BNI - Business Driven Network Chapter http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com We are a BNI chapter located in Grand Rapids, MI. BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world, offering members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:54:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 BNI Hat Day http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/2010/07/bni-hat-day/ http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/2010/07/bni-hat-day/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:55:02 +0000 admin http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/?p=195 Melissa McLellan finds happiness on hat day at a recent BNI meeting. Melissa represents Comerica Bank. The cranial adornment is by Karyn Moulton of Trousseau Nouveau.

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RSS feed or News feed – (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary feed) provides summaries of web content in a simple format. It is available through an RSS feed reader, or through some browsers. It will show you what’s new since the last time you checked the feed, without having to visit the website itself.

Facebook.com – The name of a social networking site (SNS) that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, post photos, share links and exchange other information.

Delicious.com - Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web using Delicious, the world’s leading social bookmarking service.

Flickr.com – Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. Its primary goals are to help people make photos available to those who matter to them, and to enable new ways of organizing pictures.

Digg.com – Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.

Reddit.com – Reddit is a source for what’s new and popular on the web. Users like you provide all of the content and decide, through voting, what’s good () and what’s junk ().

StumbleUpon.com – StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of 8 million+ other websurfers with interests similar to you.

YouTube.com – YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.

Twitter.com – Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters.

MySpace.com – MySpace is a social networking website. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California. Not as popular as Facebook.

There are many other social networks but these are the most popular. If you are interested in learning more please contact me. – Tom Dana (616) 481-3985

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Help Us Help Haiti
A $5 Donation will get you a purse!
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
A Rebekah Rosa Handbag Co event
Hosted by A Fundraiser for Haiti Foundation Against Poverty
Frontline Church
4411 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI

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Friday, Feb 5, 2010 (12:00 PM to 1:30 PM)
Pietro’s Back Door Pizzeria
2729 Birchcrest Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI

Please join us for a networking lunch where you will meet small business men & women from all over the Grand Rapids area. The cost for this lunch is $12 for a 3 course family style meal. Advance registration is suggested as space is limited! Payment can be made at the door the day of the event.

The Business Driven Network is a BNI chapter located in Grand Rapids, MI. BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world, offering members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals.

We look forward to meeting you & learning more about your business! Please do not hesitate to call or email us with any questions!

Questions contact Rebekah Meyer: (616) 340-1483 or rmeyer@rebekahrosahandbags.com

You can sign-up here:
http://www.socializr.com/event/143304547

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]]> http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/2010/01/130/feed/ 0 Grand Rapids Chamber Summer School Opportunity http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/2009/07/grand-rapids-chamber-summer-school-opportunity/ http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/2009/07/grand-rapids-chamber-summer-school-opportunity/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:18:11 +0000 admin http://www.businessdrivennetwork.com/?p=115 July 29 Back to the Books:  Is going back to school in your future?  Brett Blythe of Northwood University will share information on searching for the right school, transferability, financial aid, tuition reimbursement, and more as you decide if heading back into the classroom is for you.
Time: Noon – 1:30 pm
Location: Chamber Offices, 111 Pearl St NW – Google Map
Cost: Free for Chamber Members, must pre-register, please bring your own lunch.

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We will not be having our meeting on Friday, May 15 and will resume on Friday, May 22.

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Advanced Training on One-to-One Dance Cards is offered for all members who have attended MSP on Mon – 4/20/09 from 7:30 – 10:30 am.

Support Team Training: for Membership Committee/Visitor Host/Education Coordinator is offered on Mon April 20 or Fri April 24 both from 7:30- 10:30 am.

Please contact Karen Brittner at 616-455-6301  or register at www.bni-mi.com

 

Advanced Training

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Arm Candy of Grand Rapids
2nd Annual - ”Let’s Play Dress Up” Open House & Clearance

Friday January 30th
5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
 
Located at:
1038 10 Mile Rd NE
Comstock Park, MI  49321
 
Please R.S.V.P. by January 26th – Space is limited
R.S.V.P. with number of guests now 

Play dress up with
Arm Candy & our partners:
 
Cheveux the Salon – Hair
Evermore Studios – Photography
Mary Kay Cosmetics – Make up
Shadow Images – Henna
Karyn DeKaiser Moulton – Custom Jewelry
 
(Some services will charge a small fee)
 
PLUS!!!  All purses will be marked down to their lowest prices of the year!
Door Prizes & More!!!! 

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Please mark your calendar for:
 
When: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
What: Wine Tasting & Refreshments starting at 7pm
Where: Robinette’s Apple Haus & Winery: 3142 4 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids (Corner of East Beltline & 4 Mile Rd)
Please call and confirm your attendance with Karla @ 363-0689.
Hope to see you there,
Bob
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