David Zemer, BNI Executive Director, announces Allen Yokers as the BNI Director for Michigan’s UP.

Jan. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- David Zemer, Executive Director of BNI for Eastern, Central, Southwest, Central West Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP), www.bniwis.com, announces the appointment of Allen Yokers, as Director to Michigan’s UP territory.  The UP of Michigan currently has two BNI chapters:  the Network De Noc in Escanaba and the Pioneers chapter in Marquette, MI.  Allen develops new BNI chapters and is also responsible for overseeing the following BNI chapters in the Fox Valley and Central Wisconsin area:  

   CentraNet in Marshfield, WI;
   Fond du Lac Founders in Fond du Lac, WI;
   Networking Professionals in Beaver Dam, WI;  
   Point to Success in Stevens Point, WI;  
   Rapid Referrals in Wisconsin Rapids, WI;  
   Referral Alliance in Fond du Lac, WI;  
   And Tenfold Networking in Beaver Dam, WI.  

Allen Yokers is a sales and marketing vice-president for One 2 One Software Consulting & Training, LLC.  Allen and his wife have worked and lived in Kaukauna, WI for 34 years.  Their three children, Marguerite, Bill, and Bob, are all residents of Wisconsin.   Allen has been a BNI member since 2000 and a BNI Director since 2008.  

BNI, Business Network International, www.bni.com, is a business referral marketing and networking organization dedicated to building businesses through the development and exchange of quality business referrals.  BNI is the world’s largest business networking, referral, and word-of-mouth marketing organization with more than 132,000 members, in more than 5800 chapters, throughout every populated continent in the world.  Dr. Ivan Misner, the “father of modern networking,” is the founder and chairman of BNI.  

For more information about chapters in BNI Wisconsin and/or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, contact chapter placement at 888-531-3494 or Allen Yokers at 920-740-3130 or at allen@bniwis.com.

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Frances Vitale is the owner/consultant of I Consult – Strategic Marketing Services, based in Milwaukee, WI. She has an MBA and consults regularly on public relations, market research, marketing communications, and business development.