ICA Community Bulletin

ICA is committed to the launch of our China CPCP program and after much consideration we have decided to postpone the launch that was due to take place in September 2008, until April 2009.

The decision to postpone this amazing event is to ensure that  we continue to deliver the highest quality coach training possible in this truly global environment. We envisage that this launch will be a huge event come April next year.  In addition to this we have to finalise a few legalities that will allow us to continue to provide this training unhindered into 2009 and beyond.

So stay tuned and be ready to be part of the celebration in April 2009.

Your ICA Team

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

Our graduating students are:

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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’.

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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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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CAN LINDA SWIM 2.7KM IN THE OCEAN

ICA Trainer, Linda Anderson is set to take to the ocean (and sharks) again this summer!!

Linda is participating in the challenging and gruelling ‘Macquarie Big Swim’ at the end of January 2008.  This challenging swim is 2.7km (54 lengths of an Olympic pool, but with the added difficulty of waves and possibly sharks also!).  To add to Linda’s personal challenge she has discovered her shoulder injury, sustained last summer, has not recovered during her lazy winter so as she say’s, “I am currently swimming in circles!”

To help Linda achieve this big, scary and maybe a little crazy goal, Linda has signed up with CanToo, www.cantoo.org.au a wonderful organisation who fund researchers for the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation. 100% of money raised through CanToo is donated to Cure Cancer Australia - every $75,000 AUD raised, funds a full-time researcher for 12 months.  Almost everyone we know ( including Linda) has been touched by cancer in some capacity so this is an organisation that Linda is very proud to support.

Linda has set herself a big, bold fundraising goal to match the big, bold swimming goal.  Linda’s intention is to raise $2,700AUD….which is $1 for every metre she swims in this big race.

How can we support Linda?  Read more »

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 would like to congratulate Ronnie Noize on her outstanding achievement of being awarded ‘Coach of the Year,2007′, by the North West Coaches Association. Ronnie is the leader of ICA’s Community of Practice Business niche. President Elect (2008), Bob Renggli, describes Ronnie as someone who “…embodies all that we celebrate through this new award: integrity, leadership, development, excellence and community, along with an unwavering commitment to professionalism.” ICA couldn’t agree more!

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Over the last couple of weeks we have had some changes to the structure of our management team and also our administration team. The restructuring has occurred for a couple of reasons

1. We need to be set up to grow ICA to the next level (we have big plans)
2. Staff have demonstrated great skill and ability and as a result have been promoted and acknowledged.

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Want to learn how to create a unique environment where people feel safe and supported throughout their learning?

Want another stream of revenue?

Want to utilize teleclasses as a marketing tool for your coaching practice?

We are offering a Train the Trainer course which will begin on Tuesday, March 27th at 7PM EST. In this six-week series, you will learn how to develop skills in delivering training via teleclasses using the ICA model of training as a framework. We will also cover how to use competencies to evaluate the training course process and outcomes.

The entire course is only $299 US. You’ll get everything you need and MORE!

To find out more information, or to register, click here

Part Time, Ongoing Position - 10 hrs a week (evenings)

International Coach Academy is leading the way in the provision of high quality coach training. ICA delivers an internationally accredited coach training program. We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic and dynamic person to hold the position of Enrolment Consultant. If you want to tell the world about the benefits of being a coach and joining our school, then this is your opportunity. Read more »

A group of coaches met up in Chicago earlier this month and here is the photo.

From Left to Right: Rita-Chicago, Nick-Chicago, Kim-Chicago,Lucy-Ireland,Dave-Lucy’s boyfriend-New Mexico and Angie-Chicago

I am very excited to tell you about a new initiative at ICA.

As a leading provider of coach training around the world, we come in contact with large numbers
of coaches. And one thing we hear all the time is:

“Will I make any money out of coaching?”
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The International Coach Federation (ICF) has commissioned a global study on coaching. It is important that this survey is completed by as many coaches throughout the world as possible.  The survey takes only 15 minutes to complete and the deadline is October 25, 2006.

 This international, industry study is being conducted by a well-known, independent, and global company, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Every coach who participates in the study will receive a free copy of the executive summary available from PricewaterhouseCoopers in February 2007.

 We request that you to take a few minutes to participate and be a part of this groundbreaking research!If you are a member, the survey will be sent directly to you by the ICF. 

If you are not a member of the ICF, please logon to the PricewaterhouseCoopers website, at https://www.pwcresearch.com/uc/coachingsurveyregistration/ and register so that you can receive a copy of the survey.

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 »

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

There is coaching itself which we all love to do.  And then there is the “business of coaching” which is everything else. The purpose of this community is to support you with the “business of coaching” so that you will have a full and successful coaching practice.

The community will meet the last Monday of every month at 11am AEST (Sydney time).  This translates into 9pm NY time on the Sunday night prior to the last Monday of the month.  The first meeting will be Monday July 31 (Sunday July 30 - NY date) and will cover the Vision, Purpose and “Look & Feel” of your coaching practice.

Everyone is welcome.  The community will be lead by Bronwyn Bowery-Ireland MCC – CEO and Tessa Stowe from www.salesconversation.com
 
Dial in details:  0011 1 641 497 7278 Access code 962531#
 

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