Business Networking Lunch

BNI Connections

<H1 STYLE="font-size: 38.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; background-color: #f4f4f4;">Weekly Networking Lunch in Vancouver Downtown</H1>
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<P STYLE="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">BNI Connections is a wise use of your lunchtime. This dynamic business networking lunch in Vancouver BC gives you the chance to promote your business and meet leading industry professionals. Check us out to find out how the power of organized word-of-mouth referral marketing could bring you more clients and grow your business.</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Membership includes exclusive representation of your category, training, mentoring, public speaking opportunities, and a growing team of enthusiastic people to find new clients for you. Meeting every Thursday at the Edge Social Grille in downtown Vancouver, you’ll make new friends, do something fun & positive for your business, and learn essential networking skills.</P>
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<H1 STYLE="font-size: 38.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">What to expect from your first meeting…</H1>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">We know that attending your first BNI meeting can be scary! Don’t worry though as the meetings are very structured and our visitor hosts will be on hand to help you.</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">Arriving at the meeting</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">You should aim to arrive before 11:45 am – you’ll be asked to sign in and pay $25 for lunch. <A STYLE="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.bnibexhill.com/contact-us/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><BR></A></P>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">Our friendly visitor hosts will greet you with tea, coffee, or juice and start to introduce you to the other members and visitors for open networking before breakfast is served. This is a great opportunity for you to work out who you’d like to do business with.</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">The meeting begins</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">Choose an item from the menu. The director will introduce the leadership team before moving on to the education slot, followed by the 60-second round.</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">60-Second Presentation</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;"><STRONG STYLE="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the chapter and to tell us what you do</STRONG>.<BR>More importantly, tell us what type of referral you would like. Use this checklist:</P>
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<LI>Your name and the name of your business</LI>
<LI>What you do</LI>
<LI>Who you would like an introduction to</LI>
<LI>What you would like to do for that person</LI>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">During the 60-second presentations, <STRONG STYLE="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you will be asked to pass around your business cards</STRONG> - make sure you bring loads as members tend to take two or three each.</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">Report and Ten Minute Presentation</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">Following the 60-second round are some reports from the leadership team before moving swiftly on to the 10-minute speaker.</P>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">Each week, one of the members makes a 10-minute presentation, when they can go into detail about their work and what sort of referrals they would like from fellow members.</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">Referrals and Feedback</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">This takes place during the contribution round, when members pass referrals and testimonials to each other. We don’t expect visitors to pass referrals (but you can if you want to), so instead <STRONG STYLE="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we ask you to comment on the meeting when it’s your turn</STRONG>.</P>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">This could be on anything from the quality of the breakfast to our warm and friendly welcome, etc!</P>
<H2 STYLE="font-size: 31.5px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 40px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0088cc; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #fafafa;">End</H2>
<P STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: #333333; background-color: #fafafa;">The meeting <STRONG STYLE="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">closes by 1:15 pm</STRONG>, but many members stay behind for more open networking.</P>

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