ICF Orange County Guidelines

ICF - Orange County

ICF-OC Insights Submittal Guidelines

Who We Are and Our Readership

We are the participants of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) - Orange County Chapter. Our purpose is to provide education, community and resources to practicing professional coaches in building thriving and impactful businesses.

Our Goals Are:

To support, create, model, inspire and build the coaching profession.
To increase the skills and effectiveness of our members.
To raise the awareness of the wider community about the coaching profession.
To provide a network through which our members can learn of and share opportunities.
To provide a forum wherein our members can discuss issues of professional concern.
To provide the opportunity for our members to collaborate in providing resources and solutions for their clients.
To encourage the development of coaching competencies among coaches
To promote well-being, profitability and sustainability within our own businesses

The readers of our newsletter, OC-Insights, are coaches, and members of ICF, committed to the life long learning and coaching excellence of this profession. Our coaches come from a diversity of prior industries and work experiences. They include former teachers, policymakers, public relations, corporate executives, licensed therapists, human resources, and sales professionals, just to mention a few. We strive to gather works from distinguished writers and thinkers seeking to reach new understandings of the universal human need and how coaching can transform that experience.

Submission Guidelines

Diversity of Article Content

We encourage authors to submit article proposals dealing with the concerns and topics of the quintessence of global humanity such as, diverse cultural communities, social action, public reform, vitality & wellness, intuition, organizational change, spirituality, aging, artist creativity, and the nurturing of relationships. You can now share in this collective process to enlighten and provide new viewpoints for reflection. We will consider every article but cannot guarantee that they will be published. All submittals will be edited for content and copyedited for the style appropriate to our readership.

Who Can Submit

All participants' submissions of the ICF-OC Chapter are welcome and articles will be published on acceptance by the ICF-OC Board and based on the Publications Director's plans for the newsletter.
Non-participants of the ICF-OC Chapter are welcome to submit one article only which will be published on acceptance by the ICF-OC Board and based on the Publications Director's plans for the newsletter. For further submissions, you must become an active participant of the ICF-OC Chapter at the Tier 1 or Tier 2 Level. (See Chapter Participation Guidelines)

Instructions for Authors

Original Articles Only

Submission of a manuscript or article to OC-Insights represents that the submittal is an original work on the part of the author.

Manuscript Length

The OC-Insights publishes a main class of articles, such as shorter commentaries/opinion/reports/viewpoint pieces of about 600-900 words. Longer articles or manuscripts will be considered at the discretion of the Editor who may recommend publication as a series of sections for publication in successive OC-Insights issues.

Manuscript Style

References, citations, and general style of manuscripts for this OC-Insights places references in alphabetical order.

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar

You are responsible for preparing manuscript copy which is clearly written in acceptable grammar and punctuation. The Editor is not responsible for correcting errors of spelling and grammar. Check your paper for the following common errors: • dangling modifiers • misplaced modifiers • unclear antecedents • incorrect or inconsistent abbreviations. Also, check the accuracy of all arithmetic calculations, statistics, numerical data, text citations and references. All cited references must be given in full, including the volume, issues, and page numbers.

Preparation of Tables, Figures, & Illustrations

All tables, figures, illustrations, etc. must be "camera-ready." That is, they must be cleanly typed or artistically prepared so that they can be used either exactly as they are or else used after a photographic reduction in size. Always use black Ink. On the back of photographic items, write your article title and the OC-Insights title lightly in pencil so they do not get misplaced. Photographs are considered part of the acceptable manuscript and remain with the Editor for use in additional printings.

Electronic Media

In-house type-setting is able to utilize your manuscript material as prepared on most personal computers. This will minimize typographical errors and decrease overall production time lag. Please send the first draft and final draft copies of your manuscript to the OC-Insights Editor in print format for final review and approval. Send the approval format by mail, email, or CD package. We look forward to working with you on this, knowing we will be able to serve you more efficiently in the future.

Examples of Format

Examples of References to Periodicals

OC-Insights Article: One Author Tellis, Gerald J. (1986). Beyond the many faces of price: An integration of pricing strategies. OC-Insights of Marketing, 50 (4): 146-160.
Book with No Author or Editor. Marketing opportunities in Japan. (1978). London: Dentsu.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book. Shostack, G.L. (1986). Breaking free from product marketing. In C.W.L. Hart & D.A. Troy (Eta.), Strategic Hotel/Motel Marketing (pp. 42-50). East Lansing, Ml: Educational Institute of the AHMA.

Proceedings of Meetings and Symposium

Unpublished Paper Presented at a Meeting Yucelt, U. (1987). Tourism planning in developing economies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Tourism Science, Bal Harbor, Florida.

Submission Deadline

The deadline for the next edition is the 3rd Thursday of each month. Submissions received after this date will be considered for a following edition. Submissions should be submitted to publications@icforangecounty.org and "Insights Submission" written in the subject line.

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