“Givers Gain®” Is the Motto Dr. Ivan Misner Uses to Help BNI Members Soar to Success
Dr. Ivan Misner has helped thousands of businessmen and women develop a strong bond of mutual assistance through effective networking to grow their businesses.
Dr. Ivan Misner founded BNI (Business Network International) in 1985 and the huge networking organization now encompasses over 10,000 chapters worldwide. We talked about how quickly BNI was able to adapt to online networking during Covid and how they will progress now that Covid restrictions are easing.
He is currently working on his next book that will focus on growing a business from a start-up to a global concern. During our conversation, he shared four of the concepts that will be in that book. Find out the importance of systems, goal setting, setting targets and working in your flame not your wax.
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Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization.
He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 26 books including one of his latest books – Who’s in Your Room? He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur.com and has been a university professor as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne.
Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by both Forbes and CNN, Dr. Misner is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on business networking and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and associations throughout the world. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including CNN, the BBC, and The Today Show on NBC.
Among his many awards, he has been named “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Red Cross and has been the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is proud that he and his late wife, Elisabeth, are the Co-Founders of the BNI Charitable Foundation. They also reached “empty nester” status after happily raising their three children. Oh, and in his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.
