Episode #953
Episode 953: Growth in Difficult Times (Classic)
Source date: 2026-03-25 Browse 2026
Belief, passion, and leadership are the keys to business growth in difficult times. Why accept mediocrity when excellence is an option?
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Episode #950
Episode 950: The Growth Mindset
Source date: 2026-03-04 Browse 2026
John Rivers explains how to apply a growth mindset to your BNI chapter by dedicating 15 minutes a day to inviting visitors and following up.
Episode #949
Episode 949: Coaching a Chapter to Greatness (Classic)
Source date: 2026-02-25 Browse 2026
How can your chapter benefit from coaching? Mark Breves shares actions the BNI Founder Chapter took to grow from 20 to 35 members.
Episode #928
Episode 928: Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Chapter
Source date: 2025-09-17 Browse 2025
Tom Etherington explains how to work with the other members of your chapter to develop a strategic visitor invite campaign using LinkedIn.
Episode #916
Episode 916: 40 Years to Overnight Success
Source date: 2025-06-25 Browse 2025
Dr. Misner shares lessons from BNI’s past 40 years so your business can experience decades of sustained growth.
Episode #885
Episode 885: The Connector Effect (Classic)
Source date: 2024-11-06 Browse 2024
Robert Skrob explains the Connector Effect and how it makes BNI the single most effective growth strategy for business owners.
Episode #868
Episode 868: 10 Ways to Create Referrals for Life
Source date: 2024-07-10 Browse 2024
Establishing lasting referral connections is essential for any sustained growth in business. Here are 10 ways to create referrals for life.
Episode #842
Episode 842: Creating a Chapter of Over 100 Members
Source date: 2024-01-10 Browse 2024
Shirley Towne joins Dr. Misner this week to explain how to create a culture of growth to get your chapter to 100 members and beyond.
Episode #773
Episode 773: Garage to Global® (Classic Podcast)
Source date: 2022-08-31 Browse 2022
Dr. Misner shares 12 lessons he learned in 35 years of consecutive growth as BNI went from Garage to Global.
Episode #728
Episode 728: Coaching a Chapter to Greatness
Source date: 2021-10-13 Browse 2021
How can your chapter benefit from coaching? Mark Breves shares actions the BNI Founder Chapter took to grow from 20 to 35 members.
Episode #725
Episode 725: Growth in Difficult Times
Source date: 2021-09-22 Browse 2021
Belief, passion, and leadership are the keys to business growth in difficult times. Why accept mediocrity when excellence is an option?
Episode #697
Episode 697: The Connector Effect
Source date: 2021-03-10 Browse 2021
Robert Skrob joins Ivan Misner to explain the Connector Effect and how it makes BNI the single most effective growth strategy for business owners.
Episode #696
Episode 696: Addition by Subtraction (Classic Podcast)
Source date: 2021-03-03 Browse 2021
Ivan and Beth Misner explain that the way to grow a healthy BNI chapter is to get rid of the members who don’t show up or don’t participate. BNI thrives on accountability.
Episode #669
Episode 669: I Refuse to Participate in a Recession
Source date: 2020-08-19 Browse 2020
This is the fourth recession since BNI was founded. A strong network and a focus on opportunities and growth areas will get you through it.
Episode #660
Episode 660: BNI Brand Refresh
Source date: 2020-06-17 Browse 2020
The red “I” in the new logo is cut by a white diagonal line at the angle of the BNI growth curve to symbolize personal and professional growth in BNI.
Episode #593
Episode 593: Growth Is Not the Goal
Source date: 2019-01-30 Browse 2019
Strengthen and balance your BNI chapter’s contact spheres to offer all members an equal opportunity for success and increase member retention.
Episode #461
Episode 461: The 7 Things I Learned from Starting a Business (Classic Podcast)
Source date: 2016-06-15 Browse 2016
Here are 7 factors that contributed to the growth of BNI. Dr. Misner didn’t learn them in business school.
Episode #316
Episode 316: 150,000 and Growing
Source date: 2013-07-24 Browse 2013
BNI has just reached 150,000 members. The 150,000th member is Sumeet Pareek of Bangalore Northwest’s BNI Ultimate Chapter. If you look at the slide below, you’ll see that BNI’s rate of growth has increased dramatically.
Episode #301
Episode 301: Capture Your Success Stories (Classic Podcast)
Source date: 2013-04-10 Browse 2013
This is a rebroadcast of Episode 88. Synopsis Dr. Misner calls in from Hawaii to talk about how to share your success stories without bragging. Telling your success stories is vital to the growth of your business. Here.
Episode #300
Episode 300: Visitors’ Days
Source date: 2013-04-03 Browse 2013
Visitors’ Days are an outstanding way to bring measurable growth to a chapter. They are not the only way, but as a single technique, they can be one of the best. But don’t wing it. Use the BNI Visitors’ Day Handbook..
Episode #143
Episode 143: Addition by Subtraction
Source date: 2010-02-24 Browse 2010
This entry is part 1 of 33 in the series Ask Ivan Ivan and Beth Misner take turns explaining that the way to grow healthy rose bushes is to prune them back—and the way to grow a healthy BNI chapter is to get rid of the.
Episode #108
Episode 108: “Quantum Chapter Growth”
Source date: 2009-06-10 Browse 2009
This week, Dr. Misner wants to talk about the Fast Track program put together by Mark Taylor, Executive Director for the Houston East and South East Texas Area in conjunction with Del Fuego publishing. The program is.
Episode #88
Episode 88: Capture Your Success Stories
Source date: 2009-01-21 Browse 2009
Dr. Misner calls in from Hawaii to talk about how to share your success stories without bragging. Telling your success stories is vital to the growth of your business. Here are five ways to do this. Ask for written.
Episode #75
Episode 75: Member Development 101
Source date: 2008-10-08 Browse 2008
This week Dr. Misner is preparing for the book tour for The 29% Solution. Today’s podcast focuses on ways to grow a chapter, divided into “Referrals,” “Light Contacts,” and “Cold Contacts.” It’s important to remember.
Episode #23
Episode 23: Givers Gain, Chapter 4
Source date: 2007-09-19 Browse 2007
This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series Givers Gain Synopsis – In This Episode, Dr. Misner Describes The Early Growth Years Of BNI from 1986-1989: Steady Growth Was The Key The Origin Of The Visitor Host Position.