Podcasts about your room

Our first ghostly tale this evening is ‘Call My Name' by ShadowsintheLight23, shared via the Creepypasta Wiki and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.  https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Call_My_Name https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:ShadowsintheLight23  Our next offering is ‘Can I Stay in Your Room?' by TheWizardOfTheWoods, again shared via the Creepypasta Wiki and once more read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.  https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Can_I_Stay_in_Your_Room%3F https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:TheWizardOfTheWoods  Today's third story is 'I Used to Think that Ghosts don't Exist', an original work by Mammoth Formal 1, kindly shared directly with me for the express purpose of having me exclusively narrate it here for you all.  https://www.reddit.com/user/MammothFormal1/  ‘The Case of Toll Number Two' by Thenumberochentayseis is our penultimate tale this evening, shared via the Creepypasta Wiki and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Case_of_Toll_Number_Two  https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:Thenumberochentayseis  Tonight's final fantastic story of ghostly horror is 'Molly, Molly' by Jaime A. Heidel, again kindly shared with me for the express purpose of having me narrate it here for you all:  https://www.reddit.com/user/_itoldyouiwassick_/ 

War is peace Freedom is slavery Pod is cast   The Becks have landed on Airstrip One to talk about George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and its 1984 film adaptation. Hear their tales of travel issues, retirement parties, and high school papers in this double plus good episode!    Send in what would be in YOUR Room 101 to soonmajorpod@gmail.com and we might read it on our next episode!   linktr.ee/soonmajorpod

John 14:1-6 - The Key to Your Room

John 14:1-6 - John 14:1-6 "The Key to Your Room"

John 14:1-6 - The Key to Your Room

John 14:1-6 - John 14:1-6 "The Key to Your Room"

This week we'll be studying John 14:1-4 under the theme “Your Room in His House.” Jesus didn't tell his disciples that they wouldn't have troubles, but he did tell them to not let their hearts be troubled. He provided them with a resource that would let them face any opposition in life with courage. The Gospel of John, written a couple decades after the other Gospel records, focuses less on the facts of Jesus' ministry and more on the meaning of those facts. John frequently refers to Jesus' miracles as “signs” – i.e. signals that point us to something even more significant than the miracle itself. John teaches us that Jesus is the “Word Incarnate” who dwelt among us, loved us dearly, and gave our lives eternal meaning.

This week we'll be studying John 14:1-4 under the theme “Your Room in His House.” Jesus didn't tell his disciples that they wouldn't have troubles, but he did tell them to not let their hearts be troubled. He provided them with a resource that would let them face any opposition in life with courage. The Gospel of John, written a couple decades after the other Gospel records, focuses less on the facts of Jesus' ministry and more on the meaning of those facts. John frequently refers to Jesus' miracles as “signs” – i.e. signals that point us to something even more significant than the miracle itself. John teaches us that Jesus is the “Word Incarnate” who dwelt among us, loved us dearly, and gave our lives eternal meaning.

How you live each day and the people with whom you choose to engage determine the level of success you enjoy in life. Stewart Emery shares how making finer distinctions about what and who truly matters to you ensures that your success is enduring, in this episode of the MINDTRX podcast with Paul Scheele. Stewart Emery is a renowned storyteller, entrepreneur, and executive coach who has impacted the lives of millions. He's one of the most influential people in the Human Potential Movement. Stewart was the first CEO of est and co-founder of Actualizations, a global learning and development organization. In their international bestseller “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters,” Stewart and his co-authors interviewed hundreds of the world's most successful people in business, social sciences, the arts, and sports to uncover the key traits and habits of success. Stewart co-authored many other bestselling books including “Now You're Thinking, Do You Matter?” and “Who's in Your Room?” And he co-created the “Success Built to Last” Paraliminal session, which is available in the MINDTRX app.  You can find Stewart's books on Amazon.com.   Paul Scheele, PhD, is an acclaimed innovator within the fields of neuro-linguistic programming, whole mind learning, preconscious processing, and accelerated learning. As co-founder of Learning Strategies, he has designed and developed over one hundred programs to stimulate personal and professional success, including the Paraliminals on the MINDTRX app. Others include “PhotoReading at 25,000 words a minute,” “Genius Code,” “Abundance for Life,” and “Future Mapping.” Paul guides people to meet critical challenges in their own lives as well as the world. And he helps them achieve extraordinary results in their relationships, work, finances, health, and spiritual well-being. He is the author of “PhotoReading,” “Natural Brilliance,” and “Drop Into Genius.” Learn more about Paul at www.LearningStrategies.com, www.MINDTRX.com, www.YouTube.com/LearningStrategies, and www.Facebook.com/LearningStrategies. To comment or ask a question about this episode please go to our channel on YouTube at https://youtu.be/QV2__brRFzA.

     In this episode of the Road to Growth podcast, we are pleased to introduce you to Dr. Ivan Misner. Dr. Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 10,700 chapters in 76 countries throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 12.4 million referrals resulting in more than $18.6 billion 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 28 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.   Learn more and connect with Dr. Ivan Misner by visiting him on   Website: http://ivanmisner.com Website : www.bni.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivanmisner/?viewAsMember=true Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvanMisner Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/     Be sure to follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/to_growth on Facebook: facebook.com/Road2Growth   Subscribe to our podcast across the web: https://www.theenriquezgroup.com/blog Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Cdmacc iTunes: https://apple.co/2F4zAcn Castbox: http://bit.ly/2F4NfQq Google Play: http://bit.ly/2TxUYQ2 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA?view_as=subscriber   If you are looking to be a Guest on Podcasts please click below  https://kitcaster.com/rtg/  For any San Diego Real Estate Questions Please Follow Us at web: www.TheEnriquezGroup.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnzMRkl-PurAb32mCLCMeA or Call : 858 -345 - 7829 Recently reduced properties in San Diego County * Click **** bit.ly/3cbT65C **** Here* ****************************************************************************

In this inspiring episode of The Eternal Optimist, host Matt Drinkhahn is joined by Omu Obilor, a mother, wife, engineer, and a woman who has embarked on a remarkable journey of self-awareness and personal growth. Despite her introverted nature, Omu has embraced traveling and has overcome her limitations to become her authentic self. Facing challenges along the way, she has developed the resilience to serve others in achieving their best lives through coaching and speaking. While starting with an event planning business, Omu discovered her true passion in inspiring others and helping them transform their lives. The lockdown posed challenges, but she found deeper connections with her family during that time. Omu firmly believes in looking inward and expecting the best, even in the face of limiting beliefs or failures. Though self-critical, she has shifted her perspective on failure, viewing it as a step on a ladder rather than the end. Chapters:00:00:00 - Begin the episode with an introduction of the guest, highlighting their unique last name and setting the stage for an intriguing conversation.00:04:02 - Explore Nigeria's unique lockdown experience, gaining valuable insights from a Nigerian perspective and understanding the challenges and lessons learned.00:09:03 - Discuss the concept of living for others, exploring the sacrifices we make and the impact they have on our own happiness and fulfillment.00:10:38 - Trace the inspiring journey of joining the John Maxwell Team, moving from a state of unconscious incompetence to empowered growth and personal development.00:13:14 - Share the transformative story of how joining BN (Business Networking) transformed the guest's business and journey from introvert to speaker.00:14:38 - Follow the personal journey of overcoming nerves and gaining confidence, as the guest takes the leap from wobbly legs to a confident voice in their first business presentation.00:17:36 - Embrace authenticity and explore the power of transformational experiences, transitioning from organizing weddings to curating impactful retreats.00:19:55 - Unlock the power of transformation through captivating events in Africa, showcasing the beauty and profound impact of these experiences.00:21:37 - Unmask the perfectionist mindset and discuss the importance of embracing imperfections on the journey to success and personal growth.00:27:33 - Climb the ladder of transformation by embracing second chances and learning from mistakes, paving the way for growth and progress.00:30:08 - Discover the power of eternal optimism, shifting perspectives to embrace the positive aspects of every situation and transforming one's outlook on life.00:34:57 - Uncover the secrets behind the Thrive With website and dive into the story behind the bright and colorful coffee cup that symbolizes the essence of the brand.Links And Resources:LinkedInThrive with Omu Podcast Omu's E-Books TikTokYouTubeRecommended Books: Who's in Your Room? The 15

Programa 339 del 31 de mayo, trasmitiendo en España en Sol y Rabia, Revi Radio, TNT Radio Rock y Asalto Mata Radio Rock, en Argentina en Lado Salvaje Radio y en Puerto Rico en Heavy Metal Mansion. Con bandas clásicas como Manowar, junto a otras igualmente interesantes como Methane, Necronomicon, Ross The Boss, My Own Ghost, Saint, Mike Tramp, Pearls & Flames, Predatory Void y Savage Grace. De España tenemos a Última sentencia y de Cuba a Helgrind y Skjult en su tributo a Sectarium Canciones que escucharemos hoy: 1.Methane - Accuser 2.Necronomicon - Poverty Show 3.Ross The Boss - Blood of Knives 4.Ross The Boss - We Will Kill 5.Última Sentencia - Sueños Robados 6.Manowar - The Oath 7.My Own Ghost - Shadow in Your Room 8.Saint Deamon - At Break of Dawn 9.Saint Deamon - Raise Hell 10.Mike Tramp - Hungry 11.Pearls & Flames - Can we Find the Love 12.Sectarium - Helgrind - Soul in Pain 13.Sectarium - Skjult - Abominable Cult 14.Predatory Void - Struggling 15.Savage Grace - Barbarians at the Gates

Guest: Dr. Ivan Misner   Guest Bio:   Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization.   Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 10,800 chapters in 77 countries throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 12.4 million referrals resulting in more than $18.6 billion 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 28 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.   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. Guest Links: Dr. Misner's new book, Who's in Your Room? https://whosinyourroom.com https://www.facebook.com/IvanMisner.BNIFounder/  Books: Who's in Your Room?, Revised and Updated: The Question That Will Change Your Life Work Your Network With The 4Cs: Turn Every Handshake Into a Steady Stream of Referrals ROOM FULL OF REFERRALS® …”and how to network for them!” The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Stories Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections The Networking Mentor: Whose Story Are You In? Healing Begins in the Kitchen: Get Well and Stay There with the Misner Plan Avoiding the Networking Disconnect: The Three R's to Reconnect Infinite Giving: The 7 Principles of Givers Gain The Connector Effect: The Proven Way to Grow Your Business Right Now The World's Best Known Marketing Secret: Building Your Business By Referral Business Networking and Sex: Not What You Think Imprint: A Short Story Building The Ultimate Network   About Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders Download your free gift, The Salesology® Vault. The vault is packed full of free gifts from sales leaders, sales experts, marketing gurus and revenue generation experts.  Download your free gift, 81 Tools to Grow Your Sales & Your Business Faster, More Easily & More Profitably. Save hours of work tracking down the right prospecting and sales resources and/or digital tools that every business owner and salesperson needs. Watch the demo of the Salesology® Prospecting Method, A Simple, 3-Step Method That, On Average, Increases Qualified Appointments & Sales By 73%. If you are a business owner or sales manager with an under-performing sales team, let's talk. Click here to schedule a time. Please, subscribe to Salesology®: Conversations with Sales Leaders so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to https://podcast.gosalesology.com/ and connect on LinkedIn and follow us on Facebook and Twitter and checkout our website at http://www.gosalesology.com  

Listen to Dr Suzie Hudson and Dr Hester Wilson (GP & addiction medicine specialist) talk about how GPs can help families with support and facts on alcohol and drugs if they are concerned about a loved one's problematic use. Also, the need for the family to prioritise their own wellbeing and understand how important family involvement is in treating someone who is having substance use issues. Resources and services mentioned in this podcast and useful links: • The NSW Health Your Room website (yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/) has general information about alcohol and other drugs and support services. The For Families (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/families) pages on Your Room has information about navigating the system, self-care and wellbeing and how to talk about alcohol and other drugs with a loved one. • The Drug & Alcohol Specialist Advisory Service is a free 24/7 telephone service that provides general advice to health professionals who may require assistance with the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with alcohol and other drug related concerns. Within Sydney Metropolitan Area: (02) 8382-1006, Regional, Rural & Remote NSW: 1800 023 687 • Support service - Family Drug Support (https://www.fds.org.au/) • Publication - Language matters is a guide for using non stigmatising language (https://nada.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/language_matters_-_online_-_final.pdf) • Publication - Aggression, alcohol and drug use in the home - Support guide for adults (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/publications/Pages/Aggression-alcohol-and-drug-use-in-the-home-support-guide-for-adults.aspx) • Journal article written by Dr Wilson - How stigmatising language affects people in Australia who use tobacco, alcohol and other drugs (https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2020/march/how-stigmatising-language-affects-people-in-austra/)

"Who's in your five?" That T-Mobile ad was onto something. In part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Ivan Misner, we're talking about the 5 types of people you need to know. Dr. Ivan Misner was nicknamed the "Father of Modern Networking" by both CNN and Forbes. He's the founder of Business Network International (BNI,) a business networking organization with more than 10, 000 chapters globally. His colleagues call him "the people scientist." He's an expert in workplace dynamics and relationship building. His latest book is a deep dive into your five, as the T-Mobile commercial says. "Who's in Your Room? The Question That Will Change Your Life" is a metaphor that asks the reader to evaluate their relationships. Did your friend circle shrink during the pandemic? There's a reason for that. Your inner circle, whether professional or personal, has a great impact on your mental health and mindset. In this Dying to Ask: How to evaluate your inner circle The types of people you need to know The types of people you don't need to know How to have a tough conversation with a toxic person How to be the type of person other people want to hang out with How to authentically re-establish contact with a friend you've lost touch with over the years Other places to listen CLICK HERE to listen on iTunes CLICK HERE to listen on Stitcher

This week we are excited to welcome Dr. Ivan Misner to Enjoy the Ride. He is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. 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. In this episode we go back to the beginning; discussing how early life experiences of challenge can set up the mindset for future success. This episode is full of gratitude, the power of networking, failing forward, and using your intuition. We also get a sneak preview of his new book, “Who's in Your Room? Second Edition. Are YOU ready, let's go!

Dr. Misner introduces two important new concepts from Who's in Your Room? 2nd Edition: the Concierge and Dealmakers. Get your copy today!

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. He is a New York Times Bestselling author, with his latest book, Who's in Your Room? The Question That Will Change Your Life (second edition) released this month. https://ivanmisner.com/Rob Volpe is a thought leader in the role of empathy in marketing and the workplace as outlined in his book Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. As CEO of Ignite 360, he leads a team of insights, strategy, and creative professionals serving the world's leading brands across a range of industries. A graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Rob has been studying empathy since 2010 when the University of Michigan study came out showcasing the empathy crisis. https://www.5stepstoempathy.com/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3240061/advertisement

Bio: Jeanine Thompson is a Transformational Coach, Speaker, and Author whose breadth of knowledge and experience spans multiple disciplines and professional expressions from clinical psychotherapy to global business to advancing spiritual growth. As a highly successful, former Fortune 50 executive, Jeanine led diverse human resource teams across the globe, delivered keynotes to large audiences. An agent of change, she was a key leader supporting complex global acquisitions and divestitures. For nearly a decade, Jeanine led a thriving evidence-based psychotherapy practice treating a range of anxiety disorders. She was honored to guide her clients' transformations and heightened levels of well-being, joy, and harmony. She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and numerous certifications including Certified High-Performance Coach (CHPC) and Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner (RTTP). Committed to service and sustainability, Jeanine has volunteered for decades with hospice clients and their families as they step through life's journey and transitions. She cares deeply about the planet and creating a business that gives back to nature and is thrilled to partner with One Tree Planted.  2:00 One Tree Planted 2:45 What is 911 For your Soul 5:20 What is stillness  11:00 Is it a good idea to have a "Your Room" in the office?  14:30 What happens when you take a week off?  20:00 The Soul View  www.jeaninethompson.net Executive Medicine Moment: At Executive Medicine of Texas, we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That's why our Executive Physicals Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Lean more about how you can take charge of your health a EMTexas.com. Website: StayYoungAmerica.com Twitter: @StayYoungPod Facebook: @ Stay Young America! Join us next time as we bring you information that you can use!

Listen to this podcast to hear Dr Suzie Hudson talk to Dr Esther Han(GP and addiction medicine specialist} about having conversations with young people, their prescribed drugs and the interaction when mixing them with alcohol or other illicit or non-prescribed drugs e.g. alcohol, antidepressants, MDMA and antianxiety drugs. They will discuss how to initiate a conversation about drug use, using non stigmatising language, the potential harm associated with mixing different drugs and alcohol and how to access youth services. Links to the resources and services discussed in this podcast: The NSW Health Your Room website (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/) has general information about alcohol and other drugs and support services. The Stay OK pages (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/getting-help/Pages/Stay-OK.aspx) on Your Room have harm reduction information for people attending music festivals. Drug & Alcohol Specialist Advisory Service is a free 24/7 telephone service that provides general advice to health professionals who may require assistance with the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with alcohol and other drug related concerns. Within Sydney Metropolitan Area: (02) 8382-1006, Regional, Rural & Remote NSW: 1800 023 687 Queensland NADA (https://qnada.org.au/harm-reduction-information-health-professionals/) have a range of factsheets which describe some of the interactions between a range of psychoactive substances and commonly prescribed mental health medications. The information provided in these resources is general only.

Dr. Ivan Misner, founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, today, there are over 10,700 chapters in 76 countries throughout the populated continent of the WORLD. It's incredible to read that BNI generated 12.4 MILLION referrals resulting in more than 18.6 billion dollars worth of business for the members. Dr. Misner is the author of 27 (yes, 27 books), including the latest book - Who's in Your Room? Also, be sure to look for his column on Entrepreneur.com. Listen to this gold mine of ideas on the Work Positive podcast episode with Dr. Ivan Misner, who has shared many ways to increase productivity,  Learn the meaning behind these words of wisdom from Dr. Ivan Misner Ignorance on Fire, Knowledge on Fire & Fire in the Belly.  Treat Loyalty like Royalty Losing Sleep on People I Keep Both Sides of Accountability and Recognition Coach People Up or Coach People Out Delegation with Responsibility and Authority Connect with Dr. Misner Links Mentioned: www.ivanmisner.com and www.bni.com                 BOOKS Infinite Giving, The Seven Principles of Givers Gain Givers Gain - The BNI Story - Guest Contact Info: Facebook: @IvanMisner.BNIFounder / https://www.facebook.com/ivan.misner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner Twitter: @IvanMisner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organisation. Founded in 1985, the organisation now has over 10,800 chapters in 77 countries. Each year, BNI passes on millions of referrals resulting in billions of dollars worth of business for its members. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 27 books including 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. In today's episode we talk about how the BNI journey started and why its as successful as its ever been. 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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using the tech provided by Multae, our hunters find and secure the best location for the ritual. It is going to take all three of them working together to successfully cleanse this creature. First, they need to summon it. Then, they need to bind it. Finally, they need to cast out the darkness. It's the biggest spell Bart has ever done, and there are plenty of ways for this to go wrong...Theme music: Deadlight Chronicles and The Corner of Your Room by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIOSound effects: Freesound.org, ZapsplatCheck us out: https://pseudonymsocial.wordpress.com/Follow us: https://twitter.com/PseudonymSocialSupport us: https://www.patreon.com/pseudonymsocial/Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/briannajean

Bart tries one more time to see if he can summon a jackalope, only to summon the nature spirit again. The spirit is not amused. It seems his magic is on the fritz and he, along with everyone else, needs some rest. One hour later they get a call saying that they need to move now. The scientist was seen entering the lab. Roz refuses to cooperate with Multae as their friends have not been returned yet, so she hangs up only to tell the others that they really should go. While gathering their things, Kiersten texts them with an address for where to pick up the supplies. Also, Bart notices that he has a voicemail from Darren. He and Annabelle are alright, and they are planning to neutralize the anomaly. So, the hunters load up and head off to the lab to lay a trap and cleanse a beast. Theme music: Deadlight Chronicles and The Corner of Your Room by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIOSound effects: Freesound.org, ZapsplatCheck us out: https://pseudonymsocial.wordpress.com/Follow us: https://twitter.com/PseudonymSocialSupport us: https://www.patreon.com/pseudonymsocial/Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/briannajean

Bart, Roz, and Hock meet with Kiersten and she explains the purpose of Multae as she understands it. Their friends were taken to meet with a higher up in the organization, then they will be returned safely. Multae wants to help them save the protector because they understand its importance. Kiersten is a local. Hock knows her parents. She works as a personal shopper. The person who read her in knew things no one should have been able to know. They go back to the cabin to rest and get some food in them while waiting to see what happens next.Theme music: Deadlight Chronicles and The Corner of Your Room by Nicolas Jeudy / DARK FANTASY STUDIOSound effects: Freesound.org, ZapsplatCheck us out: https://pseudonymsocial.wordpress.com/Follow us: https://twitter.com/PseudonymSocialSupport us: https://www.patreon.com/pseudonymsocial/Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/briannajean

Our first offering is ‘Can I Stay in Your Room?' by TheWizardOfTheWoods, again shared via the Creepypasta Wiki and once more read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Can_I_Stay_in_Your_Room%3F https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:TheWizardOfTheWoods Our second ghostly tale this evening is ‘Call My Name' by ShadowsintheLight23, shared via the Creepypasta Wiki and also read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Call_My_Name https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:ShadowsintheLight23 Today's penultimate story is 'I Used to Think that Ghosts don't Exist', an original work by Mammoth Formal 1, kindly shared directly with me for the express purpose of having me exclusively narrate it here for you all. https://www.reddit.com/user/MammothFormal1/ We round off proceedings with ‘The Shepherd of Ghosts', a phenomenal story by W.D. Stevenson, also shared directly with me via my sub-reddit and read here with the author's express permission: https://www.reddit.com/user/WD_Stevenson/

Are you satisfied with the people around you? Today, Rick Sapio reveals a strong concept that will transform your life forever, ideas that will help you discover what is essential to you and your family and live a family you design. Stay tuned to learn how to align your family values and have better long-term results. Key takeaways to listen for Understanding the concept of "Who's in Your Room?"  What is values-based decision making Personal vs. family values Why should we adopt The Doorman Principle in our lives? The significance of shared core family values Tips to better align with your personal and family ideals Resources mentioned in this episode Who's in Your Room? By Rick Sapio| Paperback, Hardcover One Nation Under Therapy by Christina Hoffsummer and Dr. Sally Satel   About Rick Sapio Rick is a life-long entrepreneur who started his first business, a bicycle repair shop, after the death of his father when he was just 13 years old. Since that time he has founded more than 20 companies. Rick is the seventh of nine children raised by a mother with serious, life-long mental-health issues. He learned early in life that it's best to think positively about the cards one's been dealt; no matter how difficult those cards seem. Since 1994, Rick has been the founder and CEO of Mutual Capital Alliance, Inc. (“MCA”), a financial holding company. MCA both directly, and through its affiliated funds, has invested into more than 120 different companies. He is a founding GP of Mutual Capital Partners, a private equity firm, since 2003. He is also the founder of the USA Mutuals family of funds, since 2001. Rick is the founding and six-time Chairman of the Gathering of Titans Program. This annual event – currently in its 15th year - is an “entrepreneurs-only” gathering of successful business leaders focused on making the world a better place. This event takes place annually at MIT in Boston. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a B.S. in Engineering. In 2018, Rick co-authored and published, Who's In Your Room, a unique book and platform that advocates that the quality of one's life is dependent on the quality of the people in their life. In the 4 decades since he started his first business, Rick has learned that business growth and success are accelerated when a few key principles are applied. When Rick realized that less than 1% of companies implement these skills, he created "The 12 Foundational Principles of Business;” which form the foundation of his BFS program. He believes that virtually any individual or company can be put on the straightforward path to prosperity and exponential growth, by learning to implement these principles. Rick resides in Dallas with his wife, Melissa, and their four young children. Connect with Rick Website: Who's In Your Room   Connect with Us To learn more about us, visit our website at www.18summers.com or email us at info@18summers.com. To get a copy of our book “The Family Board Meeting”, click here. Subscribe to 18 Summers Podcast and leave a rating and written review! Social Media Channels Facebook Group: 18 Summers LinkedIn: Jimmy Sheils Instagram: @18summerstribe

The Knight of Swords accepts his fate. For the month of March, the Lovelies are raising money for Direct Relief, providing emergency health kits and medical backpacks for triage care and humanitarian aid to the people in Ukraine. Our Roll for Charity Tiltify campaign will be live all month, and we'll be streaming more regularly on Twitch to help boost it. We're also donating our Patreon earnings for February and March. Stay safe out there, friends.    CREDITS "The Corner of Your Room," "Ancien Ceremony," "Basement," and "Sirens" by Nicolas Jeudy at 2:23, 8:13, 11:20, and 18:10 (respectively). Dark Fantasy Studio, 2015. "Smoking Gun" and "Morgana Rides" by Kevin MacLeod at 22:38 and 30:57 (respectively). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. "Underglow" by Shane Ivers at 47:27. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

This weeks guest on the show is with Dr. Ivan Misner who is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organisation.  Founded in 1985, the organisation now has over 10,600 chapters in 76 countries throughout every populated continent of the world.  Last year alone, BNI generated 12.4 million referrals resulting in more than $18.6 billion dollars worth of business for its members. 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. Value bombs from this weeks episode Learn the definition of a tribe and how BNI has created the concept of the tribe  Discover BNI's vision and how it has evolved over the years What makes a strong tribe  How to apply to principals of ‘GIVERS GAIN' in your business  Learn about adaptive capacity and how to apply it in your business  ABOUT THE GUEST Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivan.misner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner Twitter: @IvanMisner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEq8rtIgxbwhCQ2OEkFQUGw  YouTube (Networking for Success):  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavppwZDxSx_PbqWoG9leXw Podcast: https://www.bnipodcast.com ABOUT THE HOST This show is hosted by Adam Strong {AKA: The Game Changer} who is a Hyper Growth Business Strategist, Former Elite Athlete, Author, Podcast Host and International Speaker Adam Strong. He currently runs 3 different businesses and enjoys working with business owners and entrepreneurs in professional services who want to grow and scale in 6 months or less. Adam is a Former Elite Athlete that trained with Olympic and World Champion Sir Mo Farah for 3 years. He takes the same skill-set that he learned as an elite athlete to teach his clients on how to create high performance, increased productivity and growth. He is a best selling author of three books ‘Move it or lose it' ‘Fit body fit business' and ‘Play the game'.   He has been featured on the front cover of Influential People, Global Man and Steer Magazines, BBC radio, the Huffington post, Forbes and in People Management magazine just to mention a few. He has interviewed influencers and thought leaders such as Jack Canfield, Dr John Demartini, Bob Burg, Marshall Goldsmith, Olympic athletes and sports personalities such Neil Fachie, Jonathan Horton and Kate Strong. He has shared the stage with celebrities such as John Travolta, Vanilla Ice, Calvin Klein, 50 cent and Dr Nido Qubein. CONTACT METHOD Want to know how to best scale your business in 2022? Take Business Scalability Scorecard test here to get a free report Adam's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/adamstrongofficial Listen to the Audiobook of ‘Play the game' on Apple or Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Play-the-Game-Audiobook/B09PRS2QT9

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,100 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in more than $16.2 billion 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 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.   In this episode, we discuss:   ·     What social capital and networking can do for your business   ·     The benefits of a system and a process to keep you focused and successful   ·     Creating consistency by doing 6 things 1,000 times, not 1,000 things six times   ·     Culture as the secret sauce of a successful organization   ·     How visibility, credibility, and profitability go hand in hand for a successful business   ·     How a great networker is like a great interviewer   ·     The evolution of networking today as a result of new global realities   I hope you will find this episode as exciting and informative as I have. Dr. Ivan was so generous to share his better business practices regarding the power of networking.   Please let me know your thoughts!   Connect with Dr. Ivan Misner:   Websites: www.bni.com www.ivanmisner.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner/   Connect with Steve Eschbach Website: https://www.tworld.com/locations/naperville/ or https://eschbachassoc.com/  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqgICqaSI8xE2GRYY1HWJA  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-sparks-55611a37/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steveeschbach/  Twitter: @ SteveEschbach     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Finance Live Podcast Episode 31 - Ivan Misner - Expert Networker - BNI FounderThis is Episode 31 of the Dr. Finance Live Podcast hosted by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”). Dr. Criniti interviewed Ivan Misner, expert networker, founder of the world's largest business networking organization (BNI), and multiple New York Times bestselling author. Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 10,100 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in more than $16.2 billion dollars worth of business for its members. Dr. Misner's Ph.D. 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.Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”) is the world's leading financial scientist and survivalist. A fifth generation native of Philadelphia, Dr. Criniti is a former finance professor at several universities, a former financial planner, an active investor in diverse marketplaces, an explorer, an international keynote speaker, and has traveled around the world studying various aspects of finance. He is an award winning author of three #1 international best-selling finance books: The Necessity of Finance (2013), The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance (2014), and The Survival of the Richest (2016). As a prolific writer, he also frequently contributes articles to Entrepreneur, Medium, and Thrive Global. Dr. Criniti's work has started a grassroots movement that is changing the way that we think about economics and finance. For more information about Dr. Criniti, please visit https://DrFinance.Info​​​​​ Disclaimer: This Podcast is for informational purposes only. It is presented with the understanding that the author(s) and the publisher(s) are not engaged in providing financial, legal, or other professional services. If financial, legal, or any other form of advice is needed, please consult a financial advisor, an attorney, or another professional advice-giving entity. Also, the opinions and views expressed by any guests on this Podcast do not necessarily represent the opinions and views of Dr. Finance® or its affiliates. Copyright © 2021 to Present by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV - All Rights Reserved. 

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,100 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in more than $16.2 billion 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 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.In this interview Ivan Misner shares exclusive insight about the following topics:What makes a great networkerWhat makes it easier for people to refer youWhat part of Ivan's Leadership has created the greatest resultsHow Karate taught Ivan some key principles in life and businessWith Podcast host: Mark SephtonHope you'll enjoy the episode! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today our expert guest is Dr. Ivan Misner, the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over ten thousand chapters worldwide. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in 16.3 billion dollars worth of business for its members. Called “the father of networking” by both Forbes and CNN, Dr. Ivan is considered one of the world's leading experts on business networking, and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations across the world. He's been featured in the LA Times, Wallstreet Journal, New York Times, CNN, BBC, Today Show, and more. Dr. Ivan wasn't always drawn to this line of work – in fact, it didn't come very naturally to him. In junior high school, Ivan had run for student council two years in a row and lost soundly each time. As a freshman in high school, his class was picking a student council representative and not a single person volunteered. So the teacher looked around the room and picked Ivan. The entire room groaned and, despite how hurt he felt, he knew at that moment that he would have to change people's opinions about him. It was the point when he realized that he could be a leader, that the best way to lead is to pour into people, and that when you do, great things happen. When Dr. Ivan and his friends needed referrals for their businesses, he put together a referral group among them where he only allowed one person per profession. When someone approached him whose profession was already spoken for, they asked him to help them set up their own group. Things snowballed from there, and within a year, one group had turned into 20. In his recent book, Who's in Your Room?, Ivan explored the true importance of your network. Imagine that your mind is a room with only one door, and that door only opens one way. When someone enters, they can't leave. When you think of it that way, wouldn't you want to be more selective about the people who you let enter? When you start being more intentional about who you let in, you are much more likely to curate the life that you want. So how does that process begin? Start by hiring a “doorman.” This is your subconscious mind. If you don't let this guard your mind, then anyone can come in. Know your values. If you don't know what you value, you can't evaluate who you let into your life. Identify your deal breakers: the behaviors you absolutely will not allow into your room. If someone is in your room already, you can't kick them out, but you can stop fueling them. If they like to stir up drama, just don't feed it by giving it attention. Who you let into your world – your room – defines who you are and who you become. It's time to start being more intentional about our networks and how they shape us.   The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway “I think it's really important for people to understand their network. Their personal network is a beacon of hope in a sea of fear. It is where you go to for support. The people in your network are the people you go to for help, for guidance, for emotional support, for referrals – obviously, in BNI, but for so much more. And people either get frozen by fear or focused by fear, and I think your network helps you get focused by the fear that is out there.”   --   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life.   Resources: ivanmisner.com Instagram: @drivanmisner LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner bni.com bnifoundation.org Read: Who's in Your Room?   The Daily Helping is produced by Crate Media

When times are tough, you have to hold on to your network and build it like you have never done before. How mindful are you about who you let into your life and career? In this episode, Dr. Ivan Misner, the author of Who's in Your Room, joins John Livesay to talk about curating the people you associate yourself with. Get to know Ivan's story of origin as he shares his journey and how he started his whole process from his Brody moment to the success he has achieved so far. John and Ivan discuss the importance of serving your customers first before pitching and how networking can carry you through tough times. Tune in and learn how you can leverage your network more than ever and turn your fear into hope and focus.Wanna Host Your Own Podcast?Click here to see how my friends at Brandcasting You can helpGet your FREE Sneak Peek of John's new book Better Selling Through Storytellinghttp://sellingsecretsforfunding.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=655c123123cd21ff7a24d914e&id=6f12bc74af John Livesay, The Pitch WhispererShare The ShowDid you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review!Click this linkClick on the ‘Subscribe' button below the artworkGo to the ‘Ratings and Reviews' sectionClick on ‘Write a Review'Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join The Successful Pitch community today:JohnLivesay.comJohn Livesay FacebookJohn Livesay TwitterJohn Livesay LinkedInJohn Livesay YouTube

When times are tough, you have to hold on to your network and build it like you have never done before. How mindful are you about who you let into your life and career? In this episode, Dr. Ivan Misner, the author of Who's in Your Room, joins John Livesay to talk about curating the people you associate yourself with. Get to know Ivan's story of origin as he shares his journey and how he started his whole process from his Brody moment to the success he has achieved so far. John and Ivan discuss the importance of serving your customers first before pitching and how networking can carry you through tough times. Tune in and learn how you can leverage your network more than ever and turn your fear into hope and focus.   Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here's How » Join The Successful Pitch community today: JohnLivesay.com John Livesay Facebook John Livesay Twitter John Livesay LinkedIn John Livesay YouTube

In this week's episode, Amrit interviews Dr. Ivan Misner, Ph.D. in Organizational behaviour, the founder and chief visionary officer of BNI (Business Network International) the world's largest business networking organization, a columnist for Entrepreneur.com, a keynote speaker, and a NY Times bestselling author of many books including the latest one “Who's in Your Room: The Secret to Creating Your Best Life”In “Who's In Your Room”, Dr. Misner shares how the quality of your life greatly depends on the people who surround you: https://amz.run/4jTbAmrit and Dr. Ivan Misner, talk about the significance of working in your flame and not in your wax, the power of networking and the importance of having relationships in this dynamic world we live in.Dr. Ivan Misner states you need to work in your flame and not in your wax. This means, you must work hard on what you most love to do in your business to reach success. He strongly believes you can take steps in your journey toward truly loving what you do for a living. He started a management consulting business in 1983. At the end of 1984, he needed new business and had to find a way to engender more referrals. So he decided to create his own networking group with people he knew and trusted, and wanted to refer business to. This group integrated business with relationships under one core value of giving first. By the end of the year there were 20 groups and he needed to start a plan to scale. The organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout the globe. And he keeps on doing what he most loves to do: helping others.Dr. Misner talks about core values as the fundamental beliefs and guiding principles that dictate behavior and help people better understand expectations within the organizational context. BNI's core values start with Givers Gain, one of the best attitudes you can have to live your life. Embracing this philosophy of giving first will change your life and those around you. And when it changes enough lives, it will change the world. Genuine love towards one another. This is the kind of vision that people need to establish with whatever business they start.He elucidates that being a good receiver is vital. This ensures the philosophy works and leads to a life of infinite giving. You must accept it is alright to gain, if not you will find yourself out of resources, and the giving will stop. It is essential that the givers also gain what they need so that they can give over and over. In this way, infinite giving becomes a part of who you are in all you do. Giving first is fundamental. But, you cannot constantly give at your own expense. They dive deep into the importance of cultivating relationships and networking, and the VCP mindset and skill set to help you do so. It is important to cultivate long-term relationships and you need the proper mindset to do so. You must be visible and credible, and once they know who you are and are good at what you do, they will be willing to refer business to you. Networking up with people who are leagues beyond yourself in business depends on your authenticity and willingness to help them.Focusing on the other person and creating value to them can help forge long-term relationships.Building long-term relationships and having a network is extremely important for you to live a meaningful life and transition through this crazy world. The people in your network are going to be the ones that will help you in difficult times. “Your network is a beacon of hope in a sea of fear”You need a mindset to cultivate these relationships. First people have to know who you are and what you do. Secondly they must know you are good at it. If they know who you are and you are good at what you do, they will be willing to refer business to you. You can build relationships in developing referrals.If you want to network up and connect with people who are leagues beyond yourself in business, Dr. Ivan insists you must not sell to them, instead be authentic and ask how you can help them. Focusing on the other person and creating value to them can help forge long-term relationships.“If you are always the most successful in the room, you are hanging out in the wrong rooms. All rooms are ok, but you need to find somewhere you can network up”About Dr. Ivan Misner:Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Each year, BNI passes millions of referrals resulting in billions of 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 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.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.He and his late wife, Elisabeth, are the Co-Founders of the BNI Charitable Foundation. Tune In: Welcome Dr. Ivan Misner to Inspired Evolution!: (00:00:00)The beginning of BNI:(04:20)From business consulting to scratching his own itch:(07:03)Inflection point. Ready to take a pay cut to pursue something else:(10:00)Carrying a vision of something bigger and longer than a lifetime:(15:07)Tips on how to build new relationships and be an authentic networker:(19:05)Managing expectations in Givers Gain value:(24:08)The importance of building long-term relationships in a dynamic world:(27:32)Connecting with people who are leagues beyond oneself in business:(30:59)About the concept in Dr. Misner's book “Who's in your room”:(40:04)Dr.Misner's network supporting tools:(43:18)Dr. Misner's advice to live life to the fullest:(46:02)Some of Dr. Ivan Misner books:“Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts into Connections” by Dr. Ivan Misner and Brian Hilliard: https://amz.run/4jTh “Infinite Giving: The 7 Principles of Givers Gain” by Dr. Ivan Misner, Greg Davies and, Julian Lewis: https://amz.run/4jTj “Business Networking and Sex: Not What You Think” by Dr. Ivan Misner and Hazel M. Walker: https://amz.run/4jtQ Mentioned resources:Richard Branson videos on Dr. Ivan Misner's blog: https://ivanmisner.com/tag/richard-branson/ - “Circles of Support Concept/B Team Concept - Mentioned in timestamp (30:59) - Conversation about networking up. Dr. Daniel Amen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Amen - Mentioned in timestamp (40:04) - Conversation about the concept of Dr. Misner's book “Who's in your room?” Connect with Dr. Ivan Misner:Website: https://www.ivanmisner.com Find a BNI chapter where you live: https://www.bni.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivan.misner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvanMisner Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEq8rtIgxbwhCQ2OEkFQUGw Join the Inspired Evolution Community:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InspiredEvolution/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/InspiredEvo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/InspiredEvolution/ Website: https://inspiredevolution.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/inspiredevolution. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

More Than BNI Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI.com   – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 653 Dr. Ivan Misner Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Each year, BNI passes millions of referrals resulting in billions of 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 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.   Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Dr. Ivan Misner about setting healthy boundaries in your personal life and business life. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: ●    Why it's important to be selective about the people you let in your life. ●    How people in your life will leave fingerprints on your brain that will last long after they leave. ●    How there are polite ways to set boundaries and get people out of your life. ●    Why giving attention to bad behavior just exacerbates it and how you should ignore it. ●    How you should fire clients who are impossibly difficult.   Connect with Ivan: Guest Contact Info Twitter @IvanMisner Instagram Facebook facebook.com/IvanMisner.BNIFounder LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner Links Mentioned: bni.com Ivanmisner.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“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.Tune in to our podcast for all the details. 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.

Dr Ivan Misner returns to "Making Waves at C-Level" to talk about networking after the pandemic. So much has happened in the last year, but the need for human connections does not change in the business world. About Ivan Misner Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 9,800 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated almost 12.3 million referrals resulting in $16.7 billion 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 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 About BNI BNI is the world's leading business referral organization with over 280,000 Members in over 10,000 BNI Chapters worldwide. In 2020 alone, BNI Members shared over 11.5 million valuable new client referrals and generated over $16.2B (USD) in revenue. Many BNI Chapters are currently meeting using BNI Online™, a powerful and convenient platform that enables Members to continue sharing new client referrals. BNI Members are actively supported by regional, national, and global BNI staff that provide the training, structure and the technology needed for the continued success of BNI Members. https://thomsinger.com/podcast/networking-after-the-pandemic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization.  Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.  Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in $16.3 billion 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 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.   Contact Ivan: Website Blog LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

In this podcast episode, Jesus McDonald interviewed Dr. Ivan Misner who is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in $16.3 billion 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 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. Talking points: 1. The “Room” concept 2. Do people really have that much power in determining your happiness 3. How to evaluate whether you should let someone into your "room" or not 4. What to do with negative people 5. What to do when a negative person is already IN your room (like a toxic family member, a selfish friend, or a gossipy co-worker) 6. Advice and tips to help someone live a happier life For business inquiries please send Jesus McDonald a LinkedIn message.

Whether you've been lurking in Clubhouse rooms for a while or just hesitant to download the app, there is an opportunity to learn and grow on this trending social media platform.In episode 462 of the Bokeh Podcast, Devin Robinson joins us to discuss the pros and cons of Clubhouse, along with how to use it in your business. Listen in as he shares what his experience has been on the app over the last two months!The Bokeh Podcast is brought to you by Photographer’s Edit: Custom Editing for the Professional Photographer and Miilu: The Simplest Way to Create and Manage Timelines and Shot Lists for the Events You’re Photographing. You can also subscribe to the Bokeh podcast on the Apple podcast app, follow on Spotify, add to your playlist on Stitcher, or listen on Overcast.Integrity in Business (4:47)What is Clubhouse? (12:39)Managing Time Around Clubhouse (29:14)Selecting Educators in Your Room & Good Moderation (34:16)Long Game in Clubhouse (41:20)1. Resources & Sales2. Vendor RelationshipsHope for Photographers on Clubhouse (45:34)Find the right group of people to hang out withSearchable Bios on Clubhouse (47:44)Grab Your .club Domain (49:25)LinksWeddingtips.clubClubhouse: @devinrobinsonInstagram.com/anchorandveilParks & Rec See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of "Making Waves at C-Level" we hear from Dr. Ivan Misner.  He is the founder of BNI and a very smart man who has built a large company and helped many other people find success through the connections they make in business.   About Dr. Ivan Misner   Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,000 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.  Each year, BNI passes millions of referrals resulting in billions of 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 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.   https://thomsinger.com/podcast/ivan-misner   ***************    

Making conversations about networking count! Dr Ivan Misner is the Modern Father of Networking. With 36 years of continuous growth through the BNI network he founded in 1986, the organisation now has over 275000 members across 10000 chapters in 72 countries. Compelling author and contributor of 26 books including his latest titles 'Who's in Your Room?' and 'Infinite Giving'. In this episode, Ivan and Wendy explore how conversation is the foundation of all growth and learning. How times have changed, looking back and also predicting our future generations' experiences, yet communication will still be the underpin even if how that looks has changed. Tune in to hear this pivotal moment and how listening to your instincts can send you on a new trajectory of success. We just wish we had chance to ask about his amateur magician skills! From the blog https://ivanmisner.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IvanMisner.BNIFounder/      Timestamps 00:00:00: Introduction 00:02:03: BNI's global reach 00:03:51: The effect of COVID on BNI 00:05:40: The value of your network 00:07:03: Pandemic success stories 00:10:11: Ivan's pivotal moment 00:12:21: Networking for the younger generation 00:15:42: A glimpse of Ivan's bibliography 00:17:36: "Who's in Your Room?" 00:20:01: Final thoughts     INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT  Making Conversations Count - Epsiode 14 January 21st 2021  Wendy Harris & Dr Ivan Misner    Wendy Harris: You are listening to the official Making Conversations Count podcast with me, your host, Wendy Harris.  I am so excited today to be able to introduce to you, author of "Who's in Your Room?", father of the modern networking, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, who has just celebrated a mammoth 36 years of growth and generated a record amount of revenue for its members last year; it is, of course, Dr Ivan Misner.  Ivan, how are you and where are you today? Ivan Misner: Thank you, Wendy, I'm doing great; and, you obviously listen to the BNI podcast because Priscilla asks me that most of the time, because I travel all over the world now.  Of course, in this zoom era, I'm doing zoom travel, which is really awesome because not long ago, I was in India in the morning and then I was in the UK in the afternoon; and, I think I was in Dubai later that afternoon.  You couldn't do that in real life. Wendy Harris: Certainly!  Please pass on our best to Priscilla in the UK; we love her.  We just always hang on that first opening sentence to you and yeah, of course, it's like we're time travellers now, isn't it; you really can travel the world? Ivan Misner: So, do you know why we came up with that phrase?  We came up with it because years ago, I got this email from somebody that said, "You're probably on the beach in LA drinking Mai Tais; you're not really doing anything", and I'm like, oh my goodness, this guy does not see my calendar!  And so, we started talking about where I was and it completely eliminated this, "Oh, you're in your ivory tower" concept, where I was visiting regions. I have 2.3 million miles on one airline alone, so I have travelled all over the world for BNI and it's been amazing and I've enjoyed it, but it's work. Wendy Harris: Well, I think when you love what you do, it doesn't feel like work, and that's the best kind of work to do? Ivan Misner: Yes, absolutely. Wendy Harris: How many members have you got in the network now, Ivan? Ivan Misner: We have over 275,000 members worldwide. Wendy Harris: Wow!  And, I think I saw a little clip that you'd reached a target of chapters as well? Ivan Misner: I'll tell you the story.  I had a friend and I went to him and I said, this was the middle of 1986 so BNI had been around for a year and a half, and I said, "You know, I think BNI someday might be able to have 10,000 chapters?" and he looked at me and he said, "And, how many chapters do you have now?"  I said, "30".  He laughed at me, "10,000?  It's good to have goals, Ivan; very good to have goals".  "No, really, seriously, I think it's possible". Now, I'll be honest with you, Wendy, I did the calculations.  I thought it would take 75 years to get to 10,000.  I didn't think I'd see it in my lifetime.  We did it in half the time; we hit 10,000 chapters at the end of December last year; 10,000 worldwide. Wendy Harris: That's incredible, isn't it, really when you think that you've done it in half the time?  So, here's a question for you then, Ivan: what's the next goal? Ivan Misner: BNI wants to be in every entrepreneurial nation in the world, and there are some countries where that's just not going to happen any time soon, but there are still many countries to go.  We're in 70 countries worldwide, so we literally could triple the number of chapters that we have in the organisation, which means that we then would make a difference for more and more people. Last year, in the middle of COVID, this craziness of COVID, our organisation passed almost 12 million referrals.  We generated for our members over $16 billion worth of business during COVID and, to me, this is the most amazing statistic: in December of 2020, our members generated more business for each other than they did in December of 2019, which is incredible. Wendy Harris: Wow.  I think, in lots of respects, I know that the current global situation has had a devastating impact on all corners of life; however, I do also see it's almost like from the ashes that the little seeds are growing, and there are so many good things happening that we're kind of more focussed than ever before on making sure we're spending time with the right people in the right places; would you agree? Ivan Misner: I agree, and you use a word that I think is very a propos, and that is "focussed".  I see people who get frozen by fear or focussed by fear, and BNI's been around 36 years; I've seen that a lot.  We live in fearful times and I get that.  Those people who allow that fear to focus them are way more successful than those who just get frozen by fear.  Today, more than ever, you need your network.  Your network of people is there to help you and support you to get through difficult times, and I saw that over and over again in the last year.  I am humbled by the things that I've seen, in terms of BNI members supporting one another and getting through these challenging times; it's truly amazing. Wendy Harris: Certainly, with only being able to do very limited face-to-face in the little breaks in the UK, where we've been able to socially distance in very small groups of six, I've not really met any of my chapter members, apart from a couple of people that I maybe knew from before I joined BNI, or somebody that I brought into the chapter; and, I know that I can pick up the phone anytime to them.  Certainly, joining BNI through these times has made a real big difference to my business. Ivan Misner: Our membership went up during COVID.  You know, I would say the first six months, many people were frozen in fear, and I've seen this in previous recessions.  At some point people go, "This isn't working for me; I need to do something".  And, during every recession in the past, our membership went up.  During COVID and the resulting recession, our membership went up because people recognised that their network is so incredibly important. Wendy Harris: Well, certainly my network in my chapter, at any point they're my safety net.  This morning, I had a little wobble about something else and I reached out to, you know, I would consider a really good friend, and basically she gave me a big strong talking to and said, "Pull your socks up", and that's the value of having a network.  Yes, it takes time, but it's like family. Ivan Misner: Your network is a beacon of hope in a sea of fear.  They are the people that are there to help you and to support you, and we certainly have seen that in this last year and I think we're going to need to continue to see it for part of this year, at least. Wendy Harris: I think it would be unrealistic to expect anything to change overnight.  BNI itself has just proven that you can continue to thrive. Ivan Misner: Imagine if this had happened in the late 1980s or 1990s; there'd be almost no way to stay connected with people.  At least, we have the technology that exists.  Yes, it's two-dimensional, but we can see each other and have conversations with each other.  We can have meetings and BNI has continued to have our meetings worldwide via our online platform, BNI Online, as opposed to in person. If this had happened 20 years ago, I would have literally seen the company that I've worked my entire life for go up in viral smoke. Wendy Harris: Yeah.  There are some small blessings that it didn't happen sooner.  Certainly, in terms of the storm that we're in, everybody's in that same storm, but they're dealing with their own individual circumstances.  What would you say is your best advice to sort of weather it out? Ivan Misner: I think you've got to activate your network, sit down and have conversations with them.  I've seen people during the COVID pandemic do some amazing things and most of them came out of doing online one-to-ones with people; two that really stand out in my mind. One was a furniture re-upholstery company in the US and she had to let go of all her employees, because it's hardly an essential business.  This was back in March/April of 2020.  She did a one-to-one with one of her BNI members and the member just had an offhanded comment.  He said, "You have a lot of cloth, don't you?" and she said, "I literally have tons of cloth".  He said, "Have you thought about making COVID masks?" and she said, "No, I haven't".  He said, "You know, you could go into the COVID mask manufacturing business to hold you over during at least the first few months of this?" So, she went out and made 100 masks and gave two of them to each one of her BNI members and a few friends and said, "One's for you; one, would you be kind enough to give it to a hospital worker, you know, a nurse, a doctor, a senior centre employee; somebody that really, really needs these masks, and give them my card and let them know that I'm now making these?" She got so many orders, she was able to rehire her entire workforce because now, she became an essential business.  She rehired her workforce and they physically distanced; I don't like the term "social distancing", we need to be more social than ever.  And, she hired them all back and she got into the COVID mask manufacturing business. I talked to a member in Australia, who'd had a brewery, and he had to close down his brewery.  But, somebody in a one-to-one said, "You have a lot of alcohol, don't you?" and he said, "Yeah, of course".  He said, "Have you thought about making hand sanitizer?" and he said, "No".  So, he went into the hand sanitizer business. Wendy Harris: I know exactly who to blame for the gin shortage now! Ivan Misner: Yes!  It's been amazing and it's all happened when people got focussed by fear, as opposed to being frozen by fear. Wendy Harris: My business sort of closed overnight.  I had one day a month work at the end of March.  My husband, he's self-employed, but he can turn his work on and off like a tap.  For most businesses, it is really not that simple, and he couldn't understand why I was going up to my office all the while, working hard and talking to people. What came of that was a transition, a book, my podcast, which I'm so proud of, and joining a network that was my safety net.  All those conversations that were compounded at the beginning of the crisis has meant that I wasn't on my own, and that I was able to help other people in their need as well.  We are, as you say, physically distanced, but even more socially connected than ever before. Ivan Misner: Yes, very important to stay socially connected. Wendy Harris: So, Ivan, I ask every guest to think of a pivotal moment in their life or career that really has created a turning point.  I think that these stories really do help up-and-coming business leaders, and even people like me.  I've been in business 16 years and I'm still learning every single day.  Please, share with me and our listeners, your pivotal moment? Ivan Misner: For me, I like to call it "my Brody moment".  Martin Brody is the character played by Roy Scheider in the movie, Jaws.  When he saw the shark for the first time, he said, "We're going to need a bigger boat". I think my Brody moment came in December of 1985, and it stemmed from a conversation that I had in March of that year.  But, in December of every year, I sit down and I reflect, how did this year go according to plan; where do I want to be a year from now, five years from now?  And, in March I had one chapter at BNI and a woman came to me.  She couldn't join that chapter, because her profession was already represented and as you know, we only allow one person per profession in our BNI chapter.  She said, "This is amazing.  I could get a lot of business, but I can't join.  Would you help me open up my own group?" and at first I said no to her.  This isn't what I do; I'm a business consultant; I don't run a network.  And she said, "Well, this is kind of consulting.  You're helping me build my business".  I was like, "That's kind of a stretch, but okay".  My head was saying, "Don't do this, it's not your business", but my intuition was speaking to me and I think it's important to listen to your intuition, because it's your soul talking to you. I said yes and I'm so glad I did because, as a business consultant, I could maybe help a dozen clients, 15, 20 clients at a time.  But, in BNI, this company's helping 275,000 people and I really feel like that was my Brody moment.  That was my pivotal moment in my career, listening to that little voice inside me saying, "Yeah, you should do that". Wendy Harris: That need to help that comes to the forefront? Ivan Misner: Yeah, exactly, because we don't teach this in colleges and universities anywhere in the world.  We don't teach networking, referral marketing, social capital; it's just not taught.  And, one of the things I determined at that time was that we need to teach it; I should be writing books, articles, material; and, we need to teach people how to build their business through referrals, because it's not being taught in school. Wendy Harris: Yeah.  But, something that I know is a hot topic of conversation is how our younger generation are coming through and they're so indoctrinated with screen time, than having a conversation and knowing how to approach a stranger or somebody new or whatever, that it's even harder for them to socially connect without it being on a keyboard. Ivan Misner: Maybe.  There's certainly some truth to what you're saying, but I look back to when I was a young man.  I started BNI when I was 28 years old.  I had no idea how to network; I was clueless.  The one thing that the younger generation has that I did not was they do know how to network.  It's online, but they do know how to connect. We look at a generation and we see sometimes what we want to see.  There's this great quote, and I'm going to really mangle it, but it's something to the effect of, "The younger generation today has no respect for their elders.  They play games rather than work".  Do you know who wrote that?  Socrates. Wendy Harris: Okay! Ivan Misner: It's an issue that goes through the generations and I think, "Yes, you're right".  They are very much online and they need to learn how to network in person, but I didn't know how to do that when I was in my twenties.  I method acted my way through the process and there are tools and books and materials and websites and videos that help the younger generation that we didn't have in my generation and so, I wouldn't give up on them. I think they have more opportunities to learn than I did when I was in my twenties. Wendy Harris: I think you make a good point there actually, Ivan, that in lots of ways, they're practising online.  So, it's kind of like a mirror, a reversal if you like, whereas where I method acted was on the market stalls, and you'd see the characters that would shout and scream and get attention and draw the crowds to their stalls and things, and you would adopt little nuances that you could see that worked that got people's attention and how people wanted to be treated. So, yeah, I guess it is just a question of what's fashionable, because trends come and go. Ivan Misner: They come and go; it's what's available too.  We didn't have any of that available to us and for me in particular, my generation, networking was basically face-to-face cold calling.  We didn't understand how to network.  We didn't understand that networking was more about farming than it was about hunting.  I wrote the first doctoral dissertation on networking ever written. Wendy Harris: I didn't know that! Ivan Misner: Yeah.  It was published in 1993 at the University of Southern California.  I wrote the first book on networking back in 1989.  We didn't have any of that.  So, we look at who we are now and we compare ourselves to the young people, we compare young people to us, but we have to look back at who we were in our twenties; and, I think we had as many disadvantages, just different disadvantages than they do. Wendy Harris: I would be interested, Ivan, to go back to that book from 1989 and you could almost create a new book just by referencing back how things were there.  My training was in 1988 and I see a lot of what I was taught initially, I'm relying on as my foundations now to everything that I do.  So, I wonder what would crop up as the rising stars and the rising changes in that initial book? Ivan Misner: The first book I wrote, I think sold like 20 copies, so it didn't do well.  But, I took content from that book and expanded it greatly, and that became a book called, "The World's Best-known Marketing Secret", and I published that in 1994 and it's now in its fourth edition.  I think that book has done what you're suggesting there. What's interesting is that I took it to 43 publishers.  42 publishers rejected it; the 43rd said yes.  That book now has sold over 250,000 copies; it's been translated into probably half a dozen to ten languages, so it's done pretty well.  But, the marketplace just didn't see the need. Do you know what the number one question I got in the 1980s from the media was?  "Isn't this networking thing just a fad?"  That was the number one question I got! Wendy Harris: That's what people are talking about now about Clubhouse.  If you'd like an invitation, I have a spare one; I'd invite you? Ivan Misner: I've been invited! Wendy Harris: I bet!  It's what stands the test of time, isn't it?  I think that it is that we just genuinely want to be connected and we do want to be helpful, and that's the reason for getting up in the morning, isn't it? Ivan Misner: It is.  I just did a book, I don't know if you've seen it?  It's called, "Infinite Giving".  I did it with two Brits; a yank and two Brits.  We had to figure out whether to do it in Queen's English or American English, so we did it democratically. Wendy Harris: But, you did it phonetically? Ivan Misner: We flipped a coin and the yank won!  It's called, "Infinite Giving: The 7 Principles of Givers Gain" and one of the things we say in there, and I've got a whole chapter on this, is that, "Giving isn't new-age psychobabble; it's science".  We quote the studies done by Yale, by Harvard, by Claremont University, about how giving actually improves performance; giving thanks.  Helping people actually increases performance for both the giver and the receiver, and it's hard science; it's not new-age psychobabble. Wendy Harris: I think it's incredible.  I love your latest book, the "Who's in Your Room?" Ivan Misner: Infinite Giving actually came out after Who's in Your Room. Wendy Harris: Oh, did it?  You're just a prolific book writer, Ivan. Ivan Misner: It's what I do now.  I'm working in my flame.  So, would you like a minute on the concept of Who's in Your Room? Wendy Harris: Yeah.  Really, since I discovered this, it has dented the front of my brain. Ivan Misner: Right, here's the concept.  Imagine you live your life in one room and that one room has only one door, and that one door is an "enter only" door, so that when people come into your life or into your room, they're there forever; you can never get them out.  Luckily, this is a metaphor, Wendy, but if it were true, would you be more selective about the people that you've let into your life? Wendy Harris: Oh, definitely.  I'd be pushing them out the way. Ivan Misner: I would argue that it's actually more than a metaphor.  Wendy Harris: Yeah. Ivan Misner: Here's what I want you to do and if you're listening to this podcast, I want you to do the same thing.  I want you to think of somebody that you got out of your life and I want you to think about why you wanted them out.  Were they toxic; were they difficult; what were the reasons you wanted them out of your life? Now, I'm not going to make you say who it is, but I want you to think of someone.  Do you have someone in mind? Wendy Harris: Uh huh! Ivan Misner: Now, if you're listening to this, I want you to do the same; I want you to think of that person.  Now, I want you to think about why you wanted them out; what did they do to you?  Think about something specific they did that just really upset you which was maybe one of the reasons why you wanted them out of your life; have you got that in your mind? Wendy Harris: Yes, I'm holding on to that. Ivan Misner: Okay, so here's the thing.  If they're still in your head, they're still in your room, and they will be for the rest of your life, because the room starts on this temple and ends on this temple.  It is everything in between your head, your mind; that's your room.  So, the people who have come into your room, have come into your life, they're fingerprints are all over your brain and they will be forever. So, it's very important for us to learn how to screen people out from getting into our room who aren't a good fit, and we talk about how you do that and what techniques you use to do that.  Then, we need to figure out how to deal with the people who have gotten into our room.  Sometimes, they're family members; we had no choice. Wendy Harris: That's really helpful.  I will check out some of those exercises to exorcise the people that I don't want in my room. Ivan Misner: Well you can never get them out, but you can put them in a box and put them high on a shelf in your room. Wendy Harris: Yes.  Ivan, honestly, I just love talking to you; I could talk to you forever.  I'm sure there are lots of valuable insights there for the listeners.  I know that they can pick up the conversation with you; you have your own website.  Where's the best place for them to find you? Ivan Misner: Ivanmisner.com.  I've been writing there for 14 years, twice a week, tons of free content.  And of course, on social media, I'm on most of the platforms; Facebook, in particular, I've got about 175,000 followers on my Facebook page. Wendy Harris: That's brilliant.  Ivan, thank you so much for coming on the show.  For the listeners, please do make sure that you subscribe on our channel; it's www.makingconversationscount.studio/podcast.  You can listen on any of the platforms of your choice.  Do subscribe, because you don't want to miss any of our past guests, future guests, and I just thank you for tuning in today.  Ivan, thanks again. Ivan Misner: Thanks for having me, Wendy.

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Dr. Ivan Misner discusses networking in the new normal as well as his new book "Who's in Your Room". Ivan, Suz and Mac discuss many topics, such as, how networking is still just as important in this virtual world, the importance of being focused and not frozen, why it's so important to filter who you bring into your room and a great story about how the butterfly effect of networking brought him to meet Richard Branson.

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Today Tim is joined by  Dr Ivan Misner, founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization which now has over 9,700 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.  Last year alone, BNI generated almost 12.3 million referrals resulting in $16.7 billion dollars worth of business for its members. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 24 books including one of his latest books – Who's in Your Room? 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.   We have a great discussion about the realities of building an international empire, surviving multiple recessions and the mindset and daily practices he employs to be a consistent top performer   To find out more about Dr Misner, BNI, his charitable foundation or books, blogs and podcasts please visit https://ivanmisner.com/   And don't forget to subscribe to the Backable channels below Facebook: tiny.cc/backableFB YouTube: tiny.cc/backableTV Instagram: tiny.cc/backableInsta Web: https://backable.ai/ Apple Podcast: http://tiny.cc/backableIOS Google Podcast: http://tiny.cc/backableAndroid

Welcome to this new episode of “Bootstrapping Your Dreams show”. I am Manuj Aggarwal and I will be having a very interesting conversation with Dr. Ivan Misner about How to maintain the human touch while using technology to the network?Get invaluable tips on networking in this post-socially-distant era from the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. BNI is the world's largest business networking organization that generated almost 12.3 million referrals resulting in $16.7 billion dollars worth of business for its members. Dr. Misner is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 24 books including one of his latest books – Who's in Your Room?He is 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 also been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, the BBC, and The Today Show. In addition, he is a recipient of the John C. Maxwell Transformational Leadership Award.In this interview, Dr. Ivan talks about:(2:20) His initiative of earning millions for others? (4:16) Connecting business with social impact    (7:04) What inspired Dr. Ivan                                                                                                          (8:58) The early challenges that he faced.                                                    (11:06) His ideology  and his book, “ Who's in Your Room?”                    (14:22) How can one network in this socially distant era?                                                           (16:54) Encouraging more people to use technology.                                                               &nbSupport the show (https://tetranoodle.com)

Don't Stop Networking, Just Do It Differently Interview with Dr. Ivan Misner Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization.  Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 9,400 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.  Last year alone, BNI generated almost 12.3 million referrals resulting in $16.7 billion 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 24 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 CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, 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 was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award.  He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation.  He and his wife, Elisabeth, are now “empty nesters” with three adult children. Oh, and in his spare time, he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate. More information at: www.bni.com www.ivanmisner.com   Read the Interview Hugh Ballou: Greetings everyone. This is Hugh Ballou. Welcome back to a new episode of The Nonprofit Exchange, where we talk to leaders and get their secrets to success, what they found that's worked, what didn't work, what's their wisdom. Each week is a different person from a different place with a different experience, but they have a passion for excellence. Today's guest is the founder of a really neat networking group called BNI. I will let him tell you a little bit about BNI. I have been a member over the years, and I have done networking as a nonprofit leader, as a church professional, and as a business professional. I find out that networking is as misunderstood as leadership is. There are a whole lot more varieties of what people call networking, but Ivan Misner stands alone as a person who has developed a whole new system for networking. Ivan, welcome to The Nonprofit Exchange today. Ivan Misner: Hugh, thank you very much for having me here. You're right. I am the founder of BNI. We have now 9,500 groups in more than 70 countries around the world. But what you may not know about me is I have spent some time in the nonprofit world. My second management job was as an assistant to the president of a nonprofit transportation business in Los Angeles called Commuter Transportation Services, Inc., which was rideshare before there was Uber. It was computers bigger than this room to set up rideshares. It was funded mostly by the government and private corporations. I worked there for a while. I have been on the boards of nonprofit organizations for more than 30 years. Lot of experience in the nonprofit world. Hugh: You know some of the challenges that nonprofits are facing. Today, even more challenges. I like to say that, in the words of my co-publisher of our magazine and friend Jeff Magee, we suck at networking. Suck is halfway to success. Ivan: I like it. Hugh: I stole that from him, but I give him attribution. We go into a crowded room and say, “Hey, it looks like the stock market. We are trying to bid higher than the next person.” But I found my experience in BNI to be relationship-building and also the people I met there, I still know. I'm not active in that anymore. Life has taken me different places. I moved; I didn't get out purposefully. I found it is multi-dimensional. Let's go back. When did you found BNI, and why? Ivan: I started BNI in January of 1985. I was a management consultant. I helped companies with hiring, training, and evaluating employees. I got most of my business through referrals. I was looking for referrals. I went to a lot of networking groups, and the groups I went to were just playing mercenary. I'd go to these meetings, and I felt like I'd been slimed, and I needed to go home and get a shower. Everyone was trying to sell to me. Everyone was trying to sell. I didn't like that. I went to these other groups that were totally social; it was happy hour and hors d'oeuvres. Nobody was doing business. I didn't like either of those groups. I wanted the business, but I didn't want it to be mercenary. I wanted the social, but I wanted it to be relational. What I did was merge this concept of business and relational, and the glue that would hold it together is our principal core value of Givers Gain. This idea of that if I help you, you'll help me, and we'll all do better. Hugh, I'd like to tell you that I had this vision of an international organization, but I just wanted some referrals for my consulting practice. I wanted to help my friends. One thing led to another, and it turned into two, to 10, to 20 groups. By the time it hit 20 groups, I realized, and it happened in less than a year, that I had struck a chord in the business community. We don't teach this in colleges and universities, even in business. I get it. You're a nonprofit. You feel like you aren't prepared. But business isn't prepared either. We don't teach this in school. That's when it hit me that we needed to teach this and provide a platform for businesspeople. We now have 9,500 groups in more than 70 countries. Hugh: 9,500 groups. We have people from a couple countries here, Algeria and Texas. Ivan: Texas is its own country. Hugh: We are in the south. We think California is another country, but we are confused about Texas. Ivan: I grew up in California. It is another country. Hugh: It will fall off in the ocean someday. What my mission is is to help nonprofit leaders think out of their box to learn some really good business principles. Sometimes, in networking, we do the inverse. We don't want to ask anybody for anything. Or we come from a position of need. “Oh, I need this. Help us.” Tell me about the framing that nonprofit leaders, we have clergy, we have executive directors, we have board chairs, we have people in what we like to call the for-purpose, not for-profit, community. What is the mindset we need to have as we approach networking? Ivan: I think the first mindset, and it's something I teach everyone and I think applies in the nonprofit world just as much as in the for-profit, is the foundation of networking is something I call the VCP process: Visibility, Credibility, Profitability. You first have to be visible. People have to know who you are and what you do. Then you move from visibility to credibility. People know who you are, what you do, and that you're good at it. That takes a long time to go from visibility to credibility. But when you get to credibility, then you can move to profitability, where people know who you are, what you do, that you're good at it, and they are willing to refer people to you. They are willing to bring people to you, whether it be a for-profit enterprise or a nonprofit enterprise. They are willing to refer you, support you, help you. That takes time. Networking is much more about farming than it is about hunting. It's about cultivating relationships with other business professionals. I think this fits the nonprofit world well, but I don't think the nonprofit world knows that. They keep thinking they're different. The VCP process applies to both. Hugh: Absolutely. We have this brilliance we can offer. We feed people, we clothe people, we help people get jobs. We do all this philanthropic work. That is our mental capital. Over here, we want financial capital. There is a space in between where you do what you're talking about. It's relationship capital. Ivan: It's social capital, yeah. Hugh: We build that. It's relationship. It's trust. It's being social.  I don't care if you're an introvert or not, and it takes energy away from you. It's still important for the leader and the board. Tell us about your board experience. Did you help them think about networking? Ivan: Let's talk for a moment about, before you asked about the board, you were talking about- The gray hair, things are slipping my mind. Yeah, I have been on a number of boards. I am an emeritus member of the board of directors for the Leroy Haynes Children's Center in the Los Angeles area. I was on their board for almost 20 years. I have been on the board of trustees for the University of La Verne. I am presently sitting on the board of directors for the Austin Boys and Girls Club. I started my own foundation, so obviously I am on the board of my own foundation. I have had a lot of work in the nonprofit world for a long time. The nonprofit world does a lot of really good work. Hugh: Yeah, I was talking about trust and having a conversation. It's a process to go from what we got to offer to people writing a check. Ivan: Yeah. Thank you. When you have that, there are a number of things that one can- You talked about introvert and extrovert. That is the thing I wanted to touch on. A lot of people assume you have to be an extrovert to be good at networking. That's not true. What's really funny- This is absolutely a true story, and I wrote about this about eight years ago on my blog at IvanMisner.com. I have more than 1,000 posts, and I have been blogging there for more than 13 years. One day, I was talking to my wife. We weren't quite empty nesters; our kids were in high school. They were at practice. It's just my wife and me. It was great. This is what it was going to be like. I said something to her, “You know me, honey, I'm an extrovert.” She was like, “No, you're not.” I said, “What do you mean I'm not? Of course I'm an extrovert. I run the world's largest business networking organization. I can't be an introvert.” I have been married 32 years. I don't know if you're married or not, but this is so husband/wife relationship. She's like, “Okay, honey, that's what you think. That's fine. You can be an extrovert.” “No, it's not what I think. I am a keynote speaker. You can't be an introvert.” “Whatever you think.” “Why do you think I'm an introvert?” She had been reading this book and telling me the differences between them. Then she said something that hit me, “Extroverts love to go out to recharge their batteries. Introverts want to hide and get away from everybody.“ “Okay, that definitely sounds like me.” But I am not an introvert. So I walk into my office at home in California, and I got on the Internet and found a test to take. I was going to show her that I am not an introvert. So I take this test. True story. I take this test, and it comes back with “Congratulations, Ivan. You are an introvert who is a situational extrovert.” I looked further, and it said, “When you are talking about something that you are very knowledgeable about, when you are in your wheelhouse, when you are with close friends, you come across as an extrovert. Otherwise, you are an introvert. So go apologize to your wife.” It didn't say that last part, but I did. I said, “Hey, I can't believe this, but you're right. I am an introvert.” Even before I discovered that, I told people introverts can be great at networking. The reason why they can be is that they're much more likely to listen than to speak. A good networker is like a good host, an interviewer. Hugh, you're asking me questions and letting me answer. That's what a good networker is. A good networker asks questions and lets the person speak. Extroverts love talking. What is their favorite subject? Themselves. So people assume that an extrovert is a great networker. That's not true. They are a great networker if they have learned to slow down and be an interviewer. Ask questions just like you are. Hugh: Take a note. Don't use your personality type as an excuse. Ivan: That's exactly right. Hugh: Sometimes, Myers-Briggs and many of those instruments, I am way over on E. When I am in a group where I am not the subject matter expert, I can flip over, and I am quiet. I am a situational introvert. That is a good term. It really is about our processing and our energy. I gain energy. I am a conductor. I finish a two-hour rehearsal, and I am raring to go. I have adrenaline. Other people have to go to bed after a social event. You're so true. When an introvert speaks, they have thought it out, and then, boom, it comes out as a complete thought. Extroverts just blurt it out. It's in process. Our assumption is we are going to have a conversation. The important thing that rose in your conversation to my attention was that we are talking to potential donors. The scenario you just described, we are networking. We want to listen to them. What are they interested in? We want to go up to the ATM, put in a card, and get some cash. Guess what? They don't want to be an ATM. They want to find out what they're interested in. That is a form of networking, isn't it? Ivan: It is. And sometimes you find out it's not a good fit, but you want to find people who it's a good fit. Their values and vision on the impact that they want to make in their community is congruent, resonant with yours. Where you can find those levers that you can pull that are resonant with their goals in life, the things they want to make a difference in, then you have the right person. You have to find out. You have to learn about that individual before you can start trying to pull money out of them. Hugh: Yes. In the social benefit world of churches and nonprofits, we receive money because we provide value. Ivan: Yes. But isn't that the same in business? Hugh: It's all the same. People buy from us because we give them value. There is a trust level there. There is a monetary exchange. It's an exchange of energy, trust. There is lots of ways to think of it. Having conversations, you're so right. It's 10% talking. When I studied coaching, they said, “Coaching is 90% listening. Most of the other 10% is listening.” I have had clients who solved great problems that they have given me credit for when I was a listener. Ivan: And asking questions as a coach. Hugh: Yes. Absolutely. Listening actively. We might already be nervous when approaching a donor or in front of a group or a new network of people. What is your advice to nonprofit leaders? We do have a mix of people on here. Some people have a nonprofit and a business. Some people have a church or synagogue and a business. Some people have only one or the other. What is your advice for people as they are approaching, let's say, a new group opportunity to network with other professionals? We have some anxiety or apprehension or concern about that. What is your advice to get the right mindset as we go into an opportunity to meet new people? Ivan: The right mindset is about building relationships with people. It's not as you said about transaction. It's about the relationship. In one of my books, I wrote something you might find interesting. In a book I wrote called Truth of Delusion, where I ask questions, I say, “Is this statement true, or is it false? Is it a delusion?” One of the statements we made in the book, “You can network anywhere, any time, any place, even at a funeral.” Is that truth or delusion? Of course, the overwhelming majority say, “No, you cannot network at a funeral.” Here is our answer. The answer is it's a truth. But here is the key. This is important. If you hear that answer, you have to hear this first sentence after that answer. You must always honor the event. You don't go to a funeral passing out your business card. That's completely inappropriate. But if networking, as I believe it is, is about building relationships with people, then there is no place that is inappropriate to build a relationship. Let me give you an example. I was at a church function years ago, one of those potluck things in the afternoon. Everybody brings in meals. Lot of fellowship. People are talking. I saw a business guy who I wanted to get to know. He was very successful in the area. I struck up a conversation with him. One of the questions that I suggest people ask, after you say, “Tell me about your business. Who are you? What kind of clients are you looking for?” all the normal stuff. A question I like to ask, but you can't start with this, is, “What are some of the challenges you run into in this business?” He gave me an answer I'd never heard before. He said, “Business is awesome right now. My biggest challenge is I want to give back to the community. But sometimes my years are up, and some years are not up as much. I am having good years one after another, but some are incredible. I don't want to give away all that money. But I am not big enough to create my own foundation. I don't know how to deal with that.” I said, “Have you ever heard of a community foundation?” He said, “No. What are those?” I said, “There are a lot in Southern California. There is the world's largest called the California Community Foundation. You can create a fund under the community foundation under your own name. John Doe Foundation. It's part of the California Community Foundation. There are restrictions on the kinds of things you can do, but they are pretty reasonable.” Back then, it only took $10,000 to open a fund. It may be more now. He said, “Oh my goodness. I have never heard of one of those. Hang on. Here's my card. Would you mind? Do you know anybody there?” “Yeah, I know the VP of Development.” “Would you introduce me?” “I'd love to introduce you.” That's what networking is. You can network anywhere, any time, any place, even in church, if you honor the event. To me, honoring the event is about making connections with people. If you can help someone in some way, then that's what networking is. He was in a business that wasn't relevant to BNI. If I had wanted to call him, if I had called him next week and said, “Hey, it was great talking to you.” By the way, I introduced him to the VP, and he opened up an account like that. If I had called him a week later and asked him to get together to learn more about what he did, do you think he would have taken my call and met with me? Yeah. Why? Because I made the beginning of a relationship. We stayed connected through church. We never did business together. That's what networking is. It's about helping people. It comes back around to you. Hugh: That is a great story. Givers Gain. What is that? That summarizes BNI. How did you arrive at that? We tend to use too many words. It's brilliant in its simplicity. Ivan: It's predicated on a theory in social capital called the law of reciprocity. The law of reciprocity basically is what goes around comes around. If you put things out to the world, it will come back to you. To me, that phrase was the simplest way of explaining what could be a somewhat complex concept. The concept of giving is actually more complicated than it sounds because when you really get to it, people start asking, “When do you know that you're giving too much and not getting anything in return? How do you ask? Do you give, give, give and never ask?” There are subtleties and complexities to the concept of Givers Gain. The bottom line is you have to give to people before you expect them to give you anything. Giving might be a referral to someone else, not selling your business, but giving them ideas, connections. Hugh: Law of reciprocity. Thank you, Napoleon Hill. The problem with common sense is it's not very common. Ivan: It's not commonly applied. Hugh: No. I've been doing this kind of work in the church for 40 years as a music director. People thought I was smart, so I served a 12,000-member church, so they asked me to come do board development and leadership development with them. I developed my third career out of that. I really struggle with how things have changed so dramatically. The work has gotten more and more important over those last 32 years I have been doing this work. It's more important now than ever before in history. In this changed world, in this new normal, it's up to us as leaders to set the bar for the new culture and the new engagement. What are your thoughts about how things have changed, and how networking is important in this new time? Ivan: Listen, networking has always been important. What I have done is codify it and organize it and structure it and explain it in a way that I think is useful. But it's always been important. In terms of leadership, there are a couple of concepts that I was taught by- I did my doctoral work at USC under Dr. Warren Bennis, which was in his day the world's leading expert on leadership. That mantle has been handed over to John C. Maxwell, who is an amazing man. I have had the opportunity to meet him on a number of occasions. Truly holds the crown of the expert on leadership today. But one of the things I learned from Warren when I studied with him was something that I think applies today and will apply 100 years from now in leadership. Two concepts. One is contextual intelligence. The second is adaptive capacity. Contextual intelligence. This is something I don't hear talked about much in leadership other than Warren. You really need to understand the context of the challenge. The context and the players will determine elements of how you address a particular challenge. So you really have to understand the context of this particular problem because the same problem in a different place might not have the same context. It might not play out exactly the same. I will give you an example. The second thing is adaptive capacity. One must have the ability to adapt to the changing contextual intelligence that you are confronted with. We talked about these concepts, and I understood them. I saw it come out and play out in the real world at the university where I was on the board. Warren was speaking. He did an event. I invited him to speak at an event at the University of La Verne. He spoke. It was right before the new president had taken office. He sat there in front of a big audience and said, “What do you guys think of the new president? She's amazing, isn't she?” Everyone thought she was fantastic. She hadn't started yet, but she had been on the campus off and on for more than a month. He said, “Is she prepared, or what?” “Yeah, she's completely prepared.” He said, “From day one, everything will come into place.” “Yeah!” He leaned into the microphone and said, “You're all crazy.” We were shocked. He said, “She's prepared, yeah. But the minute she walks in, there are going to be changes to the environment that nobody predicted. And so her ability to adapt will be critical in the success in her role in this university.” Within 30-60 days after she came in, the university lost its preliminary or interim accreditation for the bar association's law school. Yeah. She had nothing to do with it. She'd been there for only a month, less than two. There was an interim accreditation, and there was one more step to get to fully accredited. Lost it. Completely lost it. She had one year to regain interim accreditation, or it would be lost permanently. Well, you know that requires incredible adaptive capacity. It also requires contextual intelligence. The law school was on a track. It was doing fine. She had to understand the whole board. She had to see the entire chessboard of the university and see where things were going and what she thought was going to be okay actually wasn't. Understanding that a lot of resources had to go to that. A lot of adapting had to take place. That was all part of the leadership process that I think is something that 100 years from now will still be just as important, no matter what the technology or situation. Understanding the context and being able to adapt are key elements of a successful leader. By the way, the university is fully accredited as a law school now. Hugh: Three Feet from Gold, Greg Reid writes about how we don't give up. You're right there. Edison said, “Most people give up just before they succeed.” You and I were talking a bit as we were launching the live feed. We haven't been on airplanes in a while. One person said we're finding out now which meetings could really be held by email instead of having to be there. I haven't been too sad about cancelling some of my trips. It's a whole new world of working from home. I miss the interaction and the chemistry of being present, but I am just as busy as when I was traveling, maybe more. How do we network from home? How do we work from home? We are in the business, and we need to have positive cash flow to do our work. How do we function at home, especially now? Ivan: First of all, I think that we will go back to meeting people in person. That's not going to completely disappear. The genie is out of the bottle a little bit. What I foresee is some kind of hybrid where you will see a lot more done online and a lot done in person. As you know, with BNI, we are talking about 9,500 in-person meetings every week. We had to turn on a dime. We flipped within weeks to 9,500 online meetings. We now run online meetings. When we are out of this great pause (I like to call it that), I think there will be still some groups who may want to continue to meet online. But I think we will end up with some kind of hybrid system. In the meantime, while we are working at home, there are a number of things that are important to know. First of all, I started BNI out of my house. I have worked from home for most of the last 37 years. When I had the consulting business, I remember going to the city to get a business license. This was in 1983. They were like, “Where's your office?” I said, “I work from home.” “Yeah, you can't get a business license.” 1983, you could not get a business license. “That's not a business.” “Yeah, I'm a consultant. I don't need an office space.” “You can't have a license.” I could not get a business license from the city because I was working from home. Things have changed a lot since then. A couple years later, by the way, you were able to get a business license. I started BNI in my home, and I have been working off and on for the last 37 years. Now my office is in Charlotte, North Carolina, but I work here in Austin, Texas. This is my home office I am talking to you from. There are a number of things I could recommend. I hate the phrase “social distancing.” Hugh: Thank you. Ivan: I do. We need to be more social than ever. It's physical distancing. It's not social distancing. I believe we need to be more social than ever. You start with that. Then some of the things I talk about in working from home is you should have a dedicated workspace. I have a nice office. I didn't always have a separate office. Sometimes it was in the corner of the dining room or in a basement. I remember when I got kicked out of one bedroom because we were about to have a child, and I got kicked out of the second bedroom because we were going to have a second child, so I had to move out into an office. As we grew, then I had office space in my homes. I have worked from home most of the last 35 years. Have a dedicated workspace, even if it is a corner of the room. Were you going to say something? Hugh: No. I was just wondering how long it took you to figure out why you kept having children. Ivan: Yeah. I figured that out. It was planned. My wife was the most amazing woman to deal with the pregnancy. She loved being pregnant. It was quite an experience with her. Here's another one. Don't get distracted by bright, shiny objects. I keep this here by my desk because I am always talking to entrepreneurs, and they are always chasing bright, shiny objects. You want to be successful at whatever you're doing, whether it's for nonprofit or for-profit? Here's an important key. Do six things a thousand times, not a thousand things six times. It doesn't have to be six. It could be five or seven. Do six things a thousand times, not a thousand things six times. What I see businesspeople do is they constantly chase new things rather than really have a program and work it and work it and work it and work it until it becomes successful. If I have any superpower at all as a businessperson, it is that I am a dog with a bone. I am very persistent. I am good doing six things a thousand times. I think people who do that are much more likely to be successful. Here are a couple of other suggestions. No social media. Now, if it's business, if it's for your nonprofit organization, that's fine. But no cat videos during the middle of the day. They are forbidden. Something happens to the space/time continuum when you get on Facebook, and you end up on some YouTube video an hour later. How did I get here? Stay off of social media unless it's related to your organization. Right now, more than ever, micro-dose the news. Micro-dose the news. I see people who are overdosing on the news. Don't do that. It's so easy to do from home. Don't do it. All you see is doom and gloom and the end of the world. Don't get frozen by fear. Let fear focus you, not put you in a state of fear. Get focused by fear. Don't get frozen by fear. Hugh: As a performer, I had to learn that. When you get on stage, you have all of these people staring at you. You turn around with a baton and 75 musicians and 200 singers. It's like, Ooh. They are all looking at me. I have to tell you, when Berny had me speak on stage, it's a whole lot easier than conducting. But people are staring at you, so you have to have a whole different mindset. There is believing in self that is important, no matter what we are doing here. We have our core values and our guiding principles of how we use those values. We have something worthy, but working, like Jim Rohn used to say, work on yourself harder than you work on your business. I can't tell you how perfectly aligned everything you have talked about today is with what we teach at SynerVision. I have come to call what we are doing now anti-social distancing. I don't know what brilliant person came up with the term, but it is physical distancing. We are more social than we have been before. Ivan: Yeah, I think so. Hugh: I have a blog on that. I am in central western Virginia in the Appalachians. It's lovely this time of year. Ivan is in Austin, Texas. He has given us lots of bites of wisdom today. You could be listening to this during the isolation we have, semi-quarantine, whatever we call this. Ivan: The great pause. Hugh: It's like a music, you have a GP, a grand pause. I teach my leadership principles. One of them is value the rests, which makes everything else work. There are rests in music for a purpose. It's not absence of sound; it's a clarity place. I am finding this is a great time for clarity. You have that shiny thing. What is it? It's a jewel. Ivan: I don't remember where I got it. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it. Hugh: You're under my control. Watch this. Nonprofit leaders are social entrepreneurs. We all ought to be social entrepreneurs because we have the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. People ask me, “Do all you entrepreneurs suffer from insanity?” I say, “Heck no. We enjoy it.” There is this certain possibility mindset that we have. We have this vision. It's important, and the stuff you talk about leadership, I quote John Maxwell and Bennis in my writings and books and online courses. Working at home is the new normal, and the new normal going forward is going to be a hybrid. Many of our for-purpose social benefit communities have to be out there feeding people. I am in Lynchburg, Virginia. We have the highest per-capita poverty in Virginia, like 25%, with 28 agencies who feed people. It's important for them to network amongst themselves, which they are not really doing. There is a space for us to learn about networking that is critical. It comes from leadership. Nothing happens without leadership. I quote John Maxwell a lot. There is network, a verb and a noun. Bob has a question. Let me let Bob talk. Bob Hopkins from Dallas, Texas. Why don't you ask your question in person? Bob Hopkins: Okay. Hi, Ivan. Bob Hopkins here. By the way, that picture you see was 40 years ago. I am an old man like you. I have white hair. Ivan: I'm just glad I have hair. I don't care that it's white. I'm just glad I still have it. Bob: I have lots of it, too. Thank you. I am a college professor. I teach in Dallas. I taught at UTA for about 10 years, and now I am teaching junior colleges. I teach speech communications, and I teach networking. Ivan: Let me clarify my statement. It's usually not full-time professors on these webinars. Let me clarify my statement. I only know of one university in the United States that has a core curriculum university course on business networking. That is the University of Michigan, taught by Dr. Wayne Baker. That is the only university in the United States. Do teachers talk about networking during class? I think they teach mostly the wrong stuff, not necessarily the right stuff. There are no courses on networking to speak of in the world. Bob: I know that. Because I think networking is so important, I couldn't have done what I have done or be where I am without who I knew. Of course, I tell my students, it's not what you know, it's who you know. Ivan: Wait. Let me add to that. I don't think it's what you know or who you know. It's how well you know each other that counts because the question is, do I know that person well enough that I could pick up the phone and call them? Would they take my call? If I asked them for a favor, would they be willing to do the favor? It's not just knowing somebody; it's knowing them well. That's the key. I'm sorry. I keep interrupting you. I'll stop. Bob: The rest of the story is I have them write 250 people that they know down, whittle it down to 25 who are in their circle of influence that they can rely on, and that they do know, and they consider their mentors and counselors and parents and grandparents, etc. They have to write them a letter. The letter is, “I love you so much. I want us to continue this. I want to have your back and you have mine, so I want you to know you are in my circle of influence.” What you said is true. I like what you said about how well do I know these people? That is the important thing. My question is: Why not? Why are we not teaching this? Why is the academia? Is it because they have never been in business and don't know the importance of it? Ivan: That is my answer. Are you a full-time professor or adjunct? Bob: I'm adjunct. Ivan: So you know. I was an adjunct professor for 16 years. You know that it's the full-time tenured professors who control the curriculum. Even the president of the university does not control it. When you are talking about business professors, it's the full-time tenured professors who determine the classes. I really get hate mail when I say this. Most full-time tenured professors in business have never run a business. Bob: I know. Ivan: That's why. You can get a Bachelor's in marketing and not know how to sell. We don't teach sales techniques. Most business professors, it's like heaven forbid I should get my hands dirty and make a sale. They love social media. They will teach social media. They love advertising because you don't have to get your hands dirty and sell. They don't teach sales, closing sales, business networking. It's because it's taught mostly by full-time tenured professors. Wayne Baker is the only exception I have ever seen in the last 30 years in Michigan. Bob: The reason I am here is because Hugh and I have connected because I ran nonprofit organizations for 35 years before I started teaching college. I have only been teaching for about 10 years. The nonprofit sector is something I also teach. I have a book called Philanthropy Misunderstood. I teach my students philanthropy. I was called by my dean at one of these universities who said to me, “Bob, nonprofits are not businesses. Why are you teaching nonprofits in your classroom?” Hugh: Oh my. Ivan, I don't know if you can see my screen. But this is Bob's book. It's a brilliant book. There are world-changing, life-changing nonprofits. He has had a long career. Ivan: Bob, I agree with you. I think the lessons learned in business and in nonprofits are oftentimes, at the very least, overlapping, if not the same. Bob: I was excited to know who you are and that you are the one who founded networking. Thank you. Ivan: Well, I founded BNI. Networking has been around for a long time. I organized it. Hugh: Bob, thank you for coming in. Let me prevail upon your secrecy there. Tell him the name of your horse before you leave. Bob: That horse there is not the one that I have now, but the one I have now is named Philanthropy. Ivan: I like it. Hugh: He's all in. Ivan: Bob, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Bob: I'm in Dallas. Once this settles down and the traffic isn't too bad, I will drive to Austin to meet you. Ivan: All right. You got it. Be well. Hugh: Bob is a peach of a guy. I went to Dallas. My wife is a clergy graduate of Perkins School of Theology. The week before the airlines quit taking us places. I had a guest who founded Barefoot Winery. They said, “You have to meet Bob,” and we have connected and have been doing amazing stuff since then. Ivan: That's networking. Hugh: Yes. They accidentally founded a winery. They were marketing people. Great story. I have had some wonderful people in six years on this show. You're giving us really useful, helpful nuggets. This is so good. To find out about BNI, go to BNI.com. And IvanMisner.com. Ivan: IvanMisner.com. I have 13 years of content up there. It's all free. Check it out. Hugh: Love it. Ivan is the man. He has been such an influencer over those many years. Let's talk about the difference between network as a verb and network as a noun. Ivan: How would you define it? Hugh: Having a network, those are people who you have done due diligence with. You know who they are. I spent 40 years in church ministry, music ministry. I never had lunch alone. I always met with somebody. I got the most useful information, and they got information because they asked me questions, “What do you do anyway? We see you an hour on Sunday. What do you do the rest of the week?” I realized the Ballou 10/90 rule. The 10% is what you see, and 90% is what you don't see that makes that 10% possible. Networking is an activity to connect and meet people and to share and to provide value for people. A network is the people who you know. What do you think? Ivan: That's a good definition. Both of them are really, if it's done right, are about relationship-building. It's about the relationships you create. Hugh: Absolutely. Leadership is based on relationship. Communication is founded in relationship. The flow of money is based on relationship. Ivan: Oftentimes. Hugh: Let's talk about something that is not money flow. Let's talk about boards. I am going off being the president of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra board. I was a guest conductor. They elected me when I wasn't looking to be president. I am going off, and they are doing this board nominating process. This is networking also. We don't know how to make the ask for money or for people. I love it when people ask, “Would you serve on this committee or this board? It's not a lot of work.” You know they're lying to you. How do we come forward? You've been on boards. It may be hard to get the right people on the board. How do we frame the conversation when we want to invite people to consider a board position? Ivan: The first thing you do is you go to them with someone who knows them really well. If that's you, that's great. Otherwise, I think the third party testimonial is incredibly powerful, and when you have somebody who says- Let's say Bob says to me, “Ivan, you really should be active in Hugh's organization. Hugh has done an amazing job. He has created this organization that has done this thing. That should resonate with you because you're interested-“ My emphasis in nonprofits tends to be children and education. I believe children represent about 20% of today's population, but they represent 100% of the future. It's about children and educating them. If he can make that linkage, then he has connected the two of us. Then we can have that dialogue about how I might be able to help you or you might be able to help me. The third-party endorsement process is the best way to get donors, board members, committee members. It's easier for me to say no to somebody I don't know, trust, or like, than it is to say no to someone I know, trust, or like. Hugh: Ah. Point well taken. That's sage advice. I can see why you've been very successful over the years. Starting a business, growing a business, and maintaining the viability of a business are three different things, aren't they? Ivan: Oh yeah. Very much so. An entrepreneur needs to figure out pretty quickly, or even in a nonprofit, when you're in that nonprofit in whatever role, if you want to be happy with what you do, it's very important that you work in your flame and not in your wax. Let me explain that. When you're working in your flame, you're excited, you're on fire, people can hear it in the way you speak, they can see it in the way you act. When you're working in your wax, it takes all your energy away, people can hear it in your voice, and they can see it in the way you act. Over time, the things that are your flame- Let me speak for myself. The things that were my flame when I started BNI are no longer my flame. Many of those things, I don't want to do them anymore. It's very important to learn the skillset of how to delegate effectively, how to select the right people, delegate effectively, put them in charge of that area so that you can continue to work in your flame and not in your wax. 90% of my time is in my flame. This is the fourth interview I've done today. I'm sort of the Colonel Sanders of BNI now. I am the spokesman for networking. Hugh: Love it. Tell us about your nonprofit that you founded. Ivan: I started the Misner Family Foundation and the BNI Foundation. Two different foundations we have created. Both focus on children and education. Misner Family Foundation is a private foundation for my family, supporting children and education. The BNI Foundation primarily supports children and education, and it's the charitable arm of what BNI does. We do both activities to help kids locally as well as funding grants and things like that locally. BNIFoundation.org, you can find the website for it. Hugh: BNIFoundation.org. Think about a closing thought or a tip or challenge you'd like to give people who are listening to this. It could be years from now. We have been doing these interviews for six years, Ivan. We've had some incredible people. *Sponsor message from EZCard* Ivan Misner, I don't know why you said yes to come on to my show today, but I'm glad you did. I wrote to you on LinkedIn, we had a short exchange, and you agreed. What thought or challenge or tip do you want to leave people with today? Ivan: We are living through challenging times. I don't know what our future holds, but I do know we can influence it. I do know we can make a difference in it. I also know that your mindset is so incredibly important. I think hope is much more powerful than fear. Fear paralyzes us. It freezes us. When we are afraid of what the future will hold or what will happen, we just freeze. What we need to do right now more than ever is focus, not freeze. That focus can come with hope. The only other thing you need to add to it is action. You have hope, and you take action. When you do those things, you can come out of times like this, and you can make it through times like this. Be creative. Be innovative. Think about what you can do. My nonprofit, the Austin Boys & Girls Club, that I am on the board of, they created something called Club on the Go, where you can come by and pick up food that they package so there is still that social distancing. Be creative. Have hope. And influence your future. That is my closing thought. Hugh: Ivan Misner, you are a gift to all of us. Thank you for being on The Nonprofit Exchange today.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stewart Emery asks that you take a close look at  "Who is in Your Room?"  The Co-Founder of my favorite workshop, Actualizations, Stewart is one of my Mentors.  Stewart really gets you to focus on who you have as a friend, advisor, mentor, and/or coach.  You want to take a hard look at who you surround yourself with, as these are the people that clearly impact your life.

Episode 54 Networking in The New Normal Feat. Ivan Misner You can listen to The Modern American Dream on Google https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zMGQ0YjU0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz&episode=Y2ZiOWQwOWQtNjliYS1lY2QyLTQ3OWUtYzRmNDFjNzQ0MDJi&ved=0CFkQzsICahcKEwiYx-Kigv_oAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBQ&hl=en Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 9,400 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated almost 12.3 million referrals resulting in $16.7 billion dollars worth of business for its members. Check out how to Join BNI in Mass https://bnimass.com/en-US/index Dr. Misner's Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 24 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. Leave us a Review on ITunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-modern-american-dream/id1365949136 Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, 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. Find more info about Ivan Misner at https://ivanmisner.com/cat-roof-technique Among his many awards, he has been named “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Red Cross and was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation. He and his wife, Elisabeth, are now “empty nesters” with three adult children Oh, and in his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate. https://www.instagram.com/drivanmisner/?igshid=1umbigh5np92p https://twitter.com/IvanMisner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCavppwZDxSx_PbqWoG9leXw https://www.facebook.com/IvanMisner.BNIFounder/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmisner/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OK5lc2oJxk https://anchor.fm/dnarealtygroup/episodes/Episode-13---Massive-Bus--with-Ivan-Misner-founder-of-BNI-e1nrcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5nyz8hMN5I --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dnarealtygroup/support

Founder and Chairman of the world class business networking company, BNI. He has been called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and the “Networking Guru” by Entrepreneur Magazine. And, he is the author of over 20 books, one of which he wrote with our pal Stewart Emery called “Who's in Your Room?”

Are you living your life by default or by design? According to our returning guest, you need to stop living according to everyone else's rules. Business Networking International (BNI) founder, Dr. Ivan Misner’s new book, Who's in Your Room? The Secret to Creating Your Best Life, introduces the concept of your life being like a room.   It's a room where anyone who enters affects your life — forever. This book gives you the tools and exercises you need to take control of your room and live the life you desire. During this interview, you'll discover... The concept of who is in your room Living in your flame and why deal breakers are easy while values are harder Engines vs anchors To find out more about Dr. Misner, visit https://www.thesuccessfulbookkeeper.com.

Stewart Emery asks that you take a close look at  "Who is in Your Room?"  The Co-Founder of my favorite workshop, Actualizations, Stewart is one of my Mentors.  Stewart really gets you to focus on who you have as a friend, advisor, mentor, and/or coach.  You want to take a hard look at who you surround yourself with, as these are the people that clearly impact your life.

058: Creating A Board of Directors that Supports You WITH JENNIFER SMITH With me today is Jennifer Smith of JLS Designs in middle Tennessee (just outside of Nashville).  Jennifer began her business almost 20 years ago focused on window coverings. She now offers design services to her clients as well.  Jennifer has a vast portfolio of clients. She has completed design projects for Fortune 500 executives, some of the country’s most talented music and athletic industry professionals and hundreds of families to meet their home design and decor needs.  Her expertise and attention to detail has helped clients renting one-bedroom apartments and owners of multimillion-dollar estates. Her work has transformed area homes, schools, and office suites across the region.  Topics Mentioned: Support Guidance Advice Trust Process Thoughts from Jennifer: You don’t have to rush to fill every seat at the “table”.   I trusted the process and trusted the advice, but I didn’t trust myself.  I need an accountability partner (personally).  That is on my radar right now.  We need a tribe.  We need those who are going to support us.   I can be a party of one really nicely...BUT I don’t want to be a party of one.  I am trying to be intentional on how I do my business...and you cannot do that on your own.   I have the power to make changes and alter the course of where I am going.  If nothing else, I am seeing the results in my business.  I am only as good as the team that I have surrounded myself with.  Socials: Website: https://jlsdesignstn.com Facebook: JLS Designs Instagram: @jlsdesignstn References and Resources: Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Who’s in Your Room by Ivan Misner Ph.D Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis Discover Your 34 - Take Assessment Today PIAC EP. 35 with Darren Virassammy - Listen Today The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.2 million referrals resulting in $15.4 billion dollars' worth of business for its members. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 23 books, including Who's in Your Room? He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur 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 CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, 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 was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation.   Brought to you by Haberland Group (HaberlandGroup.com) and Hardy Haberland's Programs (HardyHaberland.com).   This podcast is brought to you by Haberland Group. Haberland Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With multidisciplinary teams in major world markets, our holding companies specialize in advertising, branding, communications planning, digital marketing, media, podcasting, public relations, as well as specialty marketing. If you are looking for a world-class partner to work on marketing programs, go to HaberlandGroup.com and contact us.   This podcast is also brought to you by Hardy Haberland's Programs. Hardy provides educational programs for high performers who want world-class achievement, true fulfillment, and lasting transformation in their lives. He also provides consulting for established brands and businesses that have generated a minimum of $3 million in annual sales. If you need a catalyst for transformation and a strategist for success at the highest level, go to HardyHaberland.com and apply.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.2 million referrals resulting in $15.4 billion dollars' worth of business for its members. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 23 books, including Who's in Your Room? He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur 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 CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, 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 was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Synopsis Rick Sapio, one of the co-authors of Who's in Your Room?, joins Dr. Misner on the podcast this week to talk about making business decisions. Rick uses a decision-making lens to help him get the desired results. Yes/no decisions come faster when you use a lens. To use the lens effectively, you have to […]

This episode features an interview with one of my favorite raconteurs, Dr. Ivan Misner.   In the episode, you learn: the difference between a fact and a story the four steps that transform a fact into a story the amount of preparation he puts into his spontaneity the value of practice and adjustment how much time you might want to put into a one-hour presentation how his perspective on slides helps him use them effectively in his presentations how one can be an engaging speaker even with being an introvert the value of not just telling a story but reliving it how reliving how you felt draws people into your story about his latest book Who's in Your Room? may make you look at things differently   Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 8,800 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.   Ivan is a New York Times bestselling author who has written 24 books including his latest book – Who’s in Your Room?   Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, Ivan 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.   Among his many awards, Ivan has been named “Humanitarian of the Year” by the Red Cross and was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation. Ivan and his wife, Elisabeth, are now “empty nesters” with three adult children. Oh, and in his spare time, he's also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.   Resources for this episode: Presentation Zen IvanMisner.com BNI.com

Dr. Ivan Misner, co-author of “Who's in Your Room," says the the key to living your best life has a lot to do with the people you surround yourself with.

Dr. Misner shares questions from "Who's in Your Room?" to help you create your ideal BNI chapter.

Today's podcast is based on Dr. Misner's new book, Who's in Your Room? There is no one rule to achieving balance in your life, but there is one truth about creating harmony: the quality of your life depends on the people in your life. If everyone who came into your life was going to be […]

On this episode Richard Barbara sits down with the "Godfather of Networking" and Founder of BNI International, Dr. Ivan Misner to discuss Ivan's new book "Who's In Your Room?"Can you imagine living a better life? Would you like to surround yourself with more supportive people? There’s hope! You see, the quality of your life depends on the people in your life.THE SIMPLE AND POWERFUL IDEAS IN THIS BOOK CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER.Who’s in Your Room? introduces you to the concept of your life being like a room—a room where anyone who enters affects your life . . . forever. Although this concept may sound frightening, this book gives you the tools and exercises you need to take control of your room and live the life you desire.This book brings in experts to describe how people leave you with memories that cannot be erased but can be managed. You manage them by determining what’s really important to you, and then you can determine how to spend your time and whom you should be spending it with. Stop living according to everyone else’s rules. Shape your life by taking control of your room. Live your life by your design!GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY! => https://amzn.to/2VtaGbGConnect with Dr. Misner!http://Instagram.com/DrIvanMisnerhttps://www.facebook.com/IvanMisner.BNIFounder/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 8,800 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. Last year alone, BNI generated 11.2 million referrals resulting in $14.2 billion 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 23 books including his latest book – 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 CNN and one of the “Top Networking Experts” by Forbes, 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 was recently the recipient of the John C. Maxwell Leadership Award. He is also proud to be the Co-Founder of the BNI Charitable Foundation. He and his wife, Elisabeth, are now “empty nesters” with three adult children. Oh, and in his spare time!!! he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate. Watch the full episode here: https://projectegg.co/how-to-build-your-inner-circle
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My guest is Ivan Misner, founder of Business Network International, and co-author of Who's in Your Room?, a great new book about who to let in and who to keep out of your life. Join me in listening to Ivan describe the wakeup calls that manifested through the process of holistically treating prostate cancer.

The quality of your life depends on the people in your room--and anyone who enters will be there forever. The new edition of Who's in Your Room is an action-oriented guide to moving your relationships from dissonance to resonance.

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It's tremendously easy to waste money with Facebook ads, yet we've heard so many successful entreprenuers talk about their success with Facebook Ads. So what can we do stack their cards in your favor? Our guest today, Kurt Bullock, walks through a proven blueprint that any store can use to yield better results with Facebook Ads by leveraging content to grow your Shopify store. Kurt Bullock is the founder of ecommerce agency ProduceDept, creator of TargetEcho and HelloSocial - which are tools for marketing agencies, and - he's someone we work with on a daily basis at Ethercycle. — Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via Email Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Stitcher Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via RSS Join The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group Work with Kurt — Learn how: The content-first approach that lowers ad cost and increases conversions How to use video to remarket to customers How to find ideas for content Hacks to improve your relevance score Kurt's one tip: “the best advertising is invisible…” Links Mentioned: PDF Worksheet to map out your own Content-First campaign ProduceDept PrairieMod BuzzSumo SEMrush Free Guide I want to send you a sample chapter of Ecommerce Bootcamp, absolutely free. Tell me where to send your sample at ecommerce-bootcamp.com Transcript Kurt Elster: Hello, and welcome back to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast. I'm your host, Kurt Elster, recording from Ethercycle Headquarters, outside Chicago. All the way, up in the clouds, on the second floor of the historic Pickwick Theatre building. It's pretty cool, [inaudible 00:00:13]. Anyway, today, we are talking about getting more traffic to your store, using Facebook ads. Certainly, we've talked about Facebook ads, before. I think, we've made the case for, "Here's why you should be using Facebook ads." We've talked about a few ways to do better Facebook ads, examples of how to do Facebook ads. And, today's, is really no different. One of the things, you know, in doing Facebook ads for a couple years now, we've discovered, you have to view the Facebook ads, themselves, as a sales funnel. There is no one ad, that's just going to print money for your store. Sometimes, that works for people. God bless them. I wish them the best of luck, if they can manage that. But, for most stores, the trick is to increase the total number of touch points with a customer, by using your Facebook ads to segment your audience, based on the actions they take on your site. And, then, shepherd them through, walk them through that relationship, from not knowing who you are, to discovering who you are, and then buying your product. It takes time. The more touch points you can have with someone, the more likely they are to buy. That totally makes sense. It's the way human psychology works, right? We talk about human tissue, and selling. It is very much like dating. That initial purchase is getting married. You're not just gonna run up to somebody and say, "Hey, marry me." That's what a lot of Facebook ads try to do. Today, we're gonna walk through an example sales funnel, that we have lovingly dubbed, 'The Content First Sales Funnel.' I think it's very clever. The discussion will be led by, none other than previous guest, Kurt Bullock, who is the founder of Ecommerce Agency Produce Department, creator of Target Echo, and HelloSocial, which are tools for marketing agencies. I use Target Echo. And, it's someone I work with on a daily basis, through Ethercycle, through my agency, and it's been hugely successful. Kurt does ... It's a little confusing that we're both named Kurt. But, Mr. Bullock does a fulfillment for email marketing setups, Facebook setups, Facebook ads, retainers. It's, all around, full of good and useful ideas. So, I said, "Oh, we gotta talk through this, on the show." So, Kurt, thank you for joining us. Kurt Bullock: Absolutely. Thanks for the wonderful intro. So, talking about content for sales funnel, what does that mean? Kurt Bullock: So, content for sales funnel simply means, using content to drive people to your products, and to increase ... We use an advertising to decrease the cost of advertising, and getting a sale. Kurt Elster: So, rather than just, you know, the go to, and this makes sense, and it'll seem straight forward, is you have one ad ... This how people used to do it. You have one ad, it's an ad for the product, they click the link, it goes to the product, and that's it. Kurt Bullock: Right. Kurt Elster: Now, it's traditional. And, now, that approach doesn't work so much, anymore. And, it's expensive. So, what you're advocating, instead, is what? Kurt Bullock: Right. Sending your cold traffic, direct to go to a product page, sort of, the highest way to get a customer. The most expensive way to get a customer. We propose using content, first, to help you gain trust, and to help people raise their hand. We like to use behavioral indicators, throughout our marketing funnel. So, this gives us a way to get people to raise their hand, by reading your content. And, then, we can target them, nurture them, with a combination of email, and Facebook ads, in a funnel. I set up my Facebook ads on funnel, just like an email autoresponder. So, we have, sort of, all the same layers, and same messaging. Kurt Elster: It's clever, but it's a little abstract. I can wrap my head around it, 'cause, you know, we've been doing this long enough. But, walk me through an example. Kurt Bullock: Sure. I was looking through Buzzfeed the other day, and I came across ... We're doing this ... Well, we're not actually doing this. We've been talking about Whole30, because we do Paleo stuff in my family. This recipe Facebook ad caught my eye. Said, "17 recipes that actually got me through Whole30." That was the Facebook ad, on the front, to pull traffic. I click on that ad. In this case, it took me to a Buzzfeed page. Somebody had paid for this article to be created, on their behalf. There were links, all the way down, of different recipes. They had Pinterest posts, that were embedded, that sort of thing. At the bottom, was a recipe for piña colada mix, and a link to a third party site. This is the person that paid for this article to be created. Once you click on that link, you're taken to that third party site, and it's all dedicated to Whole30 meal planning. There was an offer to get a free, seven day, Whole30 meal planning guide, with email opt-in. From there, after opting in, I'm put on an email nurture sequence, and Facebook ads would target me until I make it to that final stage, which is a purchase. Kurt Elster: I love it. What you're doing here ... If you download the free sample of 'Ecommerce Bootcamp', ecommerce, dash, bootcamp, dot com, link in the show notes. The first chapter is 'Sales Through Education', which we, lovingly, turned into a program called 'Seducation', right? That's what's going on, here. You're educating. You're giving away value in the form of an article. That article, even if I don't purchase the piña colada mix at the end, is the article still valuable, and useful to you? Kurt Bullock: Right. It needs to be, to be effective. Kurt Elster: You're asking them for something. You're asking them to buy something from you, to share their very personal credit card, and home address with you. You're asking for a lot. I think, that's what people have to realize. Up front, you need to give them as much, or more value, then you're going to be taking. So, you've got ... You're leading with genuinely useful content. In the past, people would create content, but they're certainly not paying for ads to drive people to that content. Here, we're challenging that mindset. We're making an ad, that just goes straight to content. And, you say Facebook's gonna charge me less to do this? Kurt Bullock: Exactly. There's a couple reasons for that. I'll give away some more ideas about this later on, on the Podcast. They'll charge you less to do this, because Facebook loves content. They love promoting content, and people love reading and promoting content, if it's good content. I just read, when I was just keeping my eyes open, before this Podcast, I clicked through a different article, that was sort of a similar format. When I got to the page, it was a certain camera manufacturer. And, they outlined somebody's journey, through the day, with this particular camera. It was very painful to read, because every other paragraph says, "And, so and so uses the camera model to take pictures on the day, and uses the special setting, which is great for the active lifestyle this person had." It was an ad, and it wasn't useful, or valuable content. So, a couple paragraphs down, they'd lost all credibility, and that's important, because that's one of the main goals of this first piece of content, is to drive up trust, and credibility. Initially, your cold traffic doesn't know who you are. They don't trust you. Without trust, making a sale is very expensive. So, that's one of the primary objectives of this first piece, is to engage people emotionally, if you can, on some level. Whether, it's educating them, or entertaining them. And, then, hopefully ... If nothing else, you have got them on your retargeting list. You can continue to re-target them with ads, and try to get them to that next step in your funnel. Which, in this case, would be an opt-in, or they could go straight through, and make a purchase, as well. Kurt Elster: Recapping a little bit. We wanna use content first, because it's gonna build trust. But, the content ... It has a lower ad cost. In doing that, we're going to build higher quality traffic for our retargeting list. And, maybe, they'll go directly through, and buy. But, they probably won't. I mean, if you have a one percent conversion rate, one out of a hundred will, right? Kurt Bullock: Right. Kurt Elster: But, the highest converting stores I've seen, use this approach. Like, if I see a store, and they go, "Oh, yeah. Converts at ten percent," I don't even need to ask. I know, immediately, there is some content piece that they're getting the traffic from. And, it could be something on their own site, on a separate site, something they paid for. But, those are the sites where they have primed the traffic. It just converts tremendously well. Then, they're spending way less on customer acquisition cost, because they're using genuinely valuable content. I gotta create a piece of content that is useful to my customers. Useful to my potential customers, ideally. Is genuine. There's no ... It does not feel like a sales pitch. The sales pitch is totally secondary to it. What else? Kurt Bullock: That's very important. They did some research in the last couple years. This group, I think it's called, 'LAB 24', that did some research. They actually found that, as long as you are able to make editorial integrity primary, that people actually ... Conversions were better, than if it was a product sale's primary message. It's important to people, that it feels like real content, in order to keep that trust level up. Another way to do it is, video. We've talked about video, before, on this Podcast. But, video's a great way to do it. You can follow a really similar structure with video, where, now Facebook ... Before, you would need to take somebody off of Facebook, in order to pixel them, right? So, you would wanna host a video on your own blog, for this strategy. Now, Facebook lets you pixel people, right on Facebook's platform. You could run a Facebook video ad, get people that watch a certain percentage of that video, let's say, and then, Facebook can put them into an audience, so that you can, then, re-target those people, and continue down that same funnel. Bring them to your product page, bring them to a lead magnet page, and collect their email opt-in. There's lots of different lead magnet concepts, and, I guess, top of funnel concepts. Now, you can even target people that engage with your page, and your posts. You could keep the posts on Facebook, if you wanted to. But, in terms of our clients, we've had the most success creating something, typically off sites, when it comes to blogs, so the content could be a little bit richer. 'Cause, Facebook doesn't let you make it a real nice, like, article reading place, right? It doesn't format it very well for articles. Kurt Elster: Yeah. It's okay. It's not great. I like to send them ... As long as you send them to site that's totally responsive, that's gonna look good, regardless of device. 'Cause, Facebook traffic's probably 80 percent mobile. You could see this, in the stats, people who do tons of Facebook ads ... At this point, a majority of track is mobile. But, it starts skewing much stronger toward mobile traffic. Kurt Bullock: Yeah. Kurt Elster: So, always check that out on mobile. Kurt Bullock: It's interesting. If we look back at one of our shared clients, PrairieMod, for example, right? They sell pottery. When we first started working together, we were trying to come up with a strategy, and we ended up using one of their most popular blog posts, and creating a PDF download out of it. It was 'How to Choose the Right Vase for Your Room.' That wouldn't have come to me, right off the bat. If you do a little bit of thinking, then, you can come up with a piece of content, or a blog post, for essentially, any store, or any topic, as long as it's useful. It was, actually, a very successful campaign. It drove down the costs of purchase for PrairieMod, and did very well for them. You can generate content for pretty much any type of store. Kurt Elster: Very good. I'm taking a couple notes, here. What's the best way to come up ... It's easy to say, "Hey, you need to make content for your store to sell your stuff." How do I do it? What is the approach I should take, here? Kurt Bullock: Yeah. Good question. I like to use a couple ways. One is, BuzzSumo. I know, that's a product that you use, as well. But, BuzzSumo's a great way to do research. For those of you that aren't familiar with it, you can type in a keyword, or some phrase, and it's gonna give you all the most shared articles on the top social media sites. This includes your competitors. You can actually type in their specific URLs, and find what's performing best for them. One thing I like to do is, to check out the way that they create their titles. How are all the titles formatted in that top 10, top 20 list? And, then, that's a great way to get hints. Another way, I use the Google autosuggest, which is essentially, when you go into Google, type in a search, and it gives you those little lists of suggestions, after you've typed in the search term. Scroll down that list, and see if there's any phrases that might clue you into a direction that you could take with your content. That's two quick ways. BuzzSumo has a free ... You could do that first search for free. Actually, I guess, you could get those first 10 results for free. Anybody could use that. Kurt Elster: Yeah. I like BuzzSumo, is nice, and it'll give you some basic stuff. I really like the top 10, are what's gonna be most useful to you. It is valuable, if you wanted to pay for it. SEMrush can do some similar things. It's more focused on, "Hey, let's find back links." That's, also, useful in itself, if you could find the back links. 'Cause, you could often find, like, "Oh, this is ... " You get interesting article ideas, that they've got published on external sites. I find that useful for doing competitive analysis. If BuzzSumo doesn't yield something, then I'll usually ... Like, something obvious. Then, I'll combine it with SEMrush. The Google autosuggest trick works a lot. The only caveat is, it'll try, like, Google ... If you're logged in, Google's gonna try to tailor the results to you. Usually, it's fine. It's totally fine. But, someone on my email list called me out. Or on, like, a YouTube comment. "Look, well, you have to do it in the Incognito window." "Okay, fine." I mean, it's not gonna, like, hugely change the results. But, if you wanna make sure it's not tailored to you, open it up in a private window, or in Incognito window, so they can't do it. Kurt Bullock: Right. Also, if I may talk just a little bit about, as you're executing this strategy, relevance score. Relevance score, for those of you that aren't real familiar with it, when you run ads, Facebook gives you a score from one to 10, that's going to, essentially, tell you how engaged your audience is with your ad, or how well your ad is resinating with your audience. This is all because, a few years back, in the wild west of the early days of Facebook, advertising a bunch of wily internet marketers were promoting aggressive ads. It got a little bit out of control. Facebook's very concerned about their user experience, right? They figured out that they could use this score, that shows advertisers how well your campaign is doing, in terms of, "Are people sharing it, commenting, liking it? Or, are they pressing the 'Do not show this ad' button, in the upper, right hand corner of the ad?" It'll give you that score. If you can manage to get that score on the upper end of the scale, Facebook will reward you with a lower CPM, which is a way to measure the cost of your traffic. This is a really important number to monitor, as you're running these content campaigns, at the top of your funnel. Kurt Elster: What affects the relevance score? It goes one to ten. The lower it goes, these ads are gonna cost me more. It implies they're not effective. How do I get a perfect ten on a relevance score, and how realistic is it to do that? Kurt Bullock: Yeah, so, initially, for me, it was not realistic at all. I would never get tens, and I really struggled with making it happen. After I really started paying attention, and doing some research, I came across a couple methods that help out with this. One example is, if you create your ad, and instead of creating it in the ... If you start by putting it as a post, on your Facebook page, then you can take that ad, run it with the goal of engagement for a few days, right? The idea, here, is to try and get some social proof on the ad. If you can get people to comment on the ad, give it some thumbs up, and boost that relevance score, and you can see that go up. Once you've got that score going up, a little bit ... More than anything, I'm just looking for those engagement cues, that it's being shared and commented on, then ... I usually show that to a friendlier audience. That would be the followers of my Facebook page, or warmer targeting audiences. People that are most engaged with my brand. I wanna go for the easy audience, that's gonna help me get some of that engagement on there. After I've done that for a few days, then, I like to move it over, and start sending that to wider audience of traffic. I found that that has brought me from, sort of, the six, to seven range, on average, is where I was doing, a lot of times. Eight, as well, depending. On a retargeting ad, it's really easy to get higher score. But, on a cold ad, an ad to cold traffic, it can be really hard to get a higher score. So, this trick, if you first get some engagement on that ad, and then move it over ... You can do this by pulling out ... It's called the 'Post I.D.' You can pull up that little number, or you can search for it when you're creating a new ad. You select 'Use Existing Post,' and find that same post. Then, you can run it, using the traffic, or the conversions objective, as you normally would. But, now, it's gonna convert better, and have a higher relevance score. That's, actually, made a really big difference, bringing me up to the nine, and sometimes, 10 range, for cold traffic, which, is pretty awesome. It makes a big difference on the price of your ad campaigns. Kurt Elster: All right. So, to recap. I gotta come up with an idea for an original piece of content. I can use, if I don't have an idea already, I can use BuzzSumo, SEMrush, and Google auto complete to try and come up with a title, and a topic. Once I've got that, I'm gonna create the content, be it, I create it myself. I hire somebody off Upwork. Something to that effect. Then, once I've done that, I wanna make sure the content is not sales-y at all. It's gotta be genuinely educational. It can't be this affiliate, nasty stuff. It needs to be genuine, and authentic, and real, and helpful. Then, at the very end, I will link to, if it totally makes sense, then I'm gonna link through to the offer. To my product page, to a lead magnet. I got that out. I'm gonna post it, as to my Facebook page, then I'm gonna grab my post I.D., use it to create a Facebook ad for that post, run it to a warm audience. By doing that, I'm juicing my relevance score, 'cause it's gonna go up. They all start at five. Then, as people engage positively with it, by liking it, by adding comments, by sharing it, it's gonna go up, six, seven, eight. That's gonna bring my end cost down, and establish, like, "Oh, this is a positive thing you should check out," when it starts showing up in, like, total strangers' Facebook feeds. Correct? Kurt Bullock: Tah-dah. Yes. Kurt Elster: Okay, cool. Now, what do I do, then? I've got the ads running. It doesn't cost me much, it's got low quality score, or a good quality score. People are going to this article. I'm just spending money. I'm not getting customers. What am I doing? What do I do next? Kurt Bullock: After that, you're gonna wanna have retargeting ads that bring people to the next stage of the campaign. I use retargeting ads that bring people to, if I have a lead magnet, then it's bringing them to that lead magnet stage. If not, then, you can bring 'em right to the product page. I've got an outline for everybody. I usually use a three stage funnel, at the very top. This is for cold traffic. We'll bring 'em to a lead magnet. That could be an email course, whatever you have as a lead magnet, and then to the product page, at the end. Does that answer your question? Kurt Elster: Can I build custom audiences off of this traffic? Kurt Bullock: Yes. Kurt Elster: People just go, like, they visit the ad. What's the custom audience for that look like? Kurt Bullock: Got it. What I would use for, if I'm doing the blog post, I would create a custom audience of people that visited that blog post page. That's the most general way I would do it. If I had a lot of traffic ... [crosstalk 00:22:11] Kurt Elster: Yeah. Simple. Straightforward. Kurt Bullock: Yeah. If I had a lot of traffic, then you can use one like that. But, it takes the top 25 percent of people that engage on ... So, by time spent. That's another way you could do it. The simplest way, take everybody that visited that page. Then, I would use that audience, and send them the next stage of my funnel, which would be sending them to my lead magnet. Kurt Elster: So, lead magnet, email opt-in offer, what does that look like? Kurt Bullock: In terms of building a custom audience, or the lead magnet, itself? Kurt Elster: The lead magnet, itself. Kurt Bullock: Lead magnet, itself, I've had a lot of luck with checklists, can be really great. Or, purchase guides, like, let's say, a recipe guide. That was one of my most successful campaigns. We created 40 different recipes for this essential oil company. They like to mix and match oils, and put them together, this way. We had 40 of those recipes as a downloadable PDF. Another great way to do it is to have some sort of email drip. People could opt in, and maybe over the next three to five days, it's dripping out content every day, that kind of takes them through your ... Teaches them about your offering, and offers value. At the end, then, you would want to redirect them to your product page. [crosstalk 00:23:31] Kurt Elster: Why not do both? So, I go, like, "Download my PDF." They download the PDF. It's a checklist. It provides value. Maybe it's pretty, maybe it's not. You could buy a template, you could hire a designer to put it together. But, as long as it provides value, who cares? Kurt Bullock: Right. Kurt Elster: From there ... I think, people, kind of, they overemphasize the importance of design. And, I say that as a designer. Step two, we say, "All right. You got your lead magnet. Keep it. You can unsubscribe right now," or, "Stay subscribed, and I will send you my free email course, over the next five days, seven days, whatever it is." Then, follow up that lead magnet with this email course. Now, we're in their inbox every day, staying top of mind, building trust, giving them opportunities to reply to us, and say, "Hey," you know, which questions. Then, hopefully, ideally, purchase along the way. We've radically increased the total number of touch points, at this point. Kurt Bullock: Right. That's perfect. Kurt Elster: I think that's a clever way to do it. I suggest that, because that's what my lead magnet is. I have a couple, that, no matter what, it's, "Hey, here's your quick hit of info. Here's your PDF. Stick around. I'll give you an email course, and follow up with you, and you can hit, 'Reply.' It goes to me. I'm a real person. I'll answer your questions." Then, from there, then, "Okay. I'm just gonna follow up. You're on my regular newsletter, and I'm just gonna followup with you a couple times a week." It builds engagement. Especially, for like, higher tech items. You don't know where people are in the sales process, in the sale cycle. You don't know when they're ready to buy. You don't have to worry about it. It just happens. At that point, then, I really provide a lot of value to them. I could run a Facebook ad, that finally, just sends them to the product page. Kurt Bullock: Right. Yeah, you're absolutely right. It's a wasted opportunity, once you collect their email address, to not put them on a nurture sequence, and continue emailing them. Then, yeah. You want all those things to point to your next largest offer. So, your product page. Whatever that next product is. But, it shouldn't be the focus of your content, right? It should, sort of be, a result of your content, is that they would want to check that piece out. Kurt Elster: That makes sense. Geez, I don't know. I mean, that alone, that's a ton of info. That's a lot of strategy we just dumped on people. You have ... Well, wait. We were talking about The New York Times, and how they were employing the strategy. Can you share that example with us? Kurt Bullock: Yeah, absolutely. The New York Times, I think, it was October of 2016, purchased a few Ecommerce properties. You may have heard them. [crosstalk 00:26:13] Kurt Elster: Such as? Kurt Bullock: Yeah. Sweethome, and The Wirecutter. Kurt Elster: I love both of them. Kurt Bullock: Yeah. Great sites. So, they are using this same strategy, right? So, they're coming up. They spent a lot of time on their content. They usually do a lot of research. They employ experts, and they do all sorts of testing, and they usually document their testing, in the article. So, you could see they've got, you know, 20 pressure cookers lined up, or something like that, and they're testing them all out. Then, their strategy is to make recommendations, and they are monetizing this, by sending people to Amazon links, or Home Depot links, and getting an affiliate fee on those purchases. Kurt Elster: Yeah. Which is, like, it's seven percent. But, they don't have to do anything. They do no fulfillment. I guess, as far on Ecommerce's side, there's no customer support. There's no fulfillment. There's kind of a cool model. But, yeah, man. Wirecutter and Sweethome, people go to them, because they trust 'em, because there is genuinely valuable content. Like, I go, and I'm like, "Yeah. This review totally makes sense. Helps me make a decision." I go there, like ... It's cool. So, the concept works. I know what they're doing. I know full well, the way it works. I totally trust it. I totally buy into it. I've never seen them use Facebook ads. Kurt Bullock: Yeah. They're not ... I don't believe that they're using Facebook ads to push people to this ... I haven't seen it, either, that way. But, I think, that just the model works. You can see it. You know, if you wanna study how to do this yourself, you go look at the bottom of The New York Times' website, and look at all of their promoted content, right? The articles that are there, because people are advertising. Study the way that they do those, and you can see for yourself, which ones are well done, and, which ones aren't. Also, go to Buzzfeed, and these other sorts of sites, and study the way that they create their articles. That's a really good way to get ideas for your store. Kurt Elster: Also, a good idea. You have a download, you have a bonus for people. It's free, so they can try and do this, themselves. Tell me about that. Kurt Bullock: Yeah. So, I've created a few maps of this strategy, because it is a lot of content that we went through on the Podcast, so far. It maps out, visually, the way that the funnel works, and then give you some spaces to, sort of, fill in the blanks, and come up with your own content first strategy. Tells you which custom audiences to build. The whole thing's mapped out. I have two maps built. One is for using blog post content, and the other one is for a video style content, using video views. You can download those maps at produce ... The link is, produce d-e-p-t, dot co. That stands for 'produce department,' slash content, dash first. [crosstalk 00:29:14] Kurt Elster: I will put that into the first ... Produce department, dot co, slash content, dash first. I will include that as the first link in the show notes. I took notes on all of the links you've mentioned. So, we've got those in here. People can grab those, check that stuff out. And, to go further over it, we're gonna go over Facebook funnels, in a upcoming webinar. Kurt Bullock: Right. Kurt Elster: In the next coming weeks. So, keep an eye out for that. Sign up for my newsletter. Kurt Elster dot com. I'll promote the webinar there, or join us in our Facebook group, where Kurt Bullock is also active. So, you can ask your questions there, as well. And, other than that, anything else you'd like to add? Anything you wish it restored, or would do? Anything like that? Kurt Bullock: Well, I think that this is the direction that the people are going. People don't want to see ads, anymore. Research is showing, the best type of ad is, essentially, or advertising, is invisible. Right? People don't want to see blatant advertising. At least, not until they know who your brand is. And, later on, the advertising can be more blatant, and it serves a purpose, because you are interested in the product, you know how it could enhance your life, if advertising is done well. I think that this is the direction that people should be going to. To start simple, just start experimenting. You can do this with very little down, in terms of ad spend. Five bucks a day, to give it a test. Post, again, as Kurt mentioned, in the Facebook group. I'm happy to answer questions, and help you through it. Kurt Elster: Very good. Thank you for joining us. You have absolutely ... You've opened the kimono on the very saying, sales funnel process for Facebook ads, that people are presently hiring us to implement for them, in their ecommerce stores, and seeing effective return on investments on these ads, which is fantastic. Typically, you know, any kind of marketing, any kind of advertising, is an investment. Like all investments, carries a risk. But, approaching it this way, coming at it, knowing what works for other people, experimenting with it, wildly helps you reduce that risk. You're gonna be less frustrated, spend less time, and less money, getting to those positive ORY campaigns. Once they're running, they're evergreen, because they're based on peoples' actions. You could, typically, run them for quite a long time, before you have to modify them, when they start becoming ineffective. Right? Yes? Kurt Bullock: Yes. You're exactly right. Kurt Elster: Fantastic. That concludes this episode. Thanks so much, for everybody, for your attention, your reviews on iTunes, and your comments in my inbox, and on the Facebook group. However you found this episode, you can find out more about it on Unofficial Shopify Podcast, dot com. It's where I'll link all the show notes. If you'd like to be notified when we post a new episode, when the webinar's coming up, sign up for my newsletter, Kurt Elster, dot com. Shoot you an email, whenever we post a new episode. Of course, if you'd like to work with us on your next project, you can apply at Ethercycle, dot com. Thanks, everybody, and we'll be back next week.

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