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‘On the Fast Track’ Articles
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On the Fast Track
How Fast Track changed the culture of one BNI chapter.
It all started with Peter Stark, the Education Coordinator who led the BNI Business Builders chapter through the Fast Track program. Last spring, he got the ball rolling and set the tone for what would eventually grab hold of every member--to create a team culture of accountability and productivity.
“I found there were quite a few people in our chapter who really didn’t know the BNI [...]
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Submit your story and help BNI members grow their business and chapter.
More energy than ever in our chapter.
Every member is more profitable and is getting better and more frequent referrals.
We’re leaving our egos at the door.
We’re playing to win and holding each other accountable.
We are reaching $1 million in closed business for the first time in our 15-year history.
We tripled closed business and doubled 1-to-1s.
We’ve grown by 70% in less than a year.
No more cliques.
No more [...]
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3 unique perspectives on the Fast Track.
It takes everyone rowing in the same direction to reach any goal successfully. During the process, each rower learns something unique from their perspective. This is exactly what happens to chapters in the Fast Track program. This month we give you three unique perspectives from three rowers in the BNI Inner Circle chapter in Thousand Oaks, California.
First, every successful team has a committed flag-waver at [...]
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BNI Conejo Valley - a new team in town!
Can a seasoned team – who has been around the block many times – get a face lift that isn’t painful and that lasts? The short answer is yes, and BNI Conejo Valley in California is a great example of the Fast Track payoff!
Carol Powell, the new VP of the chapter won the Fast Track BNI Networking Secrets chapter program at the international conference last [...]
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Giving the boot to lingering low membership.
When BNI Elite Professionals started Fast Track in February 2011 they had only 14 members. Since then they experienced a 71% growth, and now boast 24 members. The chapter is five years old, and here to tell their story are Alan Leitson, the secretary-treasurer and former education coordinator, John Carr, the president, Sarah Fanger, the vice president, and Margie Scheiman, the chapter’s area director.
“In [...]
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A BNI region experiences huge success after they returned to the fundamentals.
It was termed our “secret weapon”
Our region developed a formula to help our chapters focus on success: 50+10+1=61. Fifty members bringing ten referrals per member per month and bringing one visitor per member per month equals $6,100 in closed business per member per month.
But we decided to try something different. After hearing the success stories from other chapters in the country, we introduced the Fast [...]
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It’s not just about filling a chapter but building a team.
What difference will a committed and passionate president and education coordinator make for a chapter program? For BNI Annandale in Annandale VA, it makes all the difference. Lucy Ford, the chapter’s president and Michael Botts, the chapter’s education coordinator, are great examples of strong leadership in action on the Fast Track. BNI Annandale is six years old and peaked at 24 members.
“We lost members last [...]
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Referral Connection in Cincinnati, Ohio, is 11 years old and until Fast Track we had never topped 13 members. Because of the Fast Track program we are now at 21 and climbing. It has given us a foundation for growth.
When we decided to implement Fast Track we needed a higher level of commitment from the group. While our core group is strong, in order for [...]
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Leading to BNI Biz to Biz chapter increasing TYFCB by 250%!
Dr. Joe Amanfu, the education coordinator for Biz to Biz chapter in Tallahassee, FL, calls himself the “Education Coordinator on Steroids”—and there is good reason for it. BNI Biz to Biz is four and a half years old with 50 members. After completing the fourth week of the Fast Track curriculum, the chapter increased their TYFCB by 250 percent. When Dr. Joe gives you the [...]
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Not just once, but twice!
BNI Optimum in Calgary, Alberta, was the first chapter in Canada to complete Fast Track, and now they will be the first chapter to complete it for the second time.
In August 2010 the chapter started the Fast Track program with 19 members. The primary chapter goal was to add six new members for the 18 weeks of the Fast Track curriculum, for a total of [...]
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