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Jason Jones ICF-MN fills my bucket!! I look forward to the in person meetings to connect with my tribe of coaches and enjoy the way of being only coaches embody. It energizes me. https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/Jason_Jones_1992631113.jpg
Bev Lutz ICF membership provides incredible professional networking opportunities, professional and personal growth, and opportunities to explore my strengths as I volunteer in service of my profession.  My chapter really helps me stay current with coaching, thought leadership, and learn-n-earn (CEU’s) from professional development events.  But it’s the supportive coach-friends and collaborators who have made membership for me priceless. //s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/BevLutz1_669008720.jpg

Irene Kelly

Being a member of ICF offers me the opportunity for certification by the industry professional standard bearer; being a member of ICF Minnesota connects me to my professional peers for networking and collaboration.  Membership in both establishes me as “credible” and provides me opportunities to learn and grow.

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Mary Kay Delvo  

Being a member of ICF-Minnesota helps me continue to bring my 'best self' to my clients.

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Trish Perry ICF-MN gives me a place to authentically connect and share with other coaches. I have created long lasting friendships, collaborations and mentorships that have profoundly enriched my life and my business. //s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/Trish_Perry_25161695.jpg
Ann Marie Forshay ICF MN has provided me with crucial connections to other entrepreneurs and colleagues who share similar goals and challenges in their businesses. It's a welcoming place full of great ideas that have moved me forward both professionally and personally. //s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/Ann_Marie_Forshay_1469170036.jpg
Sara Krisher ICF Minnesota is the place to be if you're a coach or you're interested in the coaching profession. We come together to connect, grow and give because we are stronger together than we are apart. //s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/Sara_Socwell_63997586.jpg
Lance Hazzard I chose to get involved with the ICF Minnesota Chapter to be part of a community of coaches who help our clients grow and achieve their goals. This organization brings great content to our coaching community and enables opportunities to learn and collaborate in multiple ways. //s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/907122/graphics/Lance_Hazzard_1065569928.jpg






Date: 10/1/2022
Subject: October 2022 Catalyst
From: ICF Minnesota




 
October 2022
 Catalyst
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Vision
Coaching is a trusted and sought-after catalyst for growth in our multicultural community.
 
Mission
 ICF MN promotes the development of a community of multicultural coaches serving others.

Events
Diane Ingram Webinar
Spiritual Dimensions that Ignite Exceptional Coaching

Speaker: Diane Ingram, MCC, CSC
Date: Thursday, Oct 20th, 2022
Time: 12 PM - 1:30 PM (5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Refreshments & Networking)
Location: Webinar
CEU: 1.5 Core Competency
 
Radiance Partners have identified eleven Spiritual Dimensions that ignite the Coaching Competencies, bringing a depth and breadth to our client connection and expressing our radiant purpose which is to “empower potential to catalyze transformation.” We appreciate the value of the spiritual dimension as an inner resource that we can intentionally bring to, listen for and cultivate in our clients. And when we do, we transcend the personality, awakening to and engaging the essential in all of us. We define spirit as the life force that flows through everything, and each and every one of us as unique expressions of that source. The greater whole, and our place in it, is cosmic and divine in nature.
 
ICF MN Members who have paid the annual fee: Free!
ICF Global & MN Members (who have not paid annual fee) and non-members: $25
We look forward to seeing you there virtually!

Prism & Gaston Awards
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Prism Award Recipient!

ICF Minnesota recognizes Mortenson with the ICF MN Prism Award for excellence in coaching. Mortenson was awarded with the ICF Minnesota Prism Award at the 2022 ICF Minnesota Awards Ceremony September 27 at the Metropolitan Ballroom. The Prism Award recognizes and celebrates organizations who have created excellence and enhanced effectiveness through their commitment to coaching. It is ICF Minnesota’s highest honor for organizations that demonstrate how their coaching initiatives help shape organizational culture with discernible and measurable positive impacts. Press Release


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Nominee for Prism Award
 
Northfield Public School K-12 system has a long history of using the coaching model to empower our learners, staff, and administrators to achieve their full potential and prepare for lifelong success. During Covid-19, the district identified that Life Coaching could help fill a gap during the unchartered territory of the pandemic.
 
The Life Coaching Program added another layer of support for the emotional and social needs of the district. It was designed to give easier, personal, and confidential access to emotional and social support for staff and students in a multifaceted way to navigate the stresses created by the pandemic.
 
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Nominee for Prism Award

Robins Kaplan, a national trial law firm, believes “everyone deserves equal access to justice”. The firm offered an internal Exceptional Advocate Program which provided coaching and training for its lawyers. It also provided leadership coaching to develop, advance, and empower lawyers. 
In 2020, the firm’s Board Chair, Ron Schutz, brought in external coaches to design and deliver a robust, customized leadership coaching program to equip younger equity partners to empower self, engage others, lead teams, and shape the culture. The LEAP Forward 10-month program included group and 1:1 coaching, peer triads, interview-based Fearless Feedback and an ROI analysis.

Gaston 2022 Award Recipient!
Deborah Johnson believes that everyone has unique gifts and talents that the world is waiting to experience. Those gifts and talents, when uncovered through coaching, create a ripple effect which opens doors for others to experience their own treasures.

Deb is a Master Certified Professional Coach focused on leadership development and change/transitions. She founded D J Consulting & Coaching, LLC in 2012 leveraging over 37 years of executive leadership experience. She holds a BA degree in Organizational Management and Communications and completed several executive and organizational development training courses throughout her career.

Chapter News
Fall 2022 Diversity & Inclusion
Book Club
All are welcome to our Book Club. We will meet virtually from October through June on the second Tuesday of each month (starts Oct 18), from 6 PM - 7:30 PM CST. 
We will start by reading
 David Treuer's Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life. This book is a complex and subtle examination of Native American reservation life, past and present.
 "Smartly, this book blends journalism, history and memoir...to provided both anecdotes of present-day reservation life and history...Treuer's message - the picture he gives of Indian reservation life today - is not one of defeat or demise but of miraculous survival." -Greg Sarris, San Francisco Chronicle

The facilitation will be done by a different participant from the group each month.
Please respond to Deb Johnson dapomer1@gmail.com or 
Karen Failes-Coad
failes.coad@gmail.com if interested.

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Welcome September 2022 New Members!
Anne Shiu
 
Newly Accredited ACC, MCC & PCC Coaches in September!
Anne D'Angelo ACC
Darlene Zangara ACC
Devan Mellgren ACC
Jennifer McRae ACC
Jodi Weinzetl ACC
Molly Peterson PCC
Patricia Bergman ACC
Trevor Senn ACC (ICF MN Member)
Vicki Swisher ACC
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New Member Orientation

New members of ICF Minnesota are invited to participate in a Virtual Orientation to become familiar with ICF Minnesota. The session will include a virtual Q&A with members of the ICF Minnesota Board and cover upcoming programming and connecting opportunities. It will be held on Thursday, Oct 27 at 12 PM to 1 PM. 
 
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84380596972?pwd=UW5UaWZPS3ZWR2xsSGs2NkExS3BQZz09
Meeting ID: 843 8059 6972
Passcode: 775907

Meet the Coach Jenn
Jenn Espinosa-Goswami is a certified public speaking coach at Weightless LLC. A former Toastmasters International officer and graduate of the Master of Leadership program at Augsburg University. Jenn helps coaches, counselors, authors and healers leverage their expertise through paid public speaking. Her transformational health story has been featured on Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Women's Health, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Spry Living and international podcasts. Jenn shares powerful speaking tips on her YouTube channel and can be found on the lake in Minnesota.

Jenn also serves on the ICF MN Board as the Co-chair of Communications and previously served on the Board for Women Entrepreneurs of MN.
Watch Jenn's Interview!

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BIPOC Safe Space Session

One way we are working toward a better tomorrow is by hosting a Safe Space for BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) Coaches. It is a place where BIPOC coaches can network, share stories, trade insights, and be able to be seen and heard. 
The group meets via Zoom from 12 PM - 1 PM CST on the 4th Friday of each month. We invite you to our next session!
Friday, Oct 28, 2022
Topic: The Challenges & Gifts of BIPOC Coaches
BIPOC Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 811 1190 7834
Passcode: 493181

ICF Global Benefit
Creating Your Business Website!
 
ICF Global wants to support you as you take advantage of their latest member benefit — creating your free coaching website! If you are an ICF Global Member, you can now create a free, customizable website for your coaching business through the ICF Member Websites Platform. They have begun hosting guided tours designed to familiarize Global members with all the available features.
 
ICF Minnesota members have been impressed with ICF Global’s Guided Platform Tour of this new benefit! Attend a tour on Wednesday, October 12 at 11:00 CST. Register here. If you cannot attend this session, you may view a recording of a past session. If you have questions about the member websites, please contact memberwebsites@coachingfederation.org.
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Good Leadership Breakfast

Join us Oct 21 at 7 AM for speaker Lisa Wright, CEO of Community Health Choice. The Good Leadership Breakfast is the dynamic force of good leaders who are improving the way organizations operate because they know goodness pays. Join dynamic CEO speakers to gain insights to propel your professional growth. Buy your ticket for $50 (includes breakfast).

Volunteer Opportunities

ICF MN has engaging opportunities for special project work within the following areas:
Membership
Professional Development
Diversity & Inclusion
Outreach
If you are interested please contact Amy Davis at: admin@icfminnesota.org

Sponsors/Partners
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Learning Journeys
The International Center of Coaching
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Good Leadership Enterprises

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Did you know that October 6th is National Coaches Day?

In 1972, President Richard Nixon proclaimed October 6th as the day-of-the-year to honor all coaches who dedicate their time, energy, and talent to help athletes of all ages and professions reach their potential. So, let’s thank a coach on October 6th!


We would love to hear from you!
ICF Minnesota
3500 Vicksburg Lane N. Suite 153
Plymouth, MN 55447 USA