Kapolei to Celebrate International Networking Week

 Kapolei, HI (Feb 3, 2010) - International Networking Week®, occurring February 7-11, 2011, is a week centered around helping businesses in every part of the world achieve growth and success through effective networking.

The Kapolei community will hold its first-ever Joint Networking Mixer on Wednesday evening, Feb 9th at the Kapolei Golf Course, 6:00-8:30 p.m.   The event is being hosted by The West Oahu Women Social and Business Network, BNI Hawaii, The Kapolei Chamber of Commerce, The Rotary Club of Kapolei, The Rotary Club of Kapolei-Sunset, and Pacific Edge Magazine.  The event provides an opportunity for business professionals to meet, develop relationships, and create business possibilities.

According to Joann Seery, Executive Director for BNI Hawaii and the Referral Institute:  "International Networking Week® is about celebrating the important role that networking plays in the development and success of business around the world.  It is also about creating an awareness relating to the process of relationship networking, an approach to doing business based on building long-term successful relationships with other people."

Kathleen Davenport and Naomi Hazelton-Giambrone, Co-Directors of The West Oahu Women Social and Business Network and organizers for the Kapolei mixer are excited about bringing community and businesses together. "Effective networking is about meeting people and building relationships.  With our growing community in Kapolei, it's going to be important for business people to really know and support each other. "

The Joint Mixer Kapolei is open to all. Registration is required.  Tickets are $30 for members, $35 for non-members, $45 at the door.   For more information, contact Kathleen Davenport at 372-0065 or visit www.jointmixerkapolei.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets.

An initiative of BNI®, the world's largest business networking organization, International Networking Week® presents an opportunity for networking groups, companies, organizations, and individuals across the globe to start 2011 by taking proactive steps to strategically use networking to promote business growth.

International Networking Week® 2011 will be observed worldwide through hundreds of events, large and small, in areas such as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Nigeria, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more. These celebratory events will feature presentations by respected networking experts, provide participants with powerfully effective networking tips and strategies for achieving long-term business growth, and give attendees plenty of opportunities to network with like-minded business professionals and entrepreneurs.

Since the inaugural International Networking Week® in 2007, the annual event, which is always held during the first full week in February, has gained momentum each year and has been repeatedly recognized by many organizations and governmental agencies around the world.

Says Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder of BNI® and the Referral Institute®:

"Different countries, different cultures, different races, different religions, different people, different places--we are all united by one thing. We all speak the language of referrals. We all want to do business with people we know and trust. Relationship networking is not only a great way to get business, it's an even better way to do business; I urge people worldwide to utilize International Networking week to focus on doing something to improve their own networking efforts because there really is no better time than now to start strengthening your business relationships."

International Networking Week® is open to all business professionals, tradespeople, entrepreneurs, students, press representatives, government and council representatives--anyone who would like to know more about how business networking can grow individual businesses and make a powerfully positive impact on the global economic landscape.