have employees who work for their companies.
89.3% of the members felt that camaraderie was important to their participation in BNI, and 90.3% were satisfied or extremely satisfied in this area.
Based on the survey, 15% received more than £25,000 (US $34,000) in business in the last 12 months, and of those 6% received £50,0000 or $69,000, and 80% received at least £2000 in business just from BNI.
86% of all BNI members were likely to renew their membership. In actual fact, about 20% don’t renew because of factors beyond their control, so the average renewal rate is about 60%.
70% of the people who do not renew made less than £2000 in referral business. This shouldn’t be a shock, but it’s powerful evidence that the amount of business you generate affects your attitude about BNI.

You can read more details in SuccessNet Online, including the graphs that go with the statistics.

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Published In: International Chapters | Leadership Teams | Member Development | Membership Committees
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