And Here They Are…..

The Presenters for BNI Business Showcase 2012 

Not only does this event provide phenomenal networking opportunities, but a number of businesspeople are offering breakout sessions. I’ve listed the sessions below.

Remember, it’s all at no cost to you. The retail value for information like this? About $2,000.00. Give yourself the gift of attending.

The Presenters

2:45  & 5:45 pm          BNI – It’s for YOU! Presented by BNI Golden Horseshoe New Chapter Development Team: Marc Lachance and Fred Leblanc

BNI is the largest referral marketing organization in the world. More than 160,000 business people participate in BNI chapters in 48 countries and, last year, those members generated in excess of $3.1 billion in business for each other.

BNI’s success of is due in part to the fact that only one person per business profession can join a chapter. This approach creates a culture of collaboration, but it also means that some popular categories never have vacancies. Rather than turn away interested, motivated business people we offer to work with them to create their own BNI referral network.

If you’d like to learn about the BNI process, this session is for you.

2:45 pm     Who gives Away MONEY?  YOU DO!!! Presented by Judi Johnstone, First Vancouver Finance

If you are extending credit to your customers, you are willing to lower your profitability to attract or keep good customers.

If you are not paying attention to what credit does to your bottom line, you are missing out on important profitability.

Come out to “LEARN AND EARN."

3:45 & 4:45 pm     Business Networking AND SEX (not what you think)  Presented by Paula Hope, Referral Institute Peel-Halton

Takeaways from Dr. Ivan Misner’s new book on networking and sex. See the research! 12,000 business professionals (many of whom are BNI members) weigh in on the opposite sex.

Learn the secrets to accurately reading between the gender lines, and uncover a new edge for your business-the power to effectively talk business and successfully network with the opposite sex. You can take your new strategies to the BNI Business Showcase!

Dr. Ivan Misner’s latest (and most provocative) book is co-authored with Frank J. De Raffele Jr. and Hazel Walker, guest speaker at the Referral Institute’s 1^st Referrals for Life Day in 2008.

3:45 pm     Your Sales Materials on a Tablet. Presented by Renee Khan, RBK Artworks  

One of only a few GTA graphic designers trained in interactive tablet design, Renee specializes in print, interactive and exhibit graphic design.

Come hear Renee speak about the emerging trend of portfolios, catalogues and event publications designed to engage an audience and support business sales efforts using tablets. Click and change pictures, imbedded videos and audio clips, 360 degree product rotations and more are now available to companies looking to move their sales ahead of their competitors with this surprisingly affordable yet engaging option to print.

4:45 pm     Profit Building Boot Camp – Bulk up your profits in 30 minutes. Presented by Dan Holstein, Business Coach with ActionCOACH 

Attend this fast paced, action packed session and learn the 5 killer strategies you need to get your business off the couch and beach ready - NOW.

The 5 ways to increase your profits by 61% (that’s not a typo) that only successful entrepreneurs know, including:

ü  How to increase qualified leads coming to you

ü  How to dramatically increase your sales conversion rate

ü  Proven methods to ensure customers come back to buy from your more often – that work in ANY business

ü  Strategies to ensure your customers happily spend more with you every time they visit

ü  Methods to improve your margins that you can implement immediately.

Attend my Profit Building Boot Camp. What have you got to lose besides the flab off your bottom (line)?!

Throughout the day

Do you have a computer housing dust bunnies?  Do you store old cell phones and chargers in your drawers?  Does your home or office have an IT graveyard?  Well, it may be time to get some professional help.   

Niagara Ewaste will be hosting a unique opportunity to recycle items from your business or home.  All you have to do is bring your broken electronics February 9th 2012, and Niagara Ewaste will take care of the rest.  We are a pound member of the OES (Ontario Electronics Stewardship)  which ensures your stuff won't be shipped to countries without proper infrastructure.  So have a look around, we know it's there: printers, old satellite receivers, laptops, DVD players, pretty much anything with a plug!

For more information visit www.niagaraewaste.com..

Sixty-plus businesses from across the Golden Horseshoe Region will exhibit at Glen Abby Golf Course in Oakville on February 9th. It starts at 2:00 pm and goes ‘til 7:00 pm. If you want to go, register yourself (and your guests) at www.bnigh.com.

What Makes the BNI Business Showcase Different?

In the Fall of 2010, BNI corporate member and Assistant Director, Judi Johnstone thought there are so many interesting businesses in BNI, wouldn’t it be fascinating to put them all together under one roof to showcase themselves, their businesses and BNI. Not only that, but encourage them to invite all their contacts to attend the event.

That’s how the BNI Business Showcase was born.

The BNI corporate philosophy is Givers Gain. BNI members believe in the concept of “what goes around comes around”. By giving business to others, they’ll get business in return. Since BNI members across the Golden Horseshoe gave each other $10.2 million in closed business last year, it’s sure working.

When we share the people we know with each other – the potential for opportunity is unlimited. You never know who someone knows and we’re all just a couple of introductions away from our next extraordinary opportunity.

It’s why this Showcase a one of a kind networking event. The hosts believe in Givers Gain, so their approach will be connecting people who can help each other. Which means for guests; you could be introduced to your next extraordinary opportunity.

Don't miss it.

The Line Up for the 2012 BNI Business Showcase

We’re sold out again this year!
More than 60 exhibitors will be on hand at the 2^nd BNI Business Showcase.  The best connected business people from Oakville, Mississauga, Burlington, Milton, Brampton and Hamilton are displaying their businesses from 2:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday February 9^th.

The location is the beautiful Glen Abbey Golf Club on Dorval Dr. north of the QEW in Oakville.

In addition to the business showcase displays there are also a “Friends of BNI” exhibiting. Our friends include Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the Mississauga Board of Trade and CogecoTV. This is especially exciting for me, as the Showcase is part of International Networking Week, and International Networking Week was created as a forum for all business networks to come together. We are delighted that they are.

Plus, we have a number of exhibitors who are hosting breakouts sessions as well. The value provided in this event is truly unbelievable.

Here are some of our presenters and their presentation times:

2:45 pm

  1.      BNI – It’s for YOU! Presented by BNI Golden Horseshoe New Chapter Development Team:    Marc Lachance and Fred Leblanc

  2.      Who gives Away MONEY?  YOU DO!!! Presented by Judi Johnstone, First Vancouver Finance

 3:45 pm

  1.      Business Networking and SEX (not what you think). Presented by Paula Hope, Referral Institute Peel-Halton

  2.      Your Sales Materials on a Tablet. Presented by Renee Khan, RBK Artworks  

 4:45 pm         

  1.      Business Networking and SEX (not what you think). Presented by Paula Hope, Referral Institute Peel-Halton

5:45 pm

  1.      BNI – It’s for YOU! Presented by BNI Golden Horseshoe New Chapter Development Team: Marc Lachance and Fred Leblanc

If you are interested in making significant contacts for your business in 2012, don’t miss this event. All the best networkers will be here.

Register here.

The Best $0 You'll Spend on a Networking Event this Year

Last year I promoted a very unique networking event - the BNI Business Showcase. This year it's happening again on Thursday February 9th at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville. What's terrific is that this year the event in being held during International Networking Week.

Let me let me describe how unique this event is. Yes, it is a trade show, but it’s so much more. Because BNI members are networkers by nature, last year’s exhibitors reported that the attendees spent more time interacting with the exhibitors. On average, attendees (and there were 400 hundred) spent an hour at the Showcase! It’s a trade show, but it’s also a really effective networking opportunity. In addition, we offered (and are offering again) breakout sessions – so we provide an educational element too.

In the essence of total transparency, I confess that I am an Executive Director with BNI. But this wasn’t my idea. It was the idea of a corporate BNI member named Judi Johnstone. Judi’s thought was - there are so many interesting businesses in BNI, wouldn’t it be fascinating to put them all together under one roof to showcase themselves, their businesses and BNI. Not only that, but encourage them to invite all their contacts to attend the event.

And Judi was right.

The BNI corporate philosophy is Givers Gain. BNI members believe in the concept of “what goes around comes around”. By giving business to others, they’ll get business in return. Since BNI members across Canada have given each other $100M in closed business last year, it seems to be working.

When we share the people we know with each other – the potential for opportunity is unlimited. You never know who someone knows and we’re all just a couple of introductions away from our next extraordinary opportunity.

Here’s what I think is going to make this Showcase a one of a kind networking event. The hosts believe in Givers Gain, so their approach will be connecting people who can help each other. Which means for guests; you could be introduced to your next extraordinary opportunity.

The price for you to attend and mix and mingle with some of the most well-connected businesses in the Golden Horseshoe?

It’s free.

You can register for this event www.bnigh.com.

Don't miss it.