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Former Ad Exec Starts ‘Mommy Manual’ to Help Other Moms: Ria Sharon’s Case

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.

Featured contributor: GW graduate and Hot Mommas Project team member Rachel Roizen.

Featured case: Ria Sharon’s  “Leap and the net will appear!

Case themes include: family, confidence, divorce, entrepreneurship,  change, and balance.

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Hot Mommas Teachable Role Model: LaSara Firefox Allen of The Ecstatic Presence Project and Gratitude Games

LaSara Firefox shares with readers why balance was not merely an option for her, it was a necessity. Here’s how she did it as explained in our Hot Mommas Project teachable role models series.

Featured case: LaSara Firefox “Finding Balance in the Extreme: Working With Bipolar Disorder”

Case themes include: Role models, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, career, work-life balance, focus, priorities, mental health, overcoming challenges.

From Opera Singer to Mental Health Professional: Nancy Irwin’s Case

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

logo-quadrant-w-circles 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.

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Why You Should Write Your Story for The Hot Mommas Project

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

“HOT MOMMAS PROJECT” ANNOUNCES JUDGING PANEL FOR CASE STUDY COMPETITION Hollywood Producer, Stay-at-Home Mom, Ivy League Professor Among Those Named

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

Where do I start in writing a Hot Mommas Project case?

The Hot Mommas Project is an award-winning leadership project raising self-efficacy of women and girls through exposure to role models.  We produce case studies showing the full range of factors influencing a woman’s success.  We are housed at the George Washington University School of Business and are the recipient of a 2006 Coleman Foundation National Case Award.  Learn more at http://www.hotmommasproject.org/about.aspx. Here is what to do if you are interested… Read More »Where do I start in writing a Hot Mommas Project case?

Nominate a Role Model to Help Women, Girls, Educators

  Last month, The Hot Mommas Project launched a case writing competition in which women can log on, tell their story, and serve as a role model for girls and women. The nominations for dynamic women have been flooding in, and, it has been beyond inspirational. If you are reading this post, and you have been nominated, please read the nomination notice below. (If you would like to nominate someone – yourself included –… Read More »Nominate a Role Model to Help Women, Girls, Educators

Do You Have A Mustache?

  On October 25, The Hot Mommas Project promoted our recently-launched case competition at the American Mustache Institute’s Stache Bash. Many men out there are incredible fans of the dynamic women in their lives. At this event, mustached Americans nominated the dynamic women of whom they are proud to be role models for girls and women (see below for nomination information). Could such a person be you? Someone you know? Read more here, or contact us. Pictured… Read More »Do You Have A Mustache?