Friday, November 20, 2009

BNI Members Turn Out For Mound Tree Lighting

Minnesota Viking's tight end, Jim Kleinsasser was the official "Tree Lighter" for the City of Mound Holiday display on Thursday night. Bob Christians of the Westonka BNI welcomed Jim and his family to the annual event. Other members attending included, Pat Maund, Jon Wright and John and Kristin Beise. Westonka BNI invites the local business community to visit one of our weekly meetings at the Gillespie Center.

Monday, November 16, 2009


Janet Symons, owner of State Farm Insurance in Navarre will give our 10 minute presentation next Tuesday. Please invite guests that you believe will benefit by attending.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Be The Ball!

Westonka BNI has started a new "Sales Manager Minute" award. The "Hole-in-one" Golden Golf Ball is presented each week to the member that follows the five vital presentation points, stays within the one minute time limit and does it with energy and creativity. The winner selects the following week's awardee.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

We're Connected!


We're Connected and we'd like you to be connected, too. Join us Tuesday morning for an introduction to the Westonka chapter of Business Networking International. Pictured here is Janet Symons, past president of our chapter with the founder of BNI, Dr. Ivan Meisner.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Season Of Change

Hello BNI Westonka members,

As our Fall continues to turn to Winter (too fast, I know), change is also happening in the BNI Minnesota Region this Fall.

Beginning November 1st, your New Assistant Director will be Tara Schmakel. Tara has been a Director with BNI for the past 3 years and a very good member for nearly 5 years. Tara has been a collegue, a teammate and most of all a friend to me for the past 5 years and I am proud to have her visit BNI Westonka in the coming weeks. She brings a vast knowledge of networking and chapter building skills as she proudly served her home chapter as V.P and Education Coord among other positions. She is always open for questions!

As for Chad, I will remain as an Assistant Director with BNI-MN taking on a New role of developing New Chapters in the Western part of the Twin Cities. So if you have a collegue, friend or neighbor looking to be apart of BNI, have them contact me directly (info below). I wish you the Very Best going forward, please don't hesitate to call or email me to dicuss how to better build your BNI business!

Please welcome Tara with open arms as you continue to grow your chapter and meet your goals.
Sincerely,

Chad LaRoche
The Loan Sheriff
Assistant Director BNI-MN