BNI Connections

05/08/2025

We're 1 week away! Will we see you there? Please register so we know how much food/coffee we'll need!

04/22/2025

We're hosting a free visitors day at our chapter! Come and see what all of this networking is all about. Breakfast & Coffee provided.

Please register with the link below and bring a stack of business cards on May 15. There will be time during the meeting for you to share 60 seconds about your business as well as open networking time.

Come for the coffee & breakfast, stay to grow your business! Will we see you there?

https://bnimn.com/en-US/chapterdetail?chapterId=qT7dTQuoDp%2FjDMjfVRNefg%3D%3D&name=BNI+Connections

04/22/2025

We did it again! Our team pooled together funds (and chefs) to volunteer making a meal for about 30 people at the Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest in Gillette children’s. We heard this is the best part of what RMH has to offer from families with children in the hospital. We love getting to work for them to support families!

04/08/2025

Last week our team pooled together funds (and chefs) to volunteer making a meal for about 30 people at the Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest in Gillette children’s. We heard this is the best part of what RMH has to offer from families with children in the hospital. We have one more date on the calendar and we can’t wait to serve again!

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from Connections! Quote of the week: “Success is like a haunted house, sometimes you just have to face your fears to find the hidden treasure.”

03/28/2024

It’s a good thing Eric at K & S Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing and Electrical is part of our group so we can learn how to NETWORK (cable) effectively.

11/01/2023

Happy Halloween, everyone! I bet you can’t guess who our special guests were last week!

We had very creative & spooky commercials by all. If you participated, please write your commercial in the comments and tag your business!

10/23/2023

Don’t forget: this Thursday (10/26) we’ll have a costume theme! Please let your visitors and subs know in advance so they can incorporate it into their 60 second commercials.

Last week we had an early appearance from Mario. Bring on the creativity!

08/31/2023

Check it out! Our very own Dr. Riley Schmitz highlighted on the front page of the Sun Sailor. "Schmitz competed in the beep baseball world series, judo nationals, and practices Brazilian jiu jitsu."

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05/18/2023

We had a great time visiting Dr. Riley over at Dynamic Family Chiropractic recently! He’s so knowledgeable on new pain managing modalities & after trying some of them out, we can agree with that!

Did you also know that Riley’s dream is to make the Paralympic Judo team? Dr. Riley has been a jujitsu athlete for many years and is now turning his focus toward judo. Judo is a martial art born out of Japan with its roots in Jujitsu. Judo has been in the Paralympic games since 1988.

If you'd like to contribute to his travel fund, message us for his Venmo to donate directly.

04/27/2023

A very special anniversary shout out goes to Jerry & Cathy Joubert (Arbonne) as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary TODAY! We celebrated with cake and custom wine bottle glasses that were presented by Peacock Promotions. Thanks, Scott!

Our commercials today were mostly anniversary themed so we thought we’d share our winning commercial of the week by Jim Oelhafen with LVC Companies.

“Nothing says love like a fire extinguisher. Over 50 years your fire extinguisher will endure 49 annual inspections & 600 monthly inspections. It will require routine maintenance, eight 6 year internal investigations, and four 12 year hydrostatic tests. Additionally, your fire extinguisher will withstand an occasional discharge and will be there to keep you safe when needed. So, when choosing a fire extinguisher, like your partner in life, it’s important to choose wisely and pick quality that will withstand the test of time.”

Another honorary commercial by Brian Hartman of Summit Mortgage Corp.:
"Fun facts of 1973
-Richard Nixon was President of the United States
-A gallon of gas cost 38.5 cents
-Triple crown champion – Secretariat
-The minimum wage was $1.60 per hour.
-The average household income was $12,900.
-The average home price was $32,500.
-The average monthly rent was $175.
-The mortgage interest rate was 8.82%.
-Average college tuition at a public four-year school was $358 and $1,561 at a private four-year school"

Finally, we ended the meeting with the quote of the week. It was marriage advice, really, by Lisa Lang and was presented by Tyler at MKS: “Treat marriage like a business that you want to last forever.”

We wish nothing but the best for these two and can’t wait to celebrate more this weekend!

04/20/2023

Well that was a fun 3 minutes today right after our weekly meeting!

PS- If you plan to visit, we’ll be in the 7th floor conference room for the next few weeks. We meet at 7am at France Place in Edina (3601 Minnesota Dr, Bloomington, MN 55435)

Please register as a visitor here: https://bnimn.com/mn-minnesota-connections/en-US/index