Jacksonville, FL (1888PressRelease)
August 21, 2008 - Keynote speaker, Dr. Patrick Williams will lead professional coaches in a thought provoking dialogue about the direction of coaching. This open discussion is for coaching professionals regardless of training, affiliation, or experience. Come be part of this learning community.
First Coast Coaches Association, Inc. (FCCA) is pleased to offer a retreat designed especially for new or seasoned professional coaches building their business or providing coaching in organizations. This retreat is also for individuals considering entering the coaching profession.
Patrick Williams, Ed.D, MCC, visionary leader of the coaching industry, will deliver an inspirational and informative keynote address on Celebrate Coaching: Where We Have Come From and Where We are Going.
Here is what you will learn:
• Renew your sense of purpose and direction as a coaching professional.
• Find ways to be part of a community to build your business and pursue your passion for coaching.
• Be a part of building awareness in the Jacksonville community on the value and availability of professional coaching.
• Learn from a panel of experienced coaches how to move from "surviving to thriving" as a professional coach.
• Leave with a sense of connection and community that creates a "can do" spirit of success.
Register today!
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. registration and continental breakfast; Program from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: Watson Realty, Inc., 4540 Southside Blvd. Suite 1, Jacksonville, Florida
Registration: Pre-register by Wednesday, Sept.17 - Contact Barbara Tolliver-Haskins for more information and to register at 904-221-0380 or ExecutiveCoachingSolutions ( @ ) msn dot com
Costs: $30 pre-registration and $40 at the door for non-members.
Join FCCA at www.firstcoastcoachesassociation.org to enjoy member benefits.
About: Patrick Williams, Ed.D, MCC
Williams is the owner and founder of the Institute for Life Coach Training, (www.lifecoachtraining.com), is an internationally recognized speaker and author. A master certified coach, licensed psychologist who began executive coaching in 1990. One of the first 24 coaches worldwide, who was awarded the designation of Master Certified Coach, by the International Coach Federation. In 1998,Williams founded the Institute for Life Coach Training, an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program.
Williams was a co-chair position with the ICF regulatory committee and former ICF board member. Currently elected president of the Association of Coach Training Organizations, and a member of the International Association of Coaching. Dr. Williams was also awarded the first Global Visionary Fellow by the Foundation of Coaching for his project, Coaching the Global Village (www.CoachingTheGlobalVillage.org).
Dr. Williams has co-authored and contributed many books including:
Therapist as Life Coach: Transforming Your Practice (2002, and 2007),
Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons From the Institute for Life Coach Training (2007) and, The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Insights and Issues for a New Era (2008).
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