BNI HAPPENINGS — AUSTRALIA
Illawarra Celebrates Success!
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Prize winners pictured above are Mark Hamilton, Renee Lambert, Bill Tasker,
Dianne Chalk and Peter Dimoski
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Last month the inaugural BNI Illawarra Awards Night was held at the Albion Park RSL club which is home to BNI Shellharbour. The theme of the evening was "Celebration of Success." Executive Director, David Martin, was keen to acknowledge those who had contributed to the success of BNI in the Illawarra region in its shore two-year history.
Over 50 members and spouses were in attendance with BNI National Director Geoff Kirkwood giving a motivational address. Awards of gift baskets were given to the winners from each chapter for the greatest number of referrals and the Networker of the chapter.
They were:
Networker of the chapter: Bill Tasker, Shellharbour, Peter Dimoski, Wollongong, and Dianne Chalk, North Illawarra.
Leading referral giver: Terry Stretton; Shellharbour, Mark Hamilton; Wollongong, and Renee Lambert; North Illawarra
There was also a Director's Award provided for the BNI member who has shown the most improvement in BNI, which was won by Steve Wise of the Shellharbour chapter. Assistant Director, Nevenka Dragovic, was thanked for helping with the orgranisation of the Awards Night, and providing spot prizes on the night with help from Joshua Martin Jnr.
BNI HAPPENINGS — NEW ZEALAND
Chance Encounter
Visitors' Day several weeks ago for Orly Jacobsen of Insync Productions, a member of the Christchurch Thursday Chapter, turned out to be extremely memorable.
On that day, each member invited a least seven people along to a BNI introductory breakfast. Members and visitors alike gave 60 second presentations after which the business card box was passed around.
Orly's card was selected by one of the visitors whom she never had the fortune to actually meet that morning. However, a phone call from a mutual friend confirmed that the visitor had been looking for an Event Manager and after Orly's 60 seconds, he knew he had found the one.
This referral has turned into a big contract for Orly, requiring domestic and trans-Tasman travel as well as the possibility of passing some work onto another chapter member.
Orly's advice, always treat visitors well, because you never know when the big breakthrough referral is likely to occur.
BNI HAPPENINGS — NEW ZEALAND
WE'RE GROWING!
In recent weeks new chapter have opened, or are about to open, in Timaru, Paraparauma, Manurewa, plus a second chapter in Hamilton. Chapters are also being formed in Warkworth, West Harbour, Mt Maunganui and Rotorua. We now have 37 chapters in New Zealand with almost 900 members!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Writer's Guidelines for SuccessNet
We want to hear from you! SuccessNet Online needs your input. SuccessNet is truly YOUR newsletter. We ask you to consider the following tips when preparing your submission for SuccessNet:
- Writing style should be clear and concise. Keep your sentences short and give us details. Be specific.
- Use the inverted pyramid format, with your information leading us to the point, rather than giving all the details up front.
- Use dialog in your submission: John said, "BNI made a huge difference in my business."
- Be sure to include your name, chapter name and business name. When applicable, list your web address and we'll insert a hyperlink to direct readers to your website.
- If appropriate, give us dollar values for your chapter brags and testimonials.
- We would like digital photos of your chapter or regional events! As you can see from this first issue, we are able to have many more local-flavor articles and reviews. With your photos, include a brief description of the event, who's in the photo, and the name and city of your chapter.
- Please also include your web address with your submission, so we can direct our readers to your site.
- Please send your submissions to newsletter@bni.com
The types of submissions we are seeking are for Chapter Brags, Memory Hooks, BNI Happenings (your regional news), any other special announcements, success stories, or things your chapter has tried that have been successful.
Thank you!
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