{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6026e0e59c119342f0d027c1/612618df9f63610012862605?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"BNI Founder Dr. Ivan Misner -  How He Built The World's Largest Business Networking Organization","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6026e0e59c119342f0d027c1/1649076810655-0cbeb84a0ed56d9a28ec8ae88a8b4e6b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Dr. Ivan Misner</strong> is the Founder &amp; Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization.&nbsp; Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 10,100 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.&nbsp; Last year alone, BNI generated 11.5 million referrals resulting in more than $16.2 billion dollars worth of business for its members.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Misner’s Ph.D. is from the University of Southern California. He is a <em>New York Times</em> Bestselling author who has written 26 books including one of his latest books – <em>Who’s in Your Room?</em> He is also a columnist for Entrepreneur.com and has been a university professor as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of La Verne.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Called the <em>“Father of Modern Networking” </em>by both Forbes and CNN, Dr. Misner is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on business networking and has been a keynote speaker for major corporations and associations throughout the world.&nbsp; He has been featured in the <em>L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, </em>and<em> New York Times, </em>as well as numerous TV and radio shows including <em>CNN, </em>the <em>BBC,</em> and <em>The Today Show</em> on <em>NBC</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Among his many awards, he has been named “<em>Humanitarian of the Year</em>” by the Red Cross and has been the recipient of the <em>John C. Maxwell Leadership Award</em>.&nbsp; He is proud that he and his late wife, Elisabeth, are the Co-Founders of the BNI Charitable Foundation. They also reached “empty nester” status after happily raising their three children. <strong><em>Oh, and in his spare time!!! </em></strong>&nbsp;he is also an amateur magician and a black belt in karate.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this interview Ivan Misner shares exclusive insight about the following topics:</strong></p><ol><li>What makes a great networker</li><li>What makes it easier for people to refer you</li><li>What part of Ivan’s Leadership has created the greatest results</li><li>How Karate taught Ivan some key principles in life and business</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>With Podcast host: Mark Sephton</strong></p><p>Hope you'll enjoy the episode!</p>","author_name":"Brainz Magazine"}