BNIgo — BNI Premiere SJ

The Game

What is BNIngo?

BNIngo is a region-wide sponsorship competition. Each chapter has a 3✕3 bingo board filled with specific professional classifications. The goal: sponsor new members in those categories before any other chapter does.

Every new member we bring in who fits our board squares brings us closer to a prize — and bragging rights across the whole SFBay region.

Prize Structure

What We Win

First BNIngo in Region 3 sponsoring members rewarded

$300

Second BNIngo in Region 6 sponsoring members rewarded

$600

Third BNIngo in Region 9 sponsoring members rewarded

$900

First Chapter to Fill the Board 9 sponsoring members rewarded

$900

Our Board

The Squares We're Filling

We chose these 6 categories because they're the most sought-after in our power partner and contact sphere connections.

Massage Therapist

Sponsorship

Landscape Services

Event Planner

ANY Classification

Graphic Designer

Home Staging

Unicorn

Property Manager

Ineligible Classifications Realtor · Financial Advisor · P&C Insurance · Mortgage Broker
Only applications dated after 4/1/26 count.

How To Contribute

Your 3 Actions

Invite Targeted Visitors Know someone in Massage, Landscaping, Event Planning, Graphic Design, Home Staging, or Property Mgmt? Invite them to a meeting. That's how we fill squares.

Log Your Closed Business Every thank-you for closed business entered in the app counts toward our $6M goal. Keep it up — this is the main event.

Pass Referral Slips Internal referrals keep our chapter strong and our numbers growing. Even in a 60-person chapter, we stay connected through referrals.

Bonus Square

What's a Unicorn?

A Unicorn is a classification that's rarely found in BNI chapters — highly valuable, often missing. Our board has one Unicorn square. Top Unicorn professions in BNI SFBay include:

Architect

Caterer

Copywriter

DJ / Entertainment

Dog Trainer

Fine Jewelry

Florist

Garage Doors

Hair Stylist

Home Inspection

Locksmith

Martial Arts

Security Systems

Travel Agent

Virtual Assistant

10 more...

Your Next Move

Connect With Your Contact Sphere

We have 60 members — that means some of you naturally fall into two contact spheres. For this game, pick your primary one and lean in.

Schedule a Sphere Meetup Get your contact sphere together for a casual 1-to-1 or small group catch-up. The goal is simple: know who your power partners actually are, and make sure they know you.

Identify Your Missing Category Within your sphere, think about what classification would make your group stronger. Even if they never join the chapter — knowing that connection exists is valuable. That event planner you know? They belong in someone's referral stream.

Make the Introduction Anyway When you see these board categories, ask yourself: do I know someone who fits? You don't have to be their sponsor to make a warm intro. Someone else in the chapter might bring them in — your connection still moves the needle.

Reminder

If you're in two contact spheres, just pick one to focus on for this game. Depth beats breadth — a tight sphere that refers each other wins more than a loose network that doesn't talk.