ICA Community Bulletin

ICA has introduced a new support ticketing system for the ICA community.  Students will now be able to browse through a categorized knowledge base (list of FAQ’s)  or create (and then track) a ticket for the support team.

A button has been added to all pages of the learnsite directing students to the new support page.  It is STUDENT SUPPORT http://ica.helpserve.com/index.php Read more »

Topic: Proactive Work-Life-Health Management

We are pleased to present Chris Christiansson from Vivamea. Chris will be sharing his vision for Vivamea and how your business can use and profit from the resources available through Vivamea.

Vivamea is affiliated with Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard Medical School and other first class partners. Their faculty provide you as coach with latest evidenced based knowledge and application integrated at our on on-line campus. This could be the opportunity you as a coach have been looking for! Read more »

We have a new benefit for the ICA Community!  You may have noticed that the audio recording for our last guest speakert has been posted to the student bulletin ( you can find the post by clicking on Audios on the right hand side of the blog). 

Due to requests from our students, we are now recording the guest speaker calls and making the recordings available through our student bulletin blog.

Listen to Christian Mickelsen speaking on “How to Rocket Launch your Coaching Business”. Christian spoke as ICA’s August guest speaker. The Guest Speaker Series is a public forum (open to anyone) that ICA hosts.

by Karen Cappello 

I was giving a keynote speech this past weekend, and a gentleman from the back of the room (last row) shared some very powerful insights with the group.  And I realized that even in a very large and didactic learning environment, there was knowledge coming through from the back of the room as well as the front.

And than I came across this quote that summed it up for me- Read more »

Over the last few weeks ICA has received reports from trainers and students regarding interference (echo’s and background noise) on the ICA Bridge line during some classes. We have contacted our Bridge company and been able to establish that the Bridge line is not yet able to fully support skype and that this is the most likely cause of the interference.

As it is our intention that student be able to access the teleclasses using the most cost efficient method possible (eg. phone cards or skype), we have decided to change our Bridge line provider. Read more »

Graduate Global Networking - ***New Time***

ICA Global Networking meetings for the Alumni will be changed to a new time at 4pm NY ET to be able to accommodate participation from more parts of the world.  

The meetings will be held the third Wednesday of each month, except for December, when we are on break.  Any ICA graduate is welcome to attend.

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ICA is very pleased to announce an exciting new initiative on the Discussion Board: the Writer’s Forum.

The writer’s forum was conceived as a meeting place for blossoming writers in the ICA community, as well as for coaches of writers, thinking-to-be-a-writer writers, and supporters of writers to connect and discuss all things related to writing. Read more »

Israel Coaching Community is a new coaching organization. Its mission is to contribute to a climate of cooperation among coaches and to facilitate ethics and regulations through legislation and academy contacts. The inaugral meeting was held last month and organisers were overwhelmed by the response. Over 220 coaches attended and elected committee leaders. Read more »

by Karen Cappello 

At ICA, we are a learning organization.  This means that learning is one of our top values, and that we are continually learning in everything we do.  Through our courses, our discussion board, our interactions with each other and our assessments, we are always creating new perspectives, seeing new possibilities and gaining new levels of awareness. 

I learn so much each week at ICA, and I would like to begin sharing some of the brilliance that I observe all around me.  I will be sharing my observations with you in our student bulletin blog.  I welcome your comments, as you – students, alumni, teleclass facilitators and staff – are my greatest source of learning!

I received a post in the Ask Karen discussion forum last week that I learned a lot from.  It was extremely insightful and I want to share it with you:

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ADDITIONAL ADVANCED 2 TIME OPTION
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A new time option for Advanced 2 will start on the 17th August and will be as follows:

Time: Thursday at 3pm
Facilitator: Joanne Waldman

There are currently 3 other time options (4 in total) for Advanced 2. Please refer to the Advanced 2 Calendar for the Bridge number
and a full list of times http://our.calendars.net/ica/ac200

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COACHING PRACTICUM
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Coaching Practicum classes have now been scheduled up until the end of 2007. This includes an additional time option of Wednesdays at 6am (with Bill Turpin)

For a full summary of times, please click on

Coaching Practicum

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The next Open Meeting will be held on August 14th at 6pm NYEDT
These information sharing sessions will be hosted by Karen Cappello, Chief Learning Officer, and students will have the opportunity to discuss current topics in coaching and ask questions related to their program.

Bridge line: Click here for the calendar

We welcome your participation!

This is a monthly meeting of ICA graduates.

We have had many requests to create a continuation of the ICA learning environment where our graduates can meet up with each other and connect voice-to-voice. We are answering those requests with a resounding YES! Starting in August, Karen Cappello will host a monthly meeting of our alumni.

Please mark your calendars and save the dates of the third Wednesday of each month at 9pm NY time.  Our first meeting will be on August 16th.  For dial in information, click on ‘read the rest of this entry’

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Student buddies are highly valued members of the ICA student community who volunteer their time to assist newbies to get up and running with their studies. This could involve sharing first hand experiences or assisting new students to connect with their ICA online community.

The time commitment is flexible but generally involves about 1 - 2 hours per month. The requirements of this position are that you be familiar with the ICA learning environment, have great email communication skills and be willing to support new people doing
their coach training.

If you would be interested in being a volunteer student buddy, please contact Sally Bridger (sally.bridger@icoachacademy.com).  

Over the past few months, ICA has been reviewing the
student assessment procedures. This has been an extremely
detailed and important process and we are excited to now
release this update to our student community.

The updated Assessment reflects a more streamlined and
comprehensive approach. It provides a brilliant opportunity
for reflective learning as students take time to look at what
they have learnt and how best to apply that learning to being
a successful coach.

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To ensure all students understand our new assessment process we
are going to be rolling it out over the next six months.
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** IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GRADUATING IN 2007 **
If you are planning on graduating in 2007 onwards then please
do not complete any assessments in 2006. We will inform you of
the assessment requirements that you will need to complete in 2007.

** IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GRADUATING IN 2006 **
For all students who are planning to graduate in December 2006 you will need to do the following:

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The Nautilus Group®, a division of the New York Life Insurance Company in Dallas TX is seeking a full time – experienced Coach/Trainer/Consultant professional. 

This individual will work with 225 of their top agents all over the United States.  
• Willing to travel up to 50% of the time
• Preferred Education: Bachelor’s of Arts degree
• Competitive salary 60-90k with bonus; excellent benefits package.

For more information please contact:

Bill Turpin, CPC LPBC
bill.turpin@icoachacademy.com
1-877-752-5128 (toll free)
SKYPE: bill_ica

Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland (CEO) and Sally Bridger (COO) will be travelling to the states for the forthcoming ICF conference in St Louis. The conference is being held on the 1st - 4th November.

For further details please click on

http://www.coachfederation.org/ICF

This is a great opportunity to meet up with all the St. Louis residents and any other members of the ICA community that will be attending the conference. An informal get together is being planned so stay tuned…

In August, Laurene Vaughan (ICA Trainer) will be travelling to Italy to attend and present a paper at the Participatory Design Conference 2006.

Laurene will be presenting a paper on how people (consumers and users of the designed artefacts) are designers too. They may not be the creators of the original item, but they do through their everyday use of things, re-create and customise objects and systems to make
them their own.

Laurene is passionate about how important the everyday poetry of life being lived is creative, and that this process needs to be recognised as creativity in action by individuals and broader social and business organisations.

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Congratulations to Linda Anderson for achieving the designation of Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation.

“This credential is important to me as a professional coach as it reflects the high standard of coaching I endeavor to provide every client I work with. It also provides potential clients with the assurance that my coaching skills have been assessed and approved by an independent coaching association.”

Linda Anderson
Business Coach; Life Coach

a2a coaching
aspire to achieve
http://www.a2acoaching.com

With great delight, we invite you to “Why The Widely Used Strategies For Building A Successful Coaching Business Don’t Work, & What To Do Instead For Immediate Results!”, with our guest Christian Mickelsen.
Topic: How To Rocket-Launch Your Coaching Business!
“Why The Widely Used Strategies For Building A Successful Coaching
Business Don’t Work, ; What To Do Instead For Immediate Results!”

Date: Thursday 17th August
Time: 1-2pm (NY)
Bridge No: +1 641 497 7278 Pin No: 579629

Click here for further details
http://www.icoachacademy.com/speaker/17aug06.html