1. GO TO THE GLOBAL BNI DIRECTORY SEARCH
2. BNI GLOBAL DIRECTORY- BASIC SEARCH
- Enter your search terms into the text box. The following fields are included in this search: Keywords, Name, Profession, Product/Service, Company Name, Address, City, State, Email and Telephone.
- Click the "Search Members" button.
- Exact Matches for your search terms will be displayed first. Exact matches will include all of your search items.
- More Results will be displayed in the next section. These results will include any of the search terms.
Note: A maximum of 250 results will be displayed per search.
3. BMI GLOBAL DIRECTORY - ADVANCED SEARCH
You can include terms for any or all of the fields for your search to acheive your desired results. There is a minimum of 2 characters for any of the fields.
4.VIEW MEMBER PROFILES AND SEND A CONNECTION REQUEST
Note: If the + sign is absent next to a member you have already connected with them or have sent a connection request. Please use the Sent Requests on the My Connections screen to delete the request or send a reminder.
5. CUSTOMIZE YOUR CONNECTION REQUEST AND SUBMIT
6. CHECK YOUR CONNECTIONS AND REQUEST
7. THE MY CONNECTIONS SCREEN
Happy Connecting!
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Comments
12 comments
It would be great if you could connect to multiple members at once rather than having to add them one by one.
I agree withe Mel, this needs to be sorted
When I search for a member to add to my connections, it lists their name, but there is no + beside it so I can add them. There are plus signs by the names of others that came up in the search. I reconfirmed that they are NOT currently a connection. I tried several times; same results - I can't add a connection.
Linda,
If there is no + sign next to a member, it means that you either are already connected to this person <OR> you have a pending invitation with them. You can check your pending invitations and resend a reminder if that one is in there.
Hope this helps!
Hi Jeremy,
I have had several instances where I have sent a connection request AND e-mailed from my own e-mail to let the member know I sent a connection request. They received my e-mail but not the connection request. Am I doing something wrong?
Leslie,
When you send in a connection request, they will receive the invitation notice within BNIConnect and not as a separate email.
It is good that you have sent an email separately, to prompt them to log in and to accept your connection request.
We hope this helps.
Where can I go to search for and find all BNI Chapter in Indiana to invite people I know who would benefit from being in BNI to a Chapter that (with the information on the members) would not have someone already in the same profession as the guest I wanted to invite?
Thank you for your help,
Kenton Yohey a new member in the Capital Gains Chapter.
Hi,
There is "Professions" and "Specialty" listed in every member's profile.
When we go to "Chapter Visitor" report as explained at
https://support.bniconnect.com/hc/en-us/articles/219067037-Chapter-Visitor-Report
and select "Profession" dropdown it brings up list of professions
Again if we check out
Connecting With Another Member as explained here
https://support.bniconnect.com/hc/en-us/articles/219066407-Connecting-With-Another-Member?flash_digest=8795454b60162b814ee0f63f7cc2ca0b19ea4f96
and select "Profession" dropdown it brings up list of professions
However, these 2 "Profession" lists are different
Can you explain
(a) Which is the list of "Profession" that shows up in front of a member name ? Is it again different from the above two ?
(b) Where is the exhaustive list of "Specialty" as listed in profile ?
(c) are these lists updated periodically ?
Brett
Chesterfield, mo
Brett, Chesterfield, mo
It would be beneficial to have a connection request option in the mobile app as well.
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