Notable Networker: Balbir Pabila
One of the first tasks of the new chapter President Dr. Serge Lanoue was to give the Notable Networker Award to Balbir Pabila, who has invited the most visitors in the past 6 months.
Balbir's unrelenting pursuit of inviting visitors to our chapter stems from her involvement in many different business networking groups where she promotes her products and services as an independent Arbonne consultant. She leverages her contacts in these groups to find business owners in Mississauga and Brampton who are interested in growing their business through referrals.
Cheering Balbir on in the background is the new Secretary-Treasurer Krishna Menon.
Contact Balbir to find out how to grow your business through referrals and how to invite visitors!
New Member: Suresh Behara
BNI Leading Edge is proud to introduce its latest referral partner: Suresh Behara of Avondale Foodworks.
Suresh is the new caterer for the chapter, and he has a kitchen and restaurant in Mississauga on the Brampton border, near Pearson airport. Avondale Foodworks caters to many businesses not only in Mississauga and Brampton, but also in Toronto as well as some of their best clients are located there. It also serves a delicious and healthy lunch from his restaurant. Drop in to check it out!
With his induction completed, Suresh will be able to get Brampton and Mississauga business referrals, benefitting from BNI's word-of-mouth marketing approach.
Below we have Ghosh of Royal Lepage and Tanya Hemming - ladies gifts and accessories - reveling in the induction ceremony.
Find out how you can grow your business through referrals by contacting us here.
Leadership Change
For the last meeting of the BNI year, both Executive Leadership Teams share the stage to facilitate a smooth transition and to ensure a steady flow of business referrals between the members, whose businesses are typically located in Mississauga and Brampton, but some are also Etobicoke-based.
The members of the BNI Leading Edge chapter would like to thank the outgoing leadership team for their dedicated service in the past year:- Saverio DiMondo, President (standing on left)
- Wendy Beatty, Vice-President (not shown)
- Patrica Ramoutar-Ramsawak, Secretary-Treasurer (walking on the left)
The chapter also welcomes the new leadership team:
- Dr. Serge Lanoue, President (standing on right)
- Charlene Souster-Morris, Vice-President (seated)
- Krishna Menon, Secretary-Treasurer (seated)
The chapter is always looking for great partners to share referrals with, so that we can help each other grow our respective businesses. If you're interested in growing your business, or know someone who does, please contact us!
New Member: Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan
BNI Leading Edge is proud to introduce our newest member, Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan of Graham Consulting & Training Inc.
Nancy helps lawyers to build profitable business by taking care of their bookkeeping and financial records management, as well as compliance with Law Society of Ontario By-Laws and Regulation.
Nancy is based in Mississauga but deals with clients across the GTA. She will be an asset to BNI Leading Edge in both getting and providing business referrals for clients in Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto.
Nancy is flanked by BNI Leading Edge President Saverio Di Mondo (right) and mentor Benoit Mercier.
Welcome Nancy!
Great Turnout for Visitor Day
There was a great turnout for the Grow Your Business Through Referrals event - aka Visitor Day - at BNI Leading Edge this morning. Altogether about 35 people attended to discuss business, explore opportunities and to exchange business referrals.
Attendees from Mississauga, Brampton and even Toronto mingled and interacted, referrals and testimonials were given - exemplifying what word-of-mouth marketing is all about and how it helps grow our businesses.
Photos of the event can be seen on our Facebook page.
If you missed it, there will be another such event later this year, make sure you sign up for our notifications below to be the first ones on the list!