Summary: Synopsis Brian Silverio from BNI Miami Beach joins Dr. Misner to share his humorous signs that you might be a BNI member. You might be a BNI member if... You understand that a Dance Card doesn't involve any dancing. You wake up before the paper gets to your home. You ever woke up in the night in a cold sweat because you didn't have a referral for someone. You've eaten more lunches with your region's executive director than your own spouse. You stop talking mid-sentence when you hear a bell ring. Your mom tells you she needs your help and you start thinking of ways to make a referral out of it. You limit what your children can say at the dinner table to one of three things. On December 24th, you tell your children the story of Ivan Misner and how he created BNI. You think the term "Traffic Lights" applies to something besides the highway code. You hear the phrase "Visitors' Day" and you don't think about going to see your uncle in prison. You hear the name BNI Trusted Source, BNI Creators, BNI Revival, or BNI Pioneers, and you don't think of a cult. You've rescheduled a doctor's appointment because of a BNI meeting. You've dropped your kids off at school early so you could get to your chapter meeting on time. You're part of an organization with over 6200 chapters, 145,000+ members in almost 50 different countries, passing over 6.9 million referrals, resulting in $3.1 billion in business--you're definitely in BNI. If you liked this podcast, check out Episode 21, which contained Amy Kirkpatrick's "You Might Be a BNI Member If" list. Brought to you by Networking Now. Complete Transcript of BNI Podcast Episode 269 - Priscilla: Hello everyone and welcome back to The Official BNI Podcast brought to you by NetworkingNow.com, which is the leading site on the net for networking downloadables. I am Priscilla Rice, and I am coming to you from Live Oak Recording Studio in Berkeley, CA. I am joined on the phone today by the Founder and Chairman of BNI, Dr. Ivan Misner. Hello Ivan. How are you doing? Ivan: I am doing great and I have a guest today. Brian Silverio is my guest today. Brian is a BNI member. He's an attorney and has been an attorney for over 13 years. He is practicing law in southern Florida and has offices in Miami and Naples. He is a graduate of the University of Miami and NOVA Southeastern University. He specializes in the area of family law and commercial litigation. He has been a BNI member for 10 years. He has served as President and in various roles in the membership committee throughout that time. He is currently an Ambassador in the Miami Dade region, and he has also served as the MC for a member chapter event for the last three years, which is the reason that I have him on this podcast. I head so many great things about your MC'ing, Brian. I really heard amazing things. I am a horrible MC, by the way. I feel that I am a reasonably good speaker, but when I was in college, my professor came up to me after I did an MC stint. He put his hand on my shoulder and said, âSon, stick to speaking. You are not an MC.â I have taken that advice over the years. It's really difficult to do, but you nailed it from what I understand. You nailed it because in between- and this is what we are going to share today- you did this whole series on âYou Might Be in BNI If...â and you had some funny stuff. So today's podcast is going to be funny, everyone. I think you will enjoy this. Brian, tell us a little bit about this and then I think you have 12 or 15 different things that you are going to share with everybody. Brian: Yes, thank you for having me. I appreciate the opportunity. It was a great experience MC'ing the Membership Appreciation chapter events. It's a once a year thing where we can come out and kind of celebrate the chapters. It was a good time, and to add a little levity to the event always makes the time go by faster,
