LinkedIn Training Session for Coaches and other interested parties

1. June 2011 North Texas Coaches Newsletter
In This Issue President’s Message
President’s Message
June is already here and the year is
June 9 PRISM Event almost half over! Our PRISM Event is in
a few days, June 9th. This is a time of
LinkedIn Workshops: transition for many. Schools are out,
Sept 9, Nov 11, Dec 9, 2011 vacations are in, and there are
celebrations, graduations, end of
Renew Your ICF Global season championship games, concerts,
Membership Now! and recitals. This is a very busy time for
all.
Upcoming Chapter Meetings
and Programs
We have a tremendous group of PRISM
volunteers who are working tirelessly to
2011 ICF Annual
International Conference
bring you a professional and inspiring
PRISM celebration. “The Power of
ICF Global News Coaching” is what we are celebrating.
Five very different nominees all have
benefitted from coaching in their
organizations. I can’t wait to learn how
our nominees set up their programs
and delivered great results back to their
respective organizations. It is very
exciting!
Come learn what the best in class are
doing in the areas of leadership,
performance, and high potential
readiness coaching. We expect to see
you all there with your clients. Register
today, seating is limited!
Details are included in this newsletter.
You won’t want to miss this educational
opportunity, both for your own personal
growth and for your clients as well.
Please show your support for our big
event of the year. Coaching is what we
are all about, so buy your ticket now
and we’ll see you on Thursday, June 9!
Susan Shapiro
President, North
Texas Coaches, ICF
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2. June 9 PRISM 2011 PRISM Award & Banquet  June 9  DFW Hilton Lakes
Award & Banquet
Prism Award
RSVP today at www.icf-nt.com Thursday, June 9 at DFW Hilton Lakes
or click on the RSVP button
Celebrating the Power of Coaching
North Texas Coaches invites you attend the annual Prism Award & Ban-
quet, created to celebrate the power of coaching. In this event, you will
learn from organizations that have embraced coaching as a key part of
Pay for this event online their leadership strategy and are getting unprecedented results.
after you RSVP
2011 Award Nominees:
MEETING DETAILS
Time: 3:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Hilton DFW Lakes
Grapevine
Address: 1800 Hwy 26 East,
Grapevine, TX 76051
Phone: 817.481.8444
Web: www.hiltondfwlakesecc.com
MEETING AGENDA
3:00—5:00 PM PRISM Showcase
5:15—6:15 PM Reception
6:15—8:30 PM Banquet
Event details continue on next page . . .
Chapter Toolkit
www.coachfederation.org
has a wealth of information
available to us as members.
We encourage you to peruse
the online Chapter Toolkit.
It contains all sorts of
resources for our chapter
leaders and all members,
including sample coaching
agreements,
marketing plans, white papers,
media preparation,
getting agreement from your
clients to publish their
information on your web site,
checklists,
project plan templates,
and more, all to help you
grow your business.
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3. PRISM Award Event (Continued)
North Texas Coaches
2011 Board
Don’t miss this chance to build relationships with existing and
To contact a Board member prospective clients and learn how the nominees are driving
click on his or her results through coaching.
name below.
President  Wouldn’t it be great if your clients had a template and best practice
Susan Shapiro examples of how to make a coaching program solid and deliver ROI?
 Wouldn’t it be great if you could add value to your client relationships
Vice President by inviting them to attend something which can be career-enhancing
Valerie Sokolosky for them?
Treasurer  When was the last time a coach exposed them to an event that
Jim Cooper delivered tangible benefits to them?
 Where else can you introduce your clients to proven practices that
VP of Membership are getting results?
Susan Potter
VP of Programs Register here.
Neena Newberry
 $60 per ticket until May 31
VP of Public Relations  $70 per ticket after May 31
Martha Newman  Table Sponsor: $500 for a table for 8 with prominent sponsor signage
VP of Technology
Sara Smith Download an invitation to forward to your clients
VP of Development
Ed Rankin Event Agenda:
3:00 – 5:00 PM Prism Showcase of Best Practices
Interactive session to learn how nominees have achieved powerful
results through their coaching programs
5:15 – 6:15 PM Cocktail Reception
Network with nominees and award recipients in an informal setting
6:15 – 8:30 PM Prism Award Banquet
Keynote speaker Shaunna Black (former TI executive): Unleash the
Power of Coaching
Dinner and awards presentation
Sponsors:
Each month we
have a drawing
at the luncheon
for a free lunch.
Remember to
drop your card
in the bowl!
NOTE: Visit the Prism Page on Our Website for all the tools and
resources you need to help.
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4. ICF-NT LinkedIn Workshops: Sept 9, Nov 11, Dec 9 2011
Are you newly
credentialed? “Get Linked…Or Get Left Behind”
Why every coach needs to be active on LinkedIn!
Have you recently
completed a coach ICF is proud to offer the first hands on LinkedIn educational 3-part series
following our regularly scheduled monthly luncheons. We welcome experts
training program?
Lucinda Ruch and Diana Gats, Certified LinkedIn Instructors and Certified
Your ICF-NT Chapter
Business Coaches. Together they bring over 60 years of consulting
would like to recognize experience to global Fortune 100 companies and local small businesses.
your accomplishment. Lucinda and Diane both have their bachelor and master’s degrees, using
their expertise for nine years of TAB (The Alternative Board) coaching to
Please email small businesses. http://www.thealternativeboard.com/tabboards/
sshapiro@onpoint-coaching.com TABPages1/home.html
so that your professional
community can recognize Program Description: Offered 1:30 to 3:30 Following the Luncheons:
your achievement.
Bring your laptops to the sessions. Handouts will be provided.
September 9, 2011 you will:
 Learn how to make sure your profile builds your professional brand,
increases your credibility, positions you higher in Google searches, and
makes you more attractive to do business with.
 Create or embellish your professional profile to be more eye catching so
that you are differentiated in the marketplace.
 Have the quality of your profile reviewed by the instructors to make sure
the basic LinkedIn functions are used effectively.
November 11, 2011 you will:
 Learn to search and network in ways your coaching can gain new
prospects.
 Find ways to leverage others’ networks, referrals and strategies for
online branding, building your network and search engine optimization.
Advertise your services,
offer your books,  Learn from these experts the benefits of Company Profiles vs. a normal
or tout your expertise to website.
ICF-North Texas members
December 9, 2011 you will:
Sign up now to advertise in both
 Discover ways to use the LinkedIn tools in a more robust way.
our monthly newsletter and on
our web site for only:  Learn how to embed your brochures/resume, a video, blog and more.
 Begin to leverage several social medias more expediently.
$100 quarterly for members and  Make sure you are using new features in LinkedIn that might have been
$150 quarterly for non-members added since your prior training.
Discounts for submissions If you are already on LinkedIn or have been for a long time, you may think
extending beyond quarterly
you can skip the first class. Many believe that because they’ve loaded their
 High Res (300 dbi) jpeg ad resumes on and have more than 200-300 connections that they qualify for
entering the intermediate class. Wrong! With over 80 components, they’re
 jpeg no wider than 250 pixels
most likely still beginners with no strategy of how to use the power tool.
 Ads are subject to approval Ask yourself, does your profile stand out from the masses? Are you one of
of ICF-NT’s Board
the norm in the 100M, whose profile is light weight, or do you have a highly
 Artwork and content must be credible profile constructed with the end game in mind. Are you getting
approved and payment made
attention? Prospects? In other words, after the Instructors take you step-by
prior to placing ad
-step through the profile differentiating a beginner from an advanced
Contact Meryl Frank Harari today LinkedIn member you will be glad you took the first class. By the time you
(mhnextlevel@gmail.com) get to the second class the reasons for the first class training tips and
to have your ad posted for techniques become obvious and your strategy becomes so much clearer. So
July-September, 2011 don’t think you can skip class 1 and figure out what you missed in class 1.
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5. LinkedIn Workshops (Continued)
Financial Notes: Don’t miss all three sessions. Sign up now for early bird pricing and take
advantage of this dynamic series that has been customized for our ICF
coaching community.
Payment Now Required
at Registration:
Members: 1 Workshop $79
We now require full payment Non-members: 1 Workshop $99
by credit card at the time of
Member Combo: First 2 Workshops $150
registration for monthly
meetings and workshops. Non-member Combo: First 2 Workshops $190
We took this action because Member Combo: All 3 Workshops $240
we have had a high Non-member Combo: All 3 Workshops $270
incidence of people
registering without paying Neither Workshop #2, nor #3 will be offered as an individual item.
and then not attending the
session. That leaves the Each of the questions below will be addressed to demonstrate the
chapter having committed to potential of LinkedIn as an “untapped opportunity.”
buying that meal from
Hackberry Creek Country
Club with no money to pay  What is social networking? Why use LinkedIn versus other options?
for it.  Would you like to have another tool to assist in your business development
efforts?
We will delete unpaid  What are some of the advantages of LinkedIn over traditional marketing,
registrations before we advertising and networking? Here’s just a tease of an answer: LinkedIn is
finalize our headcount to a “Free” website where you can post events, brochures, videos,
Hackberry. After the whitepapers, catalogs, and many more items, plus the benefits of growing
registration deadline, we will a network in multiple ways and leveraging others’ networks. It’s who you
collect the late registration know and leveraging who they know.
fee at the door for all  How can LinkedIn help calm any cold calls into warm greetings and
attendees without a paid business development?
registration.
 Why are recommendations in LinkedIn stronger than any testimonials on
traditional websites?
 What is the purpose of a profile on Linkedin.com and what is in it? Is it just
Late Registration Fee:
a resume? Do you realize that there is also a company profile for your
Effective with the May 13, products and services? What’s the distinction between LinkedIn
2011 meeting, “late” participants reaping the benefits vs. a novice still trying to figure out
registration fees will be where the instructions are to power up the tool?
increased to $10.00 above  Have you noticed how many people are looking at your profile? Do you
the regular fee. want to get noticed more? Better yet, do you know how to check out your
competitors?
We hope this will encourage  How many connections do you have? Is it better to have quantity or
members, guests, and non- quality?
members to register by the  How to join groups? And why would you?
published reservation  As a Coach, do you know how to find the specialty areas (candidates) in
deadline so that all LinkedIn? Better yet, do you know how to get found?
registrants enjoy the
meeting program and the
planned meal, and the
chapter avoids the added Don’t let your membership drop from ICF Global
costs associated with late The end of our 2011-2012 membership renewal period will come to a
reservations. close shortly. In fact, non-renewed ICF members will officially be
dropped in early June. Please take action now to renew.
Thanks for your
understanding. Action for non-renewed members: Go here to renew online. It’s simple,
secure, and only takes a few minutes!
Renewed Members: ICF has checklists available here for download here to
make the most of your membership.
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6. Upcoming Chapter Meetings and Programs
June 9 2011 PRISM Panel July 8 ICF-NT July Luncheon.
Discussion, Dinner, Peggy Dean, one of the few
and Awards. At the Certified Master NLP
DFW Hilton Lakes from Trainers in the world,
ICF Global News 3:00—8:30 PM. presents Power Up Your
Coaching.
Please click here
Aug 12 ICF-NT August Aug 12 Workshop:1:30-4:30 PM.
to read the latest
Luncheon. Limiting Marie Guthrie will follow up
ICF Global News!
Beliefs: You’re Fired! her luncheon program with
Presented by Marie Coaching the Six Powerful
Guthrie, CEO and Ego Voices (inner critic,
Executive Career pleaser, pusher, skeptic,
Strategist, of the protector, and
Legacy Track. perfectionist).
Sept 9 ICF-NT September Sept 9 LinkedIn Workshop #1:
Welcome To Our New
Luncheon. Colleen 1:30-3:30 PM, following
Members in 2011 Barrett, President Sept. luncheon. Get Linked
Emeritus, Southwest ...or Get Left Behind: Why
April 22—May 20 Airlines, will present Every Coach Needs to be
Servant Leadership. Active on LinkedIn!
Barbara Brown Presented by Lucinda Ruch
Judy Martin and Diana Gats.
Penelope (Penny) Reddell
Diane Wallace-Cline Sep 24-27 2011 ICF Annual Nov 11 LinkedIn Workshop #2:
International 1:30-3:30 PM, following
Conference at Mandalay Nov. luncheon. Get Linked
Bay in Las Vegas, NV. ...or Get Left Behind: Why
Every Coach Needs to be
Active on LinkedIn!
2011 ICF Annual Presented by Lucinda Ruch
International and Diana Gats.
Conference
September 24-27 Dec 9 LinkedIn Workshop #3:
1:30-3:30 PM, following
Dec. luncheon. Get
The 2011 ICF Annual
Linked...or Get Left
International Conference is
Behind: Why Every
scheduled for Sept 24—27 Coach Needs to be
(Saturday—Tuesday) at Active on LinkedIn!
Mandalay Bay in Presented by Lucinda
Las Vegas, NV. Ruch and Diana Gats.
ICF is seeking presenters
for this conference.
Learn more here.
International Coach Federation—North Texas Chapter
www.icf-nt.com
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