Can you educate yourself to be a better networker? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the first core competency of networking, education, and why you should always be learning more about successful networking.

Here are two more networking core competencies. Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to identify immersion and engagement as critical networking core competencies that you must work on for networking success.

The end is near - the recession, that is. Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the results of the BNI Business Index and to declare that the end of the recession is near, based on what business owners are reporting around the world.

How can innovation lead your company to your own recovery? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the marathon recovery and the contribution internal innovation can play putting your business on the road to sustained growth.

Here are three keys to creating your own economic recovery. Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how seeking opportunities, adjusting your attitude and leveraging your creativity can all make a significant contribution to building your own economic recovery.

Why has networking grown in a global recession? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to explain why networking activity has grown significantly over the past 20 years, including during the recent global recession.

Do you know what the networking disconnect is? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to reveal a dangerous condition. The networking disconnect is an expectation that your immediate goal for networking is to make a sale, instead of making a quality, enduring contact.

Do you know how to achieve the quantum leap effect? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to take advantage of the quantum leap effect through quality networking,which is planting relationship seeds that eventually germinate into business.

Are you afflicted with the "I'm different" syndrome? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why you may think networking is not for you because you're different, but that's just an excuse. Listen as Ivan delivers the cure for this professional malady.

What does corn have to do with networking? Ivan Misner joins Jim Blasingame to show how planting, cultivating and sharing corn is very much like the process and practice of successful networking.