It’s International Networking week next week and in addition to our ‘Big Breakfast’ which is taking place in Bournemouth we are having a Visitors Day at BNI Casterbridge Chapter in Dorchester on the 9th February. As a result our education slot presented by Linda Parkinson-Hardman of Internet Mentor, this week focused on some hints and tips that can help members to ask visitors to come along. Continue reading
Linda Parkinson-Hardman
The Key to Happiness and Great Business
What a great meeting we had yesterday at BNI Casterbridge in Dorchester, Dorset. It was helped along enormously by two fantastic presentations by Dominic Brittain and Nick Stubbs who too the education and ten minute slots respectively. Continue reading
Sex Sells at BNI in Dorchester Casterbridge at the beginning of January 2012
Now is that a challenging headline for today’s meeting of BNI Casterbridge in Dorchester? It comes from the fantastic education slot provided by Jon Parvin of Essential Home & Gardens who told us quite clearly that our customers buy benefits and not features. He started out asking ‘Do we know what our customers buy from us?’ and went on to explain the differences between buying features and buying benefits. Continue reading
The BNI Santa – poetry corner from Martin Cull
The BNI SANTA
It’s that time of year
to enjoy some Christmas cheer
with a glass of BNI beer Continue reading
Testimonial for Pete Cattermole at CB Reid Accounts from Linda Parkinson-Hardman
I have had the good fortune to be supported in two businesses by Pete Cattermole, Grow a Better Business and The Hysterectomy Association. I will also be using Pete in the future to take on the accounts of Internet Mentor Dorset Limited. Continue reading
5 top tips to improve your BNI 60 second presentation
The second meeting of December at the Dorchester Casterbridge Chapter of BNI saw many of the members sharing their 60 second presentations in poetry and song. I am including those I have been given within poetry corner and I can also announce that the winner of the challenge was Martin Goodall from Printing.com who gave us his 60 second presentation to the tune of ‘My favourite things’ – a firm Julie Andrews favourite from The Sound of Music. Continue reading
Testimonial for Linda Parkinson-Hardman, Internet Mentor, at Dorchester Casterbridge BNI Chapter
As a LinkedIn newbie I decided to take the plunge and find out more by booking on to your half day course at the Jubilee Enterprise Centre in Weymouth. The course ran from 930 to 1pm and the time flew. Continue reading
Your Favourite Printers things Poetry Corner
Wall planners, calendars & diaries are fine
Personalised bottles of champagne & wine
Print.com boxes tied up with string
These are a few of my favourite things! Continue reading
Remember the HR policies poetry corner from Louise Bennett
The party season is upon us
We all head to the Christmas do with a cheer
Everyone has read the works social policy
So we all know what’s expected here Continue reading
Photography Poetry Corner from Nick Stubbs
Santa comes but once a year
And this year wants a photo
I sit him down to take the shot
And ask him for a “HoHo” Continue reading