How to make the most of it! Part 1

Greetings from Harvesters!

We ‘d like to share some pointers to make the most of your investment (time & money). It is quite an effort to attend a breakfast meeting, however, as they say… the early bird gets the worm.

Reminders:

1. Please bring one (1) box or 100 pieces of calling cards or marketing materials for the launch (yes that many, I am not kidding). If you don’t have business cards on that day, or if you run out, it’s as good as being INVISIBLE!

• If you need to order calling cards, our member Aljo Chua of Print Avenue (8884347) can help you.
• If you need rush materials, contact our resident writer Deedee Espina of WriteShop (0917-8523948) for your marketing collaterals like brochures, etc.
• If you need accommodations and other travel arrangements, contact Gay Gatbonton of Routes & Routes at 4548100.
• If you run out of load during the event, look for Marcia Castañeda of Telephony Electronic Perks (0927-4205061)
• If you need vitamins to increase your stamina and be energized on the 27th, call Eileen Ignacio at (0920-9526958)
• If you are a VIP and you have security concerns as regards attending public functions, call our security expert Joseph Pardo (0918-9352858)
  ETC….

2. Bring your TICKET! No ticket, no entry and no breakfast!

3. Come at 6:30 AM! Make the most of the time to exchange business cards with the other guests. If for some reason you cannot make it (God forbid) please inform the person who invited you ASAP.

4. Attire: Smart Casual/Business. Heck, dress as expected of your profession!

We are excited to see all of you there…
Venue: Magellan Room, Discovery Suites, ADB Avenue, Ortigas (in front of Podium Mall)
Time: 6:30 AM
Date: 27 June 2007, Wednesday

Happy harvesting!
There’s plenty for everyone.

An invitation to dynamic entrepreneurs!

Greetings!

You are cordially invited to attend the Launch of the Harvest Chapter of BNI Philippines on 27 June 2007, Wednesday, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Magellan Room of the Discovery Suites on San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City.

BNI – Business Network Int’l. is a business and professional networking organization whose primary purpose is to exchange qualified business referrals. It is the largest networking organization and currently has over 4,700 chapters with 95,000 members in 43 US states and 37 countries (Canada, Australian, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, Israel, Malaysia, etc, and recently, the Philippines). As of last counting in 2006, BNI has generated more than 4.9 million referrals that resulted in USD1.7 billion worth of business for its members.

We operate on the “Givers Gain” philosophy—those who give business freely to others will benefit in return and get business as well.

What makes BNI unique is that it allows only one person per profession to join a chapter. Thus, once you’ve joined, none of your competitors can participate. Our chapter is currently looking for people to whom they can refer business and who are interested in generating a steady source of referral business.

Seating will be limited so please RSVP to me so I can reserve a seat for you. There is no charge to attend the meeting; the meal fee will be P500.00 which includes a set breakfast. Remember to bring at least 50 business cards to pass around, as you will meet lots of local business professionals.

I look forward to meeting you and increasing our referral business.

Sincerely,

Edlynn Frondoso-Ng, CPA
BNI Area Director
Harvest Chapter Visitor Host
+63 917 5336869
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P.S. Please feel free to bring a business associate with you who may also be interested in finding out how to generate more business through “word-of-mouth” referrals. Anthony Robbins says that one referral is equal to 15 cold calls.

Are you looking for clients? We can help you!
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

See related post: There is plenty for everyone!

Goal number three, now a reality!

What is my recipe for success?

Ingredients:
3 cups of integrity
3 cups of relationship building
2 cups of purpose
1 cup of enthusiasm
1 cup of trust
1 cup of perseverance
1 cup of resilience
5 cups of fun

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Grease a baking tray with intention, lay the mixture and bake in 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Voila! The timer rings and the goodies are ready to serve.

The finished product: A published article about Business Network International (BNI) entitled “Gaining by giving”, pages 12, 14 and 16 of this month’s issue (June 2007) of Entrepreneur Philippines magazine (with my picture in it).

As a star performer, goal setting is a crucial part of the process. In August of 2006, I enrolled in the Prosperity Coaching Program of Millionaire Anonymous, Inc. headed by Mr. Tim Bennett of Argon Animation and was part of Team 1. I remembered listing down 101 goals. I reviewed my notes and I was blown away! Goal number three jumped out of the list – “To be featured in a business magazine.” At that time, I had no clue as to how it was going to happen. As they say, “be careful of what we wish for because we might just get it.” Such is the magic and importance of writing goals. The universe seems to conspire and move people, events, and circumstances that create synchronicities towards the fulfillment of my dreams and ideals. Al Argo, a Singapore-based shared me his interesting poem about why we should write them down (see earlier post entitled “Al Argo in Action”).

The author of the article, Joseph Pardo (now Harvest Chapter Educational Minute Coordinator) was already featured in the June 2006 issue and he talked about his involvement in their family business Special Steel Products Inc. This opportunity for Business Network International’s (BNI) in the Entrepreneur Philippines magazine cannot be missed at all. Marie Ann Fajardo, our interviewer from the publication visited us in one of the Harvest chapter meetings. We also set a schedule for the pictorial and was rendered by At Maculangan. Now that the ingredients are complete, the finished product is hot off the press. I attribute this manifestation to the power of connection and “givers gain”-what we sow we reap, plus, what you see represents about two decades of friendship between us.

Grab your copy now!

Magellan… discover… Harvest!

I am part of the Harvest chapter (Ortigas) as Visitor Host and I am happy to announce that we will hold our Launch at the Magellan function room on the 41st Floor of Discovery Suites in Ortigas, 7am-9am on June 27, 2007 (Wednesday). It will be the second chartered chapter in the Philippines, after Genesis had theirs last January.

A little trivia…

Magellan is the first circumnavigator of the ‘real’ world. His famous quote:

“The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.”

Can you imagine hearing someone from the 16th century saying what appears to be such blasphemy? And yet, he proved that the earth is round. He achieved the most difficult nautical feat of all the centuries. The voyage proved most fruitful for science. It gave the first positive proof of the earth’s rotundity and the first true idea of the distribution of land and water. No offense to the Church, but for me, the Church symbolizes people’s limiting beliefs.

As individuals and as a team, let us be like Magellan… Let’s step beyond our comfort zones and self-imposed beliefs to undertake yet the greatest voyage of discovery!

Cheers to Harvest! Let us make our mark!

If you’d like to attend to meet business contacts and network with dynamic entrepreneurs as yourself, contact me (Edlynn) at 0917-5336869. Seats are limited!

Al Argo in Action

Al was the first keynote speaker and he shared with us “The Edge Factor: Strategies for Success & Significance in Business and in Life”. He was very lively, energetic and funny too. He was from Alabama, moved to Texas before he discovered Singapore through his neighbor. For him and his amiable wife Nicole and their children, Singapore is now their new home. He is founder of Argo Global, a Singapore based company focused on developing “People, Products and Places.” He produced two wonderful audio products: Goal Setting for Success and Significance and Al’s Fundamentals of Selling Success.

In his talk, he used “edge factor” as an acronym for the qualities that one must possess and apply to lead him and his business not only to success but also to a significant position in our global economy. One of his key point was the three “T”s think, thank, tank. Every morning, we all must have quiet time to think about our day. An attitude of gratitude is a must, and to become  successful, having a service-oriented mindset is a good foundation. He showed us his goal journal and he actually wrote a poem about it.

 

“Write Down Your Goals?”

Al Argo

“IF you don’t write your goal down on paper,

Beware, it may try to be an escaper.

But when you do write your goal in your journal,

What you have done is planted a kernel.

And everyone, who knows any thing knows,

That what a man reaps is what a man sows!

So write down your hopes and journal your goals

And press on through the highs and the lows.

Through the thick and through the thin,

If you never, never quit – eventually you win.

In every failure is a seed of success,

So keep trying, keep trying –

And you’ll be the best.

Write down your goals

And surprise the rest.”

® 2006 Al Argo

www.al-argo.com al@argoglobal.biz

Al Argo was great! Argo is ARGO… A Really Good Offer!

Harvest meets Harvest

One of the highlights of my day and Deedee’s in the BNI conference was meeting the BNI Harvest chapter in Singapore. Harvest Singapore is four years old and Stephen Mok Chiu Hoong heads the chapter. He is a financial consultant for IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd. I found a parallelism in that I am now with Pru Life UK, and he used to be with Prudential in Singapore. He started the chapter as well like I did. Sheryl Fong, who is the design director for Iceworks Communications, supports him as the Vice-President. Their Secretary/Treasurer is Corina Tham, an associated of Hecks Realty. They won the “It’s Possible! 100% Attendance” Award.

We love Harvest as our chapter name. Og Mandino was quoted to say, “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” It reminds us to be always on our toes… that every thought, every deed and every word are seeds that we plant, and we shall reap the fruits when the time comes.

Deedee and I can now look up to them as our experienced brothers and sisters. Life offers a lot of challenges, and BNI is no exception. At the end of the day, the learning experiences count and relationships do matter. They provide the springboard of hope that tomorrow will be better and eventually, one day, we wake up as the best.

Cheers to a fruitful harvest for all!

BNI Day in Singapore: Simply Amazing!

The Legends at Fort Canning Park witnessed the remarkable energy amongst the BNI members in Singapore last May 23, 2007. Its success was fully supported by the 200 delegates in attendance.

BNI Singapore marks its 8th year in September with 22 chapters and a few more chapters to be launched before the end of 2007. Sim Chow Boon and Mervin Yeo were at the forefront as National Directors- the Captains of the ship who will steer BNI Singapore to a higher level. Chow Boon and Mervin are actively involved in developing BNI in the Philippines, the 37th country with Genesis Chapter as the pioneer.

Edlynn Ng and Harvest core group
My involvement in BNI started in September of 2006. Through Eric “Sam” Dizon, my colleague in Pru Life UK (Philippines) or Prudential to our Asian neighbors, I attended the info sessions of Genesis chapter. BNI allows only one person per profession so I had to find another chapter. During typhoon ‘Milenyo’, Chow Boon was in town and we got to discuss about a lot of things about BNI. We were in Glorietta then and he was so amazed with the typhoon (there are no typhoons in Singapore). There was no electricity, no internet and the cell sites were down as well. The roads were chaotic due to the billboards that fell and we were back to basics. During that time I drew up a guest list of my clients who were enterprising and decided to invite them to a breakfast meeting. My objective was to thank them by introducing them to each other and hopefully, businesses transactions will be consummated amongst us. I introduced BNI and right there and then, we were 6 members. Little did I know I have already formed a core group. Our first meeting was in October 11, 2006 at Dome Café in Shangri La Edsa Plaza Mall in Ortigas Center. Running the chapter was a serious undertaking. I was the only one trained for the Leadership Team, and my strong belief in word-of-mouth advocacy enabled me to consistently deliver week after week. We have 15 members to date and we will launch Harvest on June 27, 2007 at Discovery Hotel function as Area Director and Visitor Host for Harvest and the chapter is in good hands with Deedee Espina as President, Ardee Aram as Vice-President, and Marcia Castaneda as Secretary/Treasurer.

The conference started with networking and breakfast. We were called in by 830am into the function rooms and we settled down. I am very happy to be with Deedee during this trip and I have another soul who will help me ‘infect’ the Philippine members with vibrant energy.

The BNI members represent a talented pool and one of the members of Crescendo chapter, Anne, facilitated the icebreaker activities: the Mexican wave and the Q & A game. Chow Boon delivered his opening address. He focused on going back to basics or the FUNdamentals. Members who do the basics will become valued and contributory towards building a very productive chapter.

There were two keynote speakers in the persons of Al Argo, of Argo Global, a dynamic sales trainer who spoke about “The Edge Factor” and Christine Sim, an HR veteran who shared ideas on her journey “From Success to Significance”. There were also breakout sessions on various networking topics by the Directors of BNI Singapore. Mervin Yeo shared a presentation based on BNI Chairman Dr. Ivan Misner’s book “Truth or Delusion.” We also had fun by the way. The talented host Gerard Otto rendered two songs, and Jeremy Pei wowed the audience with his magic performance. Raffle prizes were also drawn and I was honored to have picked some of the winners.

The second part of the program was the Awards Ceremony where over 40 awards were given.

BNI is now in Makati!

Are you looking for business?

Join us for breakfast and meet other dynamic entrepreneurs like you! We might be your future clients.

During the session, you will:

• Learn how a strong contact network in BNI can be a sales team generating business referrals business for you on a regular basis.
• Learn how much business you can generate for your company through BNI
• Learn how you can get people to promote your business
• Meet other business owners and professionals that day
• Learn valuable networking tips

When: May 11, 2007 – Friday (7am – 930am)

Where: 2nd Flr, BIZU Patisserie & Bistro, Greenbelt 2, Ayala Center (back of McDonald’s Greenbelt Paseo de Roxas) Makati City

Admission fee: P350 only (includes full sit down breakfast)

Seats are limited, register thru email – bniphilippines@gmail.com (Subject: May 11) with the following details.

Name:
Company:
Profession/Business:
Landline:
Mobile number:
E-mail address:
Years in business:

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Invite your friends and register them too!

For inquiries, contact: Edlynn Frondoso-Ng (Area Director) at 0917-5336869

P.S. Bring lots of business cards!