ICA Community Bulletin

Dear Graduates

As you all know the ICF election is on and for the first time they have three candidates. One of the candidates Karen Tweedie was the ICFA (Autralasia) president and is from Australia. She has asked me to forward her profile to ICF credentialed members.
I am not endorsing her but rather passing on information to you as I agreed to.
Happy voting.
Bronwyn

Profile: Karen Tweedie PCC
ICF President elect Nominee for 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srmHyXnLOoo

What is your ICF experience?

I have been a member of ICF since 2001. I joined primarily to ensure that I had a professional network to tap into and learn with. As a result of that decision I met some fantastic people - a number of whom I still collaborate and work with today, I have participated in some great Professional Development and had the opportunity to learn and grow as a leader. Each aspect of my experience with ICF contributes to the growth and professionalism of coaching.

As an ICF leader I have local, Regional and Global Leadership experience and have been part of a number of Global Taskforces and committees. I have been Board liaison with the Regulatory Committee, which gave me insight into the challenges and need for maintaining networks of intelligence to explore regulatory issues members may face globally.

As current ICF Treasurer I chair the Finance Committee. The ICF is on a firm financial footing and this year I have had the opportunity to lead a global team in bringing innovation and creativity to the task of designing a number of non-dues revenue streams for the ICF. We are designing ways to reach out to customers and consumers of coaching services, forge Strategic Alliances and find broad opportunities to achieve our strategic objectives whilst growing our financial well-being. This will allow us to increase value for all stakeholders whilst increasing ICF revenue for future initiatives - al without imposing any financial burden on our members.

I am delighted to be able to continue my gift of service as part of the ICF Global leadership team for 2008. The individuals on this Board bring a mix of skills and wide demographic representation for our membership - from Europe, Canada, the United States and Australasia.
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ICA is committed to keeping class sizes to an optimal level and to provide a range of class times that are suited to various time zones. Therefore we have added an AC100 teleclass and an AC200 class. Details are outlined below.

Additionally, there has been a change of trainer to the Thursday 6am NY ET, AC200 Class.  This class was previously facilitated by Angela Bird, but will now be facilitated by Bill Turpin.

Also we recently changed the way in which the classes are listed on the calendar.  Previously classes were listed as example: AC100 Option 1.  Now you will notice that most of the classes are now listed to appear as example: Time Option 1.  We felt that this was easier to read and less confusing, particularly for new students.  All changes to the calendar are posted to the Community Bulletin, so it is a good idea to read the Community Bulletin regularly. 

Details for New AC100 & AC200 classes:

AC100 CLASS BEGINNING:

Wedneday: 26 September 2007

Time: 7pm - 8pm NY ET

Trainer: Angela Bird

Bridge Number: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 667867#

AC200 CLASS BEGINNING

Thursday: 27 September 2007

Time: 8pm - 9pm NY ET

Trainer: Angela Bird

Bridge Number: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 506110#

Please refer to the Academic Calendar for further details and module details.

http://our.calendars.net/ica/academic

Just a reminder to our students planning to graduate in December 2007. As Supervised Coach is now well underway, we take this opportunity to remind everyone concerned that all ‘Graduation Submissions’ are due on or by Friday October 26, 2007, with graduation set to take place on Friday December 7,2007.

We encourage our graduating students to make their submissions gradually as this not only alleviates the stress of ‘getting’ all submissions in on time, but also allows time for our assessment team to assess these submissions.

If you have any questions regarding assessment or graduation please email support@ica.helpserve.com or assessment@icoachacademy.com

Peter Bland is farmer, father, author and adventurer.  He has recently contacted ICA as he is in search of some great coaches.  He offers a training product for people who want to have an amazing life experience.  He also offers coaching with his training product.  He speaks on the world circuit and you can learn more about him on http://www.peterbland.com or http://www.uniquefrontiers.com

I have told hime that the hourly rate that he needs to offer is at least AUD$200.00 and he will speak to each person and interview them over the telephone.  As he travels all over the world he needs coaches globally placed too.  So if you are interested in working for Peter and coaching people that hear Peter speak, then please email a brief bio, your email address, your telephone number and your web address to bron.bi@icoachacademy.com

I will forward your details onto him of behalf of ICA.  Below is a bio of Peter from his website.

All the best

Bron           Read more »

“There are no such things as strangers: there are only friends we have not met”

Remember a time when you felt really scared, a time where you had to say hello and introduce yourself!  You spent ages working out what to write, you ran it over and over again in your mind.  What if I write the wrong thing?  What if they don’t answer?  Finally you pluck up the courage, take a deep breath and introduce yourself……..

No, I am not talking out on-line dating, I am talking about “introduce yourself to our community” section , in the Cafe and Social area or our discussion board.

One of the many things that make ICA the best coach training company in the world, is our unique on-line learning environment.  This helps students to connect and really feel part of a global coaching community.  We were all new students once, we posted that introduction message, and waited excitedly for the replies, for that opportunity to connect!

I would like to ask you all to help in achieving a goal: that every student who posts a message in the “introduce yourself to our community” area, receives at least five replies.  Please check this area every time you go onto the discussion board, and post a message to anyone who has less than 5 replies to their introduction message.

If you are the person posting your introduction message, the more you tell everyone about yourself, your background, your interests and in particular your goals and dreams around coaching, the more likely you are to make lasting connections.

Cheers

Dennis Griffin                                                                                                             Business Manager (ICA)

Hello ICA Book Clubbers!

The selection for September is Charles F Haanel’s, “The Master Key System!”           (Thank you Ellie for nominating this month’s book)

If anybody has any books that you would like to nominate as future ICA Book Club selections, email Nick at nickbosk@gmail.com

As always….All are invited!!  Perhaps you are new to ICA and have yet to join a student activities call.  Or you may be an old face around the halls of ICA.  YOU are invited to join in the rich discussions and learning that is the BOOK CLUB!!

We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at two different times, pick the one that suits your schedule best.

Tuesday September 25th

8am - 9am NY EST

7pm - 8pm NY EST

Bridge line: +1 712 580 0362

Access: 320260#

For dates of future Book Club meetings please refer to the Academic Calendar under “Community Teleclasses.”

Last month’s book, “Think and Grow Rich” was a success in part to a free PDF copy of the book.  Well….I searched high and low on the internet and finally found a FREE PDF copy of “The Master Key System”.  Click Here

READING ASSIGNMENT:

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Due to our commitment to keep class sizes to a optimal level, we have added an additional AC100 class to our timetable. This class will be facilitated by Karen Cappello. In addition to this, there will also be a change of trainer for an existing AC100 class.  Jamee Tenzer will now facilitate in place of Karen Cappello for the Thursday 1pm - 2pm NY ET, beginning Thurdsday, September 13, 2007.

NEW AC100 CLASS BEGINNING:

Monday: September 10, 2007

Time: 12pm - 1pm NY ET

Trainer: Karen Cappello

Bridge Number: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 667867#

Please refer to the Academic Calendar for further dates and module details.

http://our.calendars.net/ica/academic