ICA Community Bulletin

ICA would like to say farewell to one of our trainers, Paul Litwack.

Paul has been a valued member of our training team, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Paul for his valuable contributions and to wish him well in his coaching future!

In the interim and for the following month, Kathy Munoz, will now facilitate the CoP Executive teleclasses. 

****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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As you already 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.

Beginning last month, we added an extra feature to the Buddy Program, a monthly Student Information call that is facilitated by members of our Buddy team.  These calls are available to any student who has questions.  Just jump in and ask!

Our next Student Information call will be held on:

August 18, 6pm NY ET. 
September 15, 6pm NY ET.
October 20, 6pm NY ET.

Hosted by: Nick Bosk & Todd Brodie
Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253
Access code: 834628

See you there!

ICA would like to extend a warm welcome to Sherry Read, Michael Moniz and Kathy Munoz, as the newest members to join our Training Team.

Sherry and Michael will be taking regular classes, whilst Kathy will be taking on the role of backup trainer, stepping in to fill in where needed.

Please join us in welcoming them, as you meet them in the corridors of ICA. Please take the time to read their profiles below and learn a little about them.

It is at this time that we would also like to farewell two members of our training team. Jim Clarkson and Lou D’Alo have been valued members of the ICA training team and leave us to pursue their coaching professions outside of ICA. Thanks Jim and Lou!!

Our calendar will be updated reflecting these changes. Please note: class times will not change.

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The audio from our Supervised Coach Orientation Call, hosted by Karen Cappello and Sheri Boone last week, is now available for listening.  

To download and listen to the audio:

—> Click here

ICA student Elizabeth Abbot who resides in Rome, Italy is conducting a 90 minute workshop at the SIETAR conference (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) in late October in Granada, Spain entitled, “Cross-Cultural Coaching : Making the Training Stick”. http://www.sietarglobal2008.org

As part of the workshop, she would like to do a sample, 15 minute coaching session. If there is anyone from ICA that will be attending and would like to role-play live with Elizabeth as part of this workshop, please let her know. It would be a great way to support another student and to show up as a coach during the conference.

Please email Elizabeth if you are interested or would like to know more : abbot.elizabeth@gmail.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.

Congratulations to all our of our graduating students!  You have all worked very hard and deserve your success. Well done and welcome to our Alumni community!

To accommodate our students from around the world, we will be holding two graduation ceremonies.  Students have been invited to attend one ceremony but are certainly welcome to attend both if they wish.

Details for these ceremonies are as follows:

Ceremony 1:

Date & time: June 6, 2008 @ 7pm NY ET

Ceremony 2:   

Date & time:  June 8, 2008 @ 6am NY ET

Bridge line for both: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 668983

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ICA Trainer, Merci Miglino, recently took part in a fund raising Walk for the Cure, which was organized by Avon, to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.  Merci was able to raise $1800 for this worthy cause. And if the photos are anything to go by, it looks as though Merci had a lot of fun participating.

Well done Merci!

To find out more about the event, make a donation, or to just read about Merci, visit her website by clicking  here and go to ‘Newsletters’.

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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How about this - we are TRULY dedicated to creating a GLOBAL coaching community.

That means opening up to different cultures, learning more about how coaching works in other countries - and giving voice to our many students whose first language is not English. So we’ve just taken another step towards our goal to create a real multi-lingual community here at ICA by setting up forums in Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and French - languages that, together with English, are spoken by over 2 billion people.

How do you say, “acknowledge” in Chinese? How would someone in your country feel about you “celebrating” a setback? Rich themes abound, and we hope you will add to the mix and bring your own ideas about where coaching is headed (and where you are taking it!) in your country.

Welcome to your Spanish, French, Portuguese and Chinese forums…

Visítalo en: http://www.icoachacademy.com/espanol

O acesso ao forum é http://www.icoachacademy.com/portuguese

Accès forum http://www.icoachacademy.com/francais

从此网址进入- > www.icoachacademy.com/chinese

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I am very excited to announce our ICA China team.  Heading up the project is ICA graduate Augustine Chow.  Augustine will be Director of Coach Training Services, China.  In his role he will assist in bringing ICA to China.  We have set a target date of 1 September, 2008 for our first teleclass.  We are now working towards building a team, marketing ICA and enrolling new students.  Please see his profile below.

Heading up the training team in China is ICA graduate Felicia Lauw.  Felicia will be Global Training Manager, (Chinese).  Felicia has been working closely with me for the past 18 months.  She has been managing a team of people, to translate our curriculum into Mandarin.  We have nearly completed this task and Felicia is now preparing to build our training team in China to teach teleclasses.  Please see her profile below.

My assistant in China is Echo Yu.  Echo was part of the team to translate our materials from English to Mandarin.  It is great working with her.  Please read her profile below. Read more »

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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Our Alumni Coffee Break Calls continue to create an informal opportunity for graduates of ICA to come together and simply enjoy the company of other Alumni.

These calls take place every Tuesday at 4pm NY ET, with the exception of the first Tuesday of the month.  Our next call will take place on Tuesday, 29 April, 2008.

Come along and share, celebrate and experience the wonderful support and camaraderie the exists between fellow coaches.  These calls are hosted by ICA graduate and valued member or our Alumni, Sandi Neilson.

****PLEASE NOTE-THERE IS A NEW NUMBER FOR THESE CALLS****

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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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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 extra classes for AC100-Advanced 1, AC200-Advanced 2 and PT100-Power Tools, beginning Monday 24 March, 2008.

Additionally, there has been a change of trainer to the Wednesday, 6am NY ET, AC100 class.  This class was previously facilitated by Angela Bird, but will now be facilitated by Linda Anderson.

Below is a list of the new classes beginning Monday, 24 March, 2008.

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Alumni Coffee Break Calls are an informal opportunity for graduates of ICA to come together and enjoy the company of other Alumni.

These calls take place every Tuesday at 4pm NY ET, with the exception of the first Tuesday of the month.  Our next call will take place on Tuesday, 18 March, 2008.

A number of ICA graduates are tapping into the support that can be found within our ICA Alumni community.  Just show up and share, celebrate and experience the wonderful support and camaraderie that exists between fellow coaches.  These calls are hosted by Sandi Neilson, ICA graduate and valued member of our Alumni community.

****PLEASE NOTE - NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THESE CALLS****

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****

Do you need to relax and have a coffee break?

Are you finding your way in the ICA corridors? Would you like to meet fellow students and network with your peers?

Then come along to our next CBC (Coffee Break Call) on March 19 at 1pm NY EDT.  Take a break!  You deserve it!  Come and share with all our great new future coaches and let us know how you are doing so far at ICA.  Share your stories and your wins, exchange ideas, compare notes, ask a question, or just pop in and listen.

The CBC is run by students for students, for you, so do come along, introduce yourself, we will gladly welcome you, and remember it is great place to find ‘Peer clients’ and ‘Peer coaches’ as well. 

****PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THESE CALLS****

ICA is commited to providing the highest quality bridge line technology for all of our teleclasses and community calls alike.

In keeping with this, we have secured a new bridge line for our ICA community calls, such as the ‘Book Club’ meetings and the ‘Student Coffee Break’ calls.  This is a paid bridge line, hosted by Voicetext, and our experience in that this line will provide a higher quality, and more reliable service, that the free alternatives.

For dates, times and details of these call please go to our Academic Calendar

The details for this new line are:

Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 834628#

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