”It's not net-sit or net-eat. It's net-work”
Dr Ivan Misner, founder and CEO of BNI

The idea of BNI is to share contacts while having breakfast. Thanks to strict observance of the 20 points program the meeting is very effective.
If you participate in a meeting in USA, Great Britain, Ireland, Austria, Sweden, Czech Republic, Canada, Australia or elsewhere in the world, you will see that meetings are conducted in the exact same order.
Everyone is focused on generating business for each other.

Meeting Program

1. Fifteen-minute networking session

2. Welcoming and an introduction to the Team of Leaders

3. Goals and programme of BNI

4. Information about the educational role of BNI

5. Announcement of Referral Leaders – at the beginning of each month

6. Exchange of business cards

7. Welcoming the new BNI members – introduction of new members

8. Members introduce themselves in 60-second presentations

9. Welcoming the BNI guests and introducing them by the members – guests introduce themselves with 30-second presentations

10. Membership Coordinator's report

11. Membership Committee's report

12. Secretary Treasurer presents a list of speakers for the next six weeks and introduces the speaker of the week

13. One or more speakers make 10-12 minute presentations.

14. Transfer of referrals

15. Treasurer's report

16. Announcements and reminders

17. Drawing of rewards for members, who invited guests and gave referrals. Each 10-minute speaker brings a present.

18. Closing of the meeting

19. Giving instructions to new members

20. Running an initial introduction to BNI for guests
    

You don't have to worry about the next point of a BNI meeting. The whole gathering is planned so that each participant can gain as much as possible from business contacts.
Despite strict itinerary and everybody's focus on mutually generating business there is still space for less formal and friendly atmosphere.
For most of the BNI members these meetings become a fantastic way to start a day.

The meeting starts at 7.00 a.m. with 15 minutes of networking, then a breakfast is served.