:: Professional and Community building Meetings ::

Let's go to the movies and talk!January 29, 2010 this Friday, Ft. Laud AND Orlando 3:45PM

The Matrix movie played on sense of maybe reality isn’t real. Movies in the 90s managed to break through into real life to what is real and tactile. In the 2010 movie Avatar, now only by going into a make-believe world can we really fulfill our potential and rewrite history. Will we start hungering for our virtual selves? Kick start a conversation, join us to watch Avatar and afterwards discuss over dinner restaurant (within walking distance) the new frontier in our own minds. (Meal etc. costs on your own). No meeting fee just pay your own way (movie $13 + parking, food etc.); no CCEUs awarded or meeting fees will be collected. Open to all, family too. LOCATIONs: IMAX 3d @ 401 SW 2nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale 33312 and Regal Orlando Pointe Theatre, International Drive, Orlando Tickets: $13.00 (includes recyclable 3-D glasses) Presold phone cc sales reservation IMAX call box office directly for Ft. Lauderdale showing at 954-713-0930. $2. service fee applied to phone orders. Parking: <$12. public garage on 5th Avenue. Ft. Lauderdale. The FUN is free. For Orlando contact A. English (407) 697-5255 or Ft. Laud. D. Rivers 305.385.7777 for more information.

"AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home."

Feb. 7-13 International Coach Week - Spread the (written) word
Read a book on coaching and share in a book review discussion. The members of our area chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF) will offer free coaching sessions in honor of International Coaching Week.

Feb. 20 "The Bigger Game"
with Rick Tamlyn in Orlando FL $107.pp 1pm - 5pm
The Bigger Game is an innovation model – designed to change and challenge you, and to call you forth to be your very best. Playing a Bigger Game moves you forward with creating the life you want! Rick Tamlyn, co-founder of The Bigger Game, as well as the co-author of the successful book “The Bigger Game: Why Playing a Bigger Game Designs Who You Want to Become” will be presenting this training. Interested in details? Click here and let us know please

March ?? 2010 Wicked! on stage - the answer is within!

Come join us at Prelude BartonG restaurant and the Broadway show Wicked at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. Visit http://www.arshtcenter.org/prelude/ for meal info. Click here and advise your preference of a $30. lunch & matinee or $50. dinner and 8PM performance; Fri., Sat., or Sun.?? by Feb. 14th click...
Tickets and meal on your own, no meeting fee and the FUN is free.

Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One—born with emerald green skin—is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time"(USA Today).

April 2010 Coach Enrichment Institute (CEI) program:
Scratch Your Niche open to ICF Miami Chapter members only. Half day workshop. FOCUS ON YOUR DREAM–The Business Side of Coaching and EXPAND YOUR HORIZION

Summer 2010 HR Summit
Join six major Human Resource organizations in the area for opportunities and seminars. Followed up the next month with a Coach orientation meeting.

NEWS AND REPORTS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Congratulation to ICF Chapter Credentialed Coaches in 2009 Barbara Hauser, PCC
Steve Kullback, PCC
Deborah Rivers, PCC
Mark Kram, ACC
Did you get ICF credentialed? Let us know.

Congratulations to ICF conference exhibitor door prize winners:
Lucy Ridgeway - Coachville course
Deborah Rivers - Reach Personal Brand Strategist course
(total value over $6,000.00!) Chapter among top 18 at ICF 2009 Conference - 21 people attended.

Annual Strategic Planning Retreat held January 16, 2010.
What would you like to get out of your chapter membership? What project would you like to see happen? Where and when and in what format would you like meetings to have? What would you like to be your take away? What would you like to volunteer to do be a champion of? click here and let us know

Certification Just Got Closer: Class of Feb. 2010 Bobette Reader is instrumental in helping the University of Miami Continuing Ed launch their 60 hour "Proficient Coach Certificate" program started in September 2009 and taught by MCCs. Members saved thousand$$$$.

June 2009 the first annual HR Summit was resounding success. Coaching is hot and our expo booth was one of the busiest. The ICF has been invited back for a seat at the table planning for next years Summit. For more information on the event, click here.

ICF Member pilot project: Hands on Miami & C-ONE Coaching alliance MatchUp event held with 20 CEOs of nonprofit's attending. The focus was on creating awareness of professional coaching.

Hard Truths for Hard Times ICF Chapter President, Deborah Rivers teamed up with Bennett Taylor, ASTD President to address this timely topic on February 18th. It was a great coaching awareness builder and educational event for the ASTD membership.

Feb. 2009 the Miami area chapter and the ICF refreshes their websites.