The Largest Business Networking Organization - BNI

BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world. With over 86,000 members in over 5,000 chapters in over 100 countries worldwide, BNI is the business world's best word-of-mouth marketing organization.

The purpose of BNI is to create a network of businesses so members can gain increased exposure to many other poeple and businesses. This commitment to networking shows results:

• Substantially increased referrals.
• Tools to network more effectively, including an orientation CD giving the "Formula for Success" in BNI, a badge, a card holder to carry members' business cards, referral slips, marketing materials for your chapter and much, much more.
• Participation in up to 52 networking meetings per year.
• Bi-monthly newsletters with educational material on networking, public speaking, and business.
• Participation in business tradeshows (where you'll have an opportunity to market your chapter and your business).
• Free periodic workshops on networking.

D. Ivan R. Misner, Ph. D. - Founder of BNI 

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization.

Dr. Misner's Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He has written eleven books, including 9 best sellers. His most recent are #1 bestseller The 29% Solution and his New York Times bestseller, Truth or Delusion? 

He is a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur.com and is the Senior Partner for the Referral Institute - a referral training company with trainers around the world. In addition, he has taught business management and social capital courses at several universities throughout the United States.

Called the "Father of Modern Networking" by CNN and the "Networking Guru"  by Entrepreneur magazine, Dr. Misner is considered 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, CNBC, and the BBC  in London.

Dr. Misner is the Founder of the BNI-Misner Foundation and was recently named "Humanitarian of the Year" by a Southern California newspaper. He is married and lives with his wife Elisabeth and their three children in Claremont, CA. In his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.