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BNI
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Networking Now - BNI Blog
Networking Blog conducted by BNI Founder, Dr Ivan Misner.
Taking a Poll of Your Audience
Many times, as I am speaking to entrepreneurs all over the world, I will “poll” the audience for answers to some questions. It is a simple tactic that gives me a ton of great information. Asking questions of my audience gives me stats that can be very useful. For example, I’ve found that almost 90 percent of the entrepreneurs I’ve talked to love their work, but only about 15 percent enjoy doing the marketing it takes to get that work.
This type of information can be very powerful when I use it in my presentations. In fact, I was speaking with Dawn Lyons (a director with BNI and a Referral Institute franchisee, seen in the photo below) recently, and she described a poll she did at a GEMS Behavior Styles training event in Wisconsin. A participant was telling her how his boss always receives referrals “on the spot” from brand new clients, and how that strategy has never worked for him. He was actually wondering whether something was wrong with him.
Click on the Blog to find out how to poll your audience....
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The Official BNI Podcast
A weekly Podcast of great networking ideas from the Founder of BNI, Dr Ivan Misner.
Though listeners from all over the world tell Dr. Misner how helpful the podcast has been, many BNI members ask “What’s a podcast?”
Some important things to remember:
All you need to listen to a podcast is a computer and an Internet connection. Just click on the triangle to listen.
You can read the transcript or print it out for your chapter.
Listening to this podcast (and others) is part of immersing yourself in a culture of learning.
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