From the ICF-NJ President
Hello ICF-NJ Community!
Welcome back from the summer! As Board member Elias Scultori wonderfully stated during our recent Town Hall meeting, "We become better coaches when we come out of isolation and interact with other coaches." Deepen your engagement and connections at ICF-NJ, and:
- Come to the Table - Monthly events offer a special opportunity to sit together and share a meal. Eating together has many benefits. It helps us slow down, be present in the moment, enjoy our food, and most importantly, connect with one another! Next time you sit down at an ICF-NJ event, introduce yourself, ask a question, and share a story. You could start with "What I did on my summer vacation..."
Our next and very special event will be our 20th Anniversary Celebration -
September 13, 2018, 6-9:00 PM
This special evening of networking and dinner with our featured speaker promises to be a memorable event. We will have fun envisioning our next 20 years while also honoring ICF New Jersey Past Presidents and members celebrating milestone anniversaries with our Chapter!
Now What? The Past, Present and Future of Coaching
Join coaching pioneer and ICF-founding member Laura Berman
Fortgang, MCC, who has seen coaching change over the last
twenty-five years. During this entertaining and interactive evening,
she will guide us to ask the questions of ourselves that will help
secure our future and success.
- Get Social on our FB and Linked In Pages. We have created pages for our Chapter members - it's always 'open' for you to share an article or blog, keep up with members' milestones, ask a question, or start a discussion with the group. Our norms discourage using this page to promote your professional businesses or events. When 'outsiders' do bump across boundaries, we invite them to become members and observe our norms or exit gracefully.
- Invite a Guest to one of our events or community groups. Be a welcoming host and invite guests to a monthly event or even our community groups to give them a glimpse of what membership has to offer. Introduce us at the registration table, so we can provide chapter information and help them make connections!
See you at our 20th Anniversary Celebration!
All my best,
Andrea Harvey, PCC
2018 ICF-NJ President
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20th Anniversary Celebration
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You are invited to join us for our 20th Anniversary celebration. This special evening of networking, dinner and featured speaker Laura Berman Fortgang promises to be a memorable event.
WHEN
Thursday, September 13, 2018
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. EDT
WHERE
1251 Route 202/206
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
PRICING
Members - $50
Non-Members - $50
Come and reminisce with your fellow coaches on the past 20 years of ICF-NJ and help us create the vision for the next 20!
Click on the link below to register! Seating is limited so be sure to register early.
We look forward to seeing you there! #20More
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Greetings from Your Co-Directors of
Education and Programs (EPD)
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
Event Time:
6:00-8:30 pm ET
L
ocation:
To Be Announced
Join us for a live coaching demonstration with David Matthew Prior, MCC.
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Leveraging the Dynamics of Support and Challenge for High Performance -
A Coaching Demonstration focused on Facing the FACTS"
This session invites participants to challenge some of the sacrosanct philosophies and teachings of multiple professional coach education and training organizations regarding the non-directive principle, holding the client's agenda and the role of rapport. Attendees will calibrate themselves as coach practitioners along the 'support-challenge continuum,' followed by a live coaching demonstration aimed at addressing the dynamic tension between challenge and support using an organizational coaching model (FACTS).
This promises to be a interesting discussion. Be there to add your thoughts and to learn from your fellow coaches.
More information and registration details will be provided soon.
Lynn Schaber Elias Scultori
Co-Directors, Education & Professional Development
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The ICF-NJ Virtual Community Group is an excellent way to connect! There is always a great conversation with lots of learning.
The next one is on September 11 at 11am.
The virtual community group is an addition to our in-person groups in the Princeton area, in Monmouth County, and in the Somerset/Morris/Essex area. This new virtual group is targeted to those people who do not currently live near an in-person group, although all are welcome to join. You can participate in as many community groups as you'd like, and this virtual group is a way to do so from the comfort of your own home.
The group is led by three people, who rotate facilitation: Lynne Roe, Marc Strano, and Regan Cohen Elliott.
The virtual community group sessions will be held the second Tuesday of every month at 11am-12:15pm.
Mark your calendars for future sessions:
Sept 11, Oct 9, Nov 13, Dec 11
Here is the link to join:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
https://zoom.us/j/733792766
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16465588656,,733792766# or +16699006833,,733792766#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 733 792 766
We look forward to robust sessions. As with all community groups, there is no charge. This is an informal way to network, continue your development as a coach, and address challenges you may have. You do not need to be an ICF-NJ member yet to participate, but we hope to have you join as a member soon.
Come join us!
Denise Yosafat
Director, Community Programs
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What Did I Get in Return?
After leaving AT&T in 1997, many colleagues reached out to me to encourage me to become a professional coach. I had never heard of it and was initially very reluctant to take their advice. After finally researching coaching as a profession, training programs, etc. I found a local group that met in NJ and decided to attend a meeting to check it out further.
If my memory serves me correctly, Ellen Fredericks and Lisa Huff were Co-Presidents at the time. It was a small group of very welcoming and supportive people. I quickly made friends and began building my network of advisors, collaborators, and other helpful people. Each month I looked so forward to going to their meetings to network and learn. It was such a vibrant community of people! It also helped balance the isolated feeling of working from home as I slowly began building my coaching business while participating in teleclasses through Coach University.
I found the coaching community quite unlike any other community I had ever been associated with. This group of people was authentic and genuinely helpful. They were not competitive and in fact would send referrals, meet for coffee, brainstorm, co-market, etc. Surprisingly, when I had a need to start a website, it was Carol Gerrish, another fellow coach, who invited me to use her website and helped promote me as a coach.
As the local coaching chapter grew, it was evident that more help was needed to run the chapter. I stepped forward to help with planning meetings because I got so much out of the meetings I attended. I also helped with the Press to help drive media attention as we were growing recognition as a viable profession. In 2002, when Ellen and Lisa were ready after four years to hand over the leadership role, I stepped up along with a colleague, Ron Paxton to serve as Co-Presidents. We had a very small Board at that time and set out to accomplish a lot. We served together 2002 and 2003.
I was involved with the original chapter chartering of the then New Jersey Professional Coaches Association (NJPCA) and establishment as a nonprofit entity in the state of NJ. It was a lot of teamwork and perseverance. It brought the community even closer together and helped position the chapter as an early pioneer in the professional coaching community.
I have remained aligned and involved with both the ICF and ICF-NJ because I enjoy the community and networking with other coaches. There are such varied opportunities for ongoing education and networking through meetings, webinars, and workshops, as well as alliances with other professional organizations and associations.
"Why I'm A Member of ICF-NJ" is a regular column of the ICF-NJ Coach Connect newsletter. If you'd like to share why you're an ICF-NJ member and the benefits you get from it, please write to director@icf-nj.org.
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We're celebrating a milestone anniversary as a Charter Chapter of the International Coach Federation, and we invite you to join us!
We've been sharing trivia questions and their answers about our chapter in New Jersey Coach Connect. You'll find the answers somewhere in our newsletters.
So here's our next Charter Chapter trivia question:
"Who is the longest tenured member of ICF-NJ?"
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We're excited to announce the following in-person events for your professional development.
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ICF-NJ Chapter 20th Anniversary Celebration!
Date
Thurs., Sept. 13, 2018
Time
6:00 - 9:00 pm ET
Location
Bridgewater Manor, Bridgewater, NJ
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Save the Date!
"Leveraging the Dynamics of Support and Challenge for High Performance -
A Coaching Demonstration focused on Facing the FACTS"
Date
Thurs., Oct. 11, 2018
Time
6:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Location
To be announced
More information and registration details will be provided soon.
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Welcome to Our New ICF-NJ Members!
Kristina Rienzi
Morris County
Shannon Mertens
Ocean County
Catherine Naughton
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Congratulations to Our Newly Credentialed Members
Luciana Balduino, ACC
David Brudnicki, ACC
Brien Dunphy, ACC
Devra Keenan, ACC
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Meet Your Fellow ICF-NJ Members
Community Group Meeting
If one of your intentions for 2018 is to up level your coaching skills, build your business or collaborate with like-minded coaches, visit one of our Community Groups:
Virtual Group
2nd Tues. of the month
11 am-12:15 pm ET
Monmouth County
1st Mon. of the month
12-1:30 pm ET
1st Mon. of the month
1:30-2:45 pm ET
Somerset / Morris / Essex Counties
3rd Mon. of the month
11 am-12:15 pm ET
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