Has anyone tried signing up with BNI? I went to one of their open days the other day. It was like a cross between an infomercial and a pantomime. Endless repetition of the basic points and the host insisted in audience participation. I half expected to see Louis Theroux standing at the back of the room with a puzzled look on his face.
The presentation ended without an open floor questions and answers session, which I had hoped it would have, in fact I've never been to a presentationt hat didnt allow the audience to ask question in front of all the other atendees. They directed you to ask questions individually to BNI members at the side of the hall. Dissappointing becasue I was all set with a few tricky enough questions, such as,
- What's the drop out rate for new members after year 1, 2 and 3?
- Where does the 600 euro go seeing as you have to pay a tenner a week to cover each meetings expenses.
I was looking forward to hearing other issues a room full of business people might come up with and ever since I'm really suspicious of the way they dodged this one, Also I found the way they expected you to sign up there and then very off putting, but maybe I'm being harsh.
Anyways, I think maybe I'm letting my dislike for the presentation style the other night get in the way of what might actually be a decent way of networking, although you do have to commit a lot of time to it and it's quite expensive.
So, has anyone tried this? I'd be very interested to hear how you got on?
Thanks,
Shane
The presentation ended without an open floor questions and answers session, which I had hoped it would have, in fact I've never been to a presentationt hat didnt allow the audience to ask question in front of all the other atendees. They directed you to ask questions individually to BNI members at the side of the hall. Dissappointing becasue I was all set with a few tricky enough questions, such as,
- What's the drop out rate for new members after year 1, 2 and 3?
- Where does the 600 euro go seeing as you have to pay a tenner a week to cover each meetings expenses.
I was looking forward to hearing other issues a room full of business people might come up with and ever since I'm really suspicious of the way they dodged this one, Also I found the way they expected you to sign up there and then very off putting, but maybe I'm being harsh.
Anyways, I think maybe I'm letting my dislike for the presentation style the other night get in the way of what might actually be a decent way of networking, although you do have to commit a lot of time to it and it's quite expensive.
So, has anyone tried this? I'd be very interested to hear how you got on?
Thanks,
Shane