What are the ways that you can participate in BNI? Adapted from Week 2 of the 12 weekly fundamentals (Network Education).

1. BNI Sierra
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17.12.2013

2. Full Participation in BNI

3. #1
Show up every week for meetings

4. Be on time

5. Participate

6. Reason #1: people forget about you
when they meet your dream referral

7. Reason #2: People wonder if that is your style

8. Introducing you might be a problem

9. Your Attendance Helps People
To Remember YOU

10. #2
Network during Networking Time

11. Which of these should you do during
the first 15 minutes of your meeting?
A) Pay for meeting
B) Get your breakfast
C) Catching up with other members
about chapter issues
D) Networking

12. Talk to visitors

13. Don't stop until the bell rings

14. #3
Full participation during meeting

15. How members and visitors feel
when you don't pay attention

16. Don't multi-task during meeting

17. #4
Attend trainings

18. Embrace a culture of learning

19. Benefit #1: Get more contacts

20. Benefit #2: Education enhances your skill in
business and as a networker.

21. “Show up to the
meetings on time;
network, participate,
attend trainings. Why do
all these things?
Because it’s Giver’s
Gain. You give and you
gain visibility, credibility,
and profitability in
return.”

22. Listen to Dr. Ivan Misner talk about
“Full Participation in BNI”
http://www.bnipodcast.com/2009/08/05/episode-116-fullparticipation-in-bni/

23. In the podcast, Dr Ivan Misner suggested
a way to make meetings interesting:
“… everybody reaches into a basket and they pull
out a card and whoever’s card they pull out, they
have to do that person’s 60-second presentation.”

24. Thank you.