Below is the write-up for a workshop I’m running in April at The George Washington University’s Mount Vernon Campus, headed up by the amazing Dean Rachelle Heller. Mount Vernon was formerly an all-women’s college. The workshop got me thinking: Would YOU want your daughter, niece, sister to attend the workshop below? WHAT, exactly, are the MOST important things young women should be learning to prepare them for the world? Take our poll, or comment below.
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“Me the CEO” – Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership
Ever thought about starting your own business or being your own boss? Maybe you just want to enhance your leadership skills and think entrepreneurially. What is an entrepreneur? Could you be one? In this session you will meet young women exploring, and ACTING on their entrepreneurial potential. Think you’re too young? Think again.
The workshop will be moderated by Kathy Korman Frey, Harvard MBA and GW School of Business entrepreneur in residence. Kathy is also Founder & CEO of the ‘Hot Mommas Project’ women’s virtual mentoring venture and co-developer of the award-winning GWSB Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class featured in the Washington Post Magazine and NPR.
About: GWSB Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class introduces the process of entrepreneurial thinking as an invaluable asset to any career. The course offers students the opportunity to draw from their field of study or personal passion to generate, plan and launch ideas that make a difference to self, others, or the world. Content-rich class sessions and experiential learning labs are complemented with guest lecturers, networking events and mentoring opportunities to create an active learning environment for students in any field of study. For the class, each student is required to come up with a product or service idea and then develop a plan, research and with the assistance of advisors help crystallize their plan, then present their plan for constructive feedback. The lessons include learning how to conduct market research and communicate the business opportunity in a confident and convincing way. What the heck does this mean? Remember that crazy idea you had on the way to class? These are the students who are acting on it.
“Rest of World” – the balance of up-and-coming women’s extraordinary education and drive mixed with real-word aspirations and demands is also a track in the course, as Kathy explains:
“If you really think about it, most women’s lives are an entrepreneurial experience. They may not have chosen to be entrepreneurs, but guess what? They are. Because if you want to do ‘it all’, you literally have to start thinking about your life through the lens of a business model and keep executing and problem solving to make it work.”
During this workshop, Professor Frey will give an overview of what is covered in the class and then a few students will talk about the fusing of their real life passions, mixed with professional drive, and how it unfolded in the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class this past semester. What is your passion, and what will you do with this power once discovered? Attend this session to begin contemplating these questions.
Additional links:
2009 Women’s Leadership Conference Agenda
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