Best Selling Author Tommy Spaulding To Keynote Eagle Scout Gathering on April 30
Houston area Eagle Scout Association welcomes best-selling author Tommy Spaulding who will deliver a motivational keynote address to this year's emerging Eagle Scout Class at an Eagle Scout Gathering on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
Online, April 12, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Tommy Spaulding will deliver a motivational address to honor this year's emerging Eagle Scout Class at a Gathering of Eagle Scouts reception sponsored by the Eagle Scout Association of the Sam Houston Area Council on Apr. 30, 2011, at the Berry Center in Cypress.
Spaulding is president of the Spaulding Companies LLC, a national leadership development, speaking, training, consulting and executive coaching organization. He is also a world-renowned speaker on leadership and author of It's Not Just Who You Know (Transform Your Life and Your Organization by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships), a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today national bestseller.
The Boy Scouts of America helped start him on the path of leadership and public speaking at an early age, earning his Eagle Scout in 1985, while a member of Troop 145 in Suffern, New York.
"Becoming an Eagle Scout is the single most important achievement I had as a young man. It gave me the foundation and the leadership principles that guided me to become who I am today," said Spaulding.
His speech is set to include relevant stories from his past and ideas from his book, intended to inspire all Eagle Scouts, especially the Marvin Kiel Eagle Scout Class of 2010, who are being honored at this Eagle Scout gathering. The Gathering of Eagles reception, named "Rising Stars Among Us," is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Berry Center, 8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, Texas 77433, and will include Eagle Scout networking and mentoring opportunities in addition to the formal program.
Spaulding has also served as director of corporate affiliates and later as the chief executive officer for Up With People, prior to creating Spaulding Companies, LLC.
For more information on the event, please go to http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/eagle-scout-event-2011. Contact the Eagle Scout Association-SHAC at info@thegatheringofeagles-houston.org or learn more about the Eagle Scout Association at http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/eagle-scout-association-houston. Follow the ESA on Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1907750 or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=159394570388.
About Sam Houston Area Council
The Sam Houston Area Council delivers the Boy Scouting program to more than 50,000 youth in the Greater Houston Area, covering a 16-county area, with the help of more than 20,000 volunteers and 1,300 chartered partners. The Boy Scouting program serves youth from first grade through age 20 in the areas of outdoor skills, personal fitness, leadership, and lifelong ethical values.
For more information about the Sam Houston Area Council, contact Lynda Sanders, Director of Marketing/Communications: lynda.sanders@shac.org or call (713) 659-8111.