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Monday, August 18, 2008

hip tranquil chick podcast #134: hot momma's project - break in case of emergency


Bonjour! Welcome to the 134th edition of the Hip Tranquil Chick podcast: a guide to life on and off the yoga mat.

On the Mat:



Off the Mat: Today’s menu features part 3 of a 4-part series with Kathy Korman Frey from Hot Momma's Project on Wanting it (part one), Getting it (part two, last week), Break in Case of Emergency (part three, this week) and Setting up a Goal's Group (part four, next week). View our shownotes at hiptranquilchick.com/blog.

Kathy Korman Frey is a life-long student of business and has interviewed an estimated 15,000 executives during her career. She is the founder of the consulting firm Vision Forward (www.VisionForward.com) and its business curriculum initiative, The Hot Mommas (TM) Project (www.HotMommas.org). Since its inception in 2001, Vision Forward has become known for its innovative business model as well as high success rate in helping businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations. Clients such as Discovery Communications, The American Association of Retired Persons, and The Department of Justice have benefited from the company’s unique approach utilizing business education techniques to bring about measurable results in their organizations. The Hot Mommas® Project - the recipient of a 2006 Coleman Foundation Case Award - chronicles the equations for success across a spectrum of highly-successful women leaders. With the backing of partners like The George Washington University's Center For Entrepreneurial Excellence, the first generation of this research will be published in 2008.

As an educator at GW, Mrs. Frey has a specialty in curriculum development. She co-developed the curriculum for the George Washington University’s 2004-2007 Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program which won a National Excellence in Education Award, Specialty Model Program, and led to a ranking of GW’s Entrepreneurship Program in Fortune Small Business. Mrs. Frey also developed the entrepreneurship curriculum for Visa's Practical Money Skills site in partnership with the National Federation for Independent Business and its Young Entrepreneur Foundation. During the 2006-2007 year, this curriculum was taught to approximately 30,000 high school students. Currently, the curriculum is Google’s leading “business plan exercises” listing. In 2008, Mrs. Frey's cases will be published in the nation's no. 2 selling entrepreneurship textbook, Essentials of Small Business Management.

Prior to her current activities, Mrs. Frey served as the Chief Operating Officer for the National Council on the Aging Development Corporation where she worked with teams to develop, capitalize, and manage entrepreneurial ventures in the health and aging industries. Mrs. Frey led presentations with the White House, Fortune 500 corporations, and venture capitalists and was part of the planning team for www.BenefitsCheckUp.org which today delivers a 200 to 1 ROI. Mrs. Frey served as an analyst and in management at Markowitz & McNaughton, Incorporated (later acquired by Citigate) performing competitive and merger & acquisition analyses for Fortune 100 clients in order to advise the leaders of multinational corporations on a variety of strategic growth decisions. There, she founded two departments responsible for major increases in operational efficiencies and new business revenues.

Mrs. Frey received her B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the board of the Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area. She lives in DC with entrepreneur husband Josh Frey, their two children, Maxwell and Delilah (Lilah), and dog Foxy.

Savvy Sources:
www.HotMommas.org
Effective Small Business Management

Omwork: To encourage a sense of diving deeper into today’s podcast, I will post Omwork relating to this segment on our HTC forum. Please connect with fellow HTCs there and play with the following:

1. What has come up for you on "wanting it?"
2. How about "getting it?"
3. What does "break in case of emergency" mean to you?

Signature Style: Check out TranquiliT's BIG summer eco-sale! We're saying goodbye to a few summer staples as we transition our attention to fall (and the designing of spring 2009). Save on some of your favorites: skort, tube top (doubles as a skirt), tube dress (featured in Daily Candy), ruched wrap top, and more! We've just moved TranquiliT into a gorgeous tiny showroom and hope to see you at our special event THIS Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Details here.

Soirees, Chats, Booksignings & Retreats: Join me for workshops and book signings in Lexington in October, Denver in January, Montreal in March.

In addition, we've got a weekend of tranquility and creativity at our 3rd Annual Hip Tranquil Chick retreat in a lovely farmhouse not far from NYC March 27-29, 2009 and another week at Kripalu next August 9-14, 2009.

Our next le chic teleclass chat is on Frolicking Creatively (and Mindfully) into Fall on Monday, September 15 at 9pm ET. If you can't be on the phone at that exact time, don't fret - sign up and we'll send you the mp3!

Fall online creativity circle starts September 8. Details for all special events at kimberlywilson.com. I hope we'll get to connect!

Mentoring: Interested in diving deeper into hip and tranquil topics 1:1 with moi via e-mail, phone or in-person? If so, view all the scoop here.

Chic Community: Mingle with fellow HTCs on our forums. We’re on Facebook, so please connect with the community virtually there, too! Make sure you're getting the hip tranquil times by signing up at the bottom of any page on hiptranquilchick.com. Check out our new YouTube page at youtube.com/hiptranquilchick. More fun stuff coming soon!

Au Revoir: To close out the show, we’re playing Sunday Afternoons by Vanessa Daou, courtesy of PromoNet. Thanks for joining me for the 134th edition of the HTC podcast.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

when are you going to make a yoga dvd? the htc youtube site is wonderful but I want to do whole routines.

Anonymous said...

in the video are you wearing a skirt over your leggings?

i adore my tranquilit skirt-pants and would love if you designed a legging with a similar fold-over skirt, similar to what it looks like you're wearing in the video.

maybe?

kimberly wilson said...

ah, a DVD. i've always been more of a CD-lover to ensure yogis don't strain their necks watching tv and doing yoga. i have 3 fun CDs out - all available at amazon.

re: the skirt, i think i was simply wearing the leggings and 2-in-1 tank. i often add the capelet or savasana throw on over the leggings for a fun cover up! no new skirt pant with leggings on the horizon but i am working on spring 2009 so stay tuned and keep your feedback/requests coming. xoxo

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness, that dog sure was enjoying that bone! He's hysterical, seeing him on the mat really made me smile.

Anonymous said...

Again, just have to say....
LOVE THESE PODCASTS!
Thank you, thank you!
They are superb and the youtube sequences are great.
:)
As someone else mentioned in a comment, the tranquilit line is looking wonderful - the new fall colors and pieces are amazing - how do you do it all?
:)

Great Plains Bazaar said...

Hi Kimberly,
I love your podcasts and have been listening for quite some time now, please keep them coming. They have really helped me over the past two years as I have become more healthy, kicked addictions, and worked to become a peaceful person. Thank you so much and keep doing what your doing!

Anonymous said...

These podscasts rock!!!
Thanks Kimberly!