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PACA receives
international recognition for its Community Coaching Connection
program
Pictured
from left to right, Kay Cannon - 2007 President, International
Coach Federation; Gerrie Dresser, Past President, Philadelphia
Area Coaches Alliance; Russell Long, Membership Committee
Chair, International Coach Federation.
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 Philadelphia
Area Coaches Alliance’s president, Gerrie Dresser,
accepted the International Coach Federation’s award
for “Local Spirit, Global Presence –
Community Activism” on behalf of the PACA
organization on November 3.
The award was presented by Pamela
Richarde, ICF 2006 President, and Kay Cannon,
ICF 2007 President at the ICF Leadership Dinner during the
11th Annual ICF Conference that was held
in St. Louis, Mo. The conference was attended by more than
1,300 coaches from 33 countries.
PACA is a nonprofit organization
of more than 100 professionals with interests in executive,
corporate, business, nonprofit, personal, and small business
coaching in the Greater Philadelphia area.
The ICF Community Activism Award
recognizes a local chapter that established a significant
coaching presence in their communities either by successfully
creating volunteer or pro bono coaching programs that benefit
a segment of their local communities or developing an alliance
with a community organization that brings coaching to the
community or to outreach organizations.
This award specifically recognized the
contribution of the Philadelphia Area Coaches Alliance (PACA)
community and coaches through PACA’s Community
Coaching Connection.
Through this in-kind grant of more than
$20,000 to the Family Support Services
(FSS) of Upper Darby, Pa., volunteers from the Philadelphia
Area Coaches Alliance provided staff members of the nonprofit
Family Support Services Inc. with pro bono coaching that
strengthened job focus, performance, and leadership skills.
FSS is a nonprofit that runs child welfare
and early intervention programs helping 1,600 children and
their families annually in Philadelphia and Delaware counties.
PACA’s Community Coaching
Connection is a volunteer program through which
the organization donates money and/or coaching services
to a worthy nonprofit agency in Greater Philadelphia. This
grant was the first that included coaching services.
Nine PACA coaches were paired with FSS
supervisors and managers in one-on-one meetings twice monthly
for six months.
• FSS supervisors
said PACA coaches were able to provide them with perspectives
that helped them better organize their work, identify goals
and plan to reach those goals.
• Coaches
worked with FSS staffers in organizing their workloads so
they could make the time to refocus on some aspects of their
jobs that needed more attention.
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FSS supervisors said their coaching sessions also helped
manage stress and helped them clarify what they wanted to
do, and can do, while on the job.
One testimonial from Wilmette Reid, an FSS program
director:
“The
coaching gives you a magnifying glass to stop and focus
on what you would like to strengthen in your program. It
gave us a chance to become more efficient.”
Many thanks are extended to Bob Isaacson
for his leadership and vision for this initiative and the
team of coaches for their contribution: Ken Abrams;
Val Boyko; Christine Coward; Val Hastings; Ginger Jarrett;
Pat Kilgannon; Lisa Kramer; Jackie Lesser; Maria van Hekken
PACA is a Charter Chapter of the International
Coach Federation. The ICF represents 11,000 members in 80
countries with 144 chapters and is recognized for establishing
a worldwide credentialing of coaches, a Code of Ethics for
the coaching profession, and promoting research about coaching.
Additional information is located
at:
Family Support Services Inc. web site,
http://www.fssinc.org.
International Coach Federation web site,
http://www.coachfederation.org.
PACA’s Community Coaching Connection
project, http://www.philadelphiacoaches.org/pr.html
Contacts about the project and ICF Award:
PACA's ICF Chapter Award, Gerrie Dresser,
PACA 2006 President - gerrie@successassociates.biz,
610-429-0359
Community Coaching Connection, Bob Isaacson,
PACA 2006 VP Corporate Affairs - bob@fullcirclesolutions.net,
610.446.4981
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