Visiting BNI
Interested in learning more? You might want to visit one of our chapters to see how BNI could work for your business. You can make that happen with just three easy steps.
Find a Chapter using our chapter directory.
- Consider visiting a chapter that does not have your position filled. You can find a list of a chapter with your profession available by clicking here. Also consider visiting a chapter that has positions that compliment your profession. Click Show Professions link on the chapter listing to see what professional classifications are represented in the chapter.
Contact the chapter president to confirm the meeting time and location. You will find that on the chapter information page They will be ready to welcome you at the door if you RSVP.
Joining BNI
If you visit a chapter and decide you would like to become a part of the organization, you will need to submit an application to the chapter. You can get an application from the chapter you visited. Your application will be reviewed by the membership committee; the committee will let you know the status of your application by the
next meeting.
Membership benefits include:
- Increased exposure to many other people and businesses.
- Substantially increased business through referrals.
- Tools to network more effectively, including an orientation CD giving the Formula for Success in BNI, a badge, a vinyl card holder to carry members' business cards, referral slips, marketing materials for your chapter and more…
- Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year.
- Free listing on the BNI website directory.
- Regular Newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking and business.
- Opportunities to participate in cross chapter networking events and social functions.
- Free periodic workshops on networking, and much more…
Networking requires commitment. The most successful chapters of BNI are comprised of participants who are sincerely committed to helping one another through networking. They are a team. As a participant in BNI, you are responsible for complying with the policies and guidelines of the organization. In the event that BNI's general rules could potentially violate a profession's
ethical code, BNI's rules are superseded by the dictates of the professional's ethics code.
A partial list of the policies of BNI are listed below:
- Only one person from each professional specialty is permitted to join a chapter of BNI.
- Attendance is critical. If you cannot attend a meeting, you may send a substitute.
- Participation in the chapters is key to the success of the chapter. Members can participate by bringing bona-fide referrals and/or visitors to their chapter of BNI.
In a strong contact or hard contact organization such as BNI, only one person is allowed to join per professional specialty. Once you are accepted as a member, your competition is locked out of your chapter!
Join Before Your Competitor Does!
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