The BNI Hour of Power

By  James Sanderson, BNI Executive Director for London South-Central, United Kingdom

“My chapter leadership teams encourage members to set aside one hour a week in which they focus solely on BNI activity. Think about it: if you stopped everything in your day and decided to focus on BNI for one hour, what would you do? Would you be at a loss to fill the time? Or would you have a number of activities that you could immediately pursue to give you tremendous impetus in developing business for chapter colleagues, whilst also giving your own business a major boost at the same time?

In your “Hour of Power” you could:

Focus on inviting visitors:

• Follow up previously invited visitors to see if they are ready to join;
• Review the list of trade/professional categories that your chapter most wants to fill, and update your own customers and contact lists to see if you can identify suitable visitors;
• Make invitation calls;
• Send invitation cards or emails confirming venue details for visitors;
• Make reminder calls to visitors the day before the meeting.

We have found the Hour of Power can transform any member’s experience within BNI, almost instantaneously increasing the value of the business generated and received by over ten-fold.

Adopt it and see the benefits flow.”

Let those benefits help you flow right down to Hilton Head Beach in South Carolina.