GEI15:How to Business Network with Dr. Ivan Misner

Have you heard of BNI Networking?  Chances are, if you are into business networking, you've heard of it.  Why?  Because it's the #1 way to business network in the world.  And guess who we've got?  We've got the man who started it all, Dr. Ivan Misner, the Founder.

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization.  BNI was founded in 1985.  The organization now has 6,300 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.  Last year alone (2013), BNI generated 5.4 million referrals resulting in over $6.5 billion US dollars’ worth of business for its members.

Dr. Misner’s Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California.  He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 17 books including his latest book called; Room Full of Referrals.  He is a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur.com and Fox Business News and has taught business management at several universities throughout the United States.  In addition, he is the Senior Partner for the Referral Institute – a referral training company with trainers around the world. 

Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and the “Networking Guru” by Entrepreneur magazine, 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.