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• The 6 Key Areas To Build a Solid Coaching Foundation (ICF North Florida Hosting)

  • When
    Fri, May 09, 2025
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.5 Core Competency and 0.5 Resource Development CCEs

  Over 50% of Coaches fail in the first 2 years because they only focus on the coaching skillset instead of that AND the business of coaching. In this 60 minute workshop to learn the P6 Coaching Formula, my signature framework of the 6 key areas you need to build a solid coaching foundation to position yourself to be in the successful 50% of coaches.

  Benefits to the Audience (list all that apply):

  • Understand the Root Causes of Early Coaching Business Failures: Identify why over 50% of coaches fail within their first two years and recognize the importance of balancing coaching skills with business-building strategies.

  • Master the P6 Coaching Formula Framework: Learn the six key areas of the P6 Coaching Formula to establish a strong foundation for a sustainable and successful coaching business.

  • Apply Business Strategies to Enhance Longevity: Discover actionable steps to implement the P6 Coaching Formula and position yourself among the top 50% of thriving coaches within your first two years.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Kelly M. Jefferson, Ph.D aka ‘Coach Kelly J’ is THE Coaches CoachTM! She is a Master Certified Life & Business Coach, as well as a Master Certified NLP Practitioner.

  Her mission is straightforward but profound: "She teaches the people that reach the people."

  With over 12 years in the coaching industry, she has had the honor of guiding more than 12,000 coaches, helping them thread the needle between their vast aspirations and the concrete steps needed to achieve them. As a master certified life and business coach, Coach Kelly J specializes not just in developing successful coaches but in creating coaching leaders who themselves become a guiding light for others in their fields.

  Her approach blends strategic business tactics with transformative personal development, ensuring that every coach who works with her not only learns how to build a successful practice but also how to sustain and grow it emotionally and ethically.

  Coach Kelly J is a seasoned life coach, mentor, and motivational speaker with over a decade of experience in the field. She has a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice & Psychology and a Doctorate degree in Executive Leadership & Business, which has given her a deep understanding of human behavior. From laying the foundations of a coaching business to scaling it to new heights, Coach Kelly J has been there as a strategist, a cheerleader, and sometimes, a tough-love giver.

  Her comprehensive programs and virtual and in-person workshops, conferences, and retreats are crafted with the understanding that great coaching transcends traditional teaching—it involves deep empathy, sharp intuition, and an unwavering commitment to the success of others.

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

  Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process.

  The first step is to register with our chapter. Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF Global. Payment is only required during the first step. The second step authorizes ICF Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.

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• ICF AR-OK In Person Networking Event in Edmond, OK

  • When
    Mon, May 19, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Fuzzy's Tacos, 1462 S Bryant Ave, Edmond, OK 73034-5752, https://fuzzystacoshop.com/

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  Conversation, Connection, Community in Edmond, OK
  

  
  

  Description:  Join us for an informal networking event where our goal is to provide opportunities for members to grow through relationship building and collaborating in an in-person environment.   

   

  Cost:  No Cost to attend the meet up.  Meals/drinks available for purchase. 

  
  

  The Meet Up is open to ALL, including members and non-members, aspiring, new, and experienced coaches. 

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• Elissa Kelly, PCC - 7 Keys to Successfully Transition from Corporate to Coach Entrepreneur - ICF AR-OK Monthly Chapter Meeting

  • When
    Thu, May 22, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Resource Development CCE

  Considering and making the leap from Corporate to Entrepreneur can be daunting.  Reevaluating success and creating an entrepreneurial exit from Corporate to Coaching can be done successfully - if you have the right framework to turn risk into opportunity.

  Entrepreneurship as a Coach is very different from Corporate Life, and figuring out how to translate your decades of corporate experience can be time consuming. What you want is a reliable shortcut that has already been tested by someone you trust.

  In this session, I share critical areas for successfully pivoting to entrepreneurship and building a thriving coaching business, including:

  -The Risk Framework: how to turn risk into opportunity

  -Common overlooked keys to success in three areas: Strategy, Operations and Business Development

  Top 3 Takeaways:

  • A three step risk framework to mitigate your business risk 
    
  • The importance of brand niche in building your sales funnel  
    
  • How to create a salable menu of services for corporate clients 

  Bio:
  

  I partner with strong leaders to guide them from corporate executives to thriving executive coaches who are strategic, risk savvy, solopreneurs. I am a reformed corporate insurance executive, turned successful executive coach who has tested the shortcuts and knows which ones to take. With my proprietary framework of gathering data, assessing risk, and mitigating for success, working with me ensures you have an up to date playbook in hand, and are prepared to win at a new game.

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• Rhonda Ellis, PCC - Self as Coach - ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting

  • When
    Thu, June 26, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Core Competency CCE

  Join us for our June ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting.

  Our featured presenter is Rhonda Ellis, PCC, who is an ICF AR-OK chapter member.

  Objective:  

  To empower coaches to model a strong and balanced coaching presence by embodying empathetic connection, bodily awareness, and courage while staying attuned to their own stress levels and boundaries to ensure sustainable and impactful coaching practices. 

  Learning Outcomes: 

  ● Embodied Coaching Presence: 

  Participants will understand how to model presence and groundedness, demonstrating the behaviors and emotional regulation they wish to inspire in their clients. 

  ● Enhanced Bodily and Emotional Awareness: 

  Participants will practice recognizing their bodily and emotional cues, allowing them to stay attuned to their internal state and manage stress effectively during coaching sessions. 

  ● Courageous and Boundaries Coaching: 

  Participants will learn to balance empathetic understanding with the courage to challenge clients constructively while maintaining clear boundaries that support mutual respect and growth. 

  

  Bio:  

  Dr. Rhonda S. Ellis has been coaching for over a decade and pivoted to merging leadership development and corporate well-being in 2020. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) certified through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a board-certified health coach with the National Board of Heath and Wellness Coaching (NBC-HWC), and the founder of INTOUCH Coaching, LLC. She is a Doctor of Business Administration, Management/Healthcare Management with a specialization in organizational leadership. Prior to coaching, she spent 10 years in physician practice management and 22 years in higher education. Rhonda is a published co-author with the book, Spiritually and Developmentally Mature Leadership; book chapters, and scholarly article publications. She enjoys serving others as the Treasurer for the Washington County Hometown Health Coalition and volunteering at a local spiritual community. Her hobbies include well-being and self-care, cycling, hiking, camping and other fun activities with her husband, family, and friends in the community of Northwest Arkansas.

  You can contact her at:  INTOUCH Coaching 

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• Amy A. Kessler - Your Superpowers: Unleashing Strengths for Personal Growth and Team Innovation - ICF AR-OK Chapter Meeting

  • When
    Thu, August 28, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  .5 Core Competency and .5 Resource Development CCEs
  

  Join us for our August ICF AR-OK Chapter Meeting.

  Our featured presenter is Amy A. Kessler.

  Each of us possesses a unique combination of strengths that virtually no one else has. 

  Consider how contact lenses help us see the world more clearly. Our combination of talent strengths is like those lenses altering how we see the world around us. These talents tend to come so naturally that we don’t think about it; they are automatic. At our best, we are energized and fulfilled. At our worst, we are depleted and de-energized. 

  But it’s not enough to know our strengths. We must value our contributions and what others can count on us for. It’s important to understand what conditions, through relationships and tasks, our strengths need to thrive. As leaders, we must also be aware of the strengths of those we lead and collaborate with. Rooted in positive psychology and neuroscience, this knowledge helps us to bring out the best in ourselves and others, maximize productivity and innovation, and foster well-being. 

  Objectives:

  1. Introduce a preliminary understanding of your Top 5 strengths' role in the unique value each of us brings. 

  2. Raise self-awareness, and “other awareness,” by focusing on what’s right, rather than fixating on what’s wrong. 

  3. How overuse (or underuse) of our top strengths leads to our biggest weaknesses.

  
  

  Bio: 

  Amy A. Kessler is in her element when she’s connecting with people, telling stories, and sharing fascinating insights. She has a natural gift for making others feel engaged, appreciated, and entertained all at once. Her passion for creating a sense of belonging stems from her deep belief in the power of CliftonStrengths, which highlights the unique contributions we each bring to our teams, clients, and those we lead. For Kessler, no challenge is too great—there’s always a way forward, and she’s ready to find it. 

  With over three decades of experience in the corporate world, Kessler’s been captivated by what makes people not just successful leaders, but truly fulfilled in life. She spent the early part of her career in advertising, helping major brands like Gatorade and Miller Brewing Company connect with U.S. Hispanic audiences. Along the way, she earned two coaching certifications— Certified People Acuity Guide and Strengths Strategy Certified Specialist—and has made it her mission to help others discover the ease and immense value of working with a top-notch executive coach. A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she’s a firm believer in the lifelong power of learning and growth. 

  Recognizing the need for a single, reliable source of vetted top-tier coaches who share a unified approach, Kessler founded Potentia Coaches. Busy leaders turn to her when they need to be paired with the ideal coach—someone who can guide them or their teams to success. Potentia offers a global cadre of strengths-based executive coaches, eliminating the headache of trying to find the perfect fit. Amy doesn’t just make the connection; she ensures the coaching relationship is fruitful and enriching. “Potentia,” rooted in Latin, speaks to potential, strength, and power—the key ingredients, in Kessler’s view, for fulfillment both at work and in life. 

  Website: www.potentiacoaches.com 

  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/potentia-coaches/ 

  Email: amy.kessler@potentiacoaches.com 

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• Coach and Client: A Deep Dive Into Why Values Matter and How to Apply Them to All Relationships (ICF Tennessee Hosting)

  • When
    Fri, September 12, 2025
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    11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Core Competency and 0.25 Resource Development CCEs

  Relationships are the foundation of every interaction we have in our professional and personal life. Knowing one’s values defines who we choose as friends, who we decide to work with and who we marry or choose as a life partner. Come learn a deeper way to look at values and play in the sandbox of exploring your values. Learn how to bring into focus what truly matters for your clients and how to utilize these core values as a rudder for their life’s decisions.

  Benefits to the Audience (list all that apply):

  • The coach will explore why knowing one's values is instrumental to all successful relationships
  • The coach will be able to identify one’s values with more depth and with greater specificity.
  • The coach will identify one’s values as relationship values or personal values. 

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Since 2005 Amy Schoen, Certified Professional Life Coach (CPCC) through the Co-active Training Institute of San Rafael, California, has a passion around helping singles and couples create loving and sustaining life partnerships. Amy completed the Relationship Systems Training with The Center for the Right Relationship. She maintains a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the ICF since 2016. Creator of the Motivated to Marry Dating Secrets coaching program and has been helping clients achieve incredible results through private and group coaching. It is Amy's keen skill clarifying her clients' critical relationship values allowing easy recognition and connection with their lifelong love partner.

  A professional member of National Speakers Association for over 18 years, Amy has spoken at conferences, professional and social groups on business and relationship topics. Amy has spoken to dozens of ICF groups across the US on “Coach and Client: Going Deeper with their Values”.

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

  Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process.

  The first step is to register with our chapter. Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF Global. Payment is only required during the first step. The second step authorizes ICF Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.

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• Mastering Client Conversion: Empowering Coaches to Transform Skeptics into Committed Clients (ICF North Florida Hosting)

  • When
    Tue, September 23, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  0.5 Core Competency and 1.0 Resource Development CCEs

  Coaches know how transformative coaching is—but when it comes to selling, even the best struggle to get potential clients to say “Yes!” The problem isn’t price or timing. It’s how you’re showing up in the sales conversation. In this talk, Chris shares The I-Help Selling System, a 5-step process for conducting sales calls that make potential clients feel seen, heard, and understood. Most coaches unintentionally create objections. That’s why they get ghosted or hear “I need to think about it.” Learn how to sell with confidence, integrity, and a “coach approach”—so the right clients say yes without hesitation.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

  1. Master the "Coach Approach" to Sales Calls – Learn how to conduct sales conversations that make potential clients feel seen, heard, and understood, leading to confident buying decisions.

  2. Identify and Eliminate Hidden Objection Triggers – Recognize how traditional sales tactics (and even well-intended coaching habits) create resistance and objections—and what to do instead.

  3. Prevent Ghosting and “I Need to Think About It” Responses – Understand the deeper reasons potential clients hesitate and gain a proven process for guiding them to a clear and confident yes.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:

  Chris Kenney has spent the last two decades as a master sales coach, multi-million dollar business owner, and sought-after wealth mentor. He teaches brilliant coaches, consultants, and creative service providers how to break their money rules, rapidly accelerate their income, and live with uncommon freedom & choice. When he's not coaching his private clients, you can find him speaking on stages around the world, sharing his 7-figure sales secrets with talented entrepreneurs, teaching them to step into their legacy work by shedding the chains of money shame and undercharging. His true gift is to show you how to become totally present to and accepting of your ability to impact the world.
  

  
  

  This is a 2-STEP registration process.

  Since this webinar is being offered by ICF Global, registration requires a two-step process.

  The first step is to register with our chapter. Once you successfully register and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register with ICF Global. Payment is only required during the first step. The second step authorizes ICF Global to send you the Zoom link for the webinar.

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• Marlin Blankenship, Ph.D., PCC - ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting

  • When
    Thu, September 25, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us for our September ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting.

  Our featured presenter is Marlin Blankenship, Ph.D., PCC who is the President-Elect for our ICF AR-OK Chapter and Director of Coaching at Strata Leadership.  

  
  

  

  Bio:

  Dr. Marlin Blankenship is Director of Coaching at Strata Leadership, an executive leadership coach, and a want-to-be creative. Marlin has spent a lifetime working to help others achieve personal and professional success and live balanced, happy lives. Formerly an executive director, Marlin has a broad professional background having worked in emergency services, healthcare, human resources, and education before transitioning into coaching full-time. For the last 10 years, he has coached leaders from three continents and a diverse range of industries.

  Marlin has a deep curiosity that helps his clients to understand what has gotten them to their current success and is hindering the next step of their career. Beyond his coaching skills and professional background, Marlin draws from decades of lifelong learning in communication, leadership, theology, positive psychology, health and wellness, and education to provide a holistic executive coaching experience that meets leaders where they are at and takes them farther than they thought they could go.

  Marlin is a professional certified coach with the International Coach Federation, holds a PhD in Workforce and Adult Education from Oklahoma State University and is a graduate of the UT-Dallas Executive and Professional Coaching program. He is also a big fan of dark roast coffee and thunderstorms.

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• Chad Hall, MCC - Who Can Afford Coaching? - ICF AR-OK Chapter Meeting

  • When
    Thu, October 23, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  1.0 Resource Development CCE

  To make a living as a coach, you must be able to connect with coachable people who can afford to work with you.  That's not an easy proposition.  Personal budgets are tight.  Those most in need of coaching are often the least able to afford it.  It can seem hopeless. 

  In this session, seasoned coach Chad Hall, MCC will share three approaches for getting clients who can afford coaching.  These are approaches that have worked for him and his team at StrongLead, a professional coaching firm in Hickory, NC to provides over 2500 hours of coaching per year to clients ranging from solopreneurs to non-profit leaders to millionaire business owners.

  Learning Objectives:  

  1. Find your why for coaching (and it can't be money)
  2. Learn to put a price on your coaching (and it must be money)
  3. Develop creative ways to get clients who can afford coaching AND to make coaching affordable for clients who can't otherwise pay for your coaching.

  
  

   

  Bio:
  

  Chad is a Master Certified Coach who helps leaders, teams and organizations improve performance and well-being. He has coached top-level leaders around the world in technology, healthcare, marketing, finance and non-profit sectors. His areas of expertise include coaching, training, and performance development and he’s a qualified practitioner with assessments such as MBTI, LPI 360, and Core Values Index.

  Chad is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University (BA), Duke University (MTS), Princeton Seminary (ThM), and Western Seminary (DMin). He has written several journal articles and books related to leadership and coaching, including the Amazon bestselling eBook, The Coaching Mindset. He lives in Hickory with his wife, Holly.  

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• ICF AR-OK Chapter Community Meeting - Yearly Wrap Up

  • When
    Thu, December 11, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us for our year end Chapter Community Meeting. 

  Focus:  Conversation - Connection - Communication

  We will review the year and look ahead to 2026 as well as share updates on how to get involved in our local chapter and opportunities available through ICF Global.  

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