Dr Ivan Misner was the keynote speaker at the UK BNI Members Day.
He really is a phenomenal influencer.
Dr Misner maintains there are four types of networking and professional networkers practice all four:
What i thought was incredibly true was his story about a lunch with a head academic at a university in the States where they said they would never teach such a subject as how to network effectively !
- Social networking (online, Twitter Marketing, facebook Marketing etc),
- Professional networking (offline, like BNI),
- Knowledge networks (trade associations) and
- Casual networks (customers, friends etc).
What i thought was incredibly true was his story about a lunch with a head academic at a university in the States where they said they would never teach such a subject as how to network effectively !
Got to be the most important secret in the world nurtured at just about every worthy private education establishment that exists ! I wish i had read his book when i was 18 !
