LEAD STORY
Givers Gain
Dr. Ivan Misner, founder of BNI, is called "the father of modern networking" by Ecademy and "the networking guru" by Entrepreneur magazine. His latest book, Truth or Delusion?, recently hit #1 on the Amazon bestseller list and landed on the New York Times bestseller list as well. Today BNI meetings see a significant presence of network marketers. Ivan describes how network marketers can thrive in the broader world of networking.

NT INTERVIEW
The Prospect Who Came in from the Cold
Tom Schreiter, the man behind the legendary "Big Al" books, newsletters and seminars, has had a greater, deeper and longer-running impact on how network marketers do business than anyone else we know. He is a marketing genius and meticulously methodical in his testing of every strategy he teaches. But there's another reason for his following: he is one of the humblest, most self-effacing and just plain genuinely nicest people we've ever met. Hilarious, too.

THE HEART OF BUSINESS
Giving and Receiving from the Heart
Kelly Bryson, M.A., M.F.T., is a licensed psychotherapist and trainer in Nonviolent Communication(SM), a process that brings out our natural ability to connect with ourselves and others. His goal is to form groups and organizations locally and internationally based on a model of transparency and trust, and create a world where everyone naturally gives and receives from a consciousness of abundance.

MASTER NETWORKER
Rewriting History at a Direct Selling Giant
Vondell McKenzie appears to be a kindly grandmother, however her keen business sense and will to win have rendered her a network marketing legend at the global beauty company she represents. As the first representative to build a large organization in her company's network marketing program, she changed the course of history at one of the world's oldest and best-known direct selling companies.

MASTER NETWORKER
Partnering for Success
Fifteen years ago, George Ruiz knew how to buy and sell properties. What he didn't know was how to weather an economic downturn. When Florida real estate took a dive, he lost everything and went searching. "When I read about network marketing," says George, "it opened my mind." He gave up the idea that he had to be in control, and began delegating and discovered the power of teamwork.