Episode 520: The Four Pillars of a Successful BNI Group (Classic Podcast) - a podcast by Dr. Ivan Misner

This episode is a rebroadcast of Episode 249.

Synopsis

Tim Paulin from BNI Louisiana Mississipi joins Dr. Misner this week to discuss the four pillars of a successful BNI group:



* Many (4-7) visitors or guests at each meeting. Not all of them have to qualify to join: bring people who can do business with members.

* A well-run professional meeting. Pay special attention to the hidden elements. (See Episode 9 and Episode 16 for more about these.)

* Follow-up post meeting. The leadership team needs to follow up with visitors and guests, and members need to follow up about the business they’ve passed.

* Accountability for the chapter members. One of the most important parts of accountability is attendance, and it’s up to the membership committee to maintain this.



If you can do these four things well, you’ll have a successful chapter.

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Complete Transcript of BNI Podcast Episode 249 –

Priscilla:

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast brought to you by NetworkingNow.com, which is the leading site on the net for networking downloadables. I am Priscilla Rice, and I am coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, CA. I am joined on the phone today by the Founder and Chairman of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello Ivan. How are you and where are you?

Ivan:

Hi, Priscilla. I’m doing great. I got to do a webcam with your chapter recently. I really appreciate the opportunity to do that.

Priscilla:

That was really fun. They loved it. So thank you.

Ivan:

I do that with a lot of- usually regional- events, but Priscilla- She’s my lady. I have to do that for her chapter itself. I do it for a lot of regional and sometimes chapter visitors days. Talk to your local director if you would like me to do some kind of webcam like I did with Priscilla’s chapter.

Priscilla:

Oh yeah. I highly recommend it. So who is with us today, Ivan?

Ivan:

A good friend of mine. Just to answer the second part of your question, I am in San Diego this week. As the listeners know, I like to let members know that I am out visiting regions and trying to meet as many members as possible. If I come to your area, please come visit and say hello because I love to meet BNI members. I have with me today Tim Paulin. Tim is the Executive Director for BNI in LA and MS. He and his team manage over 50 BNI groups. He is the US National Training Director and has been doing that for about 7 years. Tim went to the University of New Orleans focusing on business administration. He is a native of New Orleans. He currently resides there with his lovely wife Elizabeth, whom I know. My wife is Elizabeth as well, so don’t confuse the two. But he and his wife have twin boys, God bless you. Tim is a great trainer and a good friend. His topic today is the four pillars of the successful BNI group. Welcome to the podcast, Tim.

Tim:

Thank you. Ivan I appreciate it. You know, Ivan, when we first announced that we were having twins, you looked at me and said, “Sleep now because you won’t once they are born.”Man, you were right. I haven’t slept in 8 years.

Ivan:

I know, it’s really bad. Then when they become teenagers, believe it or not, it’s even worse.

Tim:

I’ll have to wait for that. We are going to talk today about the four pillars of the successful BNI group.

Ivan:

Let me just throw the four out there and then you jump in and hit them one at a time.

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