LuAnn Buechler is an Assistant Director for Southern Minnesota BNI and operates her own business as a Professional Meeting Consultant providing business education, consulting and meeting planning services. LuAnn has a 25 year history in the Hospitality Industry working for companies such as Hyatt Hotels, Marriott and the Mayo Clinic. LuAnn, is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin Stout.

LuAnn got her business started by joining BNI and knew immediately that word-of-mouth marketing was the way to grow her business. Other than a website, it is the only way she chooses to market her business and her key to success is…Relationships, Relationships, Relationships!

LuAnn presents on her personal experiences, and training through BNI that has helped her to become a successful entrepreneur in her own right.

Beth M. Anderson is an entrepreneur, owner of OrgTrack.com, founder of TheNetworkingClub.com, and an internationally recognized expert in word-of-mouth referral networking. Dubbed the "The Networking Queen," she is an active participant in several on-line networking communities, and credits her  success to the lessons learned by her participation in the world’s largest organization of weekly face-to-face networking meetings, BNI.

A website designer and developer by trade, she has her fingers in a number of different things at all times. Always passionate about the latest adventure, she loves learning new things, meeting new people, and tackling new challenges.