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Upcoming Virtual Education Calls

** Note: The following Virtual Education program with Steve Mitten will be offered at two separate call times.

Date: October 14, 2008 (60 minutes)
First Call Time: 12 p.m. (New York), 6 p.m. (Paris), 16:00 GMT; Wednesday, October 15: 12 a.m. (Hong Kong)
Program Number: 3

Date: October 14, 2008 (60 minutes)
Second Call Time: 10 p.m. (New York); Wednesday, October 15: 4 a.m. (Paris), 10 a.m. (Hong Kong), 2:00 GMT
Program Number: 4

Session Title: A Wisdom Discussion on the Marketing of Coaching in Challenging Times
Presenter: Steve Mitten, MCC
CCEU: 1.0 Business Development

Join Steve Mitten for a conversation on the challenges and very real opportunities of marketing coaching services in turbulent economic times.  This session will build on the observation that, during times of change, there will always be ‘winners’ and ‘losers.’  Steve will discuss what works and what does not, which areas are growing and which are shrinking, and which individual need coaching now—more than ever.  Explore the practical marketing and emotional obstacles to attracting more ideal clients to your coaching practice.

Bio:  Steve Mitten, MCC, CPCC, 2005 President - ICF, 2007, “Coach Of The Year” (Coaches Canada).  Steve helps leaders, entrepreneurs and independents create live and business they love. In addition, he devotes a lot of his time to help build the coaching profession and help other coaches prosper.  Please visit Steve’s Web site at www.acoach4u.com.

Date: October 22, 2008 (90 minutes)
Time: 6 p.m. (New York), 22:00 GMT; Thursday, October 23: 12 a.m. (Paris), 6 a.m. (Hong Kong)
Program Number: 1
Session Title: Using Emotional Intelligence to Build High Impact Leaders: A Coaching Approach
Presenters: Dr. Ben Palmer and Richard Harmer
CCEU: 0.75 Core Competencies / 0.15 Business Development / 0.15 Personal Development / 0.45 Other Tools and Skills

Today’s rapidly changing business world is placing greater emphasis on the right-brained skill of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Today's leaders need to be more conceptual, innovative, creative and better at synthesizing large amounts of information. These skills are dependent on Emotional Intelligence and are enhanced from its development.

So, what is Emotional Intelligence and how is it best developed?  Using the Genos Emotional Intelligence model, this session will explore three primary modalities for developing the emotional intelligence of leaders, namely: Solution-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral and Acceptance and Commitment based coaching frames. Each modality will be discussed as it relates to EI-focused coaching and leadership development. A range of simple tools will be offered for participants' consideration.

This session will explore:

1) Why Emotional Intelligence is important to the modern workplace
2) The seven skills of Emotional Intelligence and how each apply to leadership
3) The role of the coach in guiding a leader in developing their Emotional Intelligence
4) Three coaching approaches to developing a leader's Emotional Intelligence, and
5) How to identify a leader's three primary emotional defaults and how to coach them towards greater intra-and-inter personal effectiveness.

As a result of attending this session participants will have:

1) Analysed the reasons why Emotional Intelligence is critical to a leader's effectiveness
2) Learned the seven skills of Emotional Intelligence and how to coach around each skill
3) Examined three coaching approaches to developing a leader's Emotional Intelligence and how to select the modality that is 'right' for the client
4) Considered a simple model for determining a leader's emotional 'default' during times of stress, and
5) Interacted with simple tools for coaching a leader towards greater Emotional Intelligence effectiveness.

Bio:  Ben is the founder and CEO of Genos, a company that designs and distributes employee coaching and learning and development programs. In his time at Genos he has trained hundreds of coaches and facilitators within Australia in the use of Genos’ emotional intelligence coaching and learning and development programs. Ben is a specialist in mapping Emotional Intelligence to leadership capability through coaching. Ben has also delivered large scale coaching programs with a broad range of national and multi-national companies in Australia and abroad with companies such as sanofi-aventis and Australia Post.

Date: October 30, 2008 (60 minutes)
Time: 2 p.m. (New York), 7 p.m. (Paris), 18:00 GMT; Friday, October 31: 2 a.m. (Hong Kong)
Program Number: 2
Session Title: How to Make Your Business Impossible to Ignore
Presenter: Mark Levy
CCEU: 1.0 Business Development

Consultants and entrepreneurial companies have hired Mark Levy to help them increase their fees by up to 2,000%. He does so by helping his clients improve their overall brand positioning. During this session, Mark will provide you with actual case studies which his most compelling success stories.  You will learn how to position your business in the most effective manner; and, more importantly, how to communicate your brand position in an "elevator speech," Web site, e-books, presentations, etc...

This session will benefit anyone who would like to learn how to create a "seven-second pitch," how to substantiate their sales claims, or simply how to spread the word about their professional offerings.

Bio:  Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation, a marketing strategy and ideation firm. Bestselling business book writer David Meerman Scott calls Mark “a positioning guru extraordinaire.” Joe Vitale, star of the film, The Secret, calls him “a Superman of the mind . . . computers want to grow up and be like him...and I’m probably under-describing his abilities.”

Mark has helped sell over a billion dollars worth of products, and is also the CMO of a firm that’s been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the 5000 fastest-growing, private companies for the past two years. 

Mark has written for the New York Times, and has written or co-created four books--three of which have been bestsellers. He has taught entrepreneurial strategy and persuasive business writing at Rutgers University. 

Since he was six, Mark has been interested in magic. The illusions he has invented have been performed in Las Vegas and on all the major TV networks.  Visit his website at www.levyinnovation.com


2008 Archived Virtual Education Calls 

September 18, 2008 AUDIO RECORDING
Program Number: 2
Session Title: How to Build a High-End Business Coaching Practice
Presenter: Paul Lemberg
CCEU: 1.25 Business Development

September 17, 2008
Program Number: 5
Session Title: The Impact of Credentialing: Evidence from the ICF Global Coaching Study
Presenter: Krissy Jackson, ACC
CCEU: 1 Other Tools and Skills

The presentation by Krissy Jackson on September 17 was delivered in a visual webinar format. Therefore, the audio portion of this call has not been archived.

July 22, 2008 AUDIO RECORDING
Program Number: 1
Session Title: Group Coaching is Hot!
Presenter: Ginger Cockerham, MCC
CCEU: 1 Core Competencies

June 18, 2008 AUDIO RECORDING
Program Number: 2
Session Title: What Modern Social Science (and the Ancient Knowledge of the Wisdom Traditions) Teaches Us About Powerful Coaching
Presenter: Steve Mitten, MCC
CCEU: 1 Personal Development

June 11, 2008
Program Number: 5
Session Title: The Impact of Credentialing: Evidence from the ICF Global Coaching Study
Presenter: Krissy Jackson, ACC
CCEU: 1 Other Tools and Skills

The presentation by Krissy Jackson on June 11 was delivered in a visual webinar format. Therefore, the audio portion of this call has not been archived.

May 21, 2008
Program Number: 2 AUDIO RECORDING
Session Title: Five Steps for Finding Your Dream Niche - Learn how to identify and develop a profitable niche that you can fall in love with
Presenter: Steve Mitten, MCC
CCEU: 1 Business Development

May 13, 2008
Program Number: 1 AUDIO RECORDING
Session Title: Live Coaching Demonstration
Presenter: Ginger Cockerham, MCC
CCEU: 1 Core Competencies

April 17, 2008
Presenters: Matthew Scott and Tara Rodden Robinson AUDIO RECORDING
Program Title: Stop Being an Unpaid Coach: How Well-Intentioned Coaches Can Reduce Marketing Overwhelm with Duct Tape
CCEU:  1.0 CCEU Business Development and Marketing 

April 14, 2008
Presenter: Amy Johnson Handout 1 AUDIO RECORDING
Program Title: R-E-C-Y-C-L-E: Tools for Understanding How Recycling Development Stages Can Impact Client Growth and Change
CCEU:  1.0 CCEU Personal Development

March 20, 2008
Presenter: Lucia Murphy BIO AUDIO RECORDING Webinar Information
Program Title: LeaderSpeak: Coaching to Sustainable Leadership Success
CCEU:  0.5 CCEU ICF Core Competencies
and 0.5 CCEU Personal Development

March 10, 2008
Presenter: Paul Sherman Handout 1 AUDIO RECORDING
Program Title: Beyond One-to-One: A Model for Coaching Teams with Impact
CCEU:  1.0 CCEU ICF Core Competencies

February 21, 2008
Presenter: Susan Belgard
Program Title: The Interactive "Wheel of Life": Aligning Vision, Values, Action, and Achievement
CCEU:  1.0 CCEU Other Tools and Skills

The presentation by Susan Belgard on February 21 was delivered in a visual webinar format.  Therefore, the audio portion of this call has not been archived.