ABI-N INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVE CHAPTERS
(I.C.E. Chapters)
A Business Development Organization Designed To Meet The Needs Of Today’s Business Professionals
The concept:
- Monthly Power Networking luncheon and breakfast meetings. In today’s hyper-active business environment, many professionals cannot allocate the two hours that it takes to attend each weekly meeting. The costs of meals, travel, and lost working hours are far more costly than the cost of attending one good “power networking meeting” per month.
- Meetings are held at locations that provide food and a reasonable degree of privacy.
- Qualified business professionals are carefully chosen to be speakers. To support the ABI-N goal of providing state-of-the-art business information to members and new attendees, speakers are chosen who have the proven expertise in their respective fields. The goal is to have interesting, informative, and inspiring speakers so that the attendee’s time will be well spent.
- ABI-N monthly meetings allow up to three members per category, so that there will be an opportunity to meet more guests and members over time. Every business person attracts a certain unique set of customers. With more people per category, members have more opportunity to select individuals who they prefer as business referring partners.
- There is a greater likelihood that a business category will always be represented even if one or two of the category members are absent.
- Frequent workshops and seminars featuring well-qualified presenters. The goal is to provide top quality events at a very low price, per attendee.
- All meetings will feature lunches or breakfasts. Typically, the price of the meetings will include tax, tip, and room charges. No additional tipping will be necessary.
- A spirit of mutual benefit is proactively supported by ABI-N. ABI-N has always focused on doing everything possible to encourage members to first conduct business between fellow members of ABI-N before purchasing products and services from non-members
- The complete contact information of a member is listed in an organization-wide directory of products and services by personal name, company name, business category (with two additional sub-categories), and by chapter. This information is available to visitors to the site.
- ABI-N has established National and International business connections. ABI-N has realized the importance of expanding geographical boundaries of conducting business Nationally and Internationally and efforts will continue to broaden these areas of business expansion.
The term “Inter-Network”, in the name American Business Inter-Network, actually has a double intended meaning. The first meaning is the combination of Internet Marketing with Face-to-Face Networking. The second meaning concerns the inter-chapter emphasis that ABI-N encourages its members to focus on. ABI-N members have the opportunity to expand business by attending chapters in other areas of the state or by communicating to members in other cities and counties of Florida.
ABI-N is committed to providing the greatest possible value for the amount of annual dues charged. The annual membership fee is $185.00. This is less than $16.00 per month for a marketing program that has the potential to help businesses to prosper and grow with the least amount of money, time, and effort spent. A monthly payment arrangement may be made for self-employed business professionals or for members who cannot have their membership fees reimbursed by their employers. Please talk to the chapter coordinators for more details.
Non-member attendees may attend up to three (total) ABI-N meetings at various locations. Members may visit other ABI-N monthly chapters two times per year, per chapter.