ETCA Monthly Meeting

The July Meeting of the East Tennessee Coaches Association will be Friday, July 11 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Naples Restaurant located at 5500 Kingston Pike, just down the road from Green Hills Grille. This change in venue is because Green Hills Grille has closed. *** Please be at Naples between 11:00 and 11:20 so that you can place your order before 11:30. *** Lunch will still be $12 including beverage, tax and gratuity. There will be a vegetarian option and a meat option for us to choose from. Sandy Rees will be our Discussion Leader Coach for July. She is a fundraising coach who does lots of group presentations as well as one-on-one work. She will lead us in a discussion of how to incorporate adult learning styles in your presentations and individual work. Thanks, Sandy! Janice Holman will present the Business Showcase this month. RSVP by Wednesday, July 9. You can now RSVP through the website again! Go to www.easttncoachesassoc.org and fill in the RSVP box. Or respond to marcia@stepbystepcoaching.biz or 865.521.7759.

June Meeting

Please plan to join us at the Greene Hills Grille for the June East Tennessee Coaching Association meeting Friday, June 8 at 11:30. Michael Carter will present on “The Nine Keys to Invest in Integrity.” This program is a uniquely comprehensive combination of nine actions of self-coaching including related skills/practices. The simple yet elegant ABC organization provides a highly adaptable, effective, and easily learned program. Self-coaching is a wise investment in self-development and personal leadership which is foundational to personal, academic, and professional success and happiness. The Executive Team will meet at 10:00 at Green Hills Grille for a mid-year strategic planning session to discuss programming for the remainder of the year and how we can lay the ground work for an outside speaker in 2008. All members are encouraged to attend and share their ideas. Please RSVP on the website by Wednesday, June 6.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

The theme for this year is “Striving for Excellence as Coaching Professionals.” The January meeting will include inducting new officers and strategic planning for 2007. Our proposed format which will begin in January: -Eat promptly at 11:30 -Program 11:45-12:45 -Business 12:45-1:00 -Roundtable 1:00-2:00 This time is optional, as it has been in the past. But this year it will be more structured to provide opportunities for case studies, coaching demonstrations, discussion of specific issues of interest, workshops related to the program, networking and collaboration. Sharon Hoover will present a case study this month.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

In keeping with our tradition, the December meeting will be a time of celebrating the personal and professional wins we have experienced during this year. We will meet at the Green Hills Grille from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. There will be time for networking and informal conversation from 1:00-2:00.

ETCA Monthly Meeting - November 2006

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location to be announced.

ETCA Monthly Meeting - October 2006

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Rothchild's Catering on Kingston Pike. The program is provided by Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-Free and Organized. Following the regular meeting, Mary will offer a 2-hour workshop, "Get Organized for Greater Success." The fee for the workshop is $35.

ETCA Monthly Meeting - September, 2006

The regular monthly meeting will be Friday, September 8, 2006 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the University Club. The program will focus on peer coaching. Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 5.

ETCA Monthly Meeting - August 2006

The August ETCA meeting will be Friday, August 11 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the University Center at the corner of Neyland Drive and Kingston Pike. Please make sure your RSVP is in by Tuesday, August 8 (the RSVP box is in the left sidebar)or call 865-300-8272 (Jo Anne Lavender). Join us this month and find out about "Overcoming Objections." Linda Pucci, Ph. Anytime we talk to prospective clients or customers we are likely to run in to objections about why they arent' ready to become our client. These objections can be obstacles to our being abloe to provide services that a client needs (and an obstacle to building our business). We'll be examining what the common objections really are adn what you can to do to overcome them. Members will coach each ohter to devleop responses to the objections they encounter most. Come and Bring Your Obections!

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Our president, Jeff Brunson will present the program, The Brand Journey. Branding is a process. Your Brand is a claim in terms of calling and a statement in terms of action. As a Coach and/or Consultant, you must take personal accountability to live your Brand and serve your market. Jeff will share with us his own personal story of the Brand evolution. He will then summarize a Brand process in seven critical stages. Wherever you are in the process, come prepared to take the next step! We will also highlight Coaching Proficiency # 3, Elicits Greatness

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Our topic this month will be Pink Spoon Marketing – presented by Melanie McGhee. Pink Spoon Marketing is based on the famous Baskin Robbins Pink Spoon. You know how you go in for a taste of butter pecan and wind up with a 2 scoop cone of Black Cherry Chocolate Chip? In this meeting, we will explore how to apply Pink Spoon Marketing to the Coaching Business. Please join us and bring a friend for this exciting and innovative program!

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Friday, May 12, 11:30-1:00 at the University Club 2006 Theme: Putting the Coach Approach to Work for You May Program: Getting in Front of Your Target Audience Presenter: Sandy Rees, CRFE, Fundraising Counsel and Training Sandy is an experienced, successful fundraiser and an accomplished presenter. She often finds herself coaching leaders to develop a strategic marketing plan that conveys their message, fits their mission and takes into account the current public mindset about giving to charities. She will help us figure out who our target audience is, what our key messages are and which marketing strategies are the most effective for us considering our individual strengths. Sandy will help us discover which methods will give us the “most bang for the buck” and give us ideas for inexpensive ways to get in front of our target audience. Time for peer coaching will be built in to Sandy’s presentation so come and enjoy the inspiring conversations which so characterize the ETCA learning community. Please remember to RSVP through our website, www.easttncoachesassoc.org .

ETCA Monthly Meeting

Join us on Friday, April 7 from 11:30-1:00 p.m. for a presentation by Jan Martin of Martin Publishing. Jan will talk about “Writing as a Marketing Tool: Easy Ways to Get Started.” Find out about all the types of written products that could help you launch or expand your business, as well as create passive income. We will also spend some time coaching each other about what we know that could become a written product, and hear Jan’s tips for making written products more marketable and profitable.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

On Friday March 10th, we continue our exciting program theme, "Putting The Coach Approach To Work For You" with an introduction to the ancient personality typing system, the Enneagram. First developed by the Sufis several centuries ago, the Enneagram is both a diagnostic tool and a prescription for change. Dr. Annie Wills will provide questionnaires for you to fill out before or during lunch, that will help you determine your personality type. During her presentation, she will describe the strengths and challenges of each type, with a focus on Coaching Proficiency #2 Reveals the Client to Themselves. RSVP by filling out the form in the side bar.

ETCA Monthly Meeting: Coaching Ourselves to New Heights

The East Tennessee Coaches Association IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL FEBRUARY PROGRAM: COACHING OURSELVES TO NEW HEIGHTS Come and “Put the Coach Approach to Work” for creating a great year in 2006 for our members and the ETCA February 10, 2006 11:30-2:00 p.m. (Note: this is a 2 ½ hour meeting) The University Club Corner of Kingston Pike & Neyland Drive Knoxville, TN We will be using specific coaching skills to develop our strategic plan to achieve our ETCA goals for 2006! Come be a part of this action session— Get everything you want out of ETCA in 2006!

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville. Our December gathering will be a very special celebration of the past year and a looking forward to the next year. Together we'll explore our professional successes individually and as an organization for 2005. Then we'll discuss what we'd like to be able to celebrate this time next year. ETCA officer and committee chairs will be listening closely so that we can plan programs for 2006 to help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be next December. We'll also give you an opportunity to consider how you might invest your passions and strengths to further the growth and development of our organization in 2006. We'll also install the new officers as well as thank the outgoing ones.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville. Melanie McGhee, LCSW, will lead the program, "An Elevator Speech with Heart." Get VERY comfortable talking about what you do, clearly and with confidence. And there is no safer place to talk about your dreams than with your colleagues at ETCA. So come expecting to grow, and to be a catalyst for others' growth.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville.

ETCA Monthly Meeting

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the University Club, corner of Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive, Knoxville. Our program this month is "How to Find Your Niche and Create a Business You Love" presented by Raeus Canon.

Workshop

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. following the ETCA meeting. "How to Find Your Niche and Build a Business You Love" presented by Raeus Canon. Participants will work on discovering their business "niche" and who their clients REALLY are. This understanding can produce more effective marketing and networking efforts, and result in work that you love to do and are good at. Workshop fee: $25