Free Professional Training

BNI Members have access to professional training sessions and a series of business growth publications.

Training sessions and workshops are free although there is a nominal charge of £10 when food is provided. They are held both at BNI’s National Office in Rickmansworth and also locally within Acorn Chapter’s region.

Each training session or workshop lasts between two and three-and-a-half hours. They are scheduled very regularly and are held mornings, afternoons and evenings to suit each member’s preferred time.

 

Member Success Training

Learn how to make the most of your BNI membership and start to grow your business as quickly as possible through word-of-mouth marketing.

This is usually the first training session new members attend; indeed they are expected to attend this course within 60 days of joining.

 

Presentation Skills Workshop

Who wasn’t terrified the first time they had to stand up and speak in public? You might not lose the nerves, but you can learn how to make your communication more effective so that you get what you want. This workshop will show you how.

Improve your presentation and personal communication skills to maximise the business you get from your chapter. We spend two hours helping you to get the most out of your sixty seconds. It will also help to get your message across every time you talk to anyone about your business.

Attendance at this workshop is highly recommended for members before they make their ten-minute presentations.

New members who attend this course for the first time are then entitled to request a four-minute “launch pad” presentation at the next convenient chapter meeting.

 

Networking Skills Workshop

We're not all born to network! Making the most of our contacts takes practice, but you can fast-track that process by attending this workshop.

How much business do you generate from your networking skills? Could you improve your effectiveness when walking into a room full of members and visitors, or a room full of strangers? What are your goals for a networking session? A two hour workshop combining behavioural, communication and personal interaction skills to increase your profits.

 

Chapter Development Workshop

Members receive most of their referrals from people in the same power group as them. Chapters with 40 members pass twice as many referrals as chapters with 30 members. Come to this workshop to learn how growing your chapter and your power group go hand-in-hand with growing your business.

 

Referral Skills Workshop

How to get your fellow members to bring you more serious business and a host of creative ways of bringing new business for your fellow chapter members.

Managing and finding referrals can seem a daunting process. In this workshop you will learn how finding referrals can become a habit which will generate more business for your fellow members, which will result in more business for you. can become a habit which will generate more business for your fellow members, which will result in more business for you.

 

1–1 Relationship Skills Workshop

This NEW workshop is dedicated to building relationships with your fellow members by having effective 1-2-1 meetings!

What's the point of a 1-1 meeting with one of your fellow members? A quick chat? A catch-up on the football/soaps? NO! A 1-1 meeting should be about generating business through enhanced relationships! How effective are you when doing 1-1s?

This workshop will help you build better relationships with your chapter members (which leads to more business), as well as showing you how you can get more business directly from your 1-1s.

 

Momentum Workshop (New)

At this workshop you will learn about why chapters of 40+ are getting more out of their membership of BNI. An essential for any chapter thinking about holding a visitor day, and every member who is serious about growing their business with BNI.

 

How do I register for these courses?

Non-members: Sorry, but you have to be a member to attend our courses. Have you thought about joining BNI? Please see our Visit BNI Acorn page for more information.

Members: There is a current training schedule for the London North East Area on the UK BNI website.