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Jack Perry - noemail@reveille.org — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:00:00 GMT

Listen to the attached podcast of February 9th's Reveille breakfast.

19-Mar-06 8:00 PM

Donna Fisher presents the secret to powerful networking

Jack Perry - noemail@reveille.org — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:00:00 GMT

Last week, Donna Fisher spoke before a crowd of about 65 Aggies. Donna Fisher is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). Her topic of expertise is "Power Networking". In the short time that she had at the breakfast, Donna emphasized the most important aspect of Networking: Listening.

"Great listeners..." she says "...are great networkers. They seek to understand before being understood. They walk into a room of a networking event looking to match peoples interests and needs with those of someone they know of in their network.

Soon to be attached is the podcast audio of Donna's talk. Podcast audio provided by "Perry Video Productions. Podcast software made available through Tendenci Membership Management Software.

18-Jan-06 5:00 PM

Joe Reynolds, former WWII and Korean War Veteran, tells his story

Jack Perry - noemail@reveille.org — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:00:00 GMT

Today's breakfast meeting marked the first breakfast meeting under the new reign of 2006 President Stephanie Garner. Everyone in The Reveille Club is proud to have Stephanie represent The Aggie tradition of "Aggies doing business with Aggies" that is The Reveille Club of Houston.

As the guest speaker for this meeting, in front of approximately 65 Aggies, Joe Reynolds recounted a bit of his story from his days as a US soldier in WWII and The Korean War.

Opening his remarks with a joke regarding the newly crowned NCAA College Football Champion Texas Longhorns, Joe said, "While I tried to root for the horns, I found myself jumping off of the couch with 'Get that ball, Trojan!'. "I just could not pull for the horns",
he smiled.

Making the most of the time he had with this fine crowd of Aggie business men and business women, Joe promptly then directed his focus to the importance of his story as a US Soldier. From direct encounters with the enemy to commentary on todays conflict in Iraq, Joe's story left many leaving the room saying, "I could have listed to him for hours."

Attached to this article is a podcast of his entire 20 minute talk to The Reveille Club. Podcast audio provided by Perry Video Productions and Tendenci Membership Management Software.

6-Jan-06 2:00 PM

Richard Scruggs from The Aggie 100 and TAMU CNVE

Jack Perry - noemail@reveille.org — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:00:00 GMT

Thank you for your patience with the download of this podcast audio file.

This morning, The Reveille Club held it's weekly Thursday networking breakfast at The Houston City Club. This meeting was a special meeting in that it was a celebration of the acheivements of the Houston companies making the first inaugural Aggie 100. In attendence were nearly 100 Aggies from the Houston business community.

The Reveille Club breakfast started around 6:30 with networking. At 7:15, with a loud, "Howdy!" from president Harry McMahan, breakfast was served and the line formed for the egg, fruit, bacon, and biscuit buffet.

The group of attendees swelled to such numbers that extra tables had to be requested to accomodate the crowd gathered for the breakfast meeting.

Around 7:30, Harry McMahan opened the floor for introductions. One by one, each Aggie stood and gave a short description of their business and their role within that business. The introductions for this meeting took about 2x as long as typical meetings. Hearing of the diversity of Aggie businesses was well worth the wait.

The audience was composed of approx 40% Aggie 100 companies, 30% Reveille members, 20% new attendees, and 10% friends that woke up @ 3am travelling from Houston to Aggieland. Wow! Way to go Association of Former Students' staff! Oh, and dont forget the International Student's Association reps! Thanks for coming guys!

An excellent mix!

The Association of Former Students Executive Director, Porter Garner, gave opening remarks saying, "We are pleased beyond imagination at the success of The Aggie 100. We look forward to the bright future that New Ventures and Entreprenuership brings to all Aggies. Thank you to The Reveille Club of Houston for organizing such a fine collection of Aggies."

After introductions and opening remarks, the guest speaker Richard Scruggs, Director of The TAMU Center for New Ventures and Entreprenuership speaks on the success of The Aggie 100 and the vision of The Texas A&M Center for New Ventures and Entreprenuership.

You may listen to Richard Scruggs' talk in this attached podcast (.mp3 audio file).

As the meeting ended, Paul Pausky , Director of Former Student Programs with The Association of Former Students, commented to various members of the Reveille board, "That was a GREAT meeting."

Through the generous financial and moral support of The Texas A&M Association of Former Students, The Reveille Club successfully carried on The Aggie Network Tradition - "Aggies doing business with Aggies". The Reveille Club of Houston echos Paul's remarks that indeed this morning's meeting was a GREAT meeting.

Witnessing the solidarity of Aggies in the Houston business community is an exciting thing to observe.

-Jack Perry

10-Nov-05 10:00 PM