What can BNI do for you?
During an education slot in one of our meetings, 3 questions were asked for people to quickly answer. The point of this exercise was to discover some key reasons and to get the brain juice going.
Question 1: Why did you join BNI?
Question 2: What have you learned whilst at BNI?
Question 3: Who would you like to join your BNI chapter?
After overlooking the silly answers a pattern started to emerge when people read out their hastily scribbled responses.
For question 1 the consensus was generally the positive atmosphere and the clearly defined order to the meeting. Another good answer was that the person liked the feeling of being part of a close and trusted network and could see the potential after visiting.
For Question 2 some good respondents ventured the idea that they themselves had grown in confidence in both their business decisions and also as an individual. This was to do with the extra training that the network can provide for public speaking and also learning from the successful businesses in the network.
Question 3 was a bit more of a mixed response, as some people named particular trades that they could easily pass referrals to and receive business from whilst others took a different approach to the answer. Their answer was that the ideal people that could join BNI would be passionate about their business, positive and likeable and willing to have a good sense of humour and hearty appetite.
If you are part of an existing network ask these three questions yourself or try and take 5mins to ask others and see of they have similar responses!