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Norm Dominguez is the CEO of BNI or Business Network Int’l., which was founded in 1985.  The organization has over 5,400 chapters in 41 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.  Last year alone, BNI generated over 5.6 million referrals resulting in over $2.3 billion U.S. dollars worth of business for its members.

Mr. Dominguez is a graduate of The University of Colorado. He has been associated with BNI since 1987.  In addition to being CEO, he oversees his BNI franchises in Arizona.  He is a strong supporter of the BNI Charitable Foundation which aids in both children and educational programs.  He serves on the Board of Directors for the LeRoy Haynes Center in La Verne, CA.   He has served as Chairman of the BNI Franchise Advisory Board and has been a BNI District Director for the Rocky Mountain/Southwest Regions.  He is a member of the Founders Circle, which he chairs along with Dr. Ivan Misner, Chairman & Founder of BNI. He is a contributing author in the New York Times bestseller Masters of Networking. 

He resides in Arizona with his wife of 31 years, Sandi. They have three adult children, and two grandchildren.  Mr. Dominguez commutes to California where he works as the CEO for BNI.  For relaxation, he enjoys reading, writing and following the action of the sports arena, particularly football, baseball and golf.  His recreational activities include swimming, golf and exercise.  His key to life comes from Winston Churchill’s famous quote, “Never, never, never give up”.   Remarkable is a key word in his vocabulary, as he believes that life is truly remarkable.

 

 
 

Mark Garbelotto is a Master Trainer and Accredited Licensee with Brian Tracy International, based in Melbourne, Australia.

He has successfully built, owned, managed and systemised several businesses over the last 17 years.

Mark was a keynote speaker and trainer at the 2009 BNI Australia National Conference and his training has been praised at the highest level from Founder & Chairman of BNI, Dr Ivan Misner.

He has since trained hundreds of BNI members at professional development seminars around Australia in cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Townsville and Hobart. His seminars include ‘Mini Eat That Frog – Time Management’, ‘Communicate with Power’, and ‘Selling like a Professional’.

Mark Garbelotto has also been a keynote speaker at the Australian Business Forum and ABITE (Australian Business and IT Expo). He has trained at the Energise Enterprise Victorian Small Business Festival, and speaks on a regular basis for many other business networks. He recently trained the Department of Defence in Canberra and consults to a number of large, medium and small companies.

Mark’s passion is to empower people to reach their full potential through world-leading educational programs.

 

For full course overviews please go to www.briantracy.net.au To find out more about the "Eat That Frog" training workshop go to www.eatthatfrog.com.au Read Mark's blog at www.markgarbelotto.com or call Mark direct on 1300 795 129 or email at mark@briantracy.net.au

 
 

Frank J. De Raffele Jr.  CPBA, CPVA, CNP

Frank is Founder/President of the ProActive Leadership Center, which has Associates in the United States, the United Kingdom. His company has worked with thousands of business owners and sales professionals showing them how to get greater results with less effort and greater consistency. 
 

Frank is the co-author of, Successful Business Networking, (Chandler House Press 1998)and acontributing author to the Wall Street Journal & New York Times Best Seller, The Masters of Networking (Bard Press 2000). In February of 2006 he was contracted for two additional books:  Business, Networking and Sex….Not what you think! and Black Belt Business. He’swritten his own Business Development Column for the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, was the Executive Producer and Co-Host of the Business Talk Network radio program and is an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker, trainer and CEO performance coach.

 
Frank is known as a Master Speaker. He has been speaking professionally for over 15 years and his client list looks like the Fortune 1000. He is known as a dynamic, funny and content driven speaker. People who attend Frank’s sessions feel that the information they gain is communicated in a very down to earth, understandable fashion that allows them to immediately put in place what they learned that day.   
 
Frank has received international recognition in Canada and the United Kingdom. He has been featured in The Globe & Mail of Canada, Success, Employment Review, Professional Selling, Sport Illustrated and Playboy magazines, CNN and CFNN television and on many national radio and television programs. He has worked with a wide variety Fortune 1000 Companies, non-profit organizations and small business executives.
 
He has been a member of the American Society for Training & Development and the National Speakers Association. He was a board member of the New York Tri-State National Speakers Association, and a Board Member, Chairman and President with many non-profit organizations.
 

ProActive Leadership Center

263 New Hackensack Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (845) 849-3500 Ofc.
www.proactivelc.com
Frank@ProActiveLC.com

 

 
 

Lindsay Adams, 

Lindsay Adams is a practiced speaking professional, workshop facilitator and referral marketing specialist. He is the Master Franchisor of the Referral Institute in Australia and New Zealand. The Referral Institute is a franchise company with over 40 regions in 8 different countries.

 

Lindsay is a Past National President of the National Speakers Association of Australia (NSAA) and the President of the International Federation for Professional Speakers. He holds the CSP designation with that organisation, CSP means Certified Speaking Professional, the highest membership category of NSAA and the only internationally recognised designation for professional speakers. This designation guarantees that you receive a professional presentation every time.
 
Lindsay has been recognised by his peers and awarded the prestigious 2009 Nevin Award the National Speakers Association of Australia’s highest honour and most cherished award.

 

 

 
 

Niiraj R Shah is the Co-National Director for Business Network International (BNI) in India, and BNI Director of Business Affairs for Australasia, Middle East & Africa.


Niiraj has won numerous BNI CEO’s awards for outstanding performance and business excellence in 2006 and 2008 & 2009.
He is a contributing author to the Wall Street Journal Business Best Seller “Masters of Success” and also wrote: “The Quest of the Phoenix – a powerful new way to grieve” in 2002. He is a regular columnist and business networking expert for WEB18 and BusinessGyan magazine. He is also a social media expert.


He is an Economics graduate from Bath University (UK) and has previously owned a successful commodities and plastics packaging business before starting BNI in India.


Through BNI, Niiraj is helping hundreds of Indian entrepreneurs to grow their businesses through a structured system of referrals. His goal is to have 100,000 BNI members in India creating employment for over 1 million people across 100 regions.


Niiraj is married and lives with his wife Twinkle in Bandra (W) in Mumbai. In his spare time…he enjoys playing the guitar, working out at the gym, motivational psychology and spending time with his family.


For more information http://www.ecademy.com/user/niirajrshah

 

 

 
 
MR.MURPHY LUM’s lifelong mission is to continuously learn from life experiences, to consistently create exciting learning activities & programs based on personal & borrowed wisdom; and to perpetually share them with others through his coaching, mentoring, consulting & counselling skills & experiences.

 

Since 2005, Murphy has successfully coached many executives of various seniority levels in organisations such as Dhiraagu (Maldives), BMW Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Nokia Malaysia Sdn Bhd, IBM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Panasonic Sales (M) Sdn Bhd, Ericsson Expertise Centre Sdn Bhd, Faber Group Bhd, Qinetics Bhd, Perodua Sdn Bhd, Elken (M) Sdn Bhd, Tamco Corporate Holding Bhd, Bozell Worldwide Sdn. Bhd., Renesas Semiconductor (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Cabot Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd., AIA Co. Ltd. (Singapore), and Dennis Wee Realty Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), in areas pertaining leadership growth and development, sales leadership mindset & attitude, setting and achieving personal KPIs in all situations and acquiring coaching & mentoring excellence.

Murphy is also known to be a passionate life-long learner, explorer & practitioner by his peers and clients. He graduated from many world-class institutions including Excellerated Business School’s “Instructors’ Training Program”, “The Secrets of Successful Facilitation” Workshop at The New Zealand Learning Convention and Toastmaster International. Murphy is continuously in search of world-class courses to upgrade his competencies!

In April 2007, he earned another prestigious accolade as a Certified Master Coach (Behavioral Change) awarded by the prestigious Behavioral Coaching Institute of Sydney. He was personally coached & supervised by the co-founder of the Institute, Dr. Suzanne Skiffington, who is recognized for many years as the world’s leading authority and educator in behavioral-based, professional leadership coach!

Murphy has also contributed immensely to the community. He was a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Malaysia (PUMM); the Technopreneur Association of Malaysia (TeAM); the National Business Director for the Junior Chamber Malaysia from 2001/2002; the 48th President for the Kuala Lumpur Junior Chamber; the Vice President – Education of Sunway Toastmasters Club from 2005/2006, where he won of the VPE Award 2005/2006 for his outstanding and dedicated support to his club as well as the winner of the International Speech contest at the areas level in March 2007. Murphy was unanimously elected as the President of Sunway Toastmasters Club and led it to be the President’s Distinguished Club by achieving every single growth KPI set by Toastmasters International, USA! He joined BNI in April 2009 and since then he has conducted many workshops for the benefit of BNI members in the Klang Valley as well as the northern region. He is also known to be one of the most inspiring NECs in BNI Malaysia!

In November 2007, he was invited to be a regular columnist for Business Today magazine, where his vast practical experience in performance improvement through coaching and mentoring is keenly sought after.  

 

 
 

Josephine Lui is the Managing Consultant of Imagine Image Consultancy, a personal branding and corporate image consulting company. A qualified Image Consultant, she offers both individual coaching and masters corporate training in business image, personal and professional presence, business protocol and communication skills.
 
A Certified Image Consultant(FLC, AICI) and an associate member of AICI, Josephine graduated from the London Image Institute and Academy of Masters Mastery. She is personally coached by world-renowned Lynne Henderson Marks and Christina Ong, both Certified Image Masters in association with AICI(Association of Image Consultants International, USA). Josephine is one of the six Global Image Speakers  at the AICI Global Conference  in Vancouver from May 20-23, 2010.  An AIM Alumni Panel session, Josephine will represent Malaysia  on the topic of ‘An Appreciation Of  East West Etiquette For Image Professionals’. A passionate, dynamic and engaging educator, Josephine is always fully committed to her clients’ success.
 
With over 18 years of experience as a well known international branding expert and corporate trainer in the beauty industry, Josephine has worked with Chanel, Elizabeth Arden, Lancome and Sisley with key responsibilities of its in-house trainings as well as its image grooming and etiquette of the Brand’s sales & service staff. At Chanel, she has acquired a strong sense of luxury fashion style and was the key facilitator of its Corporate Orientation Programs. At Elizabeth Arden, Josephine had designed and implemented its company’s dress code and the Brand’s corporate uniform for its beauty consultants. Her other clients’ include Bluebell Malaysia, University Malaya, TARC College, IMU (International Medical University),  RHB, Priority Banking of CIMB, UOB, OCBC (Premier Banking), Mary Kay (M) Sdn Bhd, and Prudential Assurance amongst others.
 
Josephine is also a master at public relations and marketing activities. She has always successfully courted the media and established excellent editorial support and coverage from various leading magazines and newspapers in Malaysia (Harpers Bazaar, Style, Glam, Cittabella, The Star, New Strait Times etc.) .
 
Well-skilled in the aspects of make-up techniques, technical skincare knowledge, and facial protocols, she is also a graduate of several industry and professional development programs : Matrise De La Lumiere, Et De La Couleur of Chanel, 7 Habits of Effective People by Franklin Covey, Situational Leadership Skills by Ken Blanchard, and ImageWorks Asia training.

 

 

 
 

 

John Williamson, Executive Director of the Lowveld region, South Africa.

Having worked in the logistical field for 12 years, John gained vast experience in Operation systems and Human Resource Management. He owned and managed a retail store for 8 years and now owns his own successful Graphic Design Business. He also mentors other business owners, using his skills of Logistics, Human Resources and labour relations
In 2008 John successfully turned the Lowveld region from 3 remaining BNI Members to the fastest growing region in South Africa, receiving International recognition for this achievement.
John was a speaker at the National conferences held in Johannesburg in 2009, Cape Town 2008 and was involved with the Dale Carnegie organization last year.
He was the keynote speaker at the business women’s forum 2010. His talks include a variety of aspects from personal growth & education to personal goal setting, leadership development, gaining confidence in networking functions and creative thinking. He includes aspects from renowned authors such as John Maxwell, Edward de Bono, John Ortberg, and our very own Dr Ivan Misner.
  
 
 

 

Dan Garlick, Executive Director.

I have a background in radio, bullion and commodity futures sales and hospitality services prior to starting my company in 1999.
I have a Diploma in Multimedia.
I left school at the end of 1978 and moved into a magazine publishing partnership with a couple of friends. At the end of 1979 I started working in a store that bought and sold gold and silver bullion and coins. This was an exciting period as I moved to Sydney with the company returning to Brisbane 18 months later. Following that I transferred to Adelaide for 6 months to trade in commodity futures. Upon returning to Brisbane I started working in the hospitality industry for the next 7 years with a one year stint in the commodity futures industry in Sydney in the middle.
I studied a radio announcing course in Brisbane in 1988 coming top of the class and secured my first radio job in Lithgow, NSW at the beginning of 1988.
I stayed there for 2 years and moved back to Brisbane in 1990 to a job in radio there.
In 1991 I moved to Tasmania "for a look" and have now settled here. I started working in radio and then moved into TV voiceovers while running a community radio station south of Hobart.
I started Ozvox Media in 1999 and have not looked back since. I grew the business to a stage where I had 5 staff but upon taking over the state directorship of BNI in Tasmania in 2005, I found I did not have enough time to do two jobs and consequently downsized the firm to where it is now specifically concentrating on audio and video production.
I now act as a media consultant and only take on specific clients.
I also continue to grow the BNI brand in the state region of Tasmania. I have also taken on the regions of South Australia and Regional Victoria to develop the BNI brand in those areas.
Specialties:
voiceovers, radio announcing, training, management, networking, website design, graphic design, publishing, podcasting.

 

 
 

 Natalie Alaimo : Websites l Social Media l Referral Marketing
 
Natalie Alaimo is the Director of Brilliant Web Design, a web design and social media agency located on the Gold Coast, Australia. She is also an assistant director with the BNI Gold Coast Region.
 
Natalie's passion is to assist business owners generate more traffic to their websites, build relationships with their clients and ultimately gain more sales. Using a mixture of online marketing, social media and referral marketing this can be easily achieved for your business.
 
After leaving university Natalie commenced her career in direct sales of mailing equipment, where she not only sold the machines necessary for high production of mail but she also assisted business with their marketing to ensure they got the best returns from their mailings.
 
Through this she discovered that marketing was her true calling and went to run the marketing department for the family owned printing business and again assisted business owners to achieve their marketing objectives. Whilst in this role the company moved into online marketing and utilised the mixture of online and print media to achieve amazing results for their clients.
 
Natalie then followed the market and moved her full time focus to online marketing, web design and eventually social media.
 
During her time in the printing industry Natalie was introduced to BNI and was quickly on the leadership team and attending directors training. Along with Peter Fitzgerald, Natalie looks after 12 of the 17 Gold Coast Chapters which consist of approximately 250 members.
 
Natalie is one of the few individuals who were born and breed on the Gold Coast and has no immediate plans to leave. She lives in Ashmore with her partner of 8 years Dean.
 
Natalie is a published author with articles appearing in International Magazines and more recently on the Telstra blog. http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2010/03/03/do-smartphones-bring-the-real-beginning-of-a-paperless-society/ 
 
Natalie is available to consult on online marketing, web design, referral marketing & social media. BNI International Members Event Malaysia 2010 will mark the release of her first information product - "Build Your Own Brilliant Website"
 
To connect with Natalie or for more information visit
http://www.nataliealaimo.com
 
Specialties: Online marketing, social media, blogging, networking, web design, copywriting, training, strategic development, information products.

 


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