ICA Community Bulletin

We take this opportunity to say goodbye and best wishes to Joanne Waldman, Angela Bird and Augustine Chow, who are completing with ICA this week.

We thank these excellent trainers for their outstanding service and wish them all the very best in the future!

Great news…. We have added a place to the discussion board for grief coaching. It is under Cafe and Social Area.

Come and join us in discussion, sharing, laughter, share marketing strategies, coaching models, stories and more.

Uniting in a coaching niche that is very particular, a niche that is greatly needed in the world today. Grief is a normal and necessary reaction to life. Healing is different for every person. There is no right or wrong way to go through grief and it can be overwhelming, thus making an opening for a coaching niche to help those lost along the path to move forward through their grief journey.

A caring heart and someone who will listen and understand the pain of loss is the healing a great grief coach can offer.

Come join in with others who have the heart to heal the broken hearted and reveal life after loss.

 All are welcomed.

Coming to Paris for the ICF Euro-Conference?

Meet your fellow ICA students and graduates at the Marriott Hotel Rive Gauche (located adjacent to the Conference Center).

We will meet on June 17 at 2.30pm in the lobby where fellow ICA student, Nathalie Laforet, ”Nathalie in Paris” will be there to meet and greet you. Look for her carrying an ICA flag!

The ICF Euro-Conference will begin at 5pm

For details of venue visit

Excellence is something many of us have considered at some point in our lives.  For the team at ICA, excellence is a value that sits at the very core of our being.  Our vision for ICA to be the number 1 leader in coach training globally is not just a promotional blurb we put on our site. It is the intent we live and breathe in our business, our training, and through coaching shaped experiences. And, it is with our sense of excellence we will achieve this vision. Excellence not just in the delivery of our programs but in every single contact we have with our highly valued global community.

For those that missed our call today, we have included the audio below. Listen to ICA’s CEO, Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland share the vision, values and goals for ICA over the next 12 months.  Listen to the call and then share your journey of excellence with us by emailing Bronwyn via community@icoachacademy.com

Listen Here

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Everyone is welcome to join the newly formed Grief Coaching Student Group.

Weekly Meetings - Fridays at 10am NY time

The first meeting will be this Friday, April 23rd.

Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253

Moderator: 194762#

Participant: 711602#

In this student run group we will explore the growing field of grief coaching including, personal stories, tools and resources, and marketing yourself as a coach within this niche of coaching.

If you have any questions, email support@icoachacademy.com or the grief coaching community organizers gloria.lyles@att.net & info@ligiahouben.com

Recently, we have received questions from some of our students, regarding ICF credentialing and the changes that are planned. 

Below is two excerpts from the ICF March Newsletter that may be of interest to our community, and may help to clarify the situation as it currently stands.  We have also included a link that you can click on to read more about credentialing.

Excerpts:

Life of the Existing Credentialing System
The decision of the Board is to keep the existing 3-tier credentialing system in place until January 2012. This does not mean that the 3-tier system will disappear in January 2012. It only means that anyone planning to apply for one of the existing credentials can rely on the stability of the existing 3-tier system through that time.

Charging the Credentialing and Program Accreditation Committee with the Task of Developing a Proposal
The decision of the Board is to keep the existing 3-tier credentialing system in place until January 2012 and to charge the Credentialing and Program Accreditation Committee to develop standards that will enhance our credentialing program to best protect and serve consumers of coaching services, measure and certify competence of individuals and inspire pursuit of continuous development.

 To read more click here

The Los Angeles ICA community is Getting together on Wednesday April 21st at 6pm in Culver City

Let’s meet, greet, learn and grow with alumni and current students and make sure ICA is well represented during the upcoming Coaching school event organized by the International Coaching Federation Chapter of Los Angeles.

Jamee Tenzer will be here to welcome you and lead a discussion around creating your own coaching model from 6 to 7pm.

At 7pm we will all join the ICF-LA community and attend their monthly meeting with Lion Goodman as their guest speaker presenting “the Belief Closet: Changing Your Beliefs Is Now As Easy As Changing Your Clothes^TM”

To find out more and to register please go to http://www.icfla.org

We are truly hoping to see you there.

March 31st will be a busy day . We have two important things for you, and wanted to give you a quick update, and invite you to share these with your family, friends, colleagues, peers or anyone who is interested in Coaching.

1. How To Optimise Your Inner Game with Molly Luffy (March 31st,Teleseminar)

2. Why NOW Is The Time To Become A Coach (Special Offer - If you know someone who would like to become a Coach, pass along this information so they can take advantage of this Special Offer)

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1. How to Optimise Your Inner Game (March 31st, Teleseminar)
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Join our March teleseminar to find out how you can create a life of abundance.

Molly Luffy (Energy Healer, Professional Coach and Self-Love Advocate) will share the power of optimizing your “inner game” for greater success in your work, business or life.

Hosted by Merci Miglino, this teleseminar will explore the Inner-Game element of business-ownership and its critical impact on the bottom line.

In particular, how to

• transform limiting beliefs and fears to create more of what you want
• Experience a deeper knowledge of energy and vibration and understand how they impact Law of Attraction strategies

This promises to be a truly insightful teleseminar, and one not to be missed.

Tell Me More - > http://tinyurl.com/mollyluffy

** Teleseminar Details **

Topic: Optimising Your ‘Inner Game’ for greater success in your work, business of life

When: Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 @ 9am New York EST

Host: Merci Miglino

Guest: Molly Luffy

Cost: No cost

Register Now - > http://tinyurl.com/mollyluffy

Note: The registration page (above) will also provide you with time conversions for your nearest capital city.

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2. Why NOW Is The Time To Become a Coach (Special Offer)
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People all over the world are making changes in their lives because of the economic downturn. To make these changes they are increasingly looking to work with a coach to support them.
By becoming a coach you have the opportunity to be part of this growth area and help others change their lives.

Be part of creating a change - for yourself and for your clients

** Enrol NOW And Save Over $500 **

Tell Me More –> http://tinyurl.com/Professional-Coach

So, talk to us now about how you can become a coach and make a difference. Reply to this email, or visit our site (http://tinyurl.com/Professional-Coach) and one of our coaching specialists will contact you with the information you require.

Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland
CEO

ICA/Lobii are excited to announce the appointment of several new members to our training team.  We hope you will join with us in welcoming them into this wonderful community. These new trainers and classes have been reflected in the Academic Calendar.

Welcome:

Kate Wan, Sales CoP leader.  Kate’s first class will commence, March 18, Thursdays @ 7am NY ET

Leon VanderPol, LL3,  Leon’s first class will commence March 17, Wednesdays @ 10pm NY ET

Maria Gu, joins us as a new trainer in the Chinese Program.

USA DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS - 14 MARCH 2010

Daylight Saving Time will begin in the US, on March 14, and as the ICA Academic Calendar is based on NY ET, this change will affect the time students from many regions around the world attend classses.

** If you live in the US **

The times that you attend teleclasses will not change. But, make sure you turn your clock forward one hour on the 14th March for the start of daylight saving.

** If you live outside the US **

The times you attend teleclasses will change. You will need to update your teleclass conversions as follows:

ALL STUDENTS: Reconvert the time of your classes as of the 14th March (until the 7th November when Daylight Saving finishes in the US).

SOME STUDENTS: Reconvert the time of your classes again if your country starts or finishes Daylight Saving on a date other than the 14th March.

For a list of when countries start/finish daylight saving click HERE

To reconvert times, click HERE

And of course, don’t forget:

If you are starting daylight saving you need to turn your clock forward one hour
If you are finishing daylight saving you need to turn your clock back one hour

If you have any queries, please email support@icoachacademy.com

Hello ICA Community, 

For the last week of February we are holding an OPEN HOUSE for potential students to ICA’s programs.  We will be holding 5 calls with a focusing in North America, Europe, India, and Australia and New Zealand.  

Help to spread the spirit of coaching and ICA across the globe!   Invite your friends, family, coworkers, and contacts to join one of our OPEN HOUSE events. 

All Calls will take place on the following brigeline:
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Bridgeline: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code:  893765#
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CALL 1

Region: India

What: Coach Certification & Coaching Profession in India

Hosts: Nick Bosk & Prabha Chandrasekhar, PCC

When: Wednesday, February 24^th

Time: 8pm Chennai Time

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CALL 2

Region: North America

What: Coaching Profession and ICF Credentials

Hosts: Nick Bosk & Sheri Boone, MCC

When: Wednesday, February 24^th

Time: 8pm NY ES

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CALL 3

Region: Australia & New Zealand

What: Become A Coach Teleseminar

Host: Robyn Logan

When: Thursday, February 25^th

Time: 8pm Melbourne Time

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CALL 4

Region: Europe

What: Become A Coach Teleseminar

Host: Nick Bosk

When: Thursday, February 25^th

Time: 7pm London Time

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CALL 5

Region: North America

What: Become A Coach Teleseminar

Host: Nick Bosk

When: Saturday, February 27^th

Time: 2pm NY EST

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To convert times please visit: http://timeanddate.com/

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Nick Bosk at training@icoachacademy.com

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This is a great opportunity to become part of our Affiliate Program at ICA. 

For more info: 

http://tiny.cc/ICA_Affiliate

One of our Chinese program students, James Huang in Beijing posted his couplet to the Chinese discussion board sending his New Year’s wishes to all students.

看今朝学友勤奋挥汗如雨分享交流迎金虎
盼明日教练潇洒身体力行守德奉智为客户

真诚真相
 
“Today peers study coaching together, sweating and working diligently to welcome the Year of the Tiger; tomorrow, professional coaches, practising what we preach, nobly walking our talk, ethically, with integrity for our clients”  

Sincerity, Authenticity, and Truth

We invite all of our students to create your own and post them to the English discussion board as well.

Spring Festival couplets,  (春联, chūnlián) refer to antithetical couplets written on scrolls which convey people’s wishes for peace, fortune and good luck with concise and matching words.

Before the Spring Festival arrives, Chinese people will paste all their door panels with the couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with black characters on red paper. Chinese have always preferred the color red, as it stands for passion and good fortune. Personally, I think the colors for Spring Festival couplets - red and black - classically beautiful.

The content of the couplets varies from house owners’ wishes for a bright future to good luck for the year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance.

The custom of writing couplets on peach panels started in the Tang dynasty (618-907), and became popular in the Song dynasty (960-1279). The couplets earned their official name from Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor who began the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and had become a form of art by the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

People used to paste couplets on doorposts, door panels and lintel, as well as on furniture and screen wall. In the courtyard they had “Spring sunshine bright.” In the living room they had “Graceful friends around,” “Treasures fill the home” and “Wishes for good fortune.” Even over the bed they pasted “Bliss of health.” Writing the couplets was in fact a kind of competition in folk wisdom and calligraphy attended by every family. Nowadays, however, few people write their own couplets, with plenty of choices offered in shops.

Our Chinese Manager, Pin Hsuan Chen invites us to create our own couplets. Pin says you will have an enjoyable soul connection when you are being immersed in the poetry couplet creation!

We would love you to take some time to reflect on your own spirit and what you might want to express in a couplet.
 
Please post your couplet on the discussion board under the Cafe and Social Area, the ‘thought or saying of the week’ section.
Enjoy everyone! and Xin nian kuai le — Happy New Year!

ICA Trainers, Isabelle King and Merci Miglino will be hosting a get together in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, 21st February @ 1pm, and would love to meet you.

So come along and join Isabelle and Merci at Toronto Distillery District .  Meet at 1pm sharp (Toronto time) by the Boiler House, entrance is via Mill Street. (See Map).  Afterwhich, you will decide as a group where to go (there are so many cafe’s, restaurants and art galleries).

If there is a chance you may be late, contact Isabelle directly at isabelle.king@icoachacademy.com so she can give you her cell number and then direct you to the cafe of choice.

Feel free to invite friends and potential friends of ICA/Lobii as well as new ICA students in the area who may not have connected with us before.

Isabelle and Merci  look forward to meeting you all there.

As we say goodbye to two trainers this month, please join us in wishing them the very best! Thank you Sherry Read and Alexia Michiels for all you have brought to ICA. We will miss you!

Sherry will be moving forward focusing on her own business and her family, whilst Alexia is moving to Switzerland and will be focusing on her much loved Yoga.

We wish both Sherry and Alexia all the best!!

It was announced that we would be launching the Lobii learnsite on the 11th of January. We have decided to, instead, coincide the launch of the Lobii learnsite with Coaching Week and the anniversary of ICA, which is on the 1st of February. This is a most exciting time and a great moment to celebrate.

In the meantime we will be sending you out the details of the calendar, so that you can start the scheduling of when you want to do your classes when you return on the 11th January.

Wishing you a Happy Holiday. We look forward to new opportunities and great, exciting developements with ICA as we go forward next year.

All the best!

Bron

We will be taking a three week break from classes at ICA, beginning Sunday December 20, with classes resuming Sunday January 10, 2010.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone within our ICA community a happy holiday season and the very best for the coming year. We look forward to welcoming you back to the corridors of ICA in 2010.

Your ICA Team!

Located in Shanghai is preferred!

Senior Executive Coach
Executive coach with more than 10 yearsof senior corporate management and coaching experience.  Experience in coaching includes one-on-one coaching with senior executives and conducting group coaching.  The candidate must have global business view with working experience in Asia Pacific, preferably in China.  Proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English is required.  Coaching certification by an internationally recognized coaching institution is highly desirable.  Full-time or part-time engagement will be considered.

Executive Coach
Executive coach with more than 5 years of corporate management and coaching experience.  Experience in coaching includes one-on-one coaching with middle and senior managers and conducting group coaching.  The candidate must have in-depth understanding of the business environment in China, both in multinational and local companies.  Fluency in Mandarin Chinese is required.  Ability to use the English language is desirable.  Coaching certification by an internationally recognized coaching institution is highly desirable.  Full-time or part-time engagement will be considered.

For further information on either of these positions, you may

contact HR@P-Momentum.com

HELP !!!!

Looking for support?

Did you know…. there are 2 Student Info / Support calls every month?

Maybe you are new to ICA and need some guidance in starting your studies. Or perhaps you have questions about graduation requirements and assessments…if you are looking for answers, this call is for you!

Seriously…this is a forum for you to get your questions answered on anything ICA!

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Student Info Calls

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When: 1st Monday of the Month
Time: 8am NY ET

When: 3rd Sunday of the Month
Time: 6pm NY ET

Bridge line: +1 512 596 6253
Access code:834628#

For a complete list of dates and times go to the Academic Calendar.

Feel free to contact Nick Bosk at support@icoachacademy.com for more information.

ICA would like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of the ICA Training team, Mike Francis.  Mike is a graduate of ICA and brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge, particularly in the area of Sales.  Mike will be the trainer facilitating our new Sales CoP, commencing next week, following the mid year break.  The two time options for our Sales CoP are, Mondays, 6pm NY ET and Tuesdays, 6am NY ET.  Full details are available via the Academic Calendar.

To learn more about Mike, read his profile below:

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