If you’re an entrepreneur, a business owner  a developer….What would it be if You had the chance spending Two days connecting with people from all over the world, developing quality relationship in order to help each other out and create new opportunities all over the world? This is actually what happened to me and all the members and directors attending the BNI Global Convention in Bangkok in November this year. With a wonderful program of speakers from whom to learn and progress, with organized speed meetings, one to one meetings and informal discussions these two days as a member BNI were just exceptional.

When you attend a Global Convention of an international company or organization, it will give you a chance to receive high quality information and learn from those in charge or who has been active for a long time. At the BNI Gobal Convention 2018 we had the chance to listen to Dr Ivan Misner the founder of BNI (Business International Network) and some great Directors worldwide sharing in how to develop your network in a honest, effective and sustainable way, how to boost our local chapters for the benefits of all the members and how to dare set high goals professionally (or even personally) and be persistent, surrounded with supporting people to achieve them. We also got the chance to listen to Steve Faber a well-known keynote speaker Nr 1 Huffington Post who delivered a speech and a message worth going all the way to Bangkok for. He highlighted the importance to Do Business with Love – to Love what you Do – Love your customers -Love your business partners and it was just so rich with ideas and real examples. Something I will also bring with me is how he showed, in tremendous way, the importance to never give up on things you love to do outside your work. It’s worth to take those hours off, you owe it to the people around you because if you do things that you love, that you dream of, you will be filled with joy and love… and in that way be able to share it on. Steve Farber has always wanted to be a musician, life went differently as he had to sell his guitar in the twenties to get money but he never really gave up on his dream. Could he had demonstrated it in a better way than finishing his speech, to the surprise of many, by getting out his guitar singing on stage in front of 3000 people. I bet he could have had a great career as a musician too. To listen to all these speakers was an enriching experience but to attend a networking convention is mostly about connecting to new people and I can tell you that I got more than expected.

Being in my first year of BNI membership I hadn’t any particular expectations attending this convention, I just wanted discover, learn and have a great experience. At least I knew by participating I had the possibility to meet some wonderful people from all over the world, maybe being able to help some of them and with a slight chance even come across an opportunity for myself. Must say it got way over my expectations and I even got the chance to attend a conclave, special speed meeting to connect with 50 members from Singapore the day after my two official member days.