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Whether it is networking, marketing, discussing price or even the dreaded cold calling, the majority of us are familiar with the basics of selling.  As consumers, we are regularly exposed to countless sales techniques and styles.  In addition, who doesn’t have at least one of the thousands of available books on how to sell?  So with all the information out there and our first hand experience, why does the thought of sales still create so much anxiety?

In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to add more clients, keep clients longer, and ways to make the “price” conversation easier.  We will also discuss the skills required to be successful in sales- which, as coaches, you already possess the two most critical.  In the end, you will leave feeling more comfortable and confident about selling.

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Public Speaking is a great way to attract more clients, generate unlimited leads, and grow your business effortlessly, especially when you master the skills of persuasion and influence. Arvee will share the 3 BIGGEST mistakes most business owners make when trying to give public presentations and how to avoid them. You will learn how to control nervousness, the 3 magnetic ways you can command attention of any audience, how to find more opportunities to speak, and what you must specifically do to generate leads and clients during your presentations.

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We’ve all heard about social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and many others. Social media is the newest marketing networking phenomenon to hit the world of business. It allows you to build relationships with people you might never meet in any other way, to create a worldwide network of fans, and to reach targeted people interested in your products and services. However, most coaches, consultants, and professionals have no idea why they should be using such sites or even how to use them. Lee Pound, writing coach, book publisher, and seminar producer who uses social media to promote his book coaching and seminar businesses, will show you how social media works, how you should use it, and what results you can expect. Lee will take the mystery out of social media and internet marketing to show you how it gives you powerful tools to market your business. In one hour you will:

• Learn how to build an internet presence with Social Media
• Learn the etiquette of Twitter and Facebook; what to do and what not to do
• Know how to use social media to market your business and to get people to attend your events
• Know why social media fits into your overall marketing plan

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If you’re looking to grow your online presence, drive traffic to your site, and gain new clients then consider Online Video and Blogging. Coaches, consultants and speakers have been swept-up in the “Social Media” craze, but forgot some fundamental aspects of networking – contributing to the conversation! Rachel Pradhan, Internet Marketing specialist for coaches and consultants, will discuss how-to create, use and track the results of Online Video and Blogging. During the talk you will learn:

• How successful coaches and consultants are utilizing blogging and online video
• What software and hardware you’ll need to successfully create your first online video
• How to successfully describe your video so hundreds of prospects view your video
• How to easily come-up with a month’s worth of blog posts

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What if you could RAPIDLY, RADICALLY, and PERMANENTLY change your Relationship with Money, what would that be worth to you?

Does Money love you? International wealth coach Morgana Rae walks you through six time-tested steps to turn your personal Money Monster of scarcity into a Money Honey of abundance. “Your financial situation reflects your inner Relationship with Money,” says Rae. “If you don’t like your finances, something has to change in that relationship,” and Rae shows how to jumpstart that transformation. “When you imagine your money as a real, flesh and blood person, worthy of your deepest admiration, you embark on an amazing, love-at-first-sight affair of the heart,” she says. “It’s like a lover who woos you. Pennies on the ground are like chocolates on your pillow. I’ve had people report that within hours of hearing my talk, they’ve received unexpected money – tens of thousands of dollars or more.”

In one hour Morgana will:

• Uncover your hidden blocks to abundance
• Abolish your financial anxiety
• Change your relationship with money monster into your “money honey”
• Reveal your next step to creating wealth
• Leave you with a Revolutionary System you will use for the rest of your life? all in less than an hour.

You’ll leave this life-changing talk with a totally new attitude toward money, ready to take a quantum leap toward creating the wealth you deserve. “This is a unique workshop,” says Morgana Rae. “You won’t get an experience like this at any other seminar in the world!”

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Facilitated by Emily Woodman-Nance, Incoming 2010 ICF-OC President

This meeting is all about YOU! The cornerstone of my theme for 2010 is “Back to the Basics”. Going back to the fundamentals will enable ICF-OC to focus on the needs and advancement of the members at large.

This meeting will be an opportunity for everyone to:

• Meet the 2010 ICF-OC Board
• Hear firsthand the vision and mission of the incoming 2010 ICF-OC President
• Discuss membership needs and ask questions
• Brainstorm to formulate a plan

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Feel the joy and get a little jolly at this special ICF OC Holiday Event.  Join us in celebrating our achievements of the past and enjoy “Acting Up” – a hilarious night of improvisational fun.  The Corporate Recess players will be on hand to tickle your funny bone with specific exercises that will strengthen those laughter muscles and ability to respond in the moment. Great fun, great people a great evening!

One of the most powerful ways to become a better coach is to observe coaching and receive feedback on your coaching skills in a supportive and honest environment. Whether you are a New Coach or a Senior Coach, you will find great value in this very special hands-on session. Each person will work in a group and have an opportunity be coached, observe coaching and/or offer feedback as an observer. Focus will be on the 11 Coaching Competencies and written feedback will be provided for each coaching sessions. Plus, Master Certified Coaches and Evaluators Michael Stratford and Carly Anderson will be there to guide and support your coaching efforts. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to improve your coaching skills and effectiveness with your clients.

We are honored to have top senior coaches Michael Stratford, Christian Michelson and Carly Anderson with us on a panel and they will discuss their insights about coaching. They will be discussing what it means to be a coach during these times and the importance of taking your coaching practice deeper and moving from being a performance based model to becoming a transformational coach. The night promises to provoke, challenge, inspire and educate!

• Identify the difference between performance based coaching and transformational coaching

• See how to use the core coaching competencies at the Master Coach level

• Learn how to deepen your coaching skills and take your practice to the next level

MICHAEL STRATFORD Master Coach, Author, Speaker

“Provoking and Invoking Personal and Professional Transformation”

Michael Stratford is well known as a leader in the field of coaching, coach training and development. He has trained over 6,000 coaches worldwide.  As part of leveraging his expertise, he has authored curriculum for many coach training organizations.

Most recently he co-developed the Core Dynamics Coach Training with Tom Stone, the founder of Human Software Engineering.  Together they have created the Next Generation of personal and professional development.

In field of Executive Coaching, He has earned a reputation for helping others achieve a level of excellence in communication, leadership, and team performance.  Michael has coached a range of clients from executives and teams in Fortune 50 companies to Rock Bands.  In particular, he has worked with individuals and groups on Leadership Development at Cisco Systems, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, GE, the Whirlpool Corporation, Wells Fargo, and with the Next Gen organization – Blizzard Entertainment the world’s largest MMPORPG, (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game).

In the field of Education he teaches at the Chapman College Leadership Development Services having co-created their Coaching Skills for Business Leaders Program.  He was also part of the Wharton Business School Leadership Retreat Team whose focus was to upgrade the Retreat to be congruent with the MBA course curriculum.  He especially loved teaching Shakespeare Workshops in the Gross Pointe High School summer programs.

Michael specializes in the Art of Provocative Inquiry for Leadership Development. His creativity, mastery of language, and sensing acuity have helped his clients align with emerging trends and personally congruent solutions.  Michael has a light and playful approach.  Yet through his keen insights, masterful coaching and training, he quickly reveals a depth of knowledge and understanding on a wide range of human and organizational issues.

A prolific author, Michael has written four books on coaching including Masterful Questions and The Game of Coaching, as well as Haiku, two children’s stories and numerous articles in his “Provocation Series.”  He has been featured in Men’s Health Best Life, as well as in a special profile on coaching for the NBC Evening News.   Currently his writing projects include more Provocation Articles, another children’s story A Dog Named Stay, and Quintessential Leadership: 5 Timeless Practices for Successful Leaders http://www.liwleadership.com/liwusa/c_michaelstratford.htm

Michael lives in Southern California with his brilliant, gorgeous and talented wife Carly.  His creative and loving son currently works for Blizzard in Austin, Texas.

CHRISTIAN MICKELSEN

Christian Mickelsen is the author of “How to Quickly Get Started in Professional Coaching”. He has been studying personal coaching for over a decade and has served 2 years on the board of directors of the International Association of Coaching. He’s been seen in Forbes, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and the Boston Globe and he has developed numerous support programs for professional coaches. To get 3 free tools to help you get more clients starting right now, visit www.CoachesWithClients.com

CARLY ANDERSON

Coaching valued senior employees to fulfill the potential expected of them.

Carly works with senior level employees who are highly valued by the corporation, yet find themselves in conflict or challenges that are barriers to fulfilling the potential expected of them. Carly brings about rapid transformation through heightened personal awareness, and practical approaches to dealing with confrontation. Her coaching process is solid and thorough. Her expertise is in the areas of personal authenticity and leadership presence. Using a range of traditional and non-traditional coaching approaches, she quickly gets to the heart of an issue, to bring about a shift in performance. She employs whatever is needed to get the job done, including interviews, assessments, core dynamics and human design information, mediation coaching, shadow and individual coaching.

Carly has been accredited since 2004 as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) by the International Coach Federation. She has coached business leaders, managers and senior employees on three continents for companies such as Google, Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Cochlear and Lloyds TSB Bank London. From 2006-2008, she worked with a global leadership development company, providing coaching to leaders in Google and Crowe Horwath, as well as holding an internal role, evaluating the readiness of colleagues using a company driven assessment tool. Earlier in her career, Carly studied media communications in Australia and has worked extensively in the media and service industries, both as a consultant and in management positions. She co-founded a corporate communications consulting company in Sydney in 1993, helping publicly traded corporations and government agencies graphically display and communicate their vision, values and strategic intent to stakeholders. She sold her holding in the business in 1999.

Carly is a founding Board member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) in the Australia/Asian regions and serves as an active member of the ICF Credential Review Committee, which evaluates candidates and certifies professional coaches globally. Originally from Australia, Carly has lived permanently in the United States since 2001. She is a huge sports enthusiast, having played competitive sport earlier in her life, and maintains a healthy lifestyle that includes a regular Bikram Yoga practice. Carly lives in Laguna Hills, California with her husband, Michael Stratford. http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyanderson

Building Community with Ning with Rachel Pradhan. First, welcome to the new ICF-OC website! Our new site has many new features, including a community portion to the site – a Ning community. You can build a Ning community for your own business, in which current and past clients can connect and support each other. During October’s meeting, we’ll be discussing how-to build your community, what are some of the most important aspects of your Ning community, and how to keep it active and engaged. If you build a community around your business, your business is stronger and frees up more of your time!

Rachel Pradhan is a partner with BlazeInteractive.com, an award-winning website and internet marketing company for businesses in Orange County. She’s also host of the free internet marketing podcast Helping Hands for Coaches, with over 1,000 listeners weekly, and the VP of Technology for the International Coach Federation – Orange County, VP of Internet Marketing for The Foster Care Auxiliary of Orange County, and the Internet Marketing Director for The Eddie Nash Foundation