auditory learners

Bored to death?

by Charlie Lawson on June 20, 2012 · 13 comments

I was at a BNI chapter last Friday, listening to the member that was delivering his 10-minute presentation.  I say I was listening – that’s actually completely untrue: 3-4 minutes in, I had developed something of a trance-like state, and I was thinking about what I was doing that weekend (a visit to the in-laws, since you ask).

I then checked myself – I must concentrate on the presentation!  Looking round the room however, I noticed that about 25 other people (out of 30 in the room) were also staring into the middle distance in various trance-like states.   This got me thinking: why were just a small minority of the room paying attention?   As BNI members, they will have spent time building relationships with the speaker – he had a 5-year member badge on – so he clearly should have had the respect of his fellow members. [click to continue…]

Am I forgetful?

by Charlie Lawson on May 25, 2012 · 9 comments

I was at a networking event recently, and I bumped into a chap who I hadn’t seen
for a long time.  He’d been a BNI member in one of the first chapters I’d supported, some seven years ago, and had left the group when he sold his business.

We had a very enjoyable conversation – both catching up on old times, and also finding out about what we were both doing right now.  It turns out that I have a number of contacts that he would love the chance to speak to, and of course, I was happy to try and facilitate some introductions.

As is good practice in referral marketing, he told me exactly what I should say when I spoke to my contacts, and we agreed a time for me to follow up with him on how I’d got on. [click to continue…]