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 No,
no, no!
To all those who came up to me at our last meeting – after
I mentioned in front of the room that I was “leaving”
– I didn’t actually mean I’m going to leave the
chapter, just the role of acting President. I will still be involved
as the Immediate Past President, as was my agreement in the November
2004 elections, when I accepted the wonderful three year role in
the elected position of President Elect, President and then Immediate
Past President. I’ll be around after all, how could I not
be?
Taking a stroll down Memory Lane…
…via the wonderful newsletter archives that our Publications
Director, Beth Griffith along with our VA Extraordinaire, Angee
Robertson, has put together for us, I thought about what you and
I as chapter participants have been ‘digging into’ in
our chosen profession as coaches over the last year.
I’ve listed the work that both Jerry Beck and Lydia Welton,
past and present Programs Directors, respectively, Diane Pearce,
Membership Director, and Sandy Scheppmann, 2006 Secretary, have
provided for us. Take your own stroll in “Memory
Lane of 2006 Events” and notice what we’ve accomplished
over the last year. Use the link provided to go out to the newsletter
archives to read all the articles that Beth and our previous Publications
Director, Bradley Morgan, put into our newsletters.
What wasn’t included in the events listed…
…was our official role of Affiliate for the 1st Annual Womanaire
Extraordinaire Conference (WEC) at the Long Beach Convention Center
in October where Elaine Provencher, Marketing and PR Director, organized
our valuable involvement with an ICF-OC Chapter presence. If you
remember, or wish to be a part of next October, the WEC is a unique
small business women’s event that uses coaches for the event.
For example, there is a business presentation, perhaps on the 1-2-3’s
of setting up a board for the business; then an hour long small
group coaching conversation with each group being facilitated by
a coach. The ICF-OC Chapter was represented by several of our participants:
Scott Peck, Linda Hodge, Sandy Scheppmann, Glenn Stevenson and me.
Tina Hiatt, the WEC creator, was impressed with the professionalism
of ICF coaches at the conference and has suggested we speak further
about using us in the future of the WEC. Yahoo! You go, coaches!
And… look for our involvement in the months ahead.
However let’s move on to what’s happening right
now.
We have a fabulous 2006 completion holiday party in a few short
weeks – a Holiday Murder Mystery Dinner Party. Anita Goldin,
Logistics Director, along with Lydia Welton, Programs Director,
and Glenn Stevenson, Treasurer, have been putting great effort into
planning to celebrate our wonderful year! This is another event
of the year. The ICF-OC Chapter will take over the large restaurant
area of The Sports Club LA / Irvine, where the room will be beautifully
decorated in holiday cheer. We will have music and a special dinner
and the full Sports Club bar available to us, along with a deliciously
mysterious coaches murder mystery caper. Yes, we will have a short
ceremony to initially pass the keys to the office of President from
me to Nahid Casazza but watch out because our actors and actresses
could be deviously setting up a murder right in front of your eyes!
Plan to come and even invite your spouses and spousal equivalents
to a different way to celebrate the holidays hosted by an international
group who has customized the Murder Mystery Caper for the ICF-OC
Chapter coaches! Look for more details on our website at: www.icforangecounty.org.
Officially, Nahid Casazza, President Elect, will be taking the
office of President on January 1, 2007.
What I’ve seen so far are her efforts in choosing a powerful
Board and planning the events of the year in an orderly fashion.
She has been able to lay the groundwork for a year of thoughtful
consideration for the learning of what we as coaches and the profession
of coaching has available to us next. As she shared at the Chapter
meeting last week, there are three themes based in our 1-5 year
Vision that have naturally evolved for us to step into. The themes
are directly out of the Vision we created for the future by the
ICF-Orange County Chapter:
We
are the organization where coaches improve their coaching skills.
We
are a vibrant and welcoming culture.
We
market coaching and create awareness of the benefits of coaching.
Personally, I look forward to working under Nahid’s leadership
for the future of our chapter and for our profession.
Last by definitely NOT LEAST this month…
…begin to put away your monthly allowance for the 12th
Annual International Coach Federation Conference which
will take place right here in our own backyard of Long Beach!
Do you know what this means?!!! For those of you
who have not had a chance to attend one of the international events,
you will be able to commune with coaches from all over the world
– there were 33 countries that were represented at the conference
this year – all who take the extra effort to come to the United
States to rub noses with us and each other all for the presence
and future of coaching in the world. This year the Quantum Thinking
on Human Potential annual conference was hosted in the wonderful
city of St. Louis with gobs of valuable information available strictly
for the inspiration of learning for the profession of coaching.
Next year it will be here!! Do not miss it!! Again, this is not
an event to miss… and if you are wondering, YES! Attend both
the pre-conference and the wonderful gala on Saturday night. Plus
if it’s been awhile since you have danced, get those dancing
shoes out of the closet and broken in for a completion gala event
where the room is full of coaches dancing to who-cares-who and just
for the joy of being together and who are up to contributing to
the world of possibility.
Additionally, for those who choose to take on a leadership role
in your local chapter, be prepared for powerful leadership learning
and a fabulous special celebration befitting your role as leader
in our global community. (This reminds me, committee positions
are available for you in the ICF-OC Chapter to bring the wonderful
legacy of your contributions in the world. See our website for which
position you are interested in.)
Okay, okay… I have a couple of more last-minute-items:
Radio show interviews for coaches by coaches!
There is a new radio show on a bi-weekly Friday morning timeslot
at www.kuci.org/talk
called, “Coaching Conversations with Patricia Hirsch”
where one can listen via 88.9 FM but more importantly via Live
Internet Stream and which can also be podcast on iTunes!
Beth Griffith and I are putting together a Request for Proposal
for coaches to be able to apply to be interviewed on this radio
show all about introducing coaching to the world. If an ICF-OC Chapter
participant is interviewed, we will share it on the ICF-OC website
which will aid people in determining not only what coaches’
offer, but in particular, what you have to offer as an ICF-OC coach.
Guests so far have included Pamela Richarde, 2006 ICF global President,
and our ICF-OC Chapter 2006 Elected Officers, Nahid Casazza, Glenn
Stevenson, and Sandy Scheppmann. Look for more information in future
Insights newsletters.
Finally, my acknowledgement to you…
Thank you for who you are for me as presiding President of our Chapter.
My promise to you to always be available for growth and learning
and your willingness to teach me from who you are being for me is
awe inspiring. I love you, my fellow coaches, and I love who you
are that you see making a difference in your fellow human beings
lives is the path that you are choosing to live into. Thank you.
Thank you for being you and allowing me to share in your journey
in this life. Know this; it is my honor to do so.
With love and admiration for who you ‘be’ in your life!
Patricia Hirsch, MBA, MCC, RN
Ontological Coach
2006 ICF-OC Chapter President
Memory
Lane of 2006 Events
(Click
here for a list of our archived newsletters to find
out more about events and articles of what might have missed.)
January:
Headliner (HL): ARE
YOU ENJOYING A HOBBY, OR RUNNING A BUSINESS?: Presented by: Joe
Schneider
Business and Coaching Excellence Program
(BCE): UNDERSTANDING NLP (NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING)
Presented by: Christine Edick
February:
HL: THE GENERATIONAL
CONVERSATION - AND THE GAPS: Presented by: Hal Hendrix
BCE: THE SECRET WEAPON
TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFITS: Presented by: Beth Schneider, Chief Infopreneur
March:
HL: USING ASSESSMENTS
TO FAST-TRACK YOUR CLIENTS TO SELF-MASTERY: Presented by: Carly
Anderson, MCC
BCE: Coaching each
other in small groups on everything from getting to that next level
of ICF accreditation to finding business tools to double your revenue.
April:
HL: High Achievers!
Maybe It's a Dream. Maybe It's Not: Presented by: Vance Caesar,
Ph.D.
BCE: Coaching each
other in small groups on everything from getting to that next level
of ICF accreditation to finding business tools to double your revenue.
May:
HL: Financial Alchemy:
Create a New Relationship with Money! Presented by: Morgana Rae,
MRC, CPCC, MPNLP
BCE: Using Technology
to Optimize your Coaching Business with Rich Hessler
June:
HL: All in the Family!
Coaching the New Frontier for Change: Presented by: Daniel Holmes
BCE: How to Get Your
ICF Credentials
July:
HL: BOOTSTRAPPING YOUR COACHING BUSINESS: Presented by: William
T. (Bill) Mooney, Jr., CPMC
BCE: The Art of Listening by: Jerry Beck
August:
Special Event: ACCREDITED
COACH TRAINING SCHOOL PANEL DISCUSSION: Presented by: Accredited
Coach Training School representatives
September:
HL: The Importance
Of Identifying Motivations In The World Of Coaching: Presented by:
Barbara Sternlight McCarthy, BA, RDMS
BCE: Grow Yourself,
Grow Your Business, Presented by: Nahid Casazza and Glenn Stevenson
October:
HL: YOU ARE HOW YOU
SPEAK, Freeing your natural voice to find your genuine voice: Presented
by: Patricia Shanks, Voice Studio
BCE: HOW TO ARTICULATE
THE VALUE OF COACHING: Presented by: Nahid Casazza, MBA
 November:
HL: HOW TO ROCKET-LAUNCH
YOUR COACHING BUSINESS! “Why The Widely Used Strategies For
Building A Successful Coaching Business Don’t Work, &
What To Do Instead For Immediate Results!” Presented by: Christian
E. Mickelsen
BCE: HOW THE HECK
DO YOU FACILITATE A GROUP? Presented by: Susan Hansted Kuntz, MA
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