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		<title>Sis U Bootcamp Aims to Turn Shoulds Into Coulds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shonali Burke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hot Mommas Project is holding its Sis U Bootcamp in October to change women entrepreneurs' shoulds into coulds. Special discount for WGB readers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a title="indecision dice by snigl3t, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/1747917718/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/1747917718/?referer=');"><img class="alignright" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/1747917718_7d941b5441.jpg" alt="indecision dice" width="240" height="220" /></a>Are you suffering from a nasty case of “the shoulds?”</p>
<p>Symptoms include: Habitual doing of what you think you SHOULD do versus what you WANT to do, feeling detached from your job, wondering what happened to that life or career dream, a general angst for doing the dishes&#8230;</p>
<p>Sound familiar?</p>
<p>Several, major bodies of research actually focus on the cause and impact of that nasty case of “the shoulds”: Confidence.</p>
<p><strong>Well, &#8220;should&#8221; no more, because the Hot Mommas Project has a treat in store for you!</strong></p>
<p>The Hot Mommas Project has cracked the code on women’s confidence, and has packaged it up in a half-day seminar. Until now, these teachings were only available inside the classroom of an exclusive, nationally ranked Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership course.</p>
<p>Today, The Hot Mommas Project brings you groundbreaking research and the best practices in leadership education. The result:  To help YOU solve, improve, and reach higher; a real world toolkit with the guidance to use it. In the Sis U Bootcamp coming up, you&#8217;ll:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Understand the hard-hitting facts behind the value of women and girls in society.</strong> We raise GDPs and company profitability. There&#8217;s a reason. Learn what we can do to bring it to the forefront.</li>
<li><strong>Learn about the &#8220;confidence crisis&#8221; and how to neutralize it.</strong> It&#8217;s rampant among women and girls, but we&#8217;re so well educated and awesome, we&#8217;ve been excelling in spite of it.</li>
<li><strong>Master the Sisterhood of Success Equation: </strong>GRIP, GOAL, GET and see how you can replicate this in your career in any situation ranging from work life balance to salary negotiation to running for office.</li>
<li><strong>Experience one of the most addictive mentorship exercises ever, and walk out with &#8220;Your 5&#8243;</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/5-power-plays-for-women-5-mentors/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/5-power-plays-for-women-5-mentors/?referer=');">what their research shows</a> is the make-or-break between mediocrity or pursuing your true potential.</li>
<li><strong>End strong with a pay it forward plan</strong> &#8211; because that&#8217;s how the Sisterhood of Success rolls.</li>
</ul>
<p>Here are the deets:</p>
<p>When: Saturday, October 15th, 2011, 10 am to 1 pm</p>
<p>Where: The George Washington University School of Business, CFEE</p>
<p>How much: $99 with our special discount code <span style="text-decoration: underline;">until October 7<sup>th</sup></span> (30% off original ticket price)</p>
<p>How to get the discount: Register <a href="http://sisudc.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/sisudc.eventbrite.com/?referer=');">here</a> and enter the code <strong>wgbiz</strong></p>
<p>With whom: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ChiefHotMomma" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/ChiefHotMomma?referer=');">Kathy Korman Frey</a>, The Hot Mommas® Project Founder, Harvard MBA, Entrepreneur in Residence and Professor of the award-winning Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class at The George Washington University School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence.</p>
<p>Having heard from Kathy during last year&#8217;s #wgbiz bootcamp, I can tell you she is a terrific speaker, energizing, and knows how to put you to work. So I strongly suggest you sign up soon. It&#8217;ll probably be the best $99 you&#8217;ve spent in a while. Remember, the special discounted WGB rate is good through Oct. 7, so don&#8217;t delay!</p>
<p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/1747917718/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/1747917718/?referer=');">snigl3t via Flickr</a>, Creative Commons</p>
<p><em><em><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3953" title="Shonali Burke" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Outgoing Women Grow Business editor Shonali Burke is the</em><em> award-winning principal of </em><a href="http://www.shonaliburke.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shonaliburke.com/?referer=');"><em>Shonali Burke Consulting</em></a><em>, where she turns your communication conundrums into community cool. Adjunct faculty for Johns Hopkins’ MA/Communication program, she publishes </em><a href="http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.waxingunlyrical.com/?referer=');"><em>Waxing UnLyrical</em></a><em> under the watchful eyes of Chuck, Suzy Q. and Lola, her three rescue dogs. Her long-suffering husband has accepted that Shonali can most often be found on </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/shonali" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/shonali?referer=');"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>.</em></em></p>
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		<title>Hot Mommas Project Winner Ann Bevans Talks Business &amp; Darth Vader</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A winner in the Hot Mommas Project 2011 case study competition, Ann Bevans talks about choices in this interview by Jill Foster.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>DISCLAIMER to readers:  Darth Vader was not harmed in this recording.</p>
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<p>She just gave a great speech on the benefits and stress from having so many available choices.</p>
<p>She has resolve, success, and a great depth of reflection.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s got one heck of a sense of humor, is a Women Grow Business blogger &#8212; and she&#8217;s a clear winner too.</p>
<p>This &#8216;she&#8217; is <a href="http://www.annbevans.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.annbevans.com/?referer=');">Ann Bevans</a>, a business owner and prize winner of this year&#8217;s case study competition for the Hot Mommas Project.</p>
<p><a href="http://hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx?referer=');">The Hot Mommas Project</a> is an <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/casebrowse.aspx" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/casebrowse.aspx?referer=');">online mentorship library</a> for women and girls, comprised of case studies accessible for free.  People from across the globe submit case studies reflecting their life experience about entrepreneurship and different professional industries.</p>
<p>What challenges did they face?</p>
<p>What decisions or fears or obstacles helped to crystalize their success?</p>
<blockquote><p>These questions are often framed and answered in the most personal and triumphant ways in these case studies.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=636" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=636&amp;referer=');">Ann&#8217;s case study</a> won top honors this year, revealing her sense of purpose for her business and resolve to look at specific choices.</p>
<p><strong>In this video talk:  Darth Vader talks shop.</strong></p>
<p>And Ann shares more on what compelled her to write her case study.   Her potent acceptance speech was a hot topic too, looking at the trials of choice in &amp; beyond business &#8212; all this from the Hot Momma&#8217;s Awards Ceremony earlier this week.</p>
<p>Congratulations to Ann (and also <a href="http://www.lizschererwriter.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.lizschererwriter.com/?referer=');">Liz Scherer</a>, a Women Grow Biz blogger who received <a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2011/04/cheers-to-wgbs-own-hot-mommas/">Hot Mommas honors this year</a> and was unable to attend the ceremony).</p>
<p><strong>More from Women Grow Business:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2011/05/may-memorial-day-military-lessons-for-now/" target="_blank">May, Memorial Day, Military: lessons for now</a>, by Patricia Frame</li>
<li><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2011/04/life-doesnt-stop-and-neither-does-business/" target="_blank">Life doesn&#8217;t stop, and neither does business</a>, by Thursday Bram</li>
</ul>
<p><em><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TEDxP-2010-Jill-self-head-shot-jimmy3.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6311" title="Jill Foster" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TEDxP-2010-Jill-self-head-shot-jimmy3.jpg" alt="" width="173" height="115" /></a>Cited by ForbesWoman as one of 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jillfoster" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/jillfoster?referer=');">Jill Foster</a> is principal of <a href="http://www.liveyourtalk.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.liveyourtalk.com/?referer=');">Live Your Talk</a> and founding editor of Women Grow Business. Believing strong communities come from strong conversations (and thus public speaking skill), she specializes in speech coaching for women in technology. A social tech enthusiast, she co-founded DC Media Makers – a peer learning community that teaches digital technology. Jill won the Apps for Democracy Social Citizen Award for a co-produced project on how technology could help Washington, DC neighborhoods. During the 2008 presidential election, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by serving as a “Big Tent” credentialed blogger for the Democratic National Convention.</em></p>
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		<title>Cheers To WGB&#8217;s Own Hot Mommas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shonali Burke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheers To WGB's Own Hot Mommas]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/hot-mommas-project-announces-2011-winners/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/hot-mommas-project-announces-2011-winners/?referer=');"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7190" title="hot-mommas-and-cfee" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hot-mommas-and-cfee.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>So, this is pretty cool.</p>
<p><strong>Actually, it&#8217;s SO cool, it&#8217;s hot.</strong></p>
<p>Or &#8220;hawt,&#8221; as former WGB editor and my good friend, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jillfoster" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/jillfoster?referer=');">Jill Foster</a>, would say.</p>
<p>Two of our regular contributors, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/annbevans" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/annbevans?referer=');">Ann Bevans</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lizscherer" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/lizscherer?referer=');">Liz Scherer</a>, are both winners in the Hot Mommas 2011 annual case study competition.</p>
<p>Why is that a big deal, you ask?</p>
<p>Well&#8230; here&#8217;s what the site says (and I&#8217;m copying/pasting because there&#8217;s no point in reinventing the wheel):</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">Hot Mommas Project </a>is  an award-winning women’s leadership research venture housed at the  George Washington University School of Business, Center for  Entrepreneurial Excellence.  On January 31 of 2010, the project became  the world’s largest women’s case study library providing free, online,  global access to stories of female role models and mentors.  The result?  Measurable increases in self-confidence among women age 18 and older.  To get involved, get on the quarterly alert list <a title="Add me to alert list" href="mailto:info@hotmommasproject.org" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></blockquote>
<p>So it&#8217;s a big deal. No, let me rephrase that: it&#8217;s a BIG deal.</p>
<p>Read Ann&#8217;s and Liz&#8217; cases <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=636" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=636&amp;referer=');">here</a> and <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=617" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/caseview.aspx?id=617&amp;referer=');">here</a>.</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;re free on May 3 from 6:30 &#8211; 8:30 pm and in the DC area, why not <a href="http://hmp2011awards.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hmp2011awards.eventbrite.com/?referer=');">cheer them on in person at the award ceremony</a>? There will also be a princess (yes, a real-live one!) in attendance.</p>
<p>Way to go, Ann, Liz, and all the other women who&#8217;ve been showcased. We&#8217;re so proud of you!</p>
<p><strong>Hawt hawt HAWT!</strong></p>
<p><em><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3953" title="Shonali Burke" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Women Grow Business editor Shonali Burke is the</em><em> award-winning principal of </em><a href="http://www.shonaliburke.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shonaliburke.com/?referer=');"><em>Shonali Burke Consulting</em></a><em>,          where she turns your communication conundrums into   community        cool. Adjunct faculty for Johns Hopkins’ MA/Communication program,   she   is also featured on BNET as <a href="http://www.bnet.com/blog/startup-pr?tag=drawer;blog-author-info" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.bnet.com/blog/startup-pr?tag=drawer_blog-author-info&amp;referer=');">The Startup Storyteller</a>, and publishes </em><a href="http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.waxingunlyrical.com/?referer=');"><em>Waxing UnLyrical</em></a><em> under the watchful eyes of Chuck, Suzy Q. and Lola, her three rescue          dogs. Her long-suffering husband has accepted that Shonali can  most         often be found on </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/shonali" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/shonali?referer=');"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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		<title>Deadline Jan. 31: Are You A Hot Momma?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shonali Burke</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/3345530462/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/3345530462/?referer=');"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6540" title="The Hot Mommas Project" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hmp.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="256" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Chief Hot Momma aka <a href="http://www.twitter.com/chiefhotmomma" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/chiefhotmomma?referer=');">Kathy Korman Frey</a> (you&#8217;ll remember her <a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2010/06/reflections-on-the-women-grow-business-boot-camp/" target="_blank">electrifying keynote</a> if you attended the 2010 #wgbiz boot camp) tells us that the submission deadline for HMP&#8217;s annual case competition is January 31 &#8211; <strong>that&#8217;s Monday.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What is it?</strong> From their site:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Hot Mommas<sup>®</sup> Project is an award-winning venture housed at  the George Washington University School of Business.</p>
<p>&#8220;We make women’s  stories teachable using our “case wizard” at <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">www.HotMommasProject.org</a>.  The Hot Mommas Project library is the first of its kind, providing  scalable, global access to role models and virtual mentors that can be  used by peer support groups, educators, trainers, and parents.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’ve  been featured in Prentice Hall textbooks, the Washington Post, NPR and  are the winner of a national Coleman Foundation case award.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s the competition?</strong></p>
<p>They are currently accepting nominations for the 2011 case study   competition (the 2010 case study competition closed midnight, January   31, 2010.)</p>
<p>Nominated women receive a nomination notice, write their   story at HotMommasProject.org using their “case wizard,” then click   “publish” prior to January 31, 2011. Writers are permanently archived in their case library.  Winners will be judged in February 2011 and   published in a leading Prentice Hall textbook.</p>
<p>What to do next?</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">www.HotMommasProject.org</a> to learn more, see their recent press release, and browse their library of teachable stories (aka &#8220;cases&#8221;).</p>
<p>Nominees registered at <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">www.HotMommasProject.org</a> will receive updates on prizes and honors.</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t wait! Nominate a dynamic woman 18 or older (yourself included).</strong> You can also email your nominations at support [a] hotmommasproject [dot] org.</p>
<p><strong>More from Women Grow Business:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Jen Consalvo shares <a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2010/05/lessons-from-austin-for-women-in-business/" target="_blank">lessons from Austin for women in business</a></li>
<li><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/2009/12/its-difficult-4-lessons-learned-from-co-founding-with-a-friend/" target="_blank">4 lessons learned from co-founding with a friend</a>, by guest contributor Jessica Valenzuela</li>
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<p>Image © our own &#8220;social media swami,&#8221; <a href="http://www.shashi.name" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shashi.name?referer=');">Shashi Bellamkonda</a> of <a href="http://blog.networksolutions.com" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/blog.networksolutions.com?referer=');">Network Solutions</a></p>
<p><em><a href="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3953" title="Shonali Burke" src="http://womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Headshot-Shonali-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="128" height="128" /></a>Women Grow Business editor Shonali Burke is the</em><em> award-winning principal of </em><a href="http://www.shonaliburke.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shonaliburke.com/?referer=');"><em>Shonali Burke Consulting</em></a><em>,  which specializes in “integrated communication to the nth degree.” In  other words, she turns your communication conundrums into community  cool. Featured on BNET as <a href="http://www.bnet.com/blog/startup-pr?tag=drawer;blog-author-info" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.bnet.com/blog/startup-pr?tag=drawer_blog-author-info&amp;referer=');">The Startup Storyteller</a>, she also publishes </em><a href="http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.waxingunlyrical.com/?referer=');"><em>Waxing UnLyrical</em></a><em> under the watchful eyes of Chuck, Suzy Q. and Lola, her three rescue  dogs. Her long-suffering husband has accepted that Shonali can most  often be found on </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/shonali" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/shonali?referer=');"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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		<title>Reflections on the Women Grow Business Boot Camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shonali Burke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still recovering from the first-ever Women Grow Business Boot Camp, sponsored by Network Solutions and Steptoe &#38; Johnson LLP, this past weekend. Though &#8220;recovering&#8221; is probably a poor choice of word; it was anything but draining. It was energizing, fun, empowering&#8230; I could go on and on. Even for those of us who bond [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/4715662206/in/set-72157624311587692" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/4715662206/in/set-72157624311587692?referer=');"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4715662206_26161e80a8.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>I&#8217;m still recovering</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">from the first-ever <a href="http://wgbiz.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/wgbiz.eventbrite.com/?referer=');">Women Grow Business Boot Camp</a>, sponsored by <a href="http://networksolutions.com" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/networksolutions.com?referer=');">Network Solutions</a> and <a href="http://www.steptoe.com" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.steptoe.com?referer=');">Steptoe &amp; Johnson LLP</a>, this past weekend. Though &#8220;recovering&#8221; is probably a poor choice of word; it was anything but draining. It was energizing, fun, empowering&#8230; I could go on and on.</p>
<p>Even for those of us who bond easily with other women, I don&#8217;t think we can quite imagine what it&#8217;s like to be in a roomful of women &#8211; around 100 or so on Saturday &#8211; all with a common goal: to be the best that they can be at their businesses and lives; and often the two overlap.</p>
<p>I started the day nervous but excited; even though we&#8217;d planned for pretty much every eventuality, you know Murphy&#8217;s Law has a way of insinuating itself just when you don&#8217;t need it to.</p>
<blockquote><p>I ended the day exhausted, emotionally overloaded and literally tingling with the electricity generated by the women I had the great fortune to encounter during the entire experience of pulling the boot camp together.</p></blockquote>
<p>Our terrific keynote speaker, <a href="http://hotmommasprojectbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/bio-kathy-korman-frey-hot-mommas-project-founder/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasprojectbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/bio-kathy-korman-frey-hot-mommas-project-founder/?referer=');">Kathy Korman Frey</a>, put it best, I think:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I started the day excited, but unsure – as I am before every talk I  give. I ended the day thinking, &#8216;These are women who could change the  world, and probably will.&#8217; Let this be a lesson to all women out there  about how a couple of hours, and a room full of the right people, can  change your day, your week, your year, and beyond.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Image: (cc) Shashi Bellamkonda <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shashi.name/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shashi.name/?referer=');">www.shashi.name</a> | Social Media Swami | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.networksolutions.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.networksolutions.com/?referer=');">www.networksolutions.com</a></p>
<p>Much more to come in terms of information we want to share with all of you who weren&#8217;t there &#8211; after all, you are ALL our community &#8211; but for now, you can see the photos taken by our own Social Media Swami, <a href="http://twitter.com/shashib" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/twitter.com/shashib?referer=');">Shashi Bellamkonda</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/sets/72157624311587692/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/sets/72157624311587692/?referer=');">here</a>. Embedded below is the great keynote Kathy gave, and you can read her blog post <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/the-new-sisterhood-of-success-and-women-grow-biz/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/the-new-sisterhood-of-success-and-women-grow-biz/?referer=');">here</a>.</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;re serious about growing your business, you should sign up for the <a href="http://hotmommasclass.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasclass.eventbrite.com/?referer=');">Sisterhood of Success webinar</a> Kathy&#8217;s teaching this Wednesday.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll come away feeling your eyes have just been opened. I guarantee it.</p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Headshot-Shonali.jpg" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Headshot-Shonali.jpg?referer=');"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3953" title="Shonali Burke" src="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Headshot-Shonali-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Shonali Burke is editor of Women Grow Business and one of the   country’s leading business communicators, who was named to PRWeek’s <a href="http://www.prweekus.com/40-under-40/article/99468" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.prweekus.com/40-under-40/article/99468?referer=');">inaugural top “40 Under 40″ list of US-based PR   professionals</a>. She specializes in creating and implementing   integrated (online and off), results-based, measurable communication   programs for clients both large and small at <a href="http://www.shonaliburke.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.shonaliburke.com/?referer=');">Shonali Burke Consulting</a>. An <a href="http://www.iabc.com/abc" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.iabc.com/abc?referer=');">accredited business communicator</a>, she is also   Adjunct Faculty at Johns Hopkins University’s M.A. in Communications   program and active in the local communications community as President of   <a href="http://www.iabcdcmetro.org/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.iabcdcmetro.org/?referer=');">IABC/DC   Metro</a>. Talk to her via her blog, <a href="http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.waxingunlyrical.com/?referer=');">Waxing UnLyrical</a> or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/shonali" target="_blank" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.twitter.com/shonali?referer=');">Twitter</a>.</em></p>
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		<title>Deadline January 31st: Calling All Hot Mommas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Kathy Korman Frey at the George Washington University School of Business has kicked off the 2009-2010 HotMommas Case Study Competition. Share your experience It&#8217;s a unique project that takes the stories of the women and makes them teachable in a &#8220;case study&#8221; format, thus providing scalable, global access to role models and virtual mentors. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Professor Kathy Korman Frey at the <a href="http://business.gwu.edu/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/business.gwu.edu/?referer=');">George Washington University School of Business</a> has kicked off the <a title="The HotMommas Project" href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">2009-2010 HotMommas Case Study Competition</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Share your experience</strong><br />
It&#8217;s a unique project that takes the stories of the women and makes them teachable in a &#8220;case study&#8221; format, thus providing scalable, global access to role models and virtual mentors.</p>
<p><strong>Need a refresher on Kathy&#8217;s great work?</strong><br />
Read <a href="../2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/">this interview with Chief Hot Momma, Kathy Korman Frey</a>, that we published a few months ago.</p>
<p><strong>You have until January 31st:</strong><br />
If you want to nominate someone (yourself included) for the 2009-2010 competition, go to the <a title="The HotMommas Project Facebook Page" href="http://www.facebook.com/l/a6e83;spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlwbHJGNnUxTnVfcVR4YjFtREpvWXc6MA" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/l/a6e83_spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlwbHJGNnUxTnVfcVR4YjFtREpvWXc6MA&amp;referer=');">HotMommas Facebook page</a> or <a title="support@hotmommasproject.org" href="mailto:support@hotmommasproject.org">send an email</a> with their information.</p>
<p><strong>Links you may find useful/interesting:<br />
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<p><a title="www.hotmommasproject.org" href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/?referer=');">The HotMommas Project</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/a6e83;spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlwbHJGNnUxTnVfcVR4YjFtREpvWXc6MA" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/l/a6e83_spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlwbHJGNnUxTnVfcVR4YjFtREpvWXc6MA&amp;referer=');">Nomination Form</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/mentors-and-role-models-matter-for-women-and-girls-be-part-of-the-solution/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/mentors-and-role-models-matter-for-women-and-girls-be-part-of-the-solution/?referer=');">Why Role Models Matter for Women and Girls</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HotMommasProject/everyday-revolutionarieswomen-making-a-difference" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.slideshare.net/HotMommasProject/everyday-revolutionarieswomen-making-a-difference?referer=');">Hot Mommas Project Everyday Revolutionaties</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html?referer=');">Washington Post article</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, I&#8217;m back. -with more of the top 10 women’s networking groups in the DC area. I hope you found the first five of this list useful. And the added suggestions from Women Grow Business readers to that list were fantastic (so if you have any more to add, please do in the comments for [...]]]></description>
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<strong>Ladies, I&#8217;m back.</strong><br />
-with more of the top 10 women’s networking groups in the DC area.  I hope you found <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/value-of-face-time-as-entrepreneurs-top-womens-networking-groups-in-the-dc-metro-area/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/value-of-face-time-as-entrepreneurs-top-womens-networking-groups-in-the-dc-metro-area/?referer=');"><strong>the first five of this list</strong></a> useful.  And the added suggestions from Women Grow Business readers to that list were fantastic (so if you have any more to add, please do in the comments for this post!).</p>
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<li><strong><a href="www.yescircle.org">YES!Circle</a></strong>.<br />
YES!Circle is the creation of Margarita Rozenfeld, who is an exceptional career coach, and completely committed to both entrepreneurship and helping others. YES!Circle brings together entrepreneurs from all industries, in all phases of the business lifecycle. Many of the YES!Circle events are held in the downtown DC area. The events provide an intimate setting of brainstorming and learning, and are true peer advisory groups for anyone looking to learn the nuts and bolts of entrepreneurship. One of YES!Circle’s most popular annual events is a weekend-long visionary retreat. The next one happens June 26 – 28, 2009 at Berkley Spring, WV. These retreats are for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and creative types who want to get crystal clear about their vision, mission and action steps to get to their next level of business growth. There are still a few spots available, so check the website for details if an immersion in entrepreneurship interests you. Yes!Circle meets monthly, and the meetings are always full of successful, passionate entrepreneurs looking to connect with like-minded individuals.</li>
<li><strong><a href="www.execwomensroundtable.org">Executive Women’s Roundtable</a></strong>.<br />
EWR has evolved into an outstanding group of executive women from all facets of business and government in the DC region. This rapidly growing group meets monthly at Maggianos in Tyson’s Corner, VA. This wonderful setting provides great networking opportunities, and the luncheon speakers are among the best that any networking group has to offer. Speakers include leaders and business owners from all types of businesses, government leaders, political experts, national news correspondents, business coaches, chefs, international authors, women’s rights advocates, health experts, and many more. The leadership of Executive Women’s Roundtable is extremely strong, which ensures top-notch programming and ongoing participation from the best and brightest in our business community.</li>
<li><strong><a href="www.ewomennetwork.com"> eWomenNetwork</a></strong>.<br />
eWomenNetwork has been around for many, many years. What started out as a small networking group has mushroomed into one of the most far-reaching women’s networks in the United States. The group has hundreds of networking events occurring during any given month, and the DC Chapter is particularly active. It is run by Susan Wight, who has transformed the DC chapters (meeting in both Tyson’s Corner and Leesburg, VA) into excellent networking events with strong speakers and great attendance. The unique aspect of eWomenNetwork is its national reach. The founder of this group had a vision to create a nationwide, cost-effective network for women, and she has achieved it. There are annual conferences, an author’s network, a coaching network, a speaker’s network, and many other benefits. You can find Susan’s information on the main website, under Managing Directors.</li>
<li><strong><a href="www.nsadc.org">National Speakers Association</a></strong>.<br />
I am a newcomer to NSA, but I attended an event last week, and I know the President of NSA, Susan Trivers. I also know several incredibly gifted colleagues (Sally Strackbein, Jennifer Abernathy, Vernice Armour) that are active in NSA, and they are among the best speakers you could ever hope to see. Not only was I very impressed with the quality, talent, creativity, and diversity of the speakers I saw at their monthly June meeting; I learned so much in the short time that I was there. Professional speaking is truly an art. It is a discipline that requires knowledge in many aspects that extend way beyond an understanding of a specific topic. If you have any interest in pursuing a speaking career, or if you are required to give presentations in your line of work (and most business owners are required to do so), you should consider attending a NSA event or explore their membership options. I hope to be spending more time with NSA.</li>
<li><strong><a href="www.cbponline.org">Women’s Business Center of Northern Virginia</a></strong>.<br />
The Women’s Business Center of Northern Virginia is one of the SBA-run women’s business centers around the United States. It is the flagship women’s business center; truly setting the standard for what all women’s business centers should be. These centers fall under the supervision of Ana Harvey, President Obama’s appointed Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women Owned Business within the SBA. Ana is dedicated to ensuring all of the Women’s Business Centers nationwide provide the resources that women business owners need to thrive. This center offers so much to women business owners. It provides classes in virtually every topic, from writing a business plan to securing financing. It provides excellent conferences and workshops, and is a phenomenal springboard and resource for all women business owners.</li>
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<p>So there you have my top 10 list. I hope you found a few resources that you have not experienced, and I hope you have been inspired to get out there and connect with other like-minded women.</p>
<p><strong>One more resource</strong><br />
I would like to mention just one more resource. The Hot Mommas Project was launched by an amazing, inspiring woman named <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/?referer=');"><strong>Kathy Korman-Frey</strong></a> &#8212; who has contributed to Women Grow Business.   She&#8217;s been teaching women’s entrepreneurship and leadership at George Washington University for years.  And here is a description of the Hot Mommas Project:</p>
<p>The Hot Mommas Project is an <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/08/toward-1-million-fundraiser-impacts-resources-leadership-and-mentoring-for-girls-video-chat/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/08/toward-1-million-fundraiser-impacts-resources-leadership-and-mentoring-for-girls-video-chat/?referer=');"><strong>award-winning women’s leadership program</strong></a> housed at the George Washington University School of Business. The research initiative started in 2002 to fill a gap in the education system:</p>
<p>Scalable access to role models, particularly female ones. Thus, our mission is to increase self-efficacy of women and girls across the globe through exposure to role models. To accomplish our mission, we are building the world’s largest women’s case study library to produce not just vignettes, but credible academic tools that can be utilized in a classroom environment.<br />
I encourage you to visit Hot Mommas to learn more about this groundbreaking program, and to be inspired by heroic tales of entrepreneurship from across the globe.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading my post … more valuable information to come for sure.  And what other networking groups and events have been a great support to you in the Washington, DC area?</p>
<p><strong>Happy Networking!</strong></p>
<p>More from Women Grow Business:</p>
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<li>Marissa Levin and her series on <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/category/marissa-levin/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/category/marissa-levin/?referer=');">sales strategy and leadership</a>;</li>
<li>Liz Scherer and <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/10/would-you-marry-them-key-questions-to-ask-when-building-quality-partnerships/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/10/would-you-marry-them-key-questions-to-ask-when-building-quality-partnerships/?referer=');">building quality partnerships</a> (hint: would you marry them?);</li>
<li>Patricia Frame and women entrepreneurs: value of <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/11/entrepreneurs-and-2010-how-to-build-your-development-plan/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/11/entrepreneurs-and-2010-how-to-build-your-development-plan/?referer=');">building your development plan for 2010</a>.</li>
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<p><em>Guest contributor Marissa Levin is Founder and CEO of <a href="http://www.informationexperts.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.informationexperts.com/?referer=');">Information Experts</a>.  Launching a new Women Grow Business series on sales strategy, Marissa was named a 2008 BRAVO Award winner by SmartCEO Magazine (which honors the region’s 25 most influential women CEOs) and recently was listed in Washington’s <a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/12164.html" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/12164.html?referer=');">100 Technology Titans</a> by Washingtonian Magazine.  Describing her true passion as &#8220;helping other business owners be successful with their own business growth&#8221;, Marissa can be reached through her blog <a href="http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-iFL.5Sg8erTeXpIziLylLvgnUwU-?cq=1" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-iFL.5Sg8erTeXpIziLylLvgnUwU-?cq=1&amp;referer=');">Marissa Levin</a>.</em></p>
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		<title>Toward 1 Million:  Fundraiser Impacts Resources, Leadership, and Mentoring for Girls (video chat)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a recent pleasure attending a fundraiser / panel event and reception for the Hot Mommas Project. Motivating to see: 3 minute video chat Hot Mommas&#8217; Founder Kathy Korman Frey talked shop on the goals for this event and where the project was headed in regard to women&#8217;s entrepreneurial leadership. Thanks for the time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>It was a recent pleasure attending a <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/because-you-can-celebrating-empowering-women-2009-event-summary-and-takeaways/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/because-you-can-celebrating-empowering-women-2009-event-summary-and-takeaways/?referer=');">fundraiser / panel event and reception</a> for the <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/about/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/about/?referer=');">Hot Mommas Project</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Motivating to see: 3 minute video chat</strong><br />
Hot Mommas&#8217; Founder <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/?referer=');">Kathy Korman Frey</a> talked shop on the goals for this event and where the project was headed in regard to women&#8217;s entrepreneurial leadership.  Thanks for the time Kathy (and congrats!):</p>
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		<title>Idea Creation, Research, Plan, and Pitch:  Women&#039;s Entrepreneurial Leadership Summer Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Korman Frey aka Chief Hot Momma recently shared with Women Grow Business on her women&#8217;s leadership program and overall mission to help expand women&#8217;s mentoring opportunities aka Hot Mommas Project. She with her team is geared up to continue connecting emerging women leaders and entrepreneurs to needed experience this summer. And Kathy remains mindful [...]]]></description>
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<p>Kathy Korman Frey aka <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx?referer=');">Chief Hot Momma</a> recently shared with Women Grow Business on her <a href="http://www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.womengrowbusiness.com/2009/06/business-owner-business-professor-and-chief-hot-momma-kathy-korman-frey-on-the-entrepreneurs-state-of-mind/?referer=');">women&#8217;s leadership program and overall mission</a> to help expand women&#8217;s mentoring opportunities aka <a href="http://www.hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.hotmommasproject.org/home.aspx?referer=');">Hot Mommas Project</a>.</p>
<p>She with her team is geared up to continue connecting emerging women leaders and entrepreneurs to needed experience this summer.  And Kathy remains mindful of how to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html?referer=');">teach life balance while launching new business dreams</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Idea creation, evaluation/research, planning, and pitching</strong><br />
That&#8217;s the core curriculum intent of this summer workshop based in women&#8217;s entrepreneurial leadership (WEL).  It&#8217;s a teleseminar format, involving (4) one-hour sessions with action-oriented assignments in between each segment.</p>
<p><strong>A word on deadline</strong><br />
It approaches I think, with the first cycle of classes starting <strong><em>August 17th</em></strong>.  Please clarify directly however with her team as I think there&#8217;s flexibility available for students (but that&#8217;s a theory that&#8217;s yet 100% confirmed on my end).</p>
<p><strong>Where to ask questions, how to sign-up, and what to expect</strong><br />
Course planners ask for inquiries to be <a href="support@hotmommasproject.org">sent via email</a> from those  interested.  And the offered guarantee for this program: a measurable increase in the advancement of a core business idea.</p>
<p><strong>More pay dirt:</strong><br />
Those pursuing the Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership workshop may also be interested in the <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/virtual-mentoring-workshop/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/virtual-mentoring-workshop/?referer=');">“Virtual Mentoring” class</a>.</p>
<p><strong>To register and learn more on the WEL workshop</strong><br />
Send a shout-out via email to support(at)hotmommasproject(dot)org.</p>
<p><strong>And a word to the students!</strong><br />
If you go through the WEL workshop, please visit back at Women Grow Business to relay your lessons learned and achievement as an emerging entrepreneur.</p>
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		<title>Business Owner, Business Professor, and Chief Hot Momma: Kathy Korman Frey on Today&#039;s Entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Foster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women Grow Business enthusiast Kathy Korman Frey co-developed the curriculum for the Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at George Washington University (GWU). The program won the National Excellence in Education Award from the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Kathy also founded the consulting firm Vision Forward and its business curriculum initiative, The Hot Mommas [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>Women Grow Business enthusiast <a href="http://www.management.gwu.edu/adjunctpages/Frey.asp" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.management.gwu.edu/adjunctpages/Frey.asp?referer=');">Kathy Korman Frey</a> co-developed the curriculum for the <a href="http://welgwu.wordpress.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/welgwu.wordpress.com/?referer=');">Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program</a> at George Washington University (<a href="http://www.gwu.edu/index.cfm" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.gwu.edu/index.cfm?referer=');">GWU</a>).  The program won the National Excellence in Education Award from the <a href="https://usasbe.org/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/usasbe.org/?referer=');">U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a>.  Kathy also founded the consulting firm <a href="http://www.VisionForward.com" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.VisionForward.com?referer=');">Vision Forward</a> and its business curriculum initiative, <a href="http://www.HotMommas.org" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.HotMommas.org?referer=');">The Hot Mommas (TM) Project</a>. </em></p>
<p><em>This project takes the stories of real women everywhere and converts them to teachable role models for women and girls. It is the world’s largest collection of such teachable stories. And in 2006, the project received one of three National Coleman Foundation Case Awards.  Kathy can be reached via Twitter <a href="http://www.Twitter.com/ChiefHotMomma" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.Twitter.com/ChiefHotMomma?referer=');">http://www.Twitter.com/ChiefHotMomma</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Kathy’s conviction and drive for teaching entrepreneurship are contagious.</strong><br />
I enjoyed first meeting her at BlogHer’s DC Reach Out Tour last year. And it’s been a thrill watching Kathy’s business make an impact with the growing Hot Mommas Project and other initiatives ever since. Kathy spent a few minutes on the phone recently with Women Grow Business about what’s inspiring her lately and other business observations.</p>
<p>Her shared insights are summarized below.</p>
<p><strong>On what defines entrepreneurship</strong><br />
An entrepreneur doesn’t have to be something you become from attending a certain business course. It simply can be a mindset: Conceiving of an idea, and then seeing it through.</p>
<p>Here are examples:</p>
<ul>
<li>An employee of the Smithsonian Institution who was responsible for the construction of the Udvar Hazy air and space museum.</li>
<blockquote><p>Her entrepreneurial twist? She did it while working part time. Some people call this &#8220;intrapreneurship.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<li>A stay at home mom who has a lot of business ideas every day, and is figuring out her next move. When is she going to pull the trigger on one of these ideas? She is just at the beginning of the entrepreneurial process. However, she is thinking very entrepreneurially and keeping a list of her ideas.</li>
<li>A student who has an idea for a business, or something that would improve her school. She implements it WHILE in school, and continues the business after school. <strong>Two examples of this: </strong>A student of mine at GW who started a business council to bring together the disparate student groups in one place &#8211; then plugged in faculty and the administration. Another student saw many groups for MBAs, but what about undergrads interested in business? She started University Women in Business along with some other students and it has taken hold across the nation.</li>
<li>The Mompreneur movement.<br />
This movement is a flashing billboard for their new definition of success and entrepreneurship. Women are using their brains to entrepreneur their work, and their lives. Both realms are legitimate banners to be held out there as &#8220;success.&#8221; Talk about bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan! (Or, as my case goes, bring home the bacon and hire someone else to fry it up in a pan because I tend to endanger my eyebrows and eyelashes when put in a cooking situation).</li>
<blockquote><p>The interest in this model is starting EARLY. My students now want to know how to fit the life pieces together.</p></blockquote>
<li>So, I literally had to inject parts of the Hot Mommas Project and the lessons from our surveys and database of women&#8217;s stories into the actual class! Right along spreadsheets and the 4Ps of marketing. How&#8217;s that for evolution?</li>
<li>Boomers and caregiving.<br />
Women are caregivers. It&#8217;s not just a &#8220;oh &#8211; women tend to do this.&#8221; It&#8217;s a fact. A majority of women are the caregivers for their kids, their parents, etc. Boomers are a forgotten group, I think. Someone please get in there and entrepreneur this area? I used to work at the National Council on the Aging and have a strong affinity for this demographic.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>We are taught to think very linearly, however&#8230;</strong><br />
We ladies are zigging and zagging and doing it with style. The Hot Mommas Project actually would not exist without the zigs and zags. So, I am embracing the curves of the road now. No one can tell us anymore that it should be a straight road.</p>
<p><strong>Blue suit entrepreneurship</strong><br />
The wheeling dealing dude in the blue suit is, frankly, an outdated image of entrepreneurship. It&#8217;s spreading. It&#8217;s everywhere. And we can all get in on it. The premise that “anything is possible” drives the new entrepreneurial mindset.</p>
<p><strong>On confidence for carving out success (and failure along the way)</strong><br />
I tell my students confidence won’t be handed to you from some magical place. The trial and error of the real-world exercises in our Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership class are what give students a taste of the confidence that comes with putting yourself out there and DOING.  They, the students, all innately understand that REAL success is not about memorizing concepts or turning in course assignments on time.</p>
<p><strong>Academic communities tend to brainwash into the black and white a bit. </strong><br />
You are either an &#8216;A&#8217; student or not. Corporate America does it too. How high have you gotten in the organization? How much money do you make? It is important for students of business and life to understand that false confidence comes from the title and the money.</p>
<blockquote><p>A deeper confidence comes from another place. We try to get at that with the Hot Mommas Project &#8211; real stories, real people, real successes and failures.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Here is an example:</strong><br />
Saranne is a Stage 4 cancer survivor. Do you think she felt like a failure when she was in chemo and possibly less able to take care of her daughter and day to-day activities? Do you think she felt like a failure when her health took a front seat to the go-go-go?</p>
<p>Maybe, maybe not.</p>
<p>An extreme situation like that makes us say, &#8220;Of COURSE not! She did what she had to do to survive!&#8221;  There are little, junior varsity versions of this everyday. You are tired. You are on overdraft protection. You need to take some time for yourself. You beat yourself up over it. You&#8217;re not &#8220;doing what you have to do to survive&#8221;&#8230;you&#8217;re shirking your responsibility.</p>
<blockquote><p>Our survey shows a great number of women think this way. It&#8217;s a little feeling of failure every day. My message [in response to this belief] is STOP!</p></blockquote>
<p>For more on Saranne, please join us for a case discussion of <a href="http://hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/hot-mommas-project-case-discussion-saranne-rothbergs-case/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/hotmommasproject.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/hot-mommas-project-case-discussion-saranne-rothbergs-case/?referer=');">Saranne&#8217;s Hot Mommas Project story</a>.  And comments made before June 15 will be automatically entered into a drawing for a <a href="http://www.momagenda.com/" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.momagenda.com/?referer=');">MomAgenda</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Women who have role models and mentors are more successful. Period. </strong><br />
So, if someone were to take away ONE thing from this post, I would want it to be go out and find a role model or mentor. It could be a guy, it could be a peer &#8212; mentors and role models come in all shapes and sizes (here is a podcast I did for HipTranquilChick on <a href="http://www.kimberlywilson.com/blog/2008/08/hip-tranquil-chick-podcast-135-hot.html" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.kimberlywilson.com/blog/2008/08/hip-tranquil-chick-podcast-135-hot.html?referer=');">setting up your own mentor group</a>).</p>
<p><strong>Thoughts on a badge of honor</strong><br />
Failure is an interesting one. I was part of the generation that didn&#8217;t &#8220;do&#8221; failure. I think we&#8217;re kind of spoiled because there were no real generationally-influencing wars or hard times. You can see the humbling impact a national event like 9-11 has on our nation. It gets us thinking about what really matters. I like to use that as a tool to calm fears and worries &#8211; about failure especially.</p>
<blockquote><p>There is a badge of honor that comes with failure, and looking at it, and saying &#8220;Hey, okay, I learned from that,&#8221; and moving on.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Manifesting baby steps as an entrepreneur</strong><br />
It’s really valuable to keep in mind that small steps toward implementing an idea are key in developing that entrepreneur-like initiative. For example, do you have a volunteerism idea? Convene a local meeting and invite people’s feedback on your concept.</p>
<blockquote><p>That’s creating something new and following an idea up with action.  It&#8217;s this exact one-two-punch of idea and action that anchors the entrepreneur’s mindset.</p></blockquote>
<p>A Hot Mommas Project book is scheduled for publication in late 2009-2010. In the meantime, browse the Hot Mommas Project case library, and participate in an online case discussion of real women at <a href="http://www.HotMommasProject.org" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.HotMommasProject.org?referer=');">www.HotMommasProject.org</a>.</p>
<p>(Photo credit of Kathy Korman Frey by Jessica McConnell, George Washington University)</p>
<p><strong>More from:<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>NPR’s <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103073298" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103073298&amp;referer=');">Tell Me More with Michel Martin</a>;</li>
<li>Online chat with the Washington Post  “<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/04/08/DI2009040802704.html?sid=ST2009041001515" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/04/08/DI2009040802704.html?sid=ST2009041001515&amp;referer=');">Learning to Balance Work and Family</a></li>
<li>Washington Post Magazine&#8217;s “<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040301921.html?referer=');">CEO of Me Inc</a>;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.welgwu.wordpress.com" onclick="urchinTracker('/outgoing/www.welgwu.wordpress.com?referer=');">Women&#8217;s Entrepreneurial Leadership</a> class.</li>
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