Episode 667: Open Networking for Online Meetings / 第667集: 在線會議的開放式網絡

 第667集: 在線會議的開放式網絡

BNI奧斯汀地區主任Ray Freer最近聯繫了Misner博士，詢問如何在BNI在線™會議的開放網絡部分讓所有分會成員參與進來。有些人主導了談話。人們很難進行或跟踪多個對話。

以下是Ray為減少混亂，提高會員參與度所做的工作。

• 用兩次分組會議取代了15分鐘的公開交流會。
• 每個小組討論室分配2-3人。(Zoom平台最多可以同時處理50個分組討論室，即使是最大的BNI分會也足夠了。)
• 確保每一位來訪者都被分配到一個有可能成為權力團隊成員的小組。
• 在開放網絡期間的最後1-2分鐘內，讓所有人聚在一起。

這減少了混亂，並有助於確保訪問者獲得良好的體驗。

Priscilla的分會正在這樣做，而且非常成功。她的分會主席允許人們選擇他們想和誰進行分組討論。她說，人們從其他分會來拜訪她，因為他們在播客上聽過她的演講。她總是希望有機會與這些人交談。

如果你有關於創建成功的在線開放網絡會議的技巧，請在評論中分享。

關於在線會議的訪客，請聽第659集。

本集由Ivan's Inner Circle贊助。今天就成為創始會員吧

第667集完整版

Priscilla:

大家好，歡迎回到BNI官方播客。我是Priscilla Rice 我現在來自加州伯克利的Live Oak錄音室 我今天在電話裡與BNI的創始人兼首席願景官， Dr. Ivan Misner。你好，Ivan，你今天好嗎？

Ivan:

我做得很好，Priscilla，非常感謝你。我只是想和大家分享一些數據，我想你們也會覺得有趣。 Priscilla，自從BNI播客開始，在我們的歷史上，我們已經有超過700萬的下載或收聽BNI播客和iTunes。

不包括BNI大學 所以，700萬不計任何已聽過的BNI大學。在六月， 我們有118,000下載的播客， 所以超過100,000一個月。這是相當不錯的。謝謝你，Priscilla。

Priscilla:

真的很棒 我不得不說給我留下了深刻的印象。

Ivan:

所以今天我們要談的是在線會議的開放網絡部分。而我之所以談這個問題，是因為我收到了一位會員的郵件。他是一個分會會長，他也是一個董事顧問。他是我的朋友，我兒子是他的客戶。 Ray Freer是做保險的，我兒子的公司是我介紹給Ray的，所以Ray一直在為我們照顧我兒子和醫療保險。

雷給我發了這條信息，我想和大家分享。他給我發了幾條信息，我把它們合併在一起了。

但這是他說的，他說，這與開放網絡有關。 "在會議期間，"他說，"我已經注意到，我的分會是在開放網絡期間開會，我們沒有每個人都參與到會議的那部分。而且有些人在平台上主導了對話，多人真的很難聽到正在進行的事情，你知道的，或者參與對話。"

所以他說，"我開始有..."，我知道有許多分會已經這樣做了。因此，這對你們中的一些人來說可能並不奇怪，但對其他人，你們可能沒有這樣做，你們可能只是在與每個人進行公開的交流。

他說："我開始有兩個六七分鐘的分組討論。然後最後一分鐘左右的開放性交流，回到主會場，我們才宣布會議開始。

這確實增加了進行的對話。” 有時，他會提供一個互相提問的話題，通常會在一個分組討論小組中安排大約兩三個成員。而且有時候他會給出一個話題，你可以和他們聊，或者你可以安排和他們進行一對一的交流。你不做一對一，但是你要安排一對一，或者只是和他們聊天，聊天，就像你走來走去見人一樣。

您知道，我們的目標是在這段時間內盡可能地親自進行嘗試。

他說："你會把兩到三個成員安排在不同的房間裡，他會確保來訪者進入一個房間，如果可能的話，這個房間裡會有可能是他們權力團隊中的人，或者是一個企業中的人，很容易搭上話。" 於是他多花幾秒鐘的時間，重新安排他們，以確保有一個自然的引薦夥伴，尤其是對訪客而言。

然後，再次進行兩，六或七分鐘的小組討論。然後，您知道，先做一個然後創建第二個。

我認為非常重要的目標之一是，他想確保訪問者獲得良好的體驗。因為試想一下，第一次來BNI，在線前15分鐘可能會很混亂，除非你做這樣的事情。所以我很喜歡這個概念。我想我可以分享給那些沒有做的分會。

你應該試試這個。 Ray說，他從成員那裡得到了很好的反饋，這真的迫使他們在開放網絡中更多地參與，而不是像以前那樣每個人都只是被扔進一個Zoom會議。

而且他喜歡能夠給房間一個話題，這樣他們在進入分組會議時，如果沒有其他事情，就可以帶著一些東西來討論。他在裡面說，他認為任何規模的房間都可以發生這種情況。我相信這是真的。

最近有人告訴我，最多可以有50場分組討論會或分組討論室。因此，這應該一次由兩三個人處理BNI最大的分會。 同樣，這又是來自德克薩斯州奧斯汀的Ray Freer的說法。你對此有什麼看法，Priscilla？

Priscilla:

好吧，我們正在這樣做，它確實有幫助，因為在一個30人左右的小組中，你不能有單獨的對話。這是行不通的。所以，你知道，我們的主席把我們在一個較小的組 在一個分組討論室。

有時您可以要求與您感興趣的人一起進入一個特定的房間，例如有時人們只是因為他們在播客上聽到了我的聲音並且想見面而來訪問我們的分會。 因此，我喜歡與這些人一起參加分組討論，尤其是因為他們來自遙遠的地方來進行互動，但這絕對有幫助。 就像是和幾個人一起在水冷卻器周圍一樣。 這使它感到舒適，並且似乎也很有效。

Ivan:

我喜歡人們希望來到您的分會與您會面。 我認為那太酷了。

Priscilla: 

我知道

Ivan:

我敢肯定人們會說：“天哪。 您聽起來就像在播客中一樣。” 這就是人們一直對我說的話。

Priscilla:

對不對，Ivan，必須去探視他們在澳大利亞的分會。 他們讓我採訪了他們的演講，他們的六分鐘演講，就像在播客上一樣。

Ivan:

多麼酷啊？ 這太妙了。  因此，如果您的分會沒有嘗試該想法，我們非常希望您嘗試一下。 我認為這是減少所有人聚在一起的混亂的好方法。 而甚至更重要，這也是一種吸引訪問者的好方法。 訪客體驗非常重要，尤其是在這個網絡時期，我認為讓他們感到受歡迎真的很重要。

我們已經談到了訪客--去看第659集，來談談邀請訪客參加在線會議的問題。而在其中我提到，我們在在線會議期間已經通過了價值超過10億美元的業務，那是幾個月前的事情。現在。 Priscilla，已經到了差不多，其實應該是40多億--從3月中旬開始，已經有40多億的生意在《 Thank You For Closed Business》中成交了。

Priscilla:

哇~

Ivan:

是的，這令我驚訝，我們能夠做到。 因此，關於Ray的電子郵件還有其他一些想法。 首先，Ray，非常感謝您將其發送給我們。 我很感激。 我知道很多分會都在做。 同樣，這對訪客來說非常好，考慮他們的處境，並有機會進行小組討論，確實可以使他們對小組感到更受歡迎，這是我們想要的一部分。 您想添加任何內容嗎，Priscilla？

Priscilla:

是啊，總是在想，我們通常會在更大的群體中結束，這樣人們就能夠與其他沒有在分組討論室的人交流。

Ivan:

是啊，所以在開放網絡期間？

Priscilla:

是的，在我們結束會議的時候，我們仍在彼此交流。

Ivan:

是的，我想我已經從他發給我的資料中說過了，但如果沒有，那就是他們在兩場六到七分鐘的分組討論後所做的事情，然後他做了大約一分鐘左右的時間，讓大家聚在一起，然後開始 會議。 是的，你確實要把大家召集起來，然後開始會議。就是這樣做的。

我將告訴您，對於那些正在收聽此內容的人，如果您在會議的開放式網絡部分中看到了其他我沒談論到的真正有效的東西，我很樂意你在BNI播客這裡的評論中分享。 同樣，我將閱讀所有發布的播客消息。 我可能不會回答所有問題，但是我確實會讀每一個信息，並且希望聽到其他想法。 Priscilla，你還有其他的事嗎，以上是我的播客。

Priscilla:

不，我結束了 謝謝你，Misner博士。謝謝你

Ivan:

好的，並感謝Ray。交還給你， Priscilla。

Priscilla:

好了，本次播客的贊助商是Ivan的內心世界。去看看有哪些精彩的內容。它的網址是www.IvansInnerCircle.com。他集合了各種有趣的話題讓你了解，也讓你參與其中。所以非常感謝您的收聽。我是Priscilla，我們期待您下週再次加入我們的節目，參加另一集精彩的BNI官方播客。

Episode 667: Open Networking for Online Meetings

August 5, 2020 by Ivan Misner 8 Comments

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Synopsis

BNI Austin Area Director Ray Freer contacted Dr. Misner recently to asked about how to get all the chapter members engaged during the open networking part of their BNI online™ meeting. Some people dominated the conversation. It was difficult for people to have or follow multiple conversations.

Here’s what Ray did to reduce the chaos and increase member participation.

• Replaced the 15-minute open networking session with two break-out sessions.
• Assigned 2-3 people to each break-out room. (The Zoom platform can handle up to 50 break-out rooms at once, which is enough for even the largest BNI chapter.)
• Made sure that every visitor was assigned to a group with potential members of a Power Team.
• Brings everyone back together to wrap up for the last 1-2 minutes of the open networking period.

This reduced the chaos and helped to ensure that visitors had a good experience.

Priscilla’s chapter is doing this and it’s been very successful. Her chapter president allows people to choose who they want to be in a breakout session with. She says people are visiting from other chapters to meet her because they’ve heard her on the podcast. She always wants a chance to talk to those people.

If you have tips to share about creating successful open networking sessions online, share them in the comments.

For more about visitors at online meetings, listen to Episode 659.

This episode is sponsored by Ivan’s Inner Circle. Become a founding member today!

Complete Transcript of Episode 667

Priscilla:
Hello, everybody and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast. I’m Priscilla Rice. And I’m coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, California. I’m joined on the phone today by the Founder and the Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello, Ivan, how are you today?

Ivan:
I’m doing fantastic, Priscilla, thank you so much. And I just wanted to share with everyone I got some numbers that I think you’ll find interesting as well. Priscilla, since the beginning of BNI podcast, over our history, we’ve had over 7 million downloads or listens on BNI Podcast and iTunes. It doesn’t count BNI University. So 7 million not counting whatever has been listened to on BNI University. In the month of June, I’ve got a June’s numbers, we had 118,000 downloads of the podcast, so over 100,000 a month. That’s pretty good. Thanks, Priscilla.

Priscilla:
That’s really great. I have to say I’m impressed.

Ivan:
So today we’re talking about the open networking portion of the meeting online. And I’m talking about this because I received an email from a member. He’s a chapter president, and he’s also a director consultant. He’s a friend and my son is a client of his. Ray Freer does insurance and my son’s company I referred to Ray, and so Ray has been taking care of my son and medical insurance for us.

Ray sent me this message that I want to share with everyone. He sent me a couple of messages and I’ve merged them together here. But this is what he what he said and it has to do with the open networking. “During the meeting, ” he said, “I’ve noticed that my chapter was meeting during the open networking and we didn’t have everyone engaged in that part of the meeting. And some people dominated the conversation on the platform, it was really difficult for multiple people to hear what was, you know, taking place or to engage in the conversation.”

So he said, “I started to have…”, and I know a number of chapters [have done this]. So this may not be a surprise to some of you, but others, you may not have done this, you may have been just doing the open networking with everybody. He said, “I started to have two, six or seven minute breakout sessions. And then the last minute or so of the open networking, return to the main room, before we call the meeting to order. This really has increased the conversations that take place.” And sometimes he provides a topic to ask each other and usually puts about two or three members in a breakout group. And sometimes he’ll give a topic that you can talk about, or you could schedule a one-to-one with them. You don’t do the one-to-one but you schedule the one-to-one, or just talk, chat, with them as you would if you were walking around and meeting people.

You know, our goal is to try and make this as as much as in-person as possible during this time. And he said, “You’d put two to three members in different rooms and he would make sure that a visitor goes into a room that would have someone that might be in their power team if possible, or someone in a business that would be easy to strike up a conversation.” And so he takes a few extra seconds, Ray said, to rearrange them to make sure that there was a natural referral partner, particularly for the visitors. And then, again, give two, six or seven minutes small group conversations. And then, you know, so you do one and then create a second one.

One of the goals he had, which I think is really important, is he wanted to make sure that visitors had a good experience. Because imagine coming to BNI for the first time, online, and the first 15 minutes can be chaotic, unless you do something like this. So I love this concept. I thought I would share it for those chapters that aren’t doing it. You should try this out. Ray says that he’s had such great feedback from this action from members, that it’s really forced them to engage more during the open networking than it did when everyone was just kind of just thrown into one Zoom meeting.

And he loves being able to give a topic to the room so that they can enter the breakout session with something to discuss if they don’t have anything else. And he said in there, he thinks that this can happen with any size room. I believe that’s true. I was told by somebody recently that the most breakout sessions you can have or breakout rooms you can have is 50. So that should handle our largest chapters of BNI with two or three people at a time. And again, this came from Ray Freer here in Austin, Texas. What are your thoughts on this Priscilla?

Priscilla:
Well, we are doing that, and it does help because in a group of 30 or something, you can’t have individual conversations. It doesn’t work. So, you know, our president puts us in a smaller group in a breakout room.

And sometimes you can request to be in a particular room with somebody that you’re interested in talking to, like sometimes people come visit our chapter just because they’ve heard me on the podcast and they want to want to meet. And so then I like to be in a breakout room with those people, especially since they’ve come from far away to interact, but it definitely helps. It’s kind of like being around the water cooler, with a couple of people. That makes it feel comfortable and it seems effective, too.

Ivan:
I love it that people are wanting to come to your chapter to meet you. I think that is so cool.

Priscilla: I know.

Ivan: I’m sure people go, “Oh my goodness. You sound just like you do on the podcast.” That’s what people say to me all the time.

Priscilla:
Right? I actually, Ivan, got to go visit somebody in their chapter in Australia. And they had me interview them for their Presentation, their six minute presentation, as if it was on the podcast.

Ivan:
How cool is that? That’s fantastic. I love it. And so if your chapter is not trying this idea out, we’d love for you to try it out. I think it’s a great way of reducing sort of the chaos of having everyone together. And even just as important, if not more important, it’s a great way to make visitors feel welcome. The visitor experience is so important, particularly during this online period of time, that I think it’s really important to make them feel welcome.

We’ve talked about visitors – go to episode number 659, to talk about inviting visitors to an online meeting. And in that I mentioned that we’ve passed more than a billion dollars worth of business during the online meetings, and that was several months ago. Now. Priscilla, it’s up to almost, actually it would be over four billion – over $4 billion has been transacted in Thank You For Closed Business since the middle of March.

Priscilla:
Wow.

Ivan:
Yeah, that’s just amazing to me that we’re able to do that. So, a couple of other thoughts from about Ray’s email. First of all, Ray, thank you so much for sending that to us. I appreciate it. I know that a lot of chapters are doing it. Again, it’s great for the visitors, think about their situation and having a chance to do a small group conversation can really make them feel a lot more welcome to the group, which is part of what we want. Anything you want to add, Priscilla?

Priscilla:
Yeah, always just thinking that we usually end up being in the bigger group so that people are able to connect with other people that they weren’t in the breakout room with.

Ivan:
Yeah, so during the open networking?

Priscilla:
Yeah, at the end of the meeting after one when we finished the meeting, we still are talking to each other.

Ivan:
And yeah, I think I said that from what he sent me, but if not, that is what they do after the two breakouts of six to seven minutes, then he does about a minute or so of getting everybody back together, and then starting the meeting. So yeah, you do want to bring everyone back together and start the meeting. That’s the way to do it.

I’ll tell you what, for those of you listening to this, if you have seen something else that really works that I haven’t talked about here for the open networking portion of the meeting, I would love for you to share that in the comments here on BNI podcast. Again, I read every podcast message that gets posted. I may not respond to all of them, but I do read every single one and I’d love to hear other ideas. So with that, unless you have anything else Priscilla, that’s my podcast.

Priscilla:
No, I’m done. Thank you Dr. Misner. Appreciate it.

Ivan:
Great. And thanks to Ray for this. Over to you, Priscilla.

Priscilla:
Okay, the sponsor for this podcast is Ivan’s Inner Circle. Go check out the great content available. And it’s at www.IvansInnerCircle.com. He’s assembled a variety of interesting topics for you to learn about and also to participate in. So thank you so much for listening. This is Priscilla Rice and we look forward to having you join us again next week for another exciting episode of The Official BNI Podcast.

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