Soar to Success July2021

Dr. Ivan Misner has helped thousands of businessmen and women develop a strong bondofmutual assistance througheffective 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. After Misner received his PhD in organizational behavior from the University of Southern California, he started a consulting practice and began attending networking meetings to expand his sphere of influence but found them “Givers Gain®” Is the Motto Dr. Ivan Misner Uses to Help BNI Members Soar to Success to be woefully lacking structure. Some would involve social functions with cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres, but little true business networking was accomplished. At other meetings, it seemed everyone simply tried to sell their products and services with no real ongoing relationship building. “I wanted to put together a network that focused on business and relationships but wasn’t totally social. The glue that would hold it all together was the core value of “Givers Gain.” I will help you, you will help me, and we will all do better as a result of it.”