Comments on: Advice for creating a mastermind group? http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Glenn Sojourner http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group#comment-818494 Glenn Sojourner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:20:22 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group.html#comment-818494 Finding the RIGHT members is important. If you have 2 or 3 people you have great confidence in who are interested in being members, that is great. The other barrier is TIME. The amount of TIME for the meeting and the TIME the meeting is to be held and what TIME during the week. Online is a reasonable answer with the technology that is available now with audio/video chat and other tools available. Finding the RIGHT members is important. If you have 2 or 3 people you have great confidence in who are interested in being members, that is great. The other barrier is TIME. The amount of TIME for the meeting and the TIME the meeting is to be held and what TIME during the week.

Online is a reasonable answer with the technology that is available now with audio/video chat and other tools available.

]]> By: Tom Bailey http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group#comment-72896 Tom Bailey Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:13:59 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group.html#comment-72896 As another person said Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich speaks about this but putting one together is the most challenging steps in the book. http://sms100.blogspot.com/ As another person said Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich speaks about this but putting one together is the most challenging steps in the book.

http://sms100.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Evan Carmichael http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group#comment-54254 Evan Carmichael Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:22:08 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group.html#comment-54254 Hi Dave, We run a successful group out of Toronto at: http://www.evancarmichael.com/entrepreneur-mastermind-group-toronto/entrepreneur-mastermind-group-toronto.html Here are the main components: • Meetings with your group are once per month • Sessions begin with a 15 minute presentation by a group member or expert guest on a lesson learned • Each member will then have 15 minutes of their own time to share their challenges and get feedback and suggestions from the rest of the group. This is your time to bring up your important business issues and get valuable advice to help you move forward • At the end of the session members set goals for the next month and are paired with another member. A weekly time is set between pairs for a quick phone call to follow up and make sure you follow through on your goals • Members are from non-competing industries and sign confidentiality agreements • Members get a guaranteed profile on EvanCarmichael.com, the top 10 Internet sites globally for entrepreneurship I hope this helps! Cheers, Evan. Hi Dave,

We run a successful group out of Toronto at: http://www.evancarmichael.com/entrepreneur-mastermind-group-toronto/entrepreneur-mastermind-group-toronto.html

Here are the main components:
• Meetings with your group are once per month

• Sessions begin with a 15 minute presentation by a group member or expert guest on a lesson learned

• Each member will then have 15 minutes of their own time to share their challenges and get feedback and suggestions from the rest of the group. This is your time to bring up your important business issues and get valuable advice to help you move forward

• At the end of the session members set goals for the next month and are paired with another member. A weekly time is set between pairs for a quick phone call to follow up and make sure you follow through on your goals

• Members are from non-competing industries and sign confidentiality agreements

• Members get a guaranteed profile on EvanCarmichael.com, the top 10 Internet sites globally for entrepreneurship

I hope this helps!

Cheers,

Evan.

]]> By: Lee Odden http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group#comment-52920 Lee Odden Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:22:04 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group.html#comment-52920 "mastermind group" Dave, have you been reading Napoleon Hill lately? One of my favorites! “mastermind group”

Dave, have you been reading Napoleon Hill lately? One of my favorites!

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group#comment-52757 isabella mori Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:16:24 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/10/advice-for-creating-a-mastermind-group.html#comment-52757 having read much about such groups (another term, barbara sher's "success teams", comes to mind), having taken part in a course that placed much emphasis on such groups, and having realized how much others have contributed to my successes, i thought, hey! this is wonderful! can't everyone see that? let's do it! it was like pulling teeth. fortunately, i now have at least a "business buddy", for about 10 months. we keep working on trying to get more people. we meet every week when we need to, every three weeks when we think we don't need to (and invariably realize how useful it is to meet every week). when we feel really wobbly, we call each other a few times a week. having a set time seems a good idea. something we have done the last few weeks, which is very useful, is to spend three hours together where we mostly work on things that we're otherwise trying to avoid (like updating our business plan). we just sit in the same room, hacking away at our computers and phones, and once in a while something comes up and we ask for input. membership criteria? the people we are looking at have to feel right and show evidence of being serious about their work and the commitment to each other. would love to hear about other people's experiences. having read much about such groups (another term, barbara sher’s “success teams”, comes to mind), having taken part in a course that placed much emphasis on such groups, and having realized how much others have contributed to my successes, i thought, hey! this is wonderful! can’t everyone see that? let’s do it!

it was like pulling teeth. fortunately, i now have at least a “business buddy”, for about 10 months. we keep working on trying to get more people.

we meet every week when we need to, every three weeks when we think we don’t need to (and invariably realize how useful it is to meet every week). when we feel really wobbly, we call each other a few times a week.

having a set time seems a good idea.

something we have done the last few weeks, which is very useful, is to spend three hours together where we mostly work on things that we’re otherwise trying to avoid (like updating our business plan). we just sit in the same room, hacking away at our computers and phones, and once in a while something comes up and we ask for input.

membership criteria? the people we are looking at have to feel right and show evidence of being serious about their work and the commitment to each other.

would love to hear about other people’s experiences.

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