Program Agenda
Houston CrossRoad$ Business
Building Breakfast
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Guest participation in
red.

7:00
a.m.7:29 a.m.
Registration of Guests
Networking
- Mixing - Mingling &
Greeting
7:30 a.m.8:30 a.m.
- Seated breakfast
President
Convene Program (the gavel comes down precisely at 7:30)
Pledge of Allegiance
(to U.S./Texas flags led by volunteer 1st time
guest)
Good News: (tips-leads-referrals-contacts made-business closed)
Meal is Served
Master Host
Introductions (your
opportunity to give your confident intromercial)
Best
Introduction Vote (who gave the "best" introduction)
Apologies (associates,
candidates and guests who must miss the meeting)
Secretary
Referrals (tips,
leads, referrals and items of business)
Statistics Report (the
business generated so far)
Acceptance of Reports (verifying
accuracy)
Notice of SCA Board Meetings
(behind the scenes activities)
Motivational
Speaker
1st Vice President
Old Business (progress
made on current projects)
Committee Reports (given by a volunteer 2nd time guest)
Program Chair
Introduce Featured Speaker (of
interest to emerging business owners)
This Week's Speaker
Program Chair
Speakers Award (recognition
of the speaker)
Speaker Feedback (audience
comments on the presentation)
2nd Vice President
New Business (new
projects)
Call for New Associates (applications
are submitted)
Showcase Chair
Business Showcase (a
featured business)
Master Host
Recognition Awards
(for the best introduction)
Guest
Comments (your opinions)
Invitation to Return (we'd
like you back again)
President
Closing Comments
Announcements (community activities of interest)
Benediction (given by a volunteer 1st time guest)
Adjourn Program (the
gavel comes down promptly at 8:30)
8:309:00 a.m. (to 10:30 a.m. during trade shows)
Informal Questions and Answers
More Networking - Mixing & Mingling
9:009:30 a.m. (10:3011:00 a.m. during trade
shows)
Officer Debriefing (closed
to guests)
Current Officers
Current Directors
What people say about the Business Building Breakfast:
"This meeting was like Toastmasters on
steroids!"
Jack Warkenthien, Next Step Solutions
"If you only attend one breakfast meeting a year,
make it this one!" Marty Brenner - Cafe' Royale
"This is the most fun I've had at a breakfast
meeting, ever!" MaryAnn Hinkley, Kwik Kopy Printing
"Pretty cool." Jarrett
Price, Credit Analyst, Southwest Bank of Texas
"I see how I could get a lot from this group."
Scott Teven, Owner, Scott Teven Photography
"Very worthwhile activity."
Janell Payton, Private Investor
"This group builds motivation." Gary
Folkes, Contracting Solutions Inc.
"I'm sure I'll be back again."
Nik Modi, Financial Advisor, American Express Financial Advisors Inc.
"I've learned a lot." Michael
Divin, Owner, Divin Electrical Service
"The most enthusiastic, active group I've
encountered and I've been to many." John Brejot,
Administaff
"I enjoyed the format and the structure."
Brenda Hernandez, AT&T
"The most well-organized meeting I've ever been
to." Victor Alan, Reliant Energy
"Now I understand why SCA has been around so
long." Paula Winters, Winters Marketing
Our Business Building Breakfast Meeting was once
described as "A very brisk Toastmasters, NLP,
Sandler Sales Training and Dale Carnegie Institute all rolled into one hour!" This
may be accurate and the underlying mission is to have you recognize that "some windows of opportunity are but brief moments in
time," to be proactive in the process while building
relationships and perfecting an introduction that results in you obtaining direct business
and referrals. It's not magic. It's methodology and it produces predictable results, which
is why co-op companies have
won virtually every award for business growth in Houston.
SCA is a self-funded, Texas chartered, not-for-profit, educational, business
and professional development cooperative association of independent businesses, formed to
assist other business owners through the growth process without using gifts, grants,
contribution, donations or tax funding. We're independent and proud of it.
Let us help you craft a winning
introduction here.
"Building a successful business is
not a spectator sport."
"You didn't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book or writing a business
plan."
C. Dean Kring,
Director of Research
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