Current Events & News

• October 13 - iPEC Training Event
• October 15 - ICF-NYC Monthly Meeting
• October 23 - ICF-NYC Coaches Connection
• October 24-25 - Now What?® Coach Training
• November 10 - APT NYC Monthly Event
• November 12-15 - 2008 ICF International Conference

Summer is over and we look forward to some wonderful programs over the next several months. We began September with an informative, interactive presentation on coaching with Somatics by Lillian Coury. We continue, mostly through word of mouth, to attract many new faces to our Chapter. Almost 30% of those who came last month had not been to a meeting before. Luckily we selected a new, larger space last year. It may be a good thing that Madison Square is nearby. You never know!

The ICF National conference in Montreal is coming up November 12, 2008. It's a great opportunity to listen to industry leaders, learn new skills, obtain new insights and mingle with others in your profession. Many of our Board members will be attending. We will be on the look-out for great speakers for our chapter next year. On behalf of our chapter, I have been asked to speak at the Leaders conference to explain how we have become the fastest growing chapter in the world. In addition, representing New York, I was asked to join a panel to decide this year's Prism award winner, the first time ever a chapter leader has been asked to participate. We chose the winner last night from a group of amazing world-wide companies. Hoping to see many of you there!

In October, we have Arlene Rosenberg whose topic is, Say It, See It, Be It: Creating Sustainable Business Success. See the full announcement below for more information and to register. Also, be sure to mark your calendar for our next regular meeting on November 19, 2008, where we are assembling a panel of successful coaches to talk about their road to success, hear about best practices, and take questions from the audience.

And finally, you all should have received an email message from ICF asking for our help with their Global Coaching Client Online Survey. Our chapter has been very active in this process, having helped put together the NYC focus group this past spring. Please follow their guidance and involve your clients in this survey.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008; 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Topic: Say It, See It, Be It: Creating Sustainable Business Success

Speaker: Arlene Rosenberg

It takes hard work to turn a good idea into a thriving, sustainable business. Yet, there are business leaders who succeed time and time again. How do they do it?

Arlene Rosenberg will reveal the secrets of building a viable coaching business in this thought provoking, interactive presentation. When you leave the session you will have the skills to create a roadmap for goal achievement and a method for planning the actions that will help you attain your goals and increase profitability.

At this workshop you'll learn:

• How to create a vision for your business
• How the key elements of a business plan will make or break your success
• Why commitment and focus is the key to success
• Why working on your business is as important as working in your business

Arlene Rosenberg is the author of the award-winning book Say It, See It, Be It: How Visions & Affirmations Will Change Your Life. As a change expert, her company is dedicated to helping boomers who are planning to or thinking about leaving the corporate world and starting their own business and working women who are thinking about leaving the corporate world for entrepreneurship and motherhood. She is a certified coach and trainer for the Alliance of Technology and Women (ATW). In the fall of 2006, Arlene was the featured coach for a senior IT executive on a six part coaching series for an NBC affiliate, KPNX Channel 12 and is a frequent national radio guest on empowerment and coaching. For more information about Arlene, visit www.arlenerosenberg.com or www.leadingachievers.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, October 23, 2008; 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Coach's Connection is a monthly support/networking group that is open to all ICF/NYC members. This interactive peer group focuses on expanding your coaching business, brainstorming marketing strategies, discussing challenging coach/client situations and exchanging coaching tools. It is a social networking opportunity.

Location: On the Upper West Side near the Museum of Natural History. (An email will be sent to those registered giving the details of the specific location.)

Cost: Free for all ICF-NYC Members

For more information: Contact the event organizer Mim at coachmim@gmail.com or call (973) 600-5404.

Registration: Please visit our SIG Events page to register.

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Topic: Roadmap to Becoming a Coach

Presenter: Deborah Van de Grift

Join us for this FREE interactive, teleclass/information session presented by the Director of iPEC's NY/NJ schools, and Certified Coach, Deborah Van de Grift. Learn about the coaching industry and why new coaches select iPEC for their certified coach training program. You'll understand how iPEC's ICF-accredited face-to-face training and hours of supervised coaching, our full business devlopment component (designed to help launch coaching businesses), and the Core Energy Coaching Process™ creates long term sustainable results for clients, and the coaches who coach them.

Cost: FREE!

Registration: Visit www.ipecseminars.com or call (866)72-COACH

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Reciprocal Announcement Monday, November 10, 2008; 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Topic: Using the MBTI Step II to Build Teams

Speaker: Dr.Jean M. Kummerow, award winning co-author of Introduction to Type in Organizations, LIFETypes and WORKTypes.

What You Will Learn:

• How the twenty facets of Step II help team members to identify potential strengths and differences
• How to structure a team building session using Step II
• How activities using Step II help build relationships and take advantage of different approaches to solving problems
• How knowledge of Step II could help you become a more effective consultant to teams

Location: 105 East 22nd Street, Room 4A, (NE Corner of Park Avenue South), New York, NY

Cost: Includes handout materials
APTNYC Members $40; Non-Members $50 (register by November 3, 2008)
APTNYC Members $50; Non-Members $60 (thereafter)

Registration: Visit www.aptnyc.org

November 12-15, 2008
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Want to be stretched, inspired, and spend time connecting with other professional coaches? Come to Montréal, Québec, Canada, November 12-15, and join in fellowship with nearly 1,700 of your coaching peers for the Annual International ICF Conference!

This year's conference offers attendees hands-on pre-conference workshops, innovative breakout sessions, world class keynote speakers, and many other networking opportunities.

For more information, or to register, visit coachfederation.org.