BNI Henley Chapter

BNI Henley is a group of independent businesses in the Thames Valley who are dedicated to supplying a range of professional business services that you can rely on.

is a professional organisation that allows only one person from each trade or profession to join a chapter. With over 3,620 active chapters, and 72,500 members, it is the most successful business referral organisation in the world.

Belonging to BNI is like having dozens of sales people working for you because all the other members carry copies of your card with them. When they meet someone new that could use your products or services they hand out your card and personally recommend your services.

It's as simple as that! Last year members of BNI passed 3,300,000 referrals, which generated more than €1.2 billion worth of business.

Getting The Message Across
As a BNI Member you get 60 seconds each week to promote your business or special offers. This is each member's opportunity to tell everyone at the meeting all about their business, the kind of leads they are looking for, and anything at all that will help the other members generate business for them.

60 seconds may seem to be the briefest of speeches, but BNI have developed a system to harness the power of this format, and regularly organise free training workshops to allow the members to develop their presentations, introducing techniques such as the memory hook, and effective ways to ensure that the message is remembered.

This system has immense practical benefits outside BNI, where in in real-life networking situations, the BNI member is trained to be able to give an instant and concise account of what they do.