We’ve received yet another testimonial for our director, Dr Anne, this time from a senior producer of Fresh One Productions, the Jamie Oliver food network who recently filmed on Jeju Island and was supported by Dr Anne:

“Anne Hilty was a fantastic support to the Fresh One Productions team in the recent filming of a series featuring the Haenyeo (Diving ladies of Jeju). Anne has a wealth of knowledge and contacts, and we would recommend her expertise to anyone wishing to learn more about the fascinating island. We very much enjoyed working with her.” –Katie Millard, Senior Producer, Fresh One Productions

See our other testimonials in rotation at the bottom of our homepage! Or, you can read the full current list HERE.

EWP is fortunate to have quite a few testimonials from happy clients, which can be seen featured two at a time in rotation at the bottom of our homepage.

We’ve very recently received 3 new tributes that we’d like to share:

“Anne has been assisting LOM in the establishment of several attractions on Jeju Island, Korea, by providing relevant introductions and cultural information as well as proofreading of materials. Her support to LOM has been invaluable!” –Yann Tranlong, CEO, Loftus Overseas Management [LOM] (Global; HQ: Hong Kong)

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“Dr. Anne Hilty was invaluable as I planned a trip to Jeju Island to research a novel based on the haenyeo–the island’s culturally-important, yet vanishing, diving women. She answered pages of questions about the history and culture of the haenyeo and also helped to arrange many of the logistic aspects of my trip.  Once on Jeju, she personally introduced me to shamans, government officials, and scholars.  She took me to historic sites and arranged high-quality translators.  She seems to know everyone and generously shared her knowledge and expertise. I will be forever grateful for her help.” —Lisa See, novelist (USA)

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“Dr. Hilty has been an Honorary Ambassador for Jeju Island since 2014. She is dedicated to the promotion and support of Jeju, with a special focus on the diving women called haenyeo. Jeju is very appreciative of Dr. Hilty’s efforts!” –Dongwoo Kang, Director, Peace and Cooperation Division, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

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You can download our full list of testimonials HERE.

We are grateful to these and indeed all of our clients, who put their faith and trust in us. Our goal is your satisfaction!

 

As always — we have lots of news to share!

Dr Anne recently spent a month on Jeju Island, S. Korea, where she lived previously (2010-2015) and about which she has published extensively. This time, she was supporting the development of several projects — Loftus Overseas Management, which builds attractions around the world; Lisa See, US novelist, whose next book will be set on Jeju Island; Wisdom Peak Center + Emerging Future Institute; and, the Jamie Oliver / Fresh One upcoming feature on Jeju and longevity!

Dr Anne was also reappointed by the Jeju governor for another 2-year term as Honorary Ambassador for Jeju Island. She made preparations for our upcoming Jeju events: Goddesses and Strong Women Retreat [20-22 October] and Goddesses and Strong Women Tour [23-25 October]. And, she prepared new material for upcoming articles and her 2 books-in-progress.

Prior to this, Dr Anne spent the month of February in Bangkok, where she intends to organize events for late October / early November. Details forthcoming!

We have 3 new events! Our signature trifecta of events, on developing intercultural competence, will be offered around the world — first 2 stops: Reykjavik in July, and Galway in August!

Meet YOU somewhere in the world SOON!

Greetings!

As we near the year’s end and the coming of a new year, we here at EWP also recently observed our first anniversary, on 05 November. We are pleased with our Year 1 progress, highlights of which are:

• Set-up and Soft Opening (November-December 2014);
• Grand Opening Promotional Event [Online] x 1-month (January 2015)
• Publication of 2 books with global distribution re: same (December 2014; March 2015)
• Business Travel: 5 continents in 5 months (18 countries) for extension of global network, including BPW Leadership Summit, Cross-Cultural Communication Conference, African Women’s Empowerment Summit, Global Summit of Women, and BPW Milan B2B Expo, February through June, 2015);
• Participation in NGO-UNESCO event (Beijing; July 2015);
• Director’s full-time relocation back to Hong Kong (September);
• Launch of The Hong Kong Federation of Business and Professional Women [director is founding president] (October);
• Building of local network via series of business meetings, networking events (September through December);
• Application for incubation, including conceptual design of FEMPOWER, new flagship programme of EWP (December).

We’re eager for Year 2 (and, Year 3!), the goals of which are:

• Incubation / Acceleration via a Hong Kong government-approved programme;
• Development of FEMPOWER, an online women’s empowerment programme, at 3 levels [Basic, Intermediate, Advanced];
• Development of webinars, podcasts, videos, books, articles, and other materials;
• Director’s attendance at 2-3 entrepreneurship / startup events in Hong Kong per year, including 2016 Startmeup Hong Kong and RISE, for knowledge and networking;
• Director’s attendance at 2-3 international women’s conferences / summits / events per year, for networking;
• Director’s ongoing engagement with UN Women and their online Empower Women, for networking and support;
• Director’s ongoing engagement with BPW International and BPW Hong Kong, also for networking and support;
• Employment of 3-5 part-time to full-time personnel;
• Engagement of 3-5 major partners;
• Growth of client base at a rate of 15% annual increase;
• Realization of 1+ retreat and 1+ tour annually.

We look forward to working with YOU along the way!

Happy New Year!