Special Chapter Notices:
· There is a Mystic Chamber BBH tomorrow morning. Free admission. 8:00 am to 9:00 am at Laughworks, 165 State St., The Provenance Center, Atrium Gallery 101, New London
Visitors & Subs:
Visitor:
Steve DeGraff
Education Moment:
Education moment was given by Dan Sheldon. Taught us how to exchange Facebook likes with our Visitors. Even better when you share a posting. But advises not to mix personal Facebook matters with professional, keep them separate.
Membership Report:
We have 3 applications in hand for the position of “Financial Planner”, the MC will be meeting this week to deliberate.
Speaker Presentation:
No speaker this week, Visitors Day training.
Visitors Day Training:
Review:
It is in the best interest of this chapter to add more quality members.
Tony gave a great motivational speech last week on inviting visitors.
Recall Jerry Frechette’s speech.
We all committed to bringing in at least one visitor on Visitors Day.
Visitors that have committed to come will need to be constantly reminded.
Sneak Peek at Visitors Day:
Early start: Everybody here by 6:30am, last minute touches on the room.
Jerry’s Talk:
Jerry will be giving the presentation and he will be calling on certain members for verbal contributions:
Will -- Referrals
Bridget the value of having resources to have for customers
Kathy -Education
Maria Building relationships beyond business referrals
Bethany -- Final recap
At the end of the general session, the visitors will be invited upstairs for a brief orientation. Al V, Dorrie T, and Nick F. will run the orientation.
Food:
We’re looking for members to bring food, Bridget will be point for the coordination of such.
Announcements:
Business After Hours- Mystic Blues Festival, Tuesday, May 13 2014 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Mystic Shipyard, 100 Essex Street, Mystic, The cost is $10 for members and $20 for non-members.
Positive Quote:
"Referrals aren't given easily. If you don't take the time to establish credibility, you're not going to get the referral. People have to get to know you. They have to feel comfortable with not only what you do, but who you are”.
-Ivan Misner
Visitors & Subs:
Visitor:
Steve DeGraff
Education Moment:
Education moment was given by Dan Sheldon. Taught us how to exchange Facebook likes with our Visitors. Even better when you share a posting. But advises not to mix personal Facebook matters with professional, keep them separate.
Membership Report:
We have 3 applications in hand for the position of “Financial Planner”, the MC will be meeting this week to deliberate.
Speaker Presentation:
No speaker this week, Visitors Day training.
Visitors Day Training:
Review:
It is in the best interest of this chapter to add more quality members.
Tony gave a great motivational speech last week on inviting visitors.
Recall Jerry Frechette’s speech.
We all committed to bringing in at least one visitor on Visitors Day.
Visitors that have committed to come will need to be constantly reminded.
Sneak Peek at Visitors Day:
Early start: Everybody here by 6:30am, last minute touches on the room.
Jerry’s Talk:
Jerry will be giving the presentation and he will be calling on certain members for verbal contributions:
Will -- Referrals
Bridget the value of having resources to have for customers
Kathy -Education
Maria Building relationships beyond business referrals
Bethany -- Final recap
At the end of the general session, the visitors will be invited upstairs for a brief orientation. Al V, Dorrie T, and Nick F. will run the orientation.
Food:
We’re looking for members to bring food, Bridget will be point for the coordination of such.
Announcements:
Business After Hours- Mystic Blues Festival, Tuesday, May 13 2014 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Mystic Shipyard, 100 Essex Street, Mystic, The cost is $10 for members and $20 for non-members.
Positive Quote:
"Referrals aren't given easily. If you don't take the time to establish credibility, you're not going to get the referral. People have to get to know you. They have to feel comfortable with not only what you do, but who you are”.
-Ivan Misner
BNI is a business and professional networking organization founded in 1985, whose primary purpose is to exchange qualified business referrals. The organization presently has over 120,000 members in 51 countries around the world, and last year alone, members of BNI passed over 6.9 million referrals, generating more than 3 million dollars in business.
Lighthouse Networkers, the Stonington BNI Chapter, meets every Wednesday morning from 7:00 - 8:30 AM. The admission is FREE and all visitors are welcome. For more information call/text (860) 984-6762.
