Thursday, April 14, 2011
Post Event
Well the event was successful. Overall we met our goals and nonPareil was pleased. We helped build their network and relationships in fort worth and at TCU. It is a great sense of accomplishment to have the event finished but to also to know that we made a huge impact for nP. This legacy project has been very rewarding. I plan to keep up with nonPareil and to continue helping them grow. They are having an event at the end of the month that I plan on attending. Maybe I'll bring them to Baton Rouge sometime next year to spread their plans down there!!!!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Day Before the Event
Well it is the night before the event and the first step to the true beginning of our legacy project. If our event goes well our project will have a lasting impact that will benefit not only nonPareil but the DFW community. Tomorrow will be the beginning of the lasting impact we will have. We have had many hardships up to this point but have put in countless hours just making it happen. I consider myself experienced for my age in the leadership category and this project only added to that. It has opened my eyes to how a true start-up company has to run when dealing with money, coordination, motivation, and overall selling of the "idea". Our mission for this event has been to grow nonPareil's awareness in the Fort Worth community and to ultimately help lead to a future of success. They are creating value within the community with sustainability and passion and Grant and I have fed off of both. My overall growth has been immense during the course of this project. It has added new experiences that I will be able to reflect and grow from to use in the future. I have lead a 110 man fraternity chapter as president, lead Frog Camp in a plethora of ways as a Director, and now served as a volunteer project manager for a start-up, self-sustaining, non-for-profit, value-creating, socially-entrepreneurial business. Awesome.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Event Approaching and Life Changes
It has been a good amount of time since my last post. Much has happened with our legacy project and with my life over all.
As far as our legacy project, I am pleased with the progress. We are in its final stages. The event is 8 days away and we are eagerly blasting out our invitation to everyone we know to try to boost our attendance. Our goal is to reach as many people as possible and to help nonPareil build their network in the Fort Worth community. It has been a real challenge coordinating between several different people to get things done like invitations, catering orders, and getting funding, but these are all difficulties that were expected for Grant and I as the leaders of the event. We have served as the overall people in charge working with several people to put it all together. It has definitely been a leadership challenge!
As we come to the close of our project we want to make sure we stay fully committed to making it the best it can possibly be!
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On another note, my personal life has new direction. My fiancee and I will be moving to Baton Rouge so that I can attend LSU Law next fall. With graduation nearing, and the wedding shortly after, it is a blessing to know where we will call home. LSU has a fantastic law school and I am so excited to attend. I will be seeking my JD/MBA which will take four years.
I did a lot of reflecting over spring break about college over the last few years and the amazing growth that takes place. My dad had a conversation about that growth and how it is probably the most growing time in anyone's life, or at least is has been for me. The difference from freshman year until now is so vast. More to come soon....
As far as our legacy project, I am pleased with the progress. We are in its final stages. The event is 8 days away and we are eagerly blasting out our invitation to everyone we know to try to boost our attendance. Our goal is to reach as many people as possible and to help nonPareil build their network in the Fort Worth community. It has been a real challenge coordinating between several different people to get things done like invitations, catering orders, and getting funding, but these are all difficulties that were expected for Grant and I as the leaders of the event. We have served as the overall people in charge working with several people to put it all together. It has definitely been a leadership challenge!
As we come to the close of our project we want to make sure we stay fully committed to making it the best it can possibly be!
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On another note, my personal life has new direction. My fiancee and I will be moving to Baton Rouge so that I can attend LSU Law next fall. With graduation nearing, and the wedding shortly after, it is a blessing to know where we will call home. LSU has a fantastic law school and I am so excited to attend. I will be seeking my JD/MBA which will take four years.
I did a lot of reflecting over spring break about college over the last few years and the amazing growth that takes place. My dad had a conversation about that growth and how it is probably the most growing time in anyone's life, or at least is has been for me. The difference from freshman year until now is so vast. More to come soon....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Inspiring Leader
Over the last 4 semesters in the NGLP program we always have talked about what it means to be a leader and what qualities do leaders possess.
Gary Moore, the co-founder of nonPareil, and our main contact on our legacy project is a true leader. He his one of the most inspiring men that Grant and I have ever worked or been associated with.
Over the last 2 weeks Grant and I have hit many road blocks as we try and put together our event. We have met with several people about what we are trying to do and we haven't met the right person to back us and partner with us yet. We seem to be on a cold streak. I definitely feel like entrepreneurs seeking investment as we go to each office pitching and selling nonPareil and its vision. It is 5 weeks until our set date of March 29th and we have so much to do. Grant and I have been very stressed about not reaching our initial goals and not being able to partner with anyone. We are both very passionate about helping nonPareil so we have been so eager to lock some concrete details down about our event... But no matter our passion we have definitely been a little bogged down with this extra project added on to upcoming graduation and for me wedding....
Grant and I have been meeting several times a week almost everyday planning who we are meeting with and where to go from here. Tonight we had a conference call with our client Gary and wow did he get us fired up.
As we spoke with Gary about where we were with everything, his sincerity and his passion for nonPareil and its future shined through immensely. He truly appreciates our work and everything that we are trying to do. He isn't stressed about being behind and is very encouraging and understanding of our situations. He not only motivated us more to make sure we get this event on track again but he also truly inspiried and up lifted us.
As soon as Grant and I ended our conversation with Gary we both looked at each other and were so pumped up about what we were doing. We both felt the feeling inside of us as he spoke to us and motivated us to get this done. It is hard to put it to words but Gray is the kind of leader I want to be.
He is chasing his dreams and passions in a very realistic business savvy way while seeking to create true value in the community and around the world. He is creating change and will reach his vision with nonPareil. I have no doubt.
I want to be the leader Gary is and to be able to speak in a way where I get others to follow me and to accomplish great things like him.
Gary Moore, the co-founder of nonPareil, and our main contact on our legacy project is a true leader. He his one of the most inspiring men that Grant and I have ever worked or been associated with.
Over the last 2 weeks Grant and I have hit many road blocks as we try and put together our event. We have met with several people about what we are trying to do and we haven't met the right person to back us and partner with us yet. We seem to be on a cold streak. I definitely feel like entrepreneurs seeking investment as we go to each office pitching and selling nonPareil and its vision. It is 5 weeks until our set date of March 29th and we have so much to do. Grant and I have been very stressed about not reaching our initial goals and not being able to partner with anyone. We are both very passionate about helping nonPareil so we have been so eager to lock some concrete details down about our event... But no matter our passion we have definitely been a little bogged down with this extra project added on to upcoming graduation and for me wedding....
Grant and I have been meeting several times a week almost everyday planning who we are meeting with and where to go from here. Tonight we had a conference call with our client Gary and wow did he get us fired up.
As we spoke with Gary about where we were with everything, his sincerity and his passion for nonPareil and its future shined through immensely. He truly appreciates our work and everything that we are trying to do. He isn't stressed about being behind and is very encouraging and understanding of our situations. He not only motivated us more to make sure we get this event on track again but he also truly inspiried and up lifted us.
As soon as Grant and I ended our conversation with Gary we both looked at each other and were so pumped up about what we were doing. We both felt the feeling inside of us as he spoke to us and motivated us to get this done. It is hard to put it to words but Gray is the kind of leader I want to be.
He is chasing his dreams and passions in a very realistic business savvy way while seeking to create true value in the community and around the world. He is creating change and will reach his vision with nonPareil. I have no doubt.
I want to be the leader Gary is and to be able to speak in a way where I get others to follow me and to accomplish great things like him.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Snow Day Reflection
It snowed today and the roads were icy so school was cancelled. I have off and on all day been reflecting and thinking about what comes next in my life. I have spent the last four years excelling and accomplishing dreams I never thought would come true. I am about to embark on another journey one where I will be married to the love of my life and we will grow together as one unit. I will be attending law school and she will be working as a nurse but the location is still yet to be determined. Wondering about our upcoming whereabouts is exciting and a little tolling. We both have had to takes deep breaths and put our trust in the Lord and know that he is in control and has a wonderful plan for us.
As I have been working on this legacy project as it is called, even in its earliest stages, I know that I always want to be giving back and working with some sort of non profit for the betterment of society around me. Service and Leadership are intertwined in my body and are two of my core strengths. I am so excited to be working with nonPareil to be able to utilize both of these strengths while making such a huge impact.
I have come quite a ways sense August 2007 and have quite a way to go but I can say this: The Legacy Project is a great way to cap off my TCU experience.
As I have been working on this legacy project as it is called, even in its earliest stages, I know that I always want to be giving back and working with some sort of non profit for the betterment of society around me. Service and Leadership are intertwined in my body and are two of my core strengths. I am so excited to be working with nonPareil to be able to utilize both of these strengths while making such a huge impact.
I have come quite a ways sense August 2007 and have quite a way to go but I can say this: The Legacy Project is a great way to cap off my TCU experience.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Post Meeting Inspiration
Grant and I met with Gary Moore and Dan Selec this past Friday in Plano at nonPareil's facilities at SMU Plano. The meeting went great; we were there about an hour and the time flew bye. It was also a productive meeting and we set out an initial plan for our big project and took a tour. We are going to put together an awareness dinner on campus. It will not be directed at TCU, though we will have some TCU people there, the bulk target will be the Fort Worth Community. Details have yet to be worked out, but Grant and I are soon to hammer them all out. This is going to be BIG.
We are really excited for this project. We are going to make a huge impact for nonPareil and these people with the disability they have, Autism. After we left on Friday Grant and I talked on the way back to FW about our thoughts, how we felt about our client, and where we should go from here.
The thing that is different about our project and client then others is that nonPareil is a start up business. This is not some charity we will simply raise money for. It is not a non-profit where they will need donors for the next 50 years. They have a self sustaining business plan. They have a way to make money and utilize adult with Autsim while providing them a comfortable work environment and living area.
The founders are so inspirational. They left there jobs to start nonPareil and to follow there passions. That's how I want to live my life. It was very eye opening and it was great to be able to discuss this with Grant. We both cant wait to gather up a team to get this started.
This was quite all over the place, but overall I am thrilled with the challenge we have in place and am excited to gather a team to accomplish our mission. This project will be so beneficial to nonPareil but to me as well.
We are really excited for this project. We are going to make a huge impact for nonPareil and these people with the disability they have, Autism. After we left on Friday Grant and I talked on the way back to FW about our thoughts, how we felt about our client, and where we should go from here.
The thing that is different about our project and client then others is that nonPareil is a start up business. This is not some charity we will simply raise money for. It is not a non-profit where they will need donors for the next 50 years. They have a self sustaining business plan. They have a way to make money and utilize adult with Autsim while providing them a comfortable work environment and living area.
The founders are so inspirational. They left there jobs to start nonPareil and to follow there passions. That's how I want to live my life. It was very eye opening and it was great to be able to discuss this with Grant. We both cant wait to gather up a team to get this started.
This was quite all over the place, but overall I am thrilled with the challenge we have in place and am excited to gather a team to accomplish our mission. This project will be so beneficial to nonPareil but to me as well.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Contact
So I made the initial contact. I spoke with a lady named Justine and gave her a brief overview of what we are looking to do. She took down my information and will be passing it on to the president of the organization, who I originally asked to speak too. He should be contacting me soon I hope and we can talk about what we want to do! Hopefully we can set up a meeting next week where the President: Gary Moore, Grant, and I can get some concrete plans into place. I am very excited about this project. I do not know what we will be able to do for the institute but I know Grant and I can make a big impact. Autism is a vastly spread disease that needs more attention and I want to have a hand in aiding anyway I can.
The Beginning
So it is January 19th. I am making initial contact with our client today. I will be working with Grant Eason on the Legacy Project. We have good complementary skills and have worked well together in multiple facets in the past. We should be able to recruit some help from others as we go and be able to lead a team to a successful project. We hope to be working with nonPareil Institute based out of Plano. They work with people with Autism in a variety of ways and have a vision for the future that needs help to accomplish. I will be seeking to make the initial contact today. On Friday Grant and I can hopefully be in contact with them again to discuss more about their needs and our abilities. The semester is picking up quickly so we need to get a roll on this.
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