I thought BNI was an interesting concept. I think there is a chance I have met you IRL. My partner was a member for a couple of years and, consequently, I attended a few meetings. For me, the deal breaker was 7am. I only set my alarm before 7:30 for tee times and cheap flights.
My opinion on the group: the public speaking element (all that tagline+rapid fire speech stuff) was very beneficial for my partner (younger, introverted, quiet, fresh out of training). She was a different person by the end of it. From the business side, IMO, it wasn't the most effective for my industry. I'm in a very specific aspect of healthcare so I live and die on reputation/referral base and not so much infolunches, etc. BNI, imo, is more geared towards the business/corporate side of things. Did meet a number of people who killed it with BNI.
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