A Celebration of Dynamic Female Role Models featuring Washingtonian of the Year and CEO/Chairman of Rand Construction Linda Rabbitt and Hot Mommas Project awardees.
Welcome to the Hot Mommas Project Learning Series where we showcase a Hot Mommas Project case selected by a student team member or guest. The series is targeted toward educators and leadership groups seeking authentic role models in addition to business/career lessons. A complementary podcast accompanies each blog post. Episodes feature interviews with Hot Mommas Project founder Kathy Korman Frey and student contributors.
Student contributor: GW student and team member Kaitlyn McAuliffe.
Featured case: Nancy B. Irwin’s “Changing Direction in Midlife“
Irwin was a finalist in the Hot Mommas Project 2008-2009 Case Competition and her case was a Young Judges Popular Case Selection!
Case themes include: role models, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, career, work-life balance, focus, priorities, mental health, overcoming challenges.
Read More »From Opera Singer to Mental Health Professional: Nancy Irwin’s Case
The national holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King is a wonderful time to explore what is possible. Dr. King was a social entrepreneur in the field of civil rights winning a Nobel Prize at age 35.
There are some skeptics out there. Why the fanfare? What about Washington, Jefferson, etc.?
This post will cover: Popular mass/blast email programs/campaigners, how to write a blast email, challenges of blast emails.
Today I read a great post by Lisa Belkin on her favorite mommy and daddy blogs. As I looked through the comments, one particularly bitter reader caught my eye: “No doubt we live in an age of voyeurism. Many of us obviously like to peek in on others’ lives, or at least what they describe as their lives. And then there are those who feel the need to talk about… Read More »Is Blogging Self-Indulgent? Top Mom and Dad Blogs.
The following is an edited version of an email sent from one inspirational woman to another as part of the Hot Mommas Project. Read below, and nominate someone you know – yourself included – as a role mode and be part of what we call the new “Sisterhood of Success.” Impact women’s education and make a difference this holiday season. The writing period ends January 31, 2009 December 18, 2008… Read More »Why You Should Write Your Story for The Hot Mommas Project
The award-winning women’s leadership project, The Hot Mommas Project, announces its 2009 panel of judges. The judges will score cases/stories by women aged 18 and older who want to serve as role models and supporters for other women and girls. Submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2009. Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV December 17, 2008 – What do the executive producer of the popular, box office hit “Lord of the Rings”, a… Read More »“HOT MOMMAS PROJECT” ANNOUNCES JUDGING PANEL FOR CASE STUDY COMPETITION Hollywood Producer, Stay-at-Home Mom, Ivy League Professor Among Those Named
Today we announce the Hot Mommas Project judging panel. They are awesome. Here is the press release. How do you figure out how to “announce” something? This is how I did it given that we are going guerrilla and, even if we had more money I wouldn’t spend it because the economy stinks: 1. Modeling – This is a nice word for copying people. I pretty much copied what I… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15b: Announcing Our Judges
Pictured here: Didn’t you hear about the new reality show? Toddler Renovation. So here is really what is going on the morning of announcing judges for The Hot Mommas Project. MUSIC: Can’t get M.I.A.’s Paper Planes from Slumdog Millionaire out of my mind, so, that’s the song to which the following events are set. 5.50 am I get up, log on to www.888pressrelease.com (a supposedly free press release service) only… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #15a: The Press Release Backstory
Here we are -The Shoe Coven – at Chris Leibner’s for a cooking class. We are women. Who go shoe shopping together, and support each other. In addition to being a power player in the field of special ed, Chris is a master cook (www.JustSimplyCuisine.com) and Hot Mommas Project case author. One of the “founding mothers” in fact..of the Hot Mommas Project case library providing role models to girls and… Read More »Cooking Class: A One Night Girlfriend Getaway