BNI Directors and members alike have likely often heard BNI's Founder, Ivan Misner, say that "culture eats strategy for breakfast."  However, before now, he hasn't gone into thorough detail about this concept. 

Click on the "Read More" tab to access BNI Podcast Episode #307 ("Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast") which details the importance of culture in the success of your business . . .

Just this past Monday, a massive tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, flattening blocks of houses and leaving many people homeless, killing at least 24 people, and injuring nearly 240.  As rescuers continue to search for survivors and cleanup begins, the BNI Foundation has opened a special disaster relief fund which will go directly to the Red Cross to aid in the Oklahoma relief efforts.

Click on the "Read More" tab for details and to find out how to donate.

We are extremely excited to announce that BNI India's newly initiated member, Sumeet Pareek, is officially the 150,000th member of the BNI organization! 

Congratulations BNI on being a global network of 150,000!!

The BNI® U.S. National Conference this week in Tampa Bay, Florida will run from Thursday, 5/16 through Saturday, 5/18 with an exciting Members' Day event taking place on Friday, 5/17.  Whether you're attending the Conference or simply want to participate in the online conversation surrounding it, you can join in by using the #BNIconf hashtag on Twitter . . .

Many entrepreneurs & small business owners rely on referral marketing to spread the word about their business yet when asked if they're getting all the referrals they want through networking, nearly every person says no. 

Click on the "Read More" tab to learn about a great starting point for developing the networking skills that will win you more referrals . . .

Are you a BNI member in the health & wellness industry? BNI's Founder Ivan Misner will be one of the featured presenters for the 2013 Wellness Business Owners World Summit next month along with 24 other top industry leaders who will be joining together to help welness business owners build better, stronger, businesses. 
Click on the "Read More" tab for details on how to register as well as how to participate in the FREE Pre-Summit event . . .

 Bangalore, India's 21st BNI chapter recently launched with 20 members and BNI India's membership now exceeds 3,000.  Overall, the region has added 24 chapters and  added 1,201 members from April, 2012 to March, 2013.  On the next page (click on the "Read More" tab), Niiraj Shah (National Director for BNI India) explains the key factors which have contributed to BNI India's success . . .

BNI Malta recently held its first annual awards ceremony which honored its two years in Malta and celebrated the achievements of twelve outstanding BNI members. 

Click on the "Read More" tab for all the details . . .

BNI's Founder has partnered with two Swedish researchers in an effort to debunk a specific misperception about what type of connections make for effective networking and they are urging all BNI members to take part in a quick survey which will help them accomplish their goal. 

Due to the specific nature of the survey questions, the survey is tailor made for BNI members--all of whom have a certain networking skillset due to their BNI training, education, and networking experience.  Please click on the "Read More" tab to access the survey link now . . .

On the last Friday of each month (including this Friday, 4/26), the Referral Institute® offers an educational webinar for Referral Institute members and NetworkingNow.com subscribers and now, for the first time, the live webinars are being made available to BNI members and the public! 

That's not it though, it gets better . . . you can access all past recordings of these top-notch educational sessions as well as the entire library of NetworkingNow.com content for free for six months by entering the code given in the full article on the next page . . .