The 60 Second Speech

At the heart of the BNI meeting is the “60 Second Speech” slot. This is each member’s opportunity to tell everyone at the meeting all about their business, the kind of leads they are looking for, and anything at all that will help the other members generate business for them.

60 seconds may seem to be the briefest of speeches, but BNI have developed a system to harness the power of this format, and regularly organise free training workshops to allow the members to develop their presentations, introducing techniques such as the memory hook, and effective ways to ensure that the message is remembered.

This system has immense practical benefits outside BNI, where in in real-life networking situations, the BNI member is trained to be able to give an instant and concise account of what they do.

via BNI 60 Second Speech, Business Networking International.

If all goes well, it should be approx 7:40am (London Time), on Friday 4th September 2009. I am attending BNI Cobbold Chapter in Ipswich, UK. To demonstrate the speed and ease of posting to multiple Social Networks, this post will be triggered during my sixty second presentation.

“My name is Matt Porter from Matt Porter Web Design Limited, based in Ipswich, we design, build, manage, host and optimise web sites for all sizes of business across the world.

This week, I would like to demonstrate the speed and simplicity of using Social Media Pack for business, this sixty seconds and the attached photograph of the BNI members present.

Members should go to www.socialmediapack.co.uk or twitter.com/socialmediapack after the meeting you will see this post in all it’s glory. This week I am looking for businesses that are looking to generate leads to their web sites, including via the search engines.

That’s Matt Porter Web Design, Bringing your business to the world.”

At the heart of the BNI meeting is the “60 Second Speech” slot. This is each member’s opportunity to tell everyone at the meeting all about their business, the kind of leads they are looking for, and anything at all that will help the other members generate business for them.

60 seconds may seem to be the briefest of speeches, but BNI have developed a system to harness the power of this format, and regularly organise free training workshops to allow the members to develop their presentations, introducing techniques such as the memory hook, and effective ways to ensure that the message is remembered.

This system has immense practical benefits outside BNI, where in in real-life networking situations, the BNI member is trained to be able to give an instant and concise account of what they do.

via Business Networking – BNI Europe.