Current Events & News

• February 10 - Conscious Marketing™: Marketing from the Inside Out
• February 18 - ICF-NYC Monthly Meeting
• February 26 - ICF-NYC Special Event
• March 3 - AIM™ ICF Credential Mentoring Program
• March 7 & 14 - Group Mentoring with Ira Dressner
• March 12 - HACE's New York Career Conference
• March 14 - ICF-NYC Special Event
• April 19-25 - Columbia Coaching Certification Program

International Coaching Week takes place the first week of February. Founded by Jerri N. Udelson, MCC, in 1999, today International Coaching Week is promoted by the International Coach Federation on a global scale with coaches from all over the world taking part in various events and programs within their communities.

This weeklong event provides a time to educate the public about the value of working with a professional coach. From February 1 - 7, ICF Chapters all over the world will be hosting special events in honor of professional coaching. During this week, coaches typically offer a variety of activities and probono services in their communities, including free coaching sessions, tele-classes, lectures and workshops.

This year ICF-NYC is partnering with Career Gear, a fantastic organization dedicated to helping men get and keep jobs. They provide career counseling, interview coaching, business clothing, and follow-up support to men actively seeking employment. Promoting job-retention and career advancement, Career Gear gets referrals from homeless shelters, welfare-to-work job training centers, and job training programs for ex-offenders, the disabled and recovering substance abusers. You can become a part of this worthy mission by volunteering your services as a coach. If you're interested in volunteering, please contact Laurie Lawson at laurie@eljnyc.com, and for questions about the program, Director of Retention Services Michael Obertacz can be reached at mikeo@careergear.org.

Another organization looking for volunteer career coaches is the Hispanic Alliance Career Enhancement (HACE) Career Conference taking place on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Of the potential 900 job seekers attending the New York Career Conference in March at least 300 are expected to stop by the Career Help Center looking for help with their résumé or seeking career advice. HACE will provide this service free of charge during the conference and could use your experience in resume critiquing and career coaching. ICF-NYC coaches who volunteered at last year's event found this to be a rewarding experience. See the entry below for more information about this organization and how you can volunteer.

These are two excellent opportunities to make ICF-NYC's presence known and to fulfill our commitment to coaching and its far-reaching benefits. Join us for the best International Coaching Week kick-off ever!

And while you're out there spreading the word about coaching, don't forget to have a little fun! This month Infopreneur Guru Suzanne Falter-Barns will be telling us how to get the media to contact you. Come hear her innovative ideas on February 18, 2009. And then take advantage of a unique opportunity on February 26, 2009 to play Points of You, The Coaching Game that is sweeping the coaching world. Attendees will be given the opportunity to purchase this game at a greatly-reduced price. Read more about both events below. February - it's a short month full of exciting opportunities. See you at some, or all, of them!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009; 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Presenter: Suzanne Falter-Barns, best-selling author, Infopreneur, Business Guru

This is not as preposterous as it sounds! Join best-selling author Suzanne Falter-Barns and learn what coaches just like you did to attract calls from some of the biggest media available today. Recent studies show that 79% of all major media find their resources and story ideas from blogs and the Internet.

This is what media and publishing pundits call "Platform." and it's critical to attract and impress key decision makers. Platform also allows you to build your national audience and spread your message further, so it's an important part of any serious coaching business. But your web presence must have instant credibility and the ability to stand out from the crowded pack.

You will walk away from this dynamic presentation knowing how to:

• Gain a strong sense of what's missing in your current platform and get a firmer hold on what it should be.
• Probe issues of branding.
• Find a more powerful niche.
• Consider what a unique selling proposition might be.

Suzanne Falter-Barns is the author of the creativity classic, How Much Joy Can You Stand?. Her second book, Living Your Joy, was named one of the top nine self-help books in print by Self Magazine. She's also been featured in more than 100 TV and radio programs. Learn more at www.getknownnow.com.

Location: The Support Center For Non-Profit Management, 305 Seventh Avenue, 11th floor (between 27th & 28th Streets) in Manhattan

Cost: Save $5 by registering online in advance. Online registration will be disabled 24 hours prior to any event.

Advance registration: ICF (any chapter) members $10; non-members $20

At the door: $15 ICF members; $25 nonmembers

For questions only: Contact Laurie Lawson, ICF-NYC vice-president, at laurie@eljnyc.com

Thursday, February 26, 2009; 6:30pm - 8:30pm

There's a new game in town! ICF-NYC offers you a unique opportunity to play...

Topic: Points of You, The Coaching Game

Presenter: Limor Tamir

For the last year or so a new game called Points of You has been getting a lot of attention. At the 2008 ICF Conference in Montreal the booth displaying this coaching game designed as a never-seen-before board game, including 65 coaching cards, a 200-page book, a process layout chart, and a notepad of coaching tickets, was swamped with interested coaches and ended up making the most sales of any booth there. This fabulous tool for coaches, executives, psychologists, and workshop instructors is now in New York City!

Points of You is a personal coach that you can pull out whenever you find yourself having to cope, make a decision, or just at any point along the way. It allows you to explore significant issues in your life from different perspectives, to achieve clarity, to form insights and to decide what actions to take. You can play The Coaching Game with yourself, with a partner, or a whole group of people. It can be played as a social game, creating communication and openness between participants in an exciting and extraordinary way. And it can be used as a professional tool for coaching yourself and others.

Join us on February 26 for an interactive and fun experiential workshop. Participants will leave this event with

• Three insightful new goals
• A myriad of thought-provoking, eye-opening games you can use with yourself and your clients
• A shared learning adventure with other coaches who want to work with cutting-edge tools
• An opportunity to win an expansive, one-on-one reading from Limor Tamir

AND if you decide you would like to purchase Points Of You, the $40 admission fee to this workshop will be deducted from the price!

Limor Tamir is an ICF-certified Personal Life Coach who received her training in Israel. Her specialty is Health and Wellness Coaching. Already a successful businesswoman, she is the United States representative of Points of You, The Coaching Game. She conducts workshops in both Israel and the United States bringing this revolutionary coaching game to coaching communities and other interested groups and individuals.

Cost: $40 - To be deducted from the cost if you decide to purchase Points of You

For questions only: Contact Laurie Lawson, ICF-NYC vice-president, at laurie@eljnyc.com

Saturday, March 14, 2009, 9:30am - 4:00pm

Topic: Congratulations on Becoming a Coach - Now What? Coach Development: Direction At Last!

Presenter: Madeleine Homan, MCC, Author, Speaker

You've been trained, tested and pronounced a coach. Where do you go from here? How do you chart and enhance your skill level? How do you set goals for your own development? The ICF competencies are a good start but how do you know which competencies are going to be critical to achieving your goals?

Come and spend the day with Madeleine Homan, MCC. She will outline the Coach Competency Model that she and Linda Miller have developed for The Ken Blanchard Companies. From Core Fundamentals to Master Coach Competencies, you will leave this dynamic interactive workshop with

• the ability to identify your own competency level.
• the capability to pinpoint your skill gaps and goals to fill them in.
• key distinctions in your coaching style and talents.
• valuable tools that will inspire you as you set your sites on your next level.

Madeleine Homan, a Master Certified Coach, author, and speaker, has been a coach since 1989 and is a cofounder of the Blanchard® Coaching Services. Madeleine was a Senior Leader and founding advisory board member of Coach University and a founding board member of The International Coach Federation (the ICF) where she served for six years. She is co-author of Coaching Essentials for Leaders, a coaching skills program currently used by hundreds of companies all over the world.

Location: The Support Center For Non-Profit Management, 305 Seventh Avenue, 11th floor (between 27th & 28th Streets) in Manhattan

Cost: Save money by registering early as seats are limited and we expect tremendous demand. Really!

Early registration (through March 1, 2009): ICF (any chapter) members $99; non-members $119

Regular registration: $119 ICF members; $139 non-members

For questions only: Contact Laurie Lawson, ICF-NYC vice-president, at laurie@eljnyc.com

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Presenter: Paulette Rao, MCC, and CEO, True North Resources

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An exclusive opportunity for ACC/PCC/MCC portfolio candidates! As of July 1, 2008, all portfolio applicants must submit proof of 10 hours of mentoring with a PCC or MCC credentialed coach. Seven of these hours can be in a group format and 3 must be in an individual mentoring format.

Starting January, 2009 please join professional coaches Janine Schindler, MCC and Katherine Poehnert, PCC for the A.I.M.™ (All-Inclusive Mentoring) Program that meets all ICF criteria and supports you in achieving this important professional goal, plus much more! Everything conducted via teleconference. Templates for all application forms, detailed session by session guidebook, two letters of recommendation (if appropriate) and session recordings are all included!

Cost: $1,300 (all-inclusive for 13 hours of service); may also purchase individual components separately

Registration: Contact Kathy at (732) 531-7184 or email her at kpoehnert@msn.com

4 hour module: Saturday, March 7, 2009; 10:00am - 2:00pm
3 hour module: Saturday, March 14, 2009; 10:00am - 1:00pm
+ 3 hours of individual sessions

Are you a coach who is currently working towards your Portfolio ACC or PCC Credential? The ICF Rules state that you can get the 10 hours as a combination of 7 group hours and 3 private mentor coaching sessions. Ira Dressner, PCC is offering a group rate for those who need a mentor coach for the Portfolio ACC or PCC credential.

What you will get:

1. Workbook about Core Competencies
2. Mentoring on how to coach for the ICF Oral Exam for ACC and PCC
3. Role Playing and feedback
4. Letter of Completion of Mentor Coaching for the ICF
5. Understanding how to construct the 30 minute oral examination
6. The importance of content vs. competency
7. Ira Dressner has experience having taken his ACC and PCC on a portfolio basis and understands what you need to pass

Location: Ira Dresser's office (address provided upon registration)

Cost: May purchase each module separately or the entire package
4 hour module - $240 per person
3 hour module - $180.00 per person
3 individual hours - $525.00 per person
Package discount - $840.00 for 7 group and 3 individual sessions

Registration: Contact Ira Dressner at idressner@gmail.com or call (917)841-9393. Each group limited to 10 people, per ICF requirements.

Thursday, March 12, 2009; 10:30am - 12:30pm & 2:00pm - 4:30pm

Calling All Volunteers: Coaching Opportunities

We welcome you to consider being a Career Coach at the upcoming HACE (Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement) Career Conference in New York.

HACE is a 25-year old non-profit organization with programming in Miami, New York, Chicago, LA, and Houston. With the mission of "Building Latino Careers," HACE develops and ensures that Latino talent is continuously available for the market place.

Of the potential 900 job seekers attending the New York Career Conference in March at least 300 are expected to stop by the Career Help Center looking for help with their résumé or seeking career advice. HACE will provide this service free of charge during the conference and could use your experience in resume critiquing and career coaching. ICF-NYC coaches who volunteered at last year's event found this to be a rewarding experience.

Two shifts from 10:30am - 12:30pm and 2:00pm - 4:30pm will be offered. If you are able to work both shifts, HACE will give you a lunch ticket to the VIP Lunch, which will feature a dynamic keynote speaker. You are also invited to meet the exhibitors and attend the professional workshops in between your shifts.

Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th Street

Information: To volunteer, contact ICF, Director of Community Outreach, Ilise Ratner, at iratner@ratnerandassociates.com. Please visit www.hace-usa.org to learn more about the organization.

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