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The Lantern
Inspire, Inform &
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Editorial Board: Nina Durfee & Rita
Pogue & More to Come!
Art Directors: TBD
Circulation Directors: TBD
Steward Director: Janet
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| Call to
Collaborate
written by Nina Durfee & Rita
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A message to
past, present and uture students of the
Academy
for Coach Training...
Readers of
The Lantern are passionate about coaching, and seek
opportunities to clarify who they are as
coaches and to refine their coaching skills. They value
connection with their coaching community, and want to develop
and expand their coaching business.
The
Lantern...
- Activates
and maintains a connection between the Academy students,
graduates, faculty and anyone interested in the
Academy and coaching.
- Instills
confidence and credibility in graduates by providing support
in the form of information, ideas, techniques and examples.
Connects
coaches with mentors.
- Connects
coaches with coaches.
Generates
marketing material by providing content that clarifies and
piques interest of prospective coaches or prospective
clients.
- Provides a
forum for students and graduates to share their knowledge,
expertise, experience, ideas, concerns and
inspiration.
Who wants to play?
The
Lantern aims to speak to its audience in a way that
deepens learning and forwards action in order to provide a
quality product that meets the needs and desires of its
intended audience.
The
Lantern invites your input and feedback.
Collaboration allows creativity, purpose, contribution
and resource in the design of this
newsletter.
Whether you are a coach, a student coach, or
considering becoming a coach, what gap can The
Lantern fill for you?
We invite you
to submit your comments, concerns and ideas by accessing
the Current
Reader Survey.
What is your
gift?
Whatever your
connection with the Academy and The
Lantern, we ask your participation or contribution to
whatever degree feels right to you.
Please
contact us, TheLantern@coachtraining.com if
you are willing to contribute any degree of time, talent,
skills or expertise in any of the following areas:
Writing
Editing
Publishing
Graphic design
Marketing
Layout
Organization
Mentor
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Theme for July
2007 Edition:
Attracting Your Best
Clients!
Deadline to submit:
June 15
To
take advantage of this opportunity to express, expand and
leave a footprint, please email your submission to TheLantern@coachtraining.com
For Submission Standards
please see article at the end of this
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| Dear Beverly, |
| Welcome to the second volume of The Lantern, a
newsletter by and for past, present and future students of the
Academy for Coach Training. In this issue, current
students Nina Durfee and Rita Pogue share the concept for this
newsletter in the lead article, Call to
Collaborate.
In keeping with the newsletter purpose to
"inpsire, inform and illuminate" it is our hope that you will
be called to collaborate on this important community-building
resource.
We also invite you to complete a 5-minute
survey. Your answers will shape the contents, frequency
and scope of this newsletter. You will also find
information about contributing content in the article,
Be A Contributor.
As promised you will also find a brief update
on the business of the Academy. Please remember that any
owner is always within a phone call or email reach ~ you, our
students are the Academy ~ we, the owners are the
stewards for your learning, community and growth. Check
out what is happening in the Stewards'
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| Be A
Contributor! |
 Each issue of
The Lantern focuses on a theme to provide a strong, cohesive
product.
Within that parameter, we
invite you to submit your contribution in a way that showcases
your particular talents (poetry, story, article, essay,
graphic design,artwork, etc.).
The variety of form
coupled with the commonality of theme will create a balance of
creativity and structure.
The Lantern
will contain
a variety of departments or topic areas, potentially
including:
Feature Article, written
specifically about or on the Issue theme
Celebration
Corner, a compilation
of coaches' success stories, profiles of extraordinary
contribution to the profession, case studies, research
Coaches'
Gym, skill-building and empowering tips specific to
coaching or the business of coaching
Ask
the Illuminator, an invitation for readers to submit
questions to be answered by volunteer peers and mentors
Coaches'
Library, a space for readers to post book reviews
pertinent to coaching, the business of coaching, or the
current edition's theme
Stewards'
Corner, a place for Academy business and
curriculum updates
Coaches'
Calendar, announcing events or courses for, by or
about coaches
Coaches'
Classifieds, a place for readers to post requests for
resources or to offer services
Let's
co-create!
We ask for your input as we create the formats,
themes and content of the Lantern that best serve our
community.
We invite your input by completing
our Current Reader
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Corner |
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As a circle of leaders, an infinite source,
we advance humanity...
* We facilitate learning
* We catalyze generative action
* We evolve global awareness
We feel energized and grateful for the new students in
our programs and for the outreach from alumni in these first
months of 2007. Thank you for your confidence in our
Stewardship and we look forward to strengthening our community
together!
What's Important to
Share Now?
Enhanced Essentials
Course
In response to student feedback and request,
we are excited to share that the course, Essentials, will
include an additional day of training in order to bring
practical experience for the Business of Coaching to students
at the beginning of their certification process.
Effective with the July course schedule (Jul 11-14, 2007) the
course will begin on Wednesday at 2 PM and run through
Saturday at 6 PM.
The skill building will focus upon
both internal and external coaches. Student and
facilitators will address the topics of contracting with
clients, documentation and record keeping, financial
management and a host of structures and processes that will
generate more personal confidence as Coach.
PLEASE
NOTE: Students who took Essentials from January 1, 2007
to the May 31st class are welcome to attend on Saturday for
the Essentials courses scheduled in July, September or
November so that you can take advantage of this additional
skill building.
Marketing
& Branding
As business people you know the benefit and
importance of effective marketing for generating growth and
sustaining a healthy business. We are partnering with a
powerful resource for this purpose, the team at Strategies 360
in Seattle, WA.
Together, we are creating an on-line survey
that will be sent to all of you. Our intention with the
survey is learning. We wish to learn from you about
your businesses, desires for future skill development,
interests in community and professional expansion and how the
Academy may best support your success. Please watch for
this survey to arrive in your email in box. And, thank you in
advance for sharing your wisdom with us!
ACC
Credential Process
We regularly monitor the ICF website for
updates and changes and encourage you to do the same.
Upon completion of your Academy Certified Professional Coach
training you are in an excellent position to move directly
towards the application for your ACC credential through
the ICF. And, two important clarifications were recently
updated on the site that we want students and graduates alike
to know as well as clarification in requesting letters of
reference to accompany your ICF application.
- If you work as a coach inside an
organization, please know that coaching hours
with individuals that are in a direct
reporting relationship to you are not eligible for the
coaching log.
- If you include pro-bono coaching in your
business, please know that no more than 25 out of the 100
required for the ACC level credential may be unpaid hours.
- You will need two reference letters from
ICF credentialed coaches to complete your ACC
application.
The very best time to ask for those
letters is from your Oral Examiners, within 15-30 days
following your Oral exam when their experience of and
insight into your mastery as a coach is the most
current.
What's Happening in the Next 90
Days?
May 8 ~ PSCA presentation on Credentialing
by Academy owners Amorah Ross & Janet Harvey
May 8 ~ NW Coaches Association meeting in
Portland, visit with Academy owners Susan McKay & Deborah
Reedal
May 16-18 ~ Association of Coach Training
Organizations (ACTO)Conference presentation and participation
by Academy owners Amorah Ross, Susan McKay, & Deborah
Reedal
May 19 ~ Art of Transformative Conversations in Edmonds,
WA
May 31-Jun 2 ~ Essentials in Seattle,
WA at Antioch University
Jun 2 ~ Introduction to Voice Dialogue in
Edmonds, WA by Academy owners Jan Berg & BJ
Levy
Jun 7-9 ~ Living Your Vision in Edmonds,
WA
Jun 13-16 - Living Your Vision Licensing Program in
Edmonds, WA - must be an ACTP school certified coach
to attend Jun 22 ~ Mastery Graduation in Edmonds, WA
~ Guests & Alumni Welcome!
Jun 23 ~ Art of Transformative Conversations in Portland,
WA
Jul 11-14 ~ Essentials in Edmonds, WA ~
Saturday is for Business of Coaching Topics (current
students who attended Essentials January through June 2007
welcome to attend on Saturday - please advise Paige in the
Academy office if you intend to do so)
Jul 27 Art of Transformative Conversations in Eugene, OR Jul 28 ~
Art of Transformative Conversations in Edmonds, WA
Aug 3-5 ~ Shadow Wisdom: deepening into your
inner journey by Janet Harvey & Reverend LeRoy
Zemke
Aug 9-11 ~ Living Your Vision in Edmonds,
WA
Aug 25 ~ Art of Transformative Conversations in Edmonds,
WA
Registration is OPEN
for the ICF Conference in Long Beach, CA Oct 31-Nov 3.
Get the early bird discount by registering now. We look
forward to seeing you
there!
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| Submission
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STANDARDS
The
Lantern will hold
itself to high standards of content, construction,
readability, entertainment value and design.
The
Lantern articles will be purposeful, on point and easy to
understand. Submissions will be reviewed
and revised by the editorial team to ensure those
standards are met.
We are looking for well-written articles that connect
with our readers. We appreciate crisp, succinct writing with a
clear focus on the theme and purpose of the
article.
Read a current issue for ideas about the type of
article to contribute such as "Coaches' Gym" (skill building), "Celebration
Corner" (coach success story), or a feature article on the
theme of an upcoming issue.
Contributors
to The Lantern will retain first rights for published
articles and artwork. In return,
contributors grant permission to The Lantern and
the Academy for Coach Training for re-publication in both
electronic and paper forms for marketing and educational
purposes.
PROTOCOL
As a general guideline, the limit for FEATURE
articles is 1,500 words.
DEPARTMENT contributions
are intended as shorter articles and will have a 500 word
limit.
Pictures must be submitted as .jpg files
and will not exceed the 100 x 100 pixels.
Please provide a short bio with your submission
including your name, geographical location, and your stage of
training, certification or practice.
Articles must be received 15 business days prior
to publication date to be considered for publication in the
next month's newsletter.
We reserve the right to edit your article
and to hold it for publication at a later
date.
Direct submissions and, questions or ideas for your
contribution to TheLantern@coachtraining.com
We will provide timely answers by email.
Volunteer writing mentors
may be made available to offer help with your
article .
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We look forward to hearing from you ~ about
The Lantern ~ about the Academy and, of
course ~ about your wisdom for Attracting Your Best
Clients.
Many
blessings,
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Janet Harvey, Steward Director,
The Lantern
Academy for Coach
Training |
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