Coaching World Issue 8: November 2013 | Page 22

Get Ready for ICW 2014 Taking place May 19–25, 2014, International Coaching Week (ICW) presents ICF Charter Chapters and Chapters around the world with the perfect opportunity to create maximum impact by fostering education and exposure to coaching, strengthening the ICF membership, and enabling individuals in our communities to experience coaching firsthand. ICF Raleigh ICF Raleigh is an ICF Charter Chapter. ICF Raleigh was honored with a 2013 ICF Breaking Barriers Award in recognition of its ICW 2013 marketing and promotional efforts. Give visibility and credibility to coaching by fostering education and exposure. Strengthen, connect and leverage members. Impact the community by enabling them to experience coaching. Because we are joining hands virtually with coaches around the globe, we can’t play small. We need to join hands with leaders in our community as well. For one week, all of us are agents with a singular focus: enabling as many people as possible to experience coaching in service of humanity flourishing. As we planned for ICF Ra leigh’s 2013 ICW celebration, the question we returned to again and again was, “What can we do to raise aspirations, inspire others, and facilitate meaningful and pivotal experiences?” 22 Coaching World