BNI - The Business Referral Organisation

Visitor Morning
Thursday 26th February 2009
Belfast City Chapter hosted a special Visitor Morning on Thursday 26th February 2009. If you are interested in finding out how you can benefit from membership please fill in the on-line form or contact any member.

The Visitor morning was a huge success with over 40 people sitting down to breakfast and to learn more about BNI. A lot of interest was shown after the meeting and we look forward to welcoming new members in the next weeks. If you missed this opportunity please contact any chapter member of fill in the on-line form to find out more.

We have moved....
Belfast City Chapter have a new home - the Wellington Park Hotel on the Malone Road. We met there at 06:45 every Thursday, If you would like to come along and see how BNI can help you grow your business complete the on-line form or call any member from the contact details on this site

Pictured from left to right are the new leadership team who will hold position for the 6 months April to September 2009.

Trevor Reid (Secretary/Treasurer)
Paddy Miscampbell (Membership Coordinator)
David Cunningham
(Chapter Director)

Belfast City Chapter
BNI provides a structured, proven system for the development and exchange of quality business referrals. It is the largest business networking organization of its kind, with over 5000 chapters in operation in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and Puerto Rico.

Founded in 1985 by Dr. Ivan R. Misner with the sole purpose of strong contact business networking to generate business for fellow members, BNI has now grown to over 103,600 members.

In 2007 over 5,500,000 business referrals were passed, with a value of over £1.25 million world wide. That's larger than the gross national product of many nations!

In the UK and Ireland alone, there are over 560 BNI Chapters that in 2007 gave over 538,400 referrals, leading to business worth more than £185m being passed between members.

Our operating philosophy is 'Givers Gain', and since we allow only one person from any profession to join our chapter, you can become a part of that Circle of Giving. When you join a BNI chapter, you lock in your position and lock out your competition.

Local Mission
To practice the givers gain philosophy of business networking, by helping professionals achieve business growth through qualified word-of-mouth referrals, education, training and modeling.

Director's Mission
To facilitate and develop local BNI chapters; to provide networking education and training; and to act with honesty and integrity as a personal model of the givers gain way of business networking.

Networkers of the Month May 2009
Visitor Award Steven Thompson BSX2 www.bsx2.co.uk	Referral Award Mark Watkins Tailored Mobiles UK www.tailoredmobiles.com

For more information and/or an invitation to attend our meeting please call any of the committee members, complete the on-line form or send an email

Leadership Team

The leadership team changes every 6 months. The current leadership is: