Are you Cutting It?

IMG_0435_thumbOZARK - Thursday, May 13 - Our own "Credit Card Lady" Lisa McGhee (WorldPay) and our chapter's Super-Sub Amanda Brown (417 Pet Sitting) had their official Ozark Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony today at the Ozark Chamber offices along side Ozark's Mayor Shane Nelson and several BNI supporters.







Business by Referral Wins 3rd Consecutive Founders Award

At last month's BNI Conference, Business by Referrals was once again recognized as one of the top chapters in the region... and in the World.  Are we exaggerating?  Consider this...

 

The top award given in BNI is known as the Founder's Award, which is given to the top 3% of chapters nationally.  The oldest BNI chapter in the Springfield area has won a total of 3 Founder's Awards in its 10 years of existance.  Business by Referrals has won 3 CONSECUTIVE Founder's Awards, which is one award for every year the chapter has been eligible for the award!  Last year, our chapter became the only chapter in the World to win 2 consecutive Founder's Awards.  This year we made it 3!

 

Our chapter was also recognized for winning it's division during the March Madness contest, even though our chapter missed 2 meetings in the month of February due to weather. 

 

We also need to recognize our chapter All-Star, Angie Johnson.  Angie was voted our All-Star by her peers in the chapter for her Giver's Gain attitude.  7 other members were also nominated for the award. 

 

We are very proud of our chapter and it's members!  Congrats to everyone for ANOTHER great year!  We look forward to collecting our 4th consecutive Founder's Award next year!

2nd year in a row! 2009 Founder's Award recipient

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Springfield, Mo -- On Thursday evening's BNI Success Conference, Springfield's own Business By Referral chapter recieved, for the 2nd year in a row, the BNI Founder's Award !


Thanks to the leadership team and all our members!

More than Referrals

perspective

by Don Harkey

 

I heard a long time member of our chapter comment recently on why he has stayed in BNI for so long.  He said that he typically gets enough referrals to pay for his membership each month, but sometimes he doesn't, but he doesn't mind too much.  He says that taking an hour and a half each week to focus on building his business and setting up strategic collaborations is valuable in itself.  I have to agree.

 

Looking at other BNI chapters in the area, I see pretty high turnover.  Our chapter, however, has several members who have been in the chapter for years.  I attribute this to the fact that our chapter is more than a referral network...  it is a group of friends who work together to grow their business.  There are many stories in our chapter where people have received personal help and advice from other chapter members and sometimes this is more valuable than referrals.  The really cool part is that when our chapter is focused on helping each other out, the referrals flow freely!

 

I heard someone on the radio say recently, "if you are feeling sorry for yourself, help out someone else".  This came from a man who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and spent the last weeks of his life helping other terminal patients come to terms with their condition.  He called the experience the most rewarding of his life.  BNI can work the same way.  The "Gain" in "Giver's Gain" isn't always financial...

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