With this particular broadcast, new weekly shows on Write Here, Write Now will be on hiatus.  And this show explains why.

Dr. Tim Morrison and Vanessa Lowry, the regular hosts of Write Here, Write Now, explain how they have joined with Sandy Weaver Carman of Voicework on Demand to create an online writing school.  They discuss the dream, the benefits and advantages and features that the Write Now Academy will provide.  Much of the material in the academy will draw upon the interviews from Write Here, Write Now.  In their conversation, Vanessa, Sandy and Dr. Tim mention the email address for Write Now Academy and encourage listeners to share their thoughts with them.  What would you  like to see or have available through Write Now Academy to help you with your writing journey? Send your questions and inquiries to info@writenowacademy.com

With a nod to Barry Manilow and a twist to the title to one of his songs . . . We look at the difference an entrepreneur can make to one’s business by shifting focus, changing emphasis, realigning priorities, any combination of these. Andrea Rosenthal and Tricia Molloy have appeared on previous WHWN broadcasts. We have invited them to return to talk with us about what changes they have made over the many months since their previous appearances. What impact have those changes had? What have they learned about themselves and the marketing and growth of their businesses?  What advice do they offer for others so that others can bring new energy and vitality to their businesses?

Tricia Molloy is a leadership speaker on change management and professional development through wise business practices. She wrote Working with Wisdom: 10 Universal Principles for Enlightened Entrepreneurs and the CRAVE Your Goals! and DESIGN Your Ideal Life!eBooks.

Andrea Rosenthal is a career management and business coach at Career Soul~utions, Inc. where she supports individuals in identifying their unique skills, passions, interests, and values. Those qualities are then matched with careers that contribute to meaningful work.

Meet Rebecca Prien an intellectual property strategist and attorney and the Founder/CEO of Prien Creative Law Group LLC. Ms. Prien likes to use her strategic and creative mind to bring an integrated, right- and left-brain approach to client’s business and legal challenges. Currently Rebecca is making some major changes in her work as she launches a new brand and business model.

Meet Roger Haggerty of the Interlochen Group. Mr. Haggerty has vast experience in operations, finance and accounting combined with hands on work in numerous turnaround and improvement initiatives. Roger enjoys working directly with CEOs of privately-held companies to help them achieve their goals. Roger has recently published Hire Me: A practical guide to standing out in the crowded job market.

Meet Matt Roberts of Chisel Printing & Media.  Chisel Printing began “way back” when cassettes were the “in thing” in recording.  Chisel Printing & Media did so well, customers asked the company to expand into other media.  Chisel did. Matt has led the way.

Rebecca, Roger and Matt have been, are and continue to be business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals all at the same time.  How do they do it?  Why do they do it? And, as always, we will ask what part writing plays in their respective careers.

Write Choice Services has sponsored Write Here, Write Now since its first broadcast in April, 2011.  Dr. Tim Morrison, the host of Write Here, Write Now, is also the president of Write Choice Services. This show provides listeners with an opportunity to hear from and learn about the independent contractors affiliated with Write Choice Services. Vanessa Lowry, permanent guest host of Write Here, Write Now,  interviews  Betsy Rhame-Minor, Jamie Bailey and Emily Lees. Discover how each of these individuals found their way to being an independent contractor with Write Choice Services; what their particular area of interest is in writing; the type of client project they enjoy working on. Oh, and listeners will most likely learn what these three women hold in common professionally that Dr. Tim doesn’t even come close to being able to claim.  And, if given the chance, Dr. Tim will probably counter with what he sees as his “school of hard knocks” equivalent.

Kyle Young, Jeanie Ward, Cheryl Anne McGill and Andy Greider, joined with twenty-one other authors to publish their first book, The 28-Day Thought Diet. Hear how these first-time authors expect being published to impact their businesses. Did collaborating feel like a positive first step into the world of publishing? Find out what they learned through this process and if they plan to publish again. Vanessa Lowry, who developed the concept and gathered collaborators for this book, is hosting today’s show.

Find out more about these guests:

Kyle Young, www.effectiveideas.com

Jeanie Ward, www.jeanieward.com

Cheryl Ann McGill, www.psychicenterprises.com

Andy Greider, www.robinhoodbusinessgrowth.com

Both Lisa Decker and Jim Beach possess intriguing career paths.  Lisa has 20 years of experience in running a successful construction-related business. She has engaged in real estate sales and investing as well as in health eduction. Jim has started businesses (his first at the age of 25), taught entrepreneurship, worked with the Japanese government and has been an adjunct faculty member at a university.  Today, Lisa Decker is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and CEO of Divorce Money Matters. She has written a comprehensive program on divorce: Secrets to a Sane, Savvy, Money-Saving Divorce. In 2009, Jim founded www.SchoolforStartups.com. He is Executive Director of www.InternationalEntrepreneurship.com. Recently he started two new radio shows: Restaurant Owner Radio and School for Startups Radio, both on Business Radio X. With co-authors, Jim wrote School for Startups,published by McGraw-Hill in June 2011.

How do Lisa and Jim gain the perspectives and/or insights that lead them to their business adventures?  What do they look for in order to generate a new business or a different approach to a life issue? What encouragement do they share with others?

In a span of five months and one week in 2007 Mishael Porembski became a widow, gave birth to her second child and lost her mother to breast cancer. She battled depression and exhaustion for years and wondered if she would ever be happy and laugh again. Out of her journey to wholeness and health, Mishael founded Team Hot Widow. She is in the process of writing the story of her journey to wholeness and happiness and health.

In Unmasking: One Woman’s Hidden Pain Gives Way to Peace and Victory, Mechelle Stephens shares her tumultuous journey in overcoming the scars and pain from being molested as a child and then experiencing domestic violence. Mechelle hungered to tell her story but had no idea how challenging the writing would be. Now her book provides a means for her to bring hope to others who struggle with hidden pain.

What drove Mishael and Mechelle to write their stories? What powerful insights will they provide us on the challenges and dreams connected with writing about one’s life?

We know the saying, “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Entrepreneurs Diane Bogino and Tim Sanders have each “built that better mousetrap” in their respective fields.  Diane’s business – Performance Strategies, Inc. – provides assessments, seminars, coaching, consulting and training to help companies become even better at what they do best.  Tim Sanders is part of the team that is Net Minds, a group publishing company. Consulting companies constantly proclaim, “We can help you make a real difference in how you do business and get business.”  Similarly, we can find a multitude of publishing companies each of which declares they can do the best job helping authors. 

As part of Performance Strategies Diane Bogino also hosts GBDN tv (Georgia Business Directory Network).  She creates and produces video interviews of business leaders.  She then edits the video and uploads them to a youtube url.  She shares the links with her clients who can then leverage the video url.

Net Minds could be described as a brokerage for writers:  authors come looking for a coach and/or ghostwriter and layout design person and marketing person; editors/writers come looking for a potential client as do design specialist.  Net Minds uses proprietary processes to assemble the best team.

What makes Performance Strategies and Net Minds different?  What is their “better mousetrap?”  How did each create its concept?

Write Choice Services, the sponsor of Write Here, Write Now, exists because the company believes everyone has a book “inside” that needs to be written someday. Write Choice Services works with business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals in their writing process.  A primary intent of Write Here, Write Now is to provide encouragement to business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals to write the book which shares their individual and unique approach to their work and what sets them apart from the competition.  Today’s guests – Echo Garrett and Dr. Carl Amodio – are individuals who understand the significance of writing about that difference.

Dr. Amodio is a chiropractor and gifted healer. He is collaborating with Echo Garrett, acclaimed author and journalist, on a book called Optimize You: New Hope for Health and Healing. Echo and her husband, Kevin, have personally experienced Dr. Amodio’s different perspective on healing and wholeness.  Carl recognizes the importance of sharing that “unique difference” with others through a book that offers insight into a healthier you and also serves as an example to other professionals on the impact that a book can have.