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Helixx provides a "SWAT team" approach to addressing the dreams, fears and "living large" objectives of our clients. Following are selected Case Summaries relating to Helixx engagements presently in process. Additional Case Study documentation can be provided on request.

Barbara Hemphill, Author & CEO/Hemphill Productivity Institute

Barbara Hemphill is well known as "America's Organization Expert." She is the author of Kiplinger's popular "Taming the Paper Tiger" book series, including Taming the Paper Tiger at Home, Taming the Paper Tiger at Work, and the soon-to-be-released new book entitled Taming the Paper Tiger in the Digital Age: There's an Easy Switch. The software series she helped launch, Taming the Paper Tiger, is one of the world's leading organizational software titles. It's no wonder she is also known as "The Paper Tiger Lady."

Barbara's business grew out of the lessons she learned growing up on a farm in Nebraska. Her formal training was in music and education. A pioneer in the field of professional organizing, Barbara started her business in 1978 with a $7 ad in a New York City newspaper. Today she has a national team of more than 100 Productivity Trainer Authorized Consultants^TM. These consultants are part of Hemphill Productivity Institute (HPI), whose mission is to help individuals and organizations create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives. Barbara's proprietary processes include The 8-Hour Miracle^TM and The Paper Tiger Productivity System^TM, which guarantee a ten percent increase in productivity by any measure the client chooses.

Barbara has appeared on several television shows, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN Nightly News, CNBC, and CNN-FN. She is a celebrated international speaker, corporate spokesperson, and consultant to small businesses and major corporations worldwide. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, Reader's Digest, USA Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Boardroom Reports, and was recently featured on the cover of Guidepost magazine.

Barbara has lived in the West Indies, India, New York City, and Washington, DC. While living in India, she adopted three children. In addition, she has two stepchildren and one grandchild. She now lives on a 70-acre retreat on a lake in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband.

Barbara has retained Helixx to accomplish the following objectives: (1) to enhance her profile in the organizational consulting industry and in the general business community; (2) to audit and reorganize her business interests to increase her financial and organizational impact; (3) to develop and help implement her multi-media programming strategy; and (4) to establish alliances that will help establish her work on a national and international scale.

09 September 2010