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International Coaching Week (ICW) Events

In celebration of International Coaching Week, February 5-11, 2012, the ICF Greater Richmond Chapter is offering several events for coaches, non-coaches, and anyone interested in learning about coaching.
International Coaching Week (ICW) is a weeklong global celebration of the coaching profession held each February since 1999. ICW is a designated time for coaches and clients to educate the general public about the value of working with a professional coach and to acknowledge the results and progress made through the coaching process. During this extended commemoration, coaches around the world offer a variety of activities and pro bono services in their local communities to share what coaching has the ability to do.

The ICF Greater Richmond Chapter will be hosting the events listed below. Please save the dates! Come out to learn about coaching and speak with a coach.

International Coaching Week Events

International Coaching Week Kick-Off Social
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012
Location: Café Caturra, 5811 Grove Ave, Richmond
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Network and mingle with local area coaches to kick-off International Coaching Week!Drinks and food available for purchase
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Coaching Book Review
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Location: The Workbox, 506 Libbie Ave, Richmond
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Join others to discuss the book “Drive” by Daniel Pink and learn about human motivation. This discussion will include coaching techniques and a coaching demonstration. The concepts from Drive are valuable for enhancing your own motivation, as well as motivating colleagues at work and even your own children. It is not a requirement to read the book.
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Coaching Yourself Through Change for Job Seekers
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Location: St. Michael Catholic Church, Job Assistance Ministry, Parish Hall, 4491 Springfield Road, Glen Allen
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm (During weekly JAM meeting)
Cost: FREE
Job seekers who are ready to embrace self-coaching concepts and receive coaching tools to help with job transition.
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Coaching for the Curious!
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Location: Virginia Tech Richmond Center, 2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300, Richmond
Time: 11:00 – 1:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Stop in to learn about coaching, experience coaching, receive information on how to become a coach, and to acquire coaching tips. Bring a brown bag lunch and participate in informal discussions. Refreshments will be provided!
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Richmond Chapter Luncheon Panel Discussion: "The Impact of Coaching"
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Location: Westwood Club, 6200 West Club Lane, Richmond
Time: 11:30 – 1:00 pm
Cost: $25 for members; $25 for non-members (a $15 savings!)
The following local company leaders speak about their coaching experiences, the benefits of coaching, and the future of coaching:
Panelists:
Annette Webb, Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, Pink Pelican Consultant Group
Patrick McAleer, Financial Advisor, Kasch, Levitch, McAleer & Associates, Ameriprise
Sharon Amoss, Director of Business Integration, Luck Companies
Shelly Buck-Turner, Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center
Tammy Neale, Chief Learning Officer, Virginia Housing Development Authority
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January 2012 Presidents Message

To all my professional friends and colleagues in ICF Greater Richmond, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year. I am honored and pleased to be writing you at the start of a new year—not only a new calendar year, but a new year at ICFGR.

2011 was a really good year for our chapter—we launched our first ever celebration of International Coaching Week (even capturing a spot to talk about coaching on WTVR’s “Virginia This Morning”), Jean Gasen coordinated two “Coach-Out” coach practice and feedback sessions, Kathy Harman and her team developed the Central Virginia Coaching Conference for a day-long dive into the practice of coaching, Beth Van Story shepherded the creation of our new and beautiful website and our Find-a-Coach function, we offered a variety of meaty coach development programs throughout the program year, and we ended the year with our highest membership ever—94.

I think we did a lot—we are still a small chapter by ICF standards (Metro DC has 700+ members)—and I hope you are as proud of our 2011 chapter and Board as I am. A lot of people did a so much to make it happen and they’ve been mentioned over the course of the year. But as the old Board leaves and the new start their service please join in thanking John D Watt, Kathy Harman, Jean Hudack, Carolyn Boone, Spud Rick, Melissa Lubin, Denise Kasper and Beth Van Story for doing such an amazing job this year and taking us so far.

We set four broad goals last year—support coaches’ growth, raise the visibility of coaching and the chapter, maintain and build our infrastructure, and build our membership. It’s easy to see how each project supported these goals.

These goals remain important to us in 2012 and you will see as the year unfolds how we plan to support and add to them. This year we also want to broaden member involvement, remain financially sound, and support coaches as they enter the field and build their business as well as support long established and experienced coaches who want to keep moving to the next level.

Our first big event of the year is International Coaching Week, February 6-10. Terry Watkins, our new program chair, is heading our efforts this year. Terry is developing a fantastic calendar of events—from informal opportunities to network to community service to an “open house” that will raise the visibility of coaching and ICF coaches in our area and will give us opportunities to broaden ourselves as coaches. More information will come soon, but mark that week on your calendars now.

A second opportunity I encourage ICFGR members to take advantage of is our new Find-A-Coach function on our website. We got the bugs out just before Christmas, so the new year is a great time to sign up. This tab on the website allows potential clients searching for coaches to find you. Coaches using the service can include a bio and key search words, and links to their websites, LinkedIn and twitter accounts. It’s an easy and low cost way to get the word out about you and we’ll be publicizing this service throughout the year. Right now Kathy Harman, Beth VanStory and I are getting all the referrals (we are the only three signed up to date), so there’s plenty of room for you!

We are not the only ones raising the bar this year. If you are an ICF Global member you know that membership requirements for ICF Global are changing. As of April 1, 2012, ICF Global members will be required to have completed 60 hours of ICF approved coach training or become provisional members for a year. In 2013, you will be required to have 60 hours of training to be an ICF Global member. The benefit of this requirement is that ICF is professionalizing itself. Its members will have made a considerable investment in coaching and as an organization it can be taken more seriously as an advocate for that profession. At the same time, we see ICFGR as a professional organization and a conduit for coaches who want to get into the field as well as people who want to maintain a local focus. We do not require members to be members of ICF Global (although we hope you will be) and currently we are not developing new standards for membership.

Finally, I encourage you to take part in all the ICFGR is and can be in 2012. We have a number of initiatives and the Board could use your help! Here’s a sampling of what we need. Please contact me or the Board member identified if you have the necessary skills and this job is calling you:

• John D Watt, our new Communications Director, is looking for someone who likes to write, understands print media and is willing to build relationships with the Times-Dispatch, etc.
• Terry Watkins, our intrepid Program Chair, is looking for help putting together International Coaching Week, specifically:
    o Someone to help develop some one page handouts
    o People who know coaching clients (their own or others) at different levels in organizations and who would be willing to recruit them for our February program
    o A moderator for a panel discussion
    o People to serve on a planning committee with Terry

Terry can give you more details and you can decide if this is the right opportunity for you. We’d love to have you and thanks in advance for helping out!

This is a LONG message, but I can’t stop without thanking our new Board members for stepping up to the plate. We held a retreat in December and the Board was amazing--you are so lucky to have them. They are smart, dedicated and a lot of fun. Please join me in thanking Kathy Harman, president-elect, Denise Kasper, past president, Jean Hudack, secretary, Carolyn Boone, treasurer, Terry Watkins, programs director, John D Watt, communications director, Susan O’Neil, membership director, Melissa Lubin as our new outreach director, and Nancy Kindervater, the administrator we couldn’t live without.

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