International Networking Week®: “A World of Thanks” story submitted by Diana Ninsiima Kibuuka, National Director – BNI Uganda In May 2005, we launched the first BNI Chapter in Uganda. It was an...

Welcome to the 14th annual “International Networking Week®”. Held annually during the first week of February, organizations around the world celebrate the power of networking and recognition. “I...

Question: Do you know how you can recognize that someone is from Texas?  Answer: Don’t worry about it – they’ll tell you!  And my late wife, Elisabeth, told everyone she was a T...

In 2014, I came to Elisabeth with this crazy idea for a science fiction short story called “Imprint”. As a business and self-help author, this was way outside my wheelhouse but it was an id...

Don't completely write off 2020 and erase the year from your memory banks. There are many things we can learn from last year. Instead, recognize the things that happened and approach things diff...

Today’s guest blog is an extract from "The Introvert’s Edge to Networking", by Matthew Pollard about the transformative power of stories. Matthew is the founder and CEO of Rapid Growth, LLC. He...

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...

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....

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...

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...