CONFERENCE2021 – REPLAY

All recorded sessions from the 2021 BNI Canada National Conference. Including our two keynote speakers from the main stage!

DAY 1 & 2 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Day 1 | Main Stage Welcome & Robert Skrob

  • “How to Accelerate Business Growth Through the Connector Effect”- Keynote

Day 2 | Main Stage Welcome & Terry Atkins

  • “RACE to SUCCESS!” –  Keynote

Next Years Hosts – BNI BC!

2021 Conference Sponsors

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Conference Agenda

June 16, 2021 | All-Access Day!

(all times noted are MDT)

11:30 AM- 3:15 PM MDT

MAIN STAGE

11:30 AM  – Registration & OPEN NETWORKING
11:45 AM  – Welcome video – International
11:50 AM  –  Introduction • Welcome International Delegates – BNI Canada National Director, Kai Bjorn
11:55 AM  – Welcome to Southern Alberta – Host Region BNI Alberta South Executive Directors – Dele Ajele/ Moji Ajele
12:00 PM  – Sponsors Address
12:05 PM  – Founders Address – Dr. Ivan Misner 
12:10 PM  – BNI Chairman and CEO – Graham Weihmiller 
12:15 PM  – Keynote – Robert Skrob
1:05PM  – Housekeeping – BNI Alberta South Marketing Director – gregT

BREAKOUT ROOMS 1:15 – 1:45 PM

French Sessions in Blue
  • Room 1: 10 top time management practices to get the most out of our days – Rob Mamchur
  • Room 2: Me?? Do Business with the Government of Canada? – Jenny Yu
  • Room 3: Accelerate Your Business Growth through Story Telling – Trevor Botkin
  • Room 4: Converting, Fast and Slow – How to scale your business and find new clients online in challenging times – Oob Nding
  • Room 5: Accelerating the right connections through depth of relationship – David O’Neil
  • Room 6: Growing your business through strategic alliances Moji Ajele
  • Room 7: Growing Your Business in Challenging times – Meaghan Chitwood
  • Room 8: Generating Referrals in French – Jean-Michel Steber

BREAKOUT ROOMS 1:50 – 2:20 PM

  • Room 1: Discover how integrations & automations can save your business time & money. Dive into exactly how you can connect your essential software to remove yourself from time-consuming manual tasks & get back to what’s important – growing your business! Stop working IN your business & start working ON your business. – Jon Lamont
  • Room 2: Always Get a YES when Asking for Referrals – Tiffanie Kellog
  • Room 3: Growing Your Business in Challenging Times – How to Use Data to Gain a Competitive Advantage – Toni Guffei
  • Room 4: Scaling Your Business – Take Powerful action – Cher Cunningham
  • Room 5: Prospecting for your Business on LinkedIn – Al Tepper
  • Room 6: The Holy Grail of Marketing – Referrals – Cindy Mount
  • Room 7: Attracting and developing great members for your team – Paul Konyk
  • Room 8: “Mon Groupe BNI = la meilleure auberge espagnole ?” French – Geneviève and Alex Piret

BREAKOUT ROOMS 2:25 – 2:55 PM

  • Room 1:Using a CRM to manage your client pipeline – Rav Badial
  • Room 2: Finding client – Strategic Alliances – Christel Wintels
  • Room 3: Recruiting and Retaining Great Talent – Pat Stride
  • Room 4: Everyone can scale their business. What’s holding you back? – John Breeze
  • Room 5: Social Media For Business – Irindeep Badial
  • Room 6: Build It and They Will Come – Kim Peters
  • Room 7: The Power of the Pride – Dawn Lyons
  • Room 8: Networking … it’s not enough to be seen! (French présentation) / Le réseautage … il ne suffit pas d’être vu ! – French  – Claude Beaulieu & Frédéric Caron

MAIN STAGE 3:00- 3:05 PM ….

  • Day 1 – Closing
  • BONUS!!!! Speed Networking – Hosted by Lloyd Hamshaw – Area Director, BNI Alberta South.

June 17, 2021 | BNI Directors Day

(all times noted are MDT)

11:45 AM- 3:15 PM MDT

MAIN STAGE

11:45 AM  – OPEN NETWORKING
12:00 PM  –  Introduction • Welcome – National Director Kai Bjorn
12:05 PM  – Welcome to Southern Alberta – Host Region BNI Alberta South Lloyd Hamshaw Area Director
12:15 PM  – Sponsors Address
12:20 PM  – RACE to SUCCESS!  Keynote: Terry Atkins
12:50 PM  – National Director Update – National Director Kai Bjorn
1:20PM  – Housekeeping – BNI Alberta South Marketing Director – gregT

BREAKOUT ROOMS 1:30 – 2:00 PM

  • Room 1: Scarcity vs Abundance Mindset: Welcome your Competitor Aanand Mehta
  • Room 2: Using BNI Connect reports to better support members – Neville Ward
  • Room 3: Growing Chapters through Power Teams – Dele Ajele
  • Room 4: The Secret to Engaging Members and Visitors through an Effective Slide Deck – Shawn O’Hara
  • Room 5: Starting Chapters – Rapid Launch – Andrew Johnson
  • Room 6: Systems For Growing BNI Chapters – Antonio Afonso
  • Room 7: Attracting Drivers Russ Sawdon

BREAKOUT ROOMS 2:05 – 2:35 PM

  • Room 1: Building Bigger Chapters – Hazel Walker
  • Room 2: UP your Online Presentations – gregT & Lloyd Hamshaw
  • Room 3: Chapter Growth Under 25 – Jo & Dalene Allen
  • Room 4: Increasing 1st year retention using the BNI Passport – Mark Graber
  • Room 5: Starting Chapters – Shirley Towne
  • Room 6: Empowering your chapter to make the hard decision. – Lawrence Roberts
  • Room 7: Optimizing Your Team and Creating Engagement – Robin Schuckman

BREAKOUT ROOMS 2:40 – 3:10 PM

  • Room 1: Inviting is Prospecting – Denis Brisson
  • Room 2: BNI Core Values and Social Media – Grow your Network and your business online – Janice Baskin
  • Room 3: Chapter Culture, Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast – Richard Cox
  • Room 4: Recruiting and Retaining Great Talent – Mike Macedonio
  • Room 5: Using Social Media to attract more members to your chapter – Barbara Lowe
  • Room 6: The importance of the interview – Garth McFadden
  • Room 7: Referrals In A Virtual World – Vishal Ramanuj

MAIN STAGE 3:15 ….

  • Day 2 – Closing

….Gala at 6:00PM

Resources

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Conference Booklet – English –

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Livret de conférence – en français –

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