ICA Community Bulletin

As previously announced in our ‘Community Bulletin’, ICA is very excited to launch our Chinese CPCP (Certified Professional Coach Program),  to Chinese speaking coaches from mainland China as well as Chinese speaking coaches living overseas.

This program is identical in every aspect to our English program, except that it will be conducted in Chinese.  Therefore, we are looking for volunteer students who are bi-lingual in English and Chinese, who would be interested in supporting our new students as Peer coaches.  As current ICA students know, this is a fundamental and very important component of our program,  which encourages students to find a coach from within the ICA student community, from the day their training begins at ICA.

If you feel that you may be interested in becoming a part of what could be a most rewarding and beneficial opportunity, or if you would like further information, please email Gwen Nolten-Roqué at gwen.nr@icoachacademy.com

Student buddies are highly valued members of the ICA student community, who generously donate their time in assisting newbies with finding their way within and around the ICA community.  As students that have already been with ICA for some time would know, this can sometimes be a little daunting to begin with.  Being a buddy could involve sharing first hand experiences, or assisting new students to connect with their online community.

Whilst being a buddy does involve a time commitment, it is very flexible and should only involve a few hours a month.  Students wishing to become a part of our wonderful buddy team, should be familiar with the ICA environment,  and be willing to support our new students. 

If you would like to find out more about becoming a buddy, or if you would like to become a valued member of our ‘Buddy Team’, please contact Jamee Tenzer at jamee.tenzer@icoachacademy.com 

Do you want to help grow ICA’s global community?
Do you want to share your experiences of ICA’s coach training?
Do you want to earn additional revenue?

If your answer is yes - then join ICA’s affiliate program today!

As students and graduates, you are the best ambassadors for ICA and we encourage you to become an ICA affiliate. As an ICA affiliate, you are paid $100 on every CPCP sale that comes via your unique affiliate link. This is effective immediately after you become an affiliate member.

It’s pretty simple. Just click on the link below

Become an ICA affiliate - -> http://www.icoachacademy.com/partners/affiliate.html

Upon completion of the affiliate registration form, we will send you an email with the details of your affiliate membership and the link you need to use to refer potential students.

You can use the link in a variety of ways including -

• in your email signature
• as a text based link on your website
• in the body of an email that you send to your colleagues and clients.

I have written an email for you (see below) to send to as many people as you can - friends, family, colleagues and any contacts worldwide. Feel free to edit, add to, or even better, replace with your own personal experience. If you have any queries please contact sally.bridger@icoachacademy.com

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****Important change to Book Club meetings****

Effective immediately Book Club meetings will now be held every other month, with the next meeting scheduled for September 29. This is to allow more time for readers to complete the book.

Alumni and new coaches alike, are welcome to join us as we discuss this meeting’s book titled:

‘ Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live ‘ by Martha Beck (As seen on Oprah)

This is a great chance to add ideas and concepts to your education and growing coaching practice. Our book choices are selected to inspire and support.

Don’t miss the perfect opportunity to connect with other coaches within ICA’s community, by attending what promises to be a rich event. Hosted by ICA Student Support Coordinator and member of our Alumni community, Nick Bosk.

These meetings are now held on the last Monday of every second month at 8am and 8pm NY ET. See below for details:

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Laurene Vaughan, PhD and Research Paper assessor at ICA, hosted a very successful and highly attended information call in February 2008, providing information and answering questions regarding all aspects of the Research Paper assessment task. For those students who were unable to attend, the call was recorded and is now available for listening by clicking –>  here

Imagine a web-based Professional Coach Game similar to the Sims where you can be client or coach, change events and situations, try on different questions or approaches and see the coaching process at work. All based on your choices!

Low and behold, there are such games in the works.  Check it out!  Gaming company Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot said, “The timing is right for us to leverage our creativity and to open up the video games market to new consumers who will be attracted by content that can help them learn, grow and feel better in an entertaining way.”

Effective July 1, 2008, those applying for the ACC credential, by submitting a portfolio application, will be required to document 10 hours of work with a qualified mentor coach.

For further details click  –> here

As you probably know, we have a fabulous program at ICA, called the Buddy Program. ICA Buddies are students of ICA who have volunteered to assist new students as they get started, navigate the ICA system, and stay connected.

But here’s the BUZZ!  We are now adding an extra feature to the Buddy Program; a monthly Student Information call that will be facilitated by members of our Buddy team. These calls are available to any student who has questions. Just jump on and you will get your answers!

The first Student Information call will be held on July 21st at 6pm EST

Bridgeline: +1 512 597 6253

Access code: 834628

If you would like a buddy or would like to be a buddy, please contact Jamee Tenzer at jamee.tenzer@icoachacademy.com

As of June 1st Merci Miglino will serve as Interim Training Manager as well as Assessment Co-ordinator and Teleclass Trainer. Merci is an alumna of ICA and has been a trainer with ICA since 2005. Merci is reaching out to staff and students to bring their perspective and feedback to our learning environment. Please feel free to contact Merci with your thoughts and suggestions, she can be contacted at merci.miglino@icoachacacemy.com

Karen Cappello is now focusing on teaching in CPCP and supervised coaching as well as supporting students and working with Jamee and the buddies.

You are invited to our monthly ICA Book Club meeting.  Alumni and new coaches alike, are welcome to join us as we discuss this month’s book titled:

‘Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Elightenment’ by Ariel Kane & Shya Kane.

This is a great chance to add ideas and concepts to your education and growing coaching practice.  Our book choices are selected to inspire and support.

Don’t miss the perfect opportunity to connect with other coaches within ICA’s community, by attending what promises to be a rich event.  Hosted by ICA student, soon to be Alumni member and valued member of our ICA community, Nick Bosk.

These meetings are usually held on the last Monday of the month at 8am and 8pm, but due to our mid year break, this month only it will be held the Monday prior.  See below for details.

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Registration for the next round of Supervised Coach is now open. Supervised Coach will begin the week of Monday, 4 August, 2008.  There are numerous time options available and each one is limited to six students.  You must attend the same time option each week and must register via the link below.

The prerequisites for Supervised Coach registration are:

1. Please read the Supervised Coach Orientation document

2. Check the list of available times via the Academic Calendar

Register:

To register for Supervised Coach, please click on the link below.  Please list your 3 preferred time options from the schedule as listed on the Academic Calendar.

-> Register here

Karen Cappello, ICA Trainer, will be traveling in May to Madison, Milwaukee, Wl and Chicago, IL.  If you are going to be in any of the following cities on these dates, she would love to meet up with you.  Just send an email to the contact person for the full details of the event.

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You are invited to our monthly ICA Book Club meeting.  Alumni and new coaches alike, are welcome to join us as we discuss this month’s book titled:

“The Life Coaching Handbook” by Curly Martin.

 This is a great chance to add ideas and concepts to your education and growing coaching practice.  Our book choices are selected to inspire and support.

Don’t miss the perfect opportunity to connect with other coaches within ICA’s community, by attending what promises to be a rich event.  Hosted by ICA student and valued member of our ICA community, Nick Bosk.

****PLEASE NOTE-THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THIS CALL****

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You are invited to our ICA Book Club Meeting.  Alumni and new coaches alike, are welcome to hoin us as we discuss this month’s book titled:

“The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and when to stick)” by Seth Gordon.

This is a great chance to add ideas and concepts to your education and growing coaching practice.  Our book choices are selected to inspire and support.

Don’t miss the perfect opportunity to connect with other coaches within ICA’s community, by attending what promised to be a rich event.  Hosted by ICA student and valued member of our ICA community, Nick Bosk.

****PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THIS CALL****

Contra Coaching is a program which gives coaches an opportunity to receive free coaching in exchange for giving coaching.  There are many benefits to be gained from becoming a member of this ICF supported program. 

This month, every time you refer a coach to join the Contra Coaching Community you will receive a free Contra Coin for that referral.  The more you refer the more coins you will receive.

Membership fee applies.  To find out more information, or to join the Contra Coaching community go to the website by clicking here.

Dolores Carter is a coach based in Melbourne, Australia and is currently seeking qualified or near qualified coaches to work within her company, QuantamPace Consortium, on contract. These positions are open to residents of Australia and New Zealand only.

For more information, click here .

Good Luck!

Virginia Kellogg is a successful and accomplished coach, who trains coaches all over the world. 

Virginia is co-chairing, along with Hide Enomoto, a track at the 2008, ICF conference called, ‘Impact on the World’, and is looking for fellow coaches to join a committee.  This track will both train coaches to have broader impact in the world (cultural competency issues, etc) and showcase some of the global projects that take coaching to not-usually-served populations.

Virginia envisages a diverse committee, made up from coaches in countries other that USA, and trained from coaching schools other that CTI (where Virginia trained).

If you feel that you might fit these criteria and would like to be a part of this diverse committee, please contact Virginia directly. Her details and contact information can be found below.

Virginia Kellogg, CPCC, MCC
Leadership that Works, Inc
Coaching and Training for Visionaries
Ph: +1 570 265 8100
virginia@leadershipthatworks.com
www.leadershipthatworks.com

Throughout 2008, ICA will be holding a series of teleconferences designed to spread the word about coaching as a career and, in particular, coach training with ICA.  These calls will be held monthly and will be open to anyone, from anywhere in the world.

As a student of ICA, it is important to us that you have access to this information and these calls so we will email you prior to each event.  Although much of the the content of the calls will often be specific to the coach training research, you are always most welcome to attend or contribute.  Plus, we would love you to pass the information on to your lists, family, friends, and colleagues - bascially, anyone basically anyone you feel would be interested in discovering more about coach
training.

The theme for this months call will be ‘Become a Qualified Coach’, and it will be focused on those who have not yet pursued coach training.  The call will be hosted by Robyn Logan (Strategy Director) and Dennis Griffin (Business Manager).

More information - –> http://tinyurl.com/27rhac
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Come and join Laurene Vaughan, PhD, as she shares information about the Research Paper, which is one of the assessment tasks for graduation Laurene will answer any questions you have in a teleclass to be held on:

Date: Wednesday, 27 February, 2008

Time: 6pm NY ET

Bridgeline: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 449673

If you cannot attend and have specific questions that you want covered, please email the to laurene.vaughan@icoachacademy.com. This call will be recorded for those who cannot attend

It’s not even spring yet and the ICA Buddies are already doing their part to make ICA beautiful in every corner of the world. In the past year, the Buddy Program has grown along with our student body and results have been wonderful for our staff, trainers and new students alike. With their can-do spirit and committed support, our Buddies welcome new students with enthusiasm, valuable information and a heartfelt sense of camaraderie.

It is with gratitude that we thank those ICA Buddies who committed their time and expertise to the Buddy Program at the very beginning and have since moved on to achieve great things. You made such a difference! Read more »

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