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Subject: Resource Needed<br>
From: "Thomas Williams, Elaine" <<a href="mailto:etwilliam@hartford.edu">etwilliam@hartford.edu</a>><br>
Date: Thu, June 23, 2016 2:20 pm<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:info@nfbct.org">info@nfbct.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:info@nfbct.org">info@nfbct.org</a>><br>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Hello,<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I am the business advisor for Kimberly Tindall for Kimberly’s Hope, a <span style="color:black">motivational speaker </span>business. We are at the point of getting Kim into her business incubator space, which will be located at 15 Lewis Street, Hartford, CT. Kim will work in the office 3-4 days a week and will need an assistant to help her with managing her business. I have some work tasks and requirements below. Please let me know if you have a resource for recruiting people for business owned by the visually impaired. <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div><b><u><span style="color:black">Business Description<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div> <div><span style="color:black">The motivational speaker concept was developed due to reactions Kim has received due to her physical disabilities and blindness. This new business called, Kimberly's Hope (KH) will be a sole proprietorship located in a free business incubator space located at 15 Lewis Street (The Greater Harford Business Development Center –GHBDC- (</span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hedco-ghbdc.com/hedco-ghbdc">http://www.hedco-ghbdc.com/hedco-ghbdc</a><span style="color:black">). The company’s tagline, <i>Moving On</i> provides the concept for developing Kim’s story of moving past the adversities and trauma she has had in her life.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="line-height:50%"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div><span style="color:black">Kimberly is planning on providing 3-4 motivational speaking engagements per week. Her prospective audience includes any organizations or companies seeking to hire speakers who can help motivate their staff or clients to move on from adversities and trauma in their lives. Each engagement will run for 90 minutes, include a PowerPoint presentation, audience participation and 30 minutes for questions and answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Management/Personnel <o:p> </o:p></span></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kim will manage the day to day operations of the business and set her work schedule. Because her business is located in a business incubator office, some support will be provided by the host organization. Kim will rely on an administrative clerk for most of the follow-up and sales work needed to generate revenue for the business. The clerk will work 10 hours in the office to start and 8-10 hours during training sessions. Kim will hire an employee for 20hours per week, once sales can cover that expense.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;line-height:50%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:50%"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">General Office tasks, Microsoft documents<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Help Kim with getting in and out of the building (office is on the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Answering/return calls to /from prospective clients<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Reviewing and/writing general correspondence<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Making some sales calls from a sales target list<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Accompanying Kim to presentations to manage materials for the audience and other audience help<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Complete simple bookkeeping – income/expenses recording keeping<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Compensation: $10 an hour – paid as a sub-contractor (1099) employee<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Hours – mostly mornings<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Travel required<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">*Business insurance covers all incidents<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Many thanks for your help.<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#BB0000;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#BB0000;letter-spacing:1.2pt">Elaine Thomas Williams<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";letter-spacing:1.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";letter-spacing:1.2pt">Business Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#505050;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><a href="tel:860.768.5653" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">860.768.5681</span></a> </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New 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