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BPN Announces Pending Name Change

BPN Announces Pending Name Change

In honor of Google's pending name change to Topeka (cf. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html), Business Power Network is proud to announce that we plan to change our name to The S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Chapter of ...

BNI Featured on PBS Nightly Business Report

This video, of the BNI Platinum Chapter in Miami, Florida, has already been featured in the last week as an item in the official BNI News Briefs, as well as on our Regional ...
Business Power Network "In The News"...

Business Power Network “In The News”…

One of my favorite activities as "unofficial chapter historian" is occasionally getting to blow the horn for other members in our chapter who have made the news for one reason ...
Survivor Fiji - Vulagi Tribe

BNI Business Power Network uses “Survivor Fiji” to grow chapter – by Brittany Helton, Ollis & Co.

Much like the hit TV show Survivor, where contestants are thrown into the jungle to face many challenges and oppositions, we as professionals face many challenges we have to “survive” ...
Wake up!  It's 2010.

Wake up! It’s 2010.

Ever notice how many blog posts start out with something like, "Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted anything to my blog in X days/weeks/months"?  Well, consider this another one ...
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Braggin’ Rights?

We often refer to ourselves here at Business Power Network as "one of the most dynamic" BNI chapters in the Southwest Missouri region. You may have noticed -- it's the ...
Being There

Being There

What's the single most important element that contributes to your success in BNI?  Is it referrals?  1-2-1's?  Power Teams?  An argument could be made for each of those things, as ...
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

A client of mine recently had the need for a service that I do not provide.  Which is not unusual, of course, as no web designer can be all things ...
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Maybe it was Utah…

As the old riddle says: As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives Every wife had seven sacks In every sack was seven cats ...
Welcome!

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to the Business Power Network blog!  Glad you stopped by, and please bookmark us so you can return often.  We plan on using this space to talk ...