BNI Miami Dade Hosted over 900 members, celebrated their outstanding achievements and still got everyone to work on time!

BNI Miami-Dade celebrated the ranking of:
#2 FRANCHISE OF BNI “IN THE WORLD” FOR 2010 - 2011

MCRA took place on Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Doubletree Hotel & Miami Airport Convention Center with over 900 BNI Miami-Dade Members in attendance. Net-WORK-ing began in the NEWLY DESIGNED Table Top Expo at 6:00 am with over 40 Sponsoring members showcasing their business. We were honored to have John R. Meyer. – U.S. National Director-East, BNI as a special guest in attendance.

My BNI Story Presentations

The event was hosted by 9 year member Brian Silverio, and presentations were made by several members:

• Elizabeth Manso, DM Accounting Services, Inc. – BNI Miami Beach
• Steve Howard, Esquire Express, Inc. – BNI Biscayne Connection
• Robert Klemm, RobertKlemmPhotgraphy.com – BNI Coral Gables
• Richard C. Wolfe, Wolfe Law Miami, PA – BNI Premier

Charity

Hands 2 Help, Inc. was incredibly honored to be the charity partner for BNI Miami-Dade’s 10th Annual Member & Chapter Recognition Awards. The breakfast incorporated a toy drive that brought in close to 700 incredible toys for kids ages 0-17 including bicycles, educational laptops and developmental toys for babies.

In the spirit of giving, Camille Jones, Executive Director and Marty Davis, Board of Director and member of BNI South Beach announced that the R Ludwig Children's Foundation will match any cash or credit card donations received before December 24th. Credit card donations can be made on the website www.hands2helpinc.org or checks can be mailed to Hands2Help, Inc., 18305 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 200, Aventura, FL 33160. For more information, please visit www.hands2helpinc.org.

Recognition & Awards

We recognized the region’s best chapters and most outstanding members who exemplify the BNI “Givers Gain” Philosophy.

 

• FOUNDERS AWARD: Third time consecutive award winners - BNI Referral Professionals
• FOUNDERS AWARD: BNI Business Leaders
• GIVERS GAIN AWARD: BNI Biscayne Connection
• GIVERS GAIN AWARD: BNI Gables Rainmakers
• MOST IMPROVED CHAPTER AWARD: BNI Business Masters
• ROOKIE CHAPTER OF THE YEAR: BNI Revival
• HALL OF FAME AWARD: BNI Revival
• OUTSTANDING INNOVATION AWARD: BNI South Beach
• ADOPT-A-CHAPTER AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Blecher
• LEADERSHIP TRAINING AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR: Elizabeth Manso
• REGIONAL EVENTS AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR: Jessica Safie
• NOTABLE NETWORKER AWARD: Mike Stoklosa
• NOTABLE NETWORKER AWARD: Ada Stevens
• The STAY COMMITTED AWARD for (Ten Year Members)

Louis Johns: BNI University
Fred Mauer: Global Professionals
Frank Weiss: BNI Falls
David Kinney: BNI Pinecrest

• DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: John F. Sklavounos, Director of Technology
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Adam Max
• Each chapter also selected their own Most Valuable Member

Pictures & Clips

To view event photos compliments of Snaphappy Photos please visit our Facebook page or visit the album directly.

Special Thanks

We would like to specially thank our members that helped make MCRA such a great success! 

• Ada Stevens – Snaphappy Photos
• Javier Montes – DJ Connection
• Janette Pacheco – DEX Imaging
• Our Event Sponsors from our many BNI Miami Dade chapters
• And last but certainly not least – Dena Willman – UM Executive Medicine

MY BNI Story Selection Committee

Gina Polo & Jaime Yordán-Frau, Chairs
Robert Kohlman
Melissa Rubin
Michelle & Richard Wolfe

Thank you MEMBERS for making 2011 our best year yet! TEAM BNI MIAMI-DADE is looking forward to helping YOU create your best year yet in 2011!

Member Chapter Recognition Awards: For the Members – By the members.

Special Thanks to our Expo Sponsors: 

Cars & Trucks - Vans Daniel Quintana – Dolphin Electric, Inc. Jose Moell – Car Advisors, LLC C.J. Bronstrup  – Brass Cojones Marketing, Inc. Oreo Hernandez  – Miami Marlins Dee  Hoult – Applause Your Paws, Inc. Exhibit Booths Jonathan Blecher – Jonathan Blecher, P.A. Steven Schatzberg  – True Choice Telecom Michelle Wolfe – Halo Branded Solution Lourdes Balepogi – Chispa Marketing John Hughes  – Cellular Sales Marlon Cavé  – Credomatic USA Oren Yehezkely – Family Phone Adam Suarez – GlassWorks Multimedia Display Tables David Plympton – Breakwater Boats and Yachts Janette Pacheo – DEX Imaging Missi Smith – The Connection, LLC James Murphy – Fraiser Property & Adjusting Paulo Barone  – Custom Clothier Bill Martinez – NPC South Kelly Fisher  –  Referral Institute Miami Jason Loeb – Sudsies.com Shmuli Rudski – Rugsies.com Mirielle Enlow – City National Bank Frank Fiore – Cruising Unlimited Maria Guadamuz – AAA Miami Locksmith, Inc. Joseph Marmor – Le Chocolatier Elizabeth Manso – DM Accounting Services, Inc. Michelle Dieguez – 3Med Health Institute Lynette Janac – South Florida Luxury Guide Jorge Mendez – Ultimate Express Services Diane Camacho – Flowers by Diane

 

Why BNI?

Now, more than ever, business people need to network to stay in business. BNI provides a positive, supportive, and structured environment to exchange quality business referrals.BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world. We offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals.

Last year Members of BNI passed thousands of referrals, which generated over $4 Billion dollars worth of business for each other! BNI is a business and professional referral organization that allows only one person from each profession to join a chapter.

Belonging to BNI is like having dozens of sales people working for you because all the other members carry several copies of your business cards around with them. When they meet someone who could use your products or services they hand your card out and recommend your services. It's as simple as that!

It's simple because it's based on the proven concept of "what goes around, comes around." If I help you, you'll help me and we will both benefit as a result. Would you like to increase your business by 20%, 30%, 50% or as much as 100%? You can see results like this! Many have. Some participants have added as many as 50 new clients in the first 2 years!!!

In 2010, Business Network Int'l passed over 6.5 million referrals in 5500+ chapters with over 135,000 members in 45 countries resulting in more than $2.8 billion in business!!

 

Founders awards Winners 2009 & 2010 BNI Referral Professionals	Chairman’s Award winners for this video BNI Miami Beach

 

 

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