In case you were unable to attend our May meeting I wanted to follow-up and publicly announce that Veronika (Ronnie) Noize was selected as the 2007 Northwest Coaches Association, Coach of the Year.

This is the inaugural year for the award and it is our intention to create a model of excellence for all the coaches in the Northwest to strive for and recognize. The criteria for the award incorporates a wide range of coaching skills and accomplishments as well as giving back to the coaching community and helping to further the coaching profession.

Ronnie is a very deserving recipient having been on the leadership team for the previous six years and serving as Marketing Director, President Elect and last year as Chapter President. She was instrumental in developing the web site and conceived and organized various "coach sampling events" as well as donating several of her marketing programs at no cost to the chapter as a new member recruitment activity. Ronnie is a very successful marketing coach, in private practice in Vancouver, Wa. In her spare time she is a trainer for International Coach Academy, has written two books and is a sought after speaker.

I have known and worked with Ronnie since I became involved with the NWCA and would be hard-pressed to think of anyone who has had as great a positive impact on our chapter.
Congratulations!

Best regards,
Dave Wagers
NWCA 2007 President

Membership expiring? Renew now for 2007!

Besides an ex officio position on the exciting PPC (Programs and Projects Committee), the NWCA President Elect is asked by the President to lead MEMBER/GUEST INTRODUCTIONS at each meeting. Historically this process has been fun, informative and completed relatively quickly.

As our NWCA membership has grown to 115+ and typical monthly meetings are soaring past 50% of membership, an astounding reality for any volunteer organization, the Leadership Team is wrestling with the very best use of the precious "Common Clock."

• Typical housekeeping duties by the President, e.g. Coach of the Year Award Ceremony
• Crucial PPC updates that the membership has asked for
• Unscheduled items that the President is duty bound to bring before the entire group for the Common Good
• Pre-Session transition and networking time and announcements
• Featured Presenter introductions and program overview
• Closing comments by the President and upcoming Programs by the Programs Committee Chair
• Other standing agenda items that I've forgotten?

All of these items and more, as we grow, are becoming necessary items to scrunch into the same "Common Clock" of 5:45 to about 8:30 PM. Public Member and Guest Introductions importance and value priority are being logistically "squeezed."

ACTION ITEM: Question for email discussion to the President-Elect ( brenggli@comcast.net) BEFORE the next June 27th Leadership Team meeting: Please share your thoughts on the MEMBER / GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: meaning, value, purpose, importance, style, innovative substitutions etc., to possibly conserve time for other meeting priorities.

Possible formats may include:

• Alternate one month members, next month guests
• Invite/rotate five+ members to give a full 2 minute self intro
• Invite five+ members to to share 2 minutes of WHY they like their coach (not naming him/her, but giving the value)
• Giving five+ coaches 2 minutes each to share what their most exciting "aha" was recently with a client.

It's YOUR MEETING! What makes the most sense to you "timewise?" Please give us your feedback on the Member Intro best practice for our group from YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

Thank YOU for making our NWCA meetings so value packed and alive each month.

Bob Renggli
Pres Elect 2008

EMPOWERING THOUGHT
We all talk about being powerful - but what does that mean? And how do we teach those skills to our clients?

Join us for an evening that is sure to inspire, and more importantly, is sure to generate new thinking about your power to create what you want in life, and how to train others to do the same. Kelly Sandstrom, founder of Workshops for Women, will be sharing the some very tangible empowerment skills that you can begin to use immediately in your own life, and in your coaching.

Kelly graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in Communications. Before becoming a coach she worked in the field of advertising, sales and marketing. When her daughter began to struggle in high school, she chose to attend a series of parenting workshops that forever changed her life - and eventually led to her becoming a coach and founding Workshops for Women. She completed her Coach Certification with Resource Realizations Coaching Academy and went on to teach for them training others in the art of coaching. Making her way to Portland in 1989, she is now married to Steve Sandstrom her partner of the past 16 years, and mother to Nathanael 19, Lynndi 23 and stepmom to Stephanie 19. Through Kelly's personal empowerment journey, she found her passion for mentoring, training and coaching women to create positive, life-changing results in alignment with personal vision and purpose.

As a founder of Workshops for Women, a team of ontological coaches who specialize in working with mothers and daughters, Kelly is living her passion. Through Workshops for Women, she had developed a series of three weekend workshops on topics of self esteem, beauty, communication skills, relationship skills, developing life purpose, and clarifying personal values. Workshops for Women has been featured in the Oregonian, Kink, KATU AM Northwest, Chat with Women, Oregon Life/Shopping, and Portland Picks, and Marcia Weider's Dream Chat to name a few.

MAIN PROGRAM (7:15 p.m.)

Guest Speaker: Fran Fisher, MCC
Topic: Coaching Skills for Groups and Teams
Description: Fran Fisher is a Master Certified Coach and pioneer of the coaching profession, a published author and international speaker. Fran is a partner with Orenda Coaching and Consulting, providing coaching-related programs and services for top level leaders and organizations.

Fran's passion is providing inspired guidance, support, and coaching as well as helping people liberate their personal power and manifest their highest visions. As a master coach, she works with visionary leaders, helping them fulfill the highest aspirations. She blends the art of visioning, the structure of planning, and her intuitive ability to empower and guide clients to success and fulfillment

.In 1991 Fran founded the Living Your Vision (LYV) process, a process for empowering individuals in transforming their visions into reality. LYV coaches nationwide are now working with people of all ages in all walks of life, such as art, health, communication, education, consulting, counseling, therapy, sales, government, etc. In 1997 she founded the Academy for Coach Training.

Recent research reveals that highly successful teams trust one another, engage in conflict versus avoid it, commit to decisions and plans of action, hold each other accountable, and keep their focus on achieving their goals. Many teams today, however, are not as functional. This is a prime opportunity for coaching.

Fran will share her experience in utilizing the coaching approach in working with teams. Coaching Skills for Groups and Teams is for anyone who wants to enhance their team and group coaching skills or acquire tools for working with groups or teams. These skills and tools are applicable in working with top level leaders, management teams, non-profit board members, volunteer teams, schools, families, and community service groups as well as working with your individual clients.

You will:

• Learn how to apply your coaching and facilitation skills with work groups and teams.
• Expand your coaching skills for generating new perspectives, creativity, and fun for groups and teams.
• Enhance your ability to create synergy, engagement, and performance improvement for individuals in groups.
• Add value to your marketability as a coach.

Sincerely,
Programs Team:
Colleen Bourassa
Feroshia Knight

Get directions here

INTERESTED? Please contact Feroshia: feroshia@barakainstitute.com or via phone 503-241-2200

MEMBERSHIP DUES REMINDER

If it is time for you to renew your membership, or you want to join NWCA, remember that the membership dues are $95/year. If you are not a member yet, monthly meetings are $15.

Renew your membership here.

Our agenda for the upcoming meeting, Tuesday, June 4th, 6-8pm, at the Baraka Institute, 6200 S.W. Virginia just off Macadam in John's Landing area will be: Peter Ayer's movie showing actual coaching in process; the need for a Greeter Coach to welcome and introduce new members of NWCA to other coaches and explain our organization; and, the third topic will be continuing a discussion of surveying our NWCA membership regarding their coaching fields and interests.

Any members are invited to join us for upbeat discussions and brainstorming enabling us to provide greater exposure of NWCA in our area.

Carol Hoeck
PPC Outreach

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