PLUGged In for BNI U.S. National Conference!

Mobinett Interactive and the great folks from Tech Success recently partnered to support the BNI U.S. National Conference with Plug, to help people engage with the event and connect with their BNI colleagues!  The conference was a warm and welcoming affair, with members from BNI chapters around the country attending and reuniting with each other.  The BNI way is to pay it forward with referrals and a smile, and the 500+ in attendance were raring to get the party started as early as 7:00 AM!

Mobinett and Tech Success informally partnered with the Rhode Island/SE Mass BNI chapter to deploy our Plug Events Platform for the conference, and it was a major success!  We produced this cool video to introduce Plug to BNI attendees.  Though we did very little promotion to attendees, we had 39 people sign up for Plug and check in for the event!  The ability to connect with and message people nearby using the Plug location-based platform was used to great effect.

Tech Success, a company that provides social media management and other services, had CEO, Ariel Dagan and Client Relations Manager, Pam Richard on hand to help attendees engage on Plug.  They were a major help in Plugging people in at the conference.  Plug facilitated 144 connections between event participants and users sent 191 messages and 50 social media posts!  People told us they’ve been waiting for a product like Plug and were excited to see Mobinett’s progress and experience a taste of what’s coming down the pipeline.

The BNI Conference started on a high, with the keynote speaker, Susan RoAne, an incredibly eloquent and approachable speaker who has written informative books on the art of public speaking and social/professional mingling including: “How To Work a Room,” and “The Networking/Mingling Maven,” as well as being a Mingling Mentor/Coach. Ms. RoAne dismisses those who denigrate small talk as nothing more than a waste of time, insisting that small talk is a valuable tool to start a conversation.

The remainder of the conference was left to smaller individual speakers giving great business and BNI chapter advice.  Free time was planned between sessions, to encourage valuable networking.  Attendees used Plug to find relevant people to meet, as Plug lets you search attendee profiles by keyword.  They recognized the efficiency of networking with Plug vs. meeting random people.

The event was a great experience for both Mobinett and Tech Success, helping us prove the benefits of Plug once again.  Thanks to BNI Founder Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI-Executive Director, Linda Macedonio, and BNI Communications Supervisor, Erin Mellinger for their support.  Special thanks to Ariel and Pam of Tech Success!