New Directions for PSCA
12/13/06 -- Yes, change is a constant. And, it is with great enthusiasm that we share
PSCA's new direction with you.
We learned a lot from you, the members, over the course of the past eight months. We see an opportunity to rebuild our organization in a way that will
attract even more diverse membership and generate improved ownership of the
association by our members.
Bottom line: to continue to thrive and be a resource to our local coaching
professionals and the communities in which we all live, we need to change
and grow.
For this reason, we are establishing a new format for our association.
- First and foremost, PSCA as we have known it, is gone; we are “new” and
“improving.”
- We will be fluid and flexible with our structure and presence in the
community
- For example, our monthly meetings, which have had a standard
format and meeting time (the 2nd Tuesday evening of each month at
the Mercer Island Community Center), will no longer be “set.”
- In place of the old format, we will facilitate a variety of
meetings, presentations, study-groups, etc., scheduled so that you
can choose the venue, timing and groups of coaches that fit your
needs the most
We are well underway to making this approach reality. With this new
format, you now have a voice and a community of people to and with whom
you can market and
organize your own meetings and educational opportunities! This includes
virtual connections as well as face to face!
We welcome your contributions and the collective designing of our
new
year at PSCA. How?
- On the Member Projects page of
the website, you will find PSCA Grant Application information a blank
form one and
a sample of one that's already been successfully completed.
- The completed one demonstrates how you, as a coach, can use the PSCA
to bring your gifts, talents and interests to everyone in our community,
on your terms and with the support and resources of the Association.
(e.g. announcements, web registration, securing a location and
potential funding)
- If you like the idea of getting involved but don't yet know
how, you can always peruse a list of suggestions and use that to
jumpstart your imagination
- Whatever your endeavor, a monthly meeting idea, a gathering close to
your location, a presentation for a niche of the market, the Grant
process will help you in three ways:
- Submit a project for consideration to receive support from the PSCA
Board and Committee volunteers
- Network with other coaches to leverage the power of many in
collaboration
- Tailor your experience of belonging to PSCA by initiating and
creating programming, events and gatherings that you find most
empowering
Designing our re-invention and guiding that implementation is exciting
and, many hands will allow light work for all. What are your talents?
Your passions? Your interests in our coaching community? What can you
contribute in a way that is fun for you?
We are also seeking volunteers to lead and assist in the following three areas of our
ongoing transition:
- Grant review approval for incoming requests through our Association
- Project management assistance for coaches who are new to creating and
have a red-hot idea to submit for a grant
- Technology Visioning! We are beginning the redesign effort for the
web site and other aspects of our technology toolkit and we want to know what you, the members think will be most
powerful:
- For coaches
- For prospective coaches
- For prospective clients seeking coaches
- For our communities to learn about coaches and coaching
- And, what about other technologies such as the list serve, bridge lines,
video conferencing, blogs, and other tools that help each of us leverage
technology centrally purchased and supported by the PSCA?
If you have passion in the use of technology (even if using and
implementing technology is not your forte), please get involved and
help us identify what to develop.
We encourage you to stay connected with your colleagues through the
discussion group on Yahoo and engage with the tremendous membership talent we have
in the Puget Sound area and beyond. Our community is very much alive and there are
some very exciting initiatives in place for the New Year and beyond.
Join us! Add your voice. Make suggestions. Offer your wisdom. Help
implement this new and exciting direction. We want you and need you to
thrive and to grow.
Continue to stay tuned and check the web site regularly for continuous
updates and opportunities to learn, to grow and to network within our
dynamic Coaching Community. Add this to your “favorites” for easy
connection: http://www.Pugetsoundcoaches.com.
The timing of this transition on the cusp of the New Year feels
empowering. To the many of you who have been actively involved in our
chapter over the years, in a variety of ways, we offer our gratitude for
your presence, now and in the past. Your leadership legacy and wisdom
have shaped our present and built a foundation for the future that is
next. One of the best things about being a coach is the opportunity to
hold a possibility - a way-big possibility for a better future for
everyone we touch, including ourselves. Bravo to all for choosing our
profession!
Best wishes for a very joyous New Year and a prosperous 2007. See you
real soon!
Janet Harvey, Transition Committee Head
Puget Sound Coaches Association
(360) 331-7907 &
janet.harvey@invitechange.com
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