The Necklace
As many of you know, my wife passed away a few months ago. I’ve wrestled with sharing the necklace story because it is a bit out there for a left-brain business guy, but friends have suggested...
Collaborating with Your Competitors Can Improve Your Business
During my years as a management consultant, I would regularly participate in management organization "hubs" made up of other consultants, many of whom could be considered my direct competitors....
Celebrating 36 Years of BNI
Today, on January 8th, Business Network International® celebrates 36 years of helping people “Change the Way the World Does Business”. We are celebrating BNI's 36th Anniversary today with the th...
Giving is Transformational
The world can be a dark and contentious place. Illness, famine, poverty, hostility, and desperation are all around us. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The world can be a better place. We can...
No Regrets in 2020
As I look back over the year, it was a year full of changes: Networking changed. Businesses changed. BNI changed. My family changed. The one thing that did not change: I had no regrets in 2020...
2021 International Networking Week
The 2021 International Networking Week is just around the corner. Fourteen years ago, I helped BNI® launch an initiative we called International Networking Week which is held during the first we...
A Merry Misner Memory
It has been an unusual year full of stress. Therefore, I have decided to take a break from my educational business referral marketing blogs. Instead, I have decided to take a moment to share a m...
‘Twas BNI’s Week Before Christmas 2020
I hope you enjoy this holiday poem influenced by Clement Clarke Moore's poem in 1822 about the night before Christmas. This poem provides our BNI members tips to restart the world by helping the...
Resources from U.S. News & World Report for Small Businesses and Startups
Ashley Mcnamara, an Outreach Associate working with U.S. News & World Report, reached out to me personally and asked me to share these resources for small businesses and startups with my fol...
When is the Right Time to Share?
Today's guest blog is an extract from Andy Lopata’s book, “Just Ask”, about when was the best time for me to share my cancer diagnosis with others. When Ivan Misner was diagnosed with prostat...