Calgary
Co-Active
CTI is committed to building a strong community in Calgary and the surrounding area.
Issue #1 April 2012
Launching the official newsletter of the Co-Active Community in Calgary Committed to building a strong community of CoActive Coaches Hello Co-Active Calgary. For those of you who haven’t met me, my name is Jayson Krause and I’m pleased to be the Ambassador for CTI in the Calgary and surrounding area. My role as the ambassador is to work with you all to develop and strengthen t h e C o - Ac t i ve c o m m u n i t y t h ro u g h expanding the awareness of Co-Activity, and through collaborating with you to continue to grow our skills and businesses as Co-Active coaches. This is the first edition of the Co-Active Calgary newsletter. The purpose of this
newsletter is to keep you informed of important news from the CTI office and, more importantly, to spread local news and highlight the great work people like you are doing in the community. My vision is greater than developing our coaching skills and businesses. I’d love to create a foundation where CoActive groups can engage in variety of activities. Anything and everything Coactive. In order to do this, I’m asking you to get involved and get Co-Active in creating this community. Let me know what you want and how I can help you share your vision, gifts and skills with the community. Contact me with your ideas, inspirations and contributions to grow our community far and wide.
Meet the new Model!
If you have stories of impact to share, want to start or host a Co-Active event please email me at: Jayson@thecoaches.com. Thank you for being a part of the CoActive journey and I look forward to connecting with you as we continue to grow and ser ve our wonder ful community. Yours in connection, Jayson Krause
Karen & Henry’s Visit to Calgary!
on March 1st, 2012, CTI Co-founders Karen & Henry Kimsey-House visited Calgary for the first time to introduce the New Co-Active Model. An energetic and jam-packed room of new and veteran coaches joined Karen and Henry as they informed and inspired all in attendance with their own Co-Active dance in delivering the evolution of the New Model. Among many things, the participants left understanding how to Evoke Transformation, Dance in THIS moment and how to use the Captain & Crew. If you missed seeing Karen and Henry, you catch up on all of the changes by clicking HERE to listen to the webinar.
What do we got? It’s YOUR business .............. 2 Beginner’s Mind ................. 3 Upcoming EVENTS ............. 3 Get CoActive! ..................... 3 Leader’s Ledge ................... 4
1 Shintaido in the Park Page .......... 4
It’s YOUR Business
To submit an article to “It’s YOUR business”, email jayson@thecoaches.com
How to attract clients and fill your practice by Jackie McKay, CPCC
Are you deeply inspired to get out there and help people with your coaching skills? Do you feel a bit confused with where to start in attracting clients to your coaching practice? It’s kinda tricky dealing with the deep yearning to be doing something you love and to feel so held back at the same time. Actually some days it can really stink. This whole movement of “follow your passion” has come but no one taught you the part about doing what you love and making enough money so that you can pay your bills. Woops!
Enter heart beating overwhelm. How is it that some people are able to enjoy the deep satisfaction of a full coaching practice while others are scrambling to find one or two new clients? What’s the secret sauce to this whole thing?
Let’s expose those “secret” things. Unfortunately our deep passion for our work isn’t enough. But not to worry. Here are top 10 tips to help you attract more clients and fill your passion-based practice. 1. Get clear on your niche 2. Create a very specific marketing message about who you help and their struggles 3. Offer a free valuable gift from your website that will on some level help to change their life 4. Give your prospects high quality articles that will build a “trusted” advisor feel for you 5. Create a business card that includes your photo and a strong call to action to sign up for your free gift on your website 6. Create regular enriching blog posts that addresses your client’s biggest needs 7. Offer free high content telecasts regularly 8. Offer regular, on-going low fee workshops and talks
9. Send out regular e-zines – like mine! (sign up at www.HealersWhoProsper.com…shameless plug!) 10. Create a Facebook fan page and offer high consistent, quality posts and tips
Your Turn. Pick one or two ideas from the list on the right hand side of the page. Once you have one or two of those in place consider adding a third. In no time you’ll have your own client attraction, relationship building plan in place and you’ll start to see a steady stream of clients too.
Ready to attract your own steady stream of clients? The Soul-Inspired Prosperous Practice Coaching programs can show you exactly how you can fill your practice and attract new clients to your business each month – in no time. And, you CAN do this in a “step-by- step” format, without being selly or icky, but just by being you. How would that make a difference in your life? I created this one-of-a-kind program to personally walk you through the same steps I used (and continue to use daily) to attract my own ideal clients to my current coaching practice each month. Wanna learn more? Get in touch with me for a free exploratory session to see if I can help. Contact me at info@healerswhoprosper.com In passion and prosperity, Jackie McKay CPCC and Prosperous Practice Mentor
Attract More Clients by Changing the Way You Work with Jackie McKay Location: Bow Valley Club, 3rd Floor, Bow Valley Square 205 – 5th Avenue SW, Calgary
Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:00 a.m. Registration and Buffet Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Presentation 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Networking Fees:
CAPC Enhanced Level Members: $22.00 + GST CAPC Basic Level and Nonmembers: $37.00 + GST visit www.calgarycoaches.com for details and registration
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Beginner’s Mind
UPCOMING EVENTS: April 20-22nd BODY, SPIRIT & SOUL EXPO CTI will be represented at one of Calgary’s most popular spiring shows. Want to get involved? email Jayson to find out more! jayson@thecoaches.com (Volunteering to participate in trade shows will engage you with the community, get you in front of potential clients and allow you to use your great coaching skills!)
We will follow Nicole Owen, a new student to CTI. We’ll start at Fundamentals and follow her to her CPCC and beyond. Grab a seat and some popcorn and take a look into the beginner’s mind.
Learning the Levels 3 months ago I was stuck with no idea of where my life was headed. I liken it to sitting on a log in a beautiful forest. I stopped on this log 6 years ago, not really sure where the path that lead me there continued on. I figured the path would be revealed when it was time but the years passed and still I remained. There were times when I got up and visited a small meadow or racing stream but always I returned to the log. And every time I returned I saw the place where I sat became worn away, making the log a little more welcoming yet never quite comfortable. A voice on the breeze always called me to something more, threatened to push the leaves and branches away that seem to hide the path but I was never sure until now. The breeze became a strong wind that has made it undeniably clear where my journey shall continue. My log became a soft seat among 23 soon to be traveling companions on the journey of following our calling. We looked upon our leaders for the weekend, two brilliant sages, warm open
souls, ready to bestow the gift of the CoActive model upon us gathered there. By day three, with our Level III listening tuned in, we knew that a bond had been created to carry us through, for those of us who had chosen to continue. I left knowing that I was changed, my calling was found. That night I shared with my friends and family all that happened. They were unanimous in rejoicing in the new light they saw alive in me. The next morning I awoke with new energy long before my alarm was set to go off and I was sending out emails to my f ellow ambassadors of world transformation; creating our Facebook group where we could share ideas, encouragements, struggles; setting up our coaching circle to make sure that we all continue not just our practice but also our connection with one another and I contacted CTI’s Calgary Ambassador Jayson Krause to let him know that I was all in for whatever he needed to establish CTI’s presence in Calgary. Never, in these 6 years have I been so assured of my future, of my gifts and my calling and though there are questions and fears, the spark that was deep within has burst into a flame and that light shall guide me as I continue to study and grow as a CTI Life Coach.
May 4-6th or September 14-16th FUNDAMENTALS Let’s share the gift of Co-Active work and send a colleague, friend or family member to Fundamentals. Did I mention we can give them $200.00 off the regular cost?
GET Co-Active!: Join our Co-Active Calgary Facebook Page to find out about upcoming events. Email Nicole to gain access: nowen73@gmail.com Spread the word to your friends and colleagues who have been through CTI courses and get them involved in our community. Send content suggestions to: jayson@thecoaches.com
For more information about CTI and the latest news from the head office, please visit: www.thecoaches.com
To be continued, Nicole Owen Co-Active Coach in training
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Leader’s Ledge
You are invited to join in Calgary’s Shintaido in the Park. A unique opportunity to practice the Shintaido ritual with other tribe members to deepen our connection with each other, expand our collective co-active consciousness and strengthen our connection with Leadership.
Welcome! Hello there, and Welcome to the Leader’s Ledge. This page of the CoActive Calgary Newsletter is directed to any and all of the members of the CTI Leadership community in the Calgary and surrounding area. So that actually includes almost anyone and everyone who has had any level of connection with CTI If any one of the following options applies to YOU, then this part of the Newsletter is for YOU! Graduate of the CTI Leadership Program. Currently enrolled in a CTI Leadership Program. Registered for CTI Leadership but not started yet. Seriously considering exploring CTI Leadership. Attended one or more CTI Core Curriculum Courses and wonder what it takes to be a front-of-theroom leader.
Leadership Mentoring Many Leadership Tribe members have taken advantage of the CoActive Leadership Mentor Program. Among the many benefits of having a Leadership Mentor is the opportunity to explore some of the experiences, the learning and the meaning of the leadership journey, with someone who has followed the path and has a perspective that takes them far beyond the dialogue and exchange with contemporar y tribe members, pod members, friends and relatives. I was fortunate to discover the program the week after I completed R1, and I signed up with a Mentor almost immediately. There’s absolutely no question that my ongoing relationship with my Mentor played a huge part in the outcome of the Leadership Program for me.
A Gathering of the Tribes with Shintaido in the Park
Who?
All CTI Leadership Tribe Members are welcome.
What?
More recently, I have had t he opportunity to be a Mentor to two members of the Ash Tribe. This time, my experience as a Mentor has continued my own learning and personal development in ways that I could not have imagined. If I am helping my mentees have a greater experience them selves, the growth and understanding that I get from spending time with them is every bit as delightful and satisfying! If you are currently in a tribe and do not have a Mentor, I encourage you to connect with the Mentor Program and see if it has value for you. There’s a link at the bottom of this page. If you have a problem with it, log on to the Co-Active Network and look for it under “Niche Communities”
Special Leadership Event Lisa Elliott has been inspired to create (or should that be ‘re-create’?) the morning ritual that so many of us miss from our Leadership Retreats. Check out the sidebar and let Lisa know if you want to be a part of “Shintaido in the Park”. At t his point, t his event is for Leadership Graduates and current Tribe Members. Hope to see you there, April 29th!
*Shintaido Ritual *20 minutes of quiet contemplation in nature *20 minutes of journaling followed by... *connection time at local coffee shop
When?
8:00 a.m. Last Sunday morning of each month.
First event: April 29th Where?
Meet at Edworthy Park North Side Parking Lot at 8:00 a.m. (Depending on the group’s preference we can meet at a different park in the city or outside the city each month.) If you are interested in participating, co-leading or require more information, please contact Lisa Elliott cell phone. 403.616.5305 or redlotusenterprises@gmail.com
John Breeze Waterdragon and Co-founder of “It’s All About Connecting”
http://www.coactivenetwork.com/webx?ctiAboutThisCommunity@@.3c627871
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