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BNI Interactive Workshop: Double Double Your Your Referrals Referrals in in 2008 2008
How much business do you want in 2008? How do you plan to get it? Now you can learn how to make your BNI membership work to achieve the ends you want to achieve.
Your call-to-action may be the most important part of the message so make sure it stands out!
Who’s New, Who’s Up & Who’s Out: Membership Report
In November, we inducted one new member, so please set up a dance card with him. As soon as he completes his New Member Training, he’ll be put into our speaker rotation.
Other Stuff: Miscellaneous News & Announcements
BNI Embarcadero Holiday Party, Dec. 13th Sandy Minella reports: “The party was a huge success. Attended by over 60 people, the festivities included a lovely buffet, fun music, and a shared bar with another BNI chapter. And we collected over two barrel’s worth of toys for the SF Fire Department toy program! Thanks to all who participated.” Photos at Shutterfly.
BNI - International Networking Week 2008 There has been a lot of chatter on the worldwide BNI Yahoo Discussion Group about the upcoming 2nd Annual International Networking Week that runs from 2/4 - 2/8/08.
Dr. Misner himself has been on the group talking it up. Here’s the link to his 8-minute YouTube video.
BNI.com News: New Feature Automatically Sends BNI Announcements to Your Website. You can now arrange for links to BNI.com’s weekly official news brief to be automatically uploaded onto your Website. Read more.
Using The Comments Feature on The BNI Embarcadero Site to Write Testimonials. See example of Bradley Charbonneau giving a testimonial to Gil Zeimer. How do you do that, too? (1) Log in, (2) Find the business description you want to give a testimonial for, (3) write!
What’s IN Store at The BNI Store? A large vinyl card holder that can accommodate 256 business cards ($8.95), a laptop briefcase ($23.65), badge neck cords ($2.25), best selling books, CDs, and much more. Check it out online now.
Finally: Please keep your contact info up to date on the BNI site. Lots of members–and potential clients–use this site to find names and number and email addresses. Here’s how.
Website Redesign: Have a look at the new and improved BNI Embarcadero website. Chock-full of new features: Lead Story, Featured Articles, and the latest from select categories (New Members, etc.).
In This Issue
Step Up To The Mike: Speakers Schedule
- Jan. 9: Bob Gates,
Seth Tajbakhsh,
Mari Takahashi - Jan. 16: Sharon Schanzer,
Heather Stoneman, Shane Anderies - Jan. 23: Cathy Cohen, Tamera Steele, Colleen O’Conner
- Jan. 30: John Seely, Seph Paul, Karen Saghi
- Feb. 6: Heather Mason, Dan Chomko, Michael Tauber
You can always find this info on the BNI Embarcadero Website.
Taking Care of Business: VP Report (As of 12/19/07)
- YTD referrals: 4,823
- Oct-/Dec. referrals: 1,582
- Dec. average attendance: 91%
- Number of members: 66
- Closed business, term: 10/1/07 – 3/31/08: $643,857
- Closed business, YTD:
$1,605,315
December Subs & Visitors
SUBS: Thomas Joraanstad, Dave Christadon, Katherine Romano, Benjamin Buggs, Jan Neufeld, Daniel Kim, Melissa Brandt, Sergio Martinez, James Kao, Brian Burke.
VISITORS: Beth Allen, Steven Hook, Scott Reese, Michael Whatmore, Janice Sitton.
To contact any of the visitors or subs, please ask Carlos Ramirez for their contact info.
Party Central: Social Events Calendar
Ice Skating RSVP to Dennis Nix (dnix@finsvcs.com). Cost is approximately $15 per person. Time and place TBD.
Salsa! Salsa Dancing Lessons at Club Cocomo in Feb. Details TBD.
Scheduled Power Team Meetings
Check out this post on the website for the latest scheduled meetings.
Word of Mouth: Gossip
Gil Zeimer may get a record for the longest distance covered to complete a dance card. He met former BNI Embarcadero President Megan Brenk in a London pub Dec 18 for drinks and dinner.
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