Met with
CJ at a coffee shop near the Jewish Federation building (6505
Wilshire Blvd.) at noon to assess progress and create an action plan for 2010.
Main topics discussed:- enrichment activities
- financial matters
- marketing of reconstructed t-shirt line
- networking
- writing improvement strategies
Actions taken:enrichment activities- pledged to begin reading Chanel biography and see more educational movies with CJ
- initiated plan to incorporate CJ's community service activities into her mentoring program
financial matters- brainstormed funding opportunities to further CJ's continuing education goals
marketing of reconstructed t-shirt line- received black ruffled t-shirt from CJ in exchange for English books
- promised to display shirt at WOTGG and other networking events
- discussed Internet marketing strategies (Facebook photo gallery, etc.)
networking- heard update from CJ regarding her networking activities relevant to both fashion and fiction
- suggested financial strategies that might allow CJ to pay for membership in selected writers' unions
writing improvement strategies- directed CJ to peruse Gucker and Fogarty books in order to set a regular schedule of writing lessons
- agreed to return CJ's celebrity bio outline sample and edited one of CJ's Amazon book review drafts (will base first few writing lessons upon recurring errors in these texts)