Everyone in the Chapter is looking forward to our first Focused Visitor Day on 6 May when we are expecting all members to bring at least one visitor. We are all very determined in our quest to double our membership by October 2010 and there are strong signs now that belief in this challenging goal is growing. If you are reading this post and know of any builders or printers who would like to attend on 6 May please let me, Pat Wakefield, Chapter Director, know as soon as possible. (more…)
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posted: Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Week 4 of BNI Sutton’s Visitors and Referrals Campaign
posted: Monday, April 26th, 2010
Visitors and referrals update
Alex Mogg of Bespoke HR is keeping an up to date record of (more…)
posted: Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Week 8 of the Sutton BNI Game
This week’s scores are noticeably different from last week’s. Team 1 and Team 3 have put their best foot forward and stolen the lead from Team 2. (more…)
posted: Monday, March 8th, 2010
Week 7 of the Sutton BNI Game
For the last few weeks of the BNI Game at the Sutton Chapter of the BNI, we are going to focus on the ’60 Second’ part of the member’s 60 second presentations each week. The point is to smartly and concisely give your extended sales team information that will allow them to sell your business as they go about their own, not to spend more than a minute rambling on in a confused manner with no obvious direction or point. Is that really going to help sell your busines to an extended network?
Four members of the chapter had obvious spent some time thinking about what they were doing, and practising presenting their sales message. Smooth, confident and aware, they gained 5 points each for their efforts:
- Alex Mogg of Bespoke HR
- Stuart Allen of Commercial Insurance Services
- Alan Johnson of Teknicare IT Services
- Chris Groom of CalverGroom Financial Management
Another few members managed to put their message across in under 60 seconds, which, purposely carried out, is also a good thing. Why say more when you have said enough?
If you thought that last week the scores were low, this week shows that it could get worse! Team 3 still won the team award this week, but with only 50% of the score they had last week, whilst also being the only team NOT to score negative points.
This week’s score sheet is here for checking
posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Week 6 of the Sutton BNI Game
With the bonus round declared as the ‘Wing It’ 60 seconds (excluding visitors and substitutes) there was a draw taken during the free networking period between 6:30 and 7:00. (more…)
posted: Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Bonus Round for the 25th of February
Thanks for the late entries into the list for next week’s bonus round!
The majority of the entries were based around the 60 secs, which is understandable, as it is one of the areas of the meeting that doesn’t score points by default.
Now, next week is going to be a ‘wing it’ 60 sec presentation.
The format chosen will be:
- Each member is going to stand and pick a name from the ‘hat’ or other suitable container that I shall use (visitors and subs will not be added to the ‘pool’).
- The member whose name is picked will then have to stand and give a 60 second presentation for the person that chose them from the hat.
- The person who picked the name from the hat will then write a score from 10 on the back of the name rating the presentation given, fold it and then give me the paper.
- I will then award the 15 bonus points to the person who has the highest score. The increase to the available points is due to the ‘improvisation’ element.
- If there is a tie between two or more members based on given score, I will then open the vote on those members to the floor with a show of hands. The member with the most hands (including visitors and subs) will then carry the win. If there is a tie, the winner will only gain 10 points, and the other ‘tied’ members will gain 5 points each.
The person who suggested the above format will be publicly declared at the beginning of next week and will have the 5 bonus points given, along with the accolade of drawing the first name from the hat. You know who you are. The people who follow that will be ordered by the time at which they signed in. The earlier you arrive, the sooner you will get the chance to pick from the hat. If you are here last, you will get the last name to present your 60 seconds. Isn’t life a raffle?
As next week’s 60 seconds is not you presenting your own business there will be no penalties for overrunning, but the week following, there will be the added challenge, monitored by the ‘MinuteMinder®‘, our very own ThawMeister. If you (or your substitute!!) over run the 60 sec time limit you will lose 1 point. If your presentation is EXACTLY on the minute, or as close as five grains of sand you will get 5 points bonus. That gives you TWO WEEKS to plan a precise 60 seconds and practice against your own stopwatch. That week Mark will be leading off to show everyone how it is done (timed by me), and then each of you will follow, as per usual, directed by me, with me bringing up the rear before the substitutes get to present their 60 seconds and the visitors theirs, as per usual.
The above 60 second overrun penalty scoring will then stay in place for the remainder of the Game (it is ending on the 18th of March).
After next week there will be ONE more bonus round, taking place on the 18th of March. The ideas that haven’t been used from this week, plus any more that I receive between now and midnight on the 10th of March will all be considered. The best will be chosen and the person who thought of it will be given 10 points. Get your thinking hats on. The more ideas you present, the better your chance. It might be the element that tips your team into the winning slot!
posted: Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Week 4 of the Sutton BNI Game
The highlight of this week was the lengths that some people went to to write an interesting 60 seconds, that also included the word ‘antithesis’ for their assigned chapter member (more…)
posted: Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Week 3 of the Sutton BNI Game
The highlight of this week’s scoresheet is a notable increase in 1-2-1s occurring both between members of the same team (1 point each) and between members of different teams (2 points each)
As mentioned last week, one visitor has made a difference in the scores, (more…)
posted: Thursday, February 4th, 2010
11th of February Bonus Round
Keiran declared the bonus round for next week, a variation and extension of the previous bonus, based around the 60 seconds presentation. Each member has been allocated a member who they must represent in a new 60 seconds presentation, (more…)
posted: Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Week 2 of the Sutton BNI Game
This week everyone upped their game, with a 100% score for everyone arriving before 06:30, even the one substitute. Thanks Roger of RDN
A bonus round for this week was set, based around a popular vote on the best given 60 seconds presentation. A good percentage had taken this chance to win 10 points to heart, displaying consideration, thought and creativity. (more…)
