Please refer to https://neba-network.eu/about-us/basics for a short summary of NEBA.

• Memberships are divided into two categories:
  • active members - promote their products or services by leading promotional activities or participating with others who are promoting theirs. This may involve forming work groups for specific tasks.
  • supportive members - offer their services to other NEBA members and the general public but do not actively participate in promotional activities.

• You have the opportunity of using the NEBA platform to promote your products or services.

• It is expected that supportive members will receive the first right of refusal to participate in the activities of the active members for supplying their products or services.

• These would be facilitators, consultants, people with their own networks and small businesses interested in promoting themselves who lack the financial resources to promote themselves to a wider audience.
• Larger companies that wish to reach a wider audience could also find the NEBA network useful through the use of NEBA facilitators and consultants.

• The main concept is for the NEBA platform to serve the needs of its members, thus, the initiatives must be initiated by the members themselves and supported by NEBA.

• No.
• You may be a supplier of products or services needed by NEBA members, or you may be providing advise because your experience may be deemed valuable, or you may be in a position positively affect NEBA.

• Members, former members, and their networks. Please see https://neba-network.eu/about-us/basics.  

• This is something not often considered. Members benefit from the successes of other members by providing their products or services to these members and contributing to the success.

• As stated in NEBA’s Mission Statement: NEBA is an international networking platform focused on Northern Europe to facilitate the business development objectives of its members locally (by country), regionally (in Northern Europe) and internationally.
• This will include entrepreneurs, businesses, associations and government institutions such as embassies and development agencies.

• The NEBA Web site
• Social Media, including FB public page, FB closed group, LinkedIn
• “Mass mailing” from the NEBA database
• In-person, informal networking events (NEBA network events)
• In-person events with guest speakers, with video conferencing connection for remote attendance
• NEBA’s Visit programs
• DMC program
• NEBA Talks events, with video conferencing connection for remote attendance
• Show & Tell events, with video conferencing connection for remote attendance

• Facilitate activities.
• Ensure legal requirements are fulfilled.

• Provide advice to the Board as to the fulfilment of NEBA’s mission.

• The main tool will be the NEBA web site at https://neba-network.eu/. Members are asked to regularly visit the site for news.
• Social Media, including FB public page, FB closed group, and LinkedIn will also be used, though it is recognized that some people have “allergies” to some social media platforms.
• Mass mailings informing of events and updates are sent from the NEBA website database. However, we recognize that a considerable amount of mail goes to spam or is not opened.
• Person-to-person e-mails are the most successful but also most time consuming.

• Ask Ed at ed.kalvins@neba-network.eu.