Meetings
When you arrive to a meeting, you will be asked to check in with a visitor host. Please have your business cards ready. Your business cards will be placed in a visitor card box, when is then passed around to members during the meeting. You will also need $15 (cash or check) for breakfast, which the visitor host will collect.
Once you have signed in and received your name tag, we encourage you to talk with members before the meeting begins. Although our meeting begins at 7:00, we reserve about 15 minutes at the beginning for informal networking. Some of the best connections are made before and after meetings! You will also want to get breakfast during this time, as it is a buffet.
Our meetings run according to the following format:
- Welcome
- History & Purpose of BNI
- Educational Moment
- 30-Second Infomercials
- Vice President’s Report
- Speaker Introductions (Secretary-Treasurer)
- Three seven minute Speakers
- One-to-One Meetings, Referrals, and Closed Business Noted
- Closing Notes, Visitors’ Questions Answered