Buckeye Networking GroupThe BNG

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Key Ingredients of the BNG• Promoting your business through your BNG profile page • Face to Face interaction with the BNG athletic fraternity and

business community. (Branding yourself and your business)• The ability to host other clients, which allows you to develop a

deeper relationship. However, the BNG could add value to your business contact.

• The BNG will become the relationship portal for you and your company to connect dots of your business model.

• As a result: A meeting is schedule which leads to a partnership of some sort. Meanwhile, business transitions start to occur which started from the relationship that ignited from BNG opportunity. Thus, leading to referrals from your new partners and resources within the BNG organization.

• Let’s work “SMARTER NOT HARDER” Together

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Established August 2005, Founder, Michael “Buster” Tillman former standout wide receiver and two time Big Ten Champion at the Ohio State University. Michael saw an opportunity to enhance the Ohio States’ athletes already strong relationships and create a top line networking organization to provide a resource/ forum for Ohio State athletes and Columbus area businesses, professionals and owners to network and exchange ideas. Building new business partnerships as they move into the business world both personally and professionally.

Buckeye Networking Group offers these men and women a networking forum that helps them make a solid transition from star players on the gridiron to star players in the field of business and corporate life.

Buckeye Networking Group has created an attractive and unique high profile

networking environment. It begins with creating and enhancing business

relationships of athletes and business professionals in the community.

We bring business owners, vendors and marketing/sales people together for a fun

and informative outlet to talk about themselves and their business.

Offering the vehicle for companies to feature their products and services to a

top notch group of Columbus professionals to further expand market share and awareness to BNG members.

What We Do:What We Do:

The Buckeye Networking Group offers The Buckeye Networking Group offers a high profile platform to meet quality a high profile platform to meet quality

people and gain new prospects!people and gain new prospects!

Excellent exposure Excellent exposure opportunity with an opportunity with an organization that organization that clearly offers a clearly offers a unique blend of unique blend of athletes and business athletes and business professionals unlike professionals unlike any other networking any other networking group in central Ohio.group in central Ohio.

Great People

Great Venues

Great Opportunities!

The BNG is the only authentic athletic networking group in Columbus Ohio.

Affording you a priceless opportunity to develop personal and professional relationships with former OSU and

professional athletes.

Ohio State Athletes & Business Ohio State Athletes & Business

ProfessionalsProfessionals createcreate

New Business opportunities!New Business opportunities!

Providing a venue for Providing a venue for great interaction and great interaction and to act as a mentoring to act as a mentoring

fraternity for fraternity for graduating student graduating student

athletes, as they athletes, as they make their transition make their transition

into the business into the business communitycommunity.

Buckeye Networking Groups’ Media Exposure

Columbus Dispatch – November 2005, Front page of the Columbus Business Section, April 2006

Buckeye Sport Bulletin, every month in 2006

On air promotion on all Columbus Clear Channel Radio Stations WTVN 610 AM, WNCI FM, The Brew , WCOL FM, Radio Advertising Sept- Nov. 2006

WBNS 1460 The Fan radio advertising and promotional exposure, 2006

Columbus Weekender- November 2005

ONN, feature story about the beat Michigan Party, 2005

WBNS 10 TV, Don Tiberi, Wall to Wall Sports segment, 2005

WNCI. WLVQ, Wags and Elliott special guest on the morning show 2005

Inside moves Inside moves Tracy Turner FRED SQUILLANTE DISPATCH Michael "Buster" Tillman, left, talks with fellowOSU alumni Matt Jacobs,center, and Dwayne Martin at GameWorks, the site ofa meeting of the Buckeye Networking Group. "O-H!“ shout patrons on one sideof the packed bar. "I-O!" respond the other half. The TVs posted around the Arena Sports Bar and Grill at GameWorks atEaston Town Center were broadcasting college basketball, but the crowdwasn’t there to cheer on the Buckeyes. They were there to network with them. A group of former Ohio State University athletes have created a networkinggroup that meets monthly to promote business relations between former OSUathletes and Columbus-area businesses. Formed in January 2005 by formerOSU receiver Michael "Buster" Tillman, the Buckeye NetworkingGroupoffers a forum where "athletes can go after their playing days to make businessconnections," Tillman said. Many Buckeye athletes dream of making it big inprofessional sports, "but the reality is, not all of us are goingto make that route," Tillman said. "That’s why I wanted to create this venue, tobring the athletic and business communities together." Moving into the businessworld can be "a hard transition for many athletes," Tillman said, "becauseduring the summer, when other students are out taking internships at placeslike JPMorgan Chase, we’re out practicing." Many career counselors saynetworking is one of the most effective tools for job seekers.

FRED SQUILLANTE DISPATCH Michael "Buster" Tillman, left, talks with fellow OSU alumni Matt Jacobs, center, and Dwayne Martin at GameWorks, the site of a meeting of the Buckeye Networking Group

OSU athletes, businesses build ties as networkers

Tuesday, April 11, 2006THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Buckeye Networking GroupValue Proposition…

Relationship building = Profit.

Networking/ Advertising/ Entertainment/ Sales

The BNG Personal Profile Page- A personal web site advertising platform developed to market yourself and your business that creates a high profile branding position to exclusive BNG member base.

Unique Networking- Brand your business, build relationships and exposure at BNG Networking events venues

Warm up a Cold Call- Host current and prospective clients at all BNG events to further develop business relationships and new contacts by face to face personal interactions that will create new alliances and increase sales.

Association with Athletes- portal for bridging the gap in the business and athletic community. Creating a priceless opportunity to build relationships in the athletic “Fraternity” that only the BNG provides.

PERSONAL PROFILE CHECKLIST

Your Full Name Your Professional PhotographYour Company NameYour business address Your title at your companyTelephone phone including area codeDescription of the services your company offersFeel free to CUSTOMIZE your page to meet your marketing personality Thank-You for becoming a BNG member and Personal Page Holder!!!!

TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THE BNG

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www.buckeyenetworking.com

The BNG Charitable Focus:

The BNG will be focused on starting the BNG scholarship foundation; however, the BNG is currently working with National Kidney Foundation,

Mid- Ohio Food Bank among others.

Buckeye Networking Buckeye Networking Group Group Looking Beyond and into Looking Beyond and into the Future:the Future:

The vision is continued The vision is continued growth to grow and offer an growth to grow and offer an expanded charitable arm to expanded charitable arm to the organization that offers a the organization that offers a scholarships and scholarships and volunteer/communityvolunteer/communityinvolvement participation to involvement participation to the Columbus area the Columbus area community.community.

To further expand and To further expand and enhance our relationships enhance our relationships with local media outlets with local media outlets serving the Columbus MSAserving the Columbus MSA.

The Next Stage. Our Growth Path…

1. Increasing Membership numbers.

2. Increasing number of membership inquiries via emails on the BNG website.

3. Bigger venues to accommodate our growth.

4. New progressive website with automated features and user friendly navigation.

5. Columbus Dispatch news links with real-time news weather and buckeye sports coverage.

6. “BNG Inside Edition” another way for Members to give their expert advice on business related issues and news topics in their field of expertise.

This train is leaving the station!This train is leaving the station!

Are you on board?Are you on board?