Denver Coach Federation Newsletter March 2012

1. MARCH 2012
IN THIS ISSUE:
Message from Marty Vondrell, President
Next DCF Monthly Meeting: March 15, 2012
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
Attention DCF Members: Post your picture to your profile for the Find a Coach Directory
In the Spotlight: Marilyn Feinstein
Calling All Volunteers!
Membership in the DCF
DCF is on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & YouTube!
Resource Library
General Meeting Information
Contact Us
Message from Marty Vondrell
President, Denver Coach Federation
Wow, what a great meeting we had in February! Can you believe it's March 2012 already?
For those of you that came to the meeting last month, you know that the speaker was master
storyteller, Doug Stevenson. And what a great meeting it was! It was a special meeting for me
because I had some realizations about how I've been speaking for so many years. Over the years,
I have had really good speeches/talks and really bad ones. I had figured out in the last year that
speaking from my heart was always so much more effective than logically presenting concepts for
examples.
What I realized during Doug's presentation was that telling stories was the best way of all to be
truly present, vulnerable and speak from the heart. As Doug would say, "love yourself and let
them watch." What better gift can you give your audience? I am now committed to practicing this
skill so that I can be a much more effective leader and coach.
If you come to the meeting in March (Thursday, the 15th) I will give you my first personal story
that I have ever given in public. I promise it won’t be too long, and I can only hope that it's
entertaining and enlightening. But even if it is a flop, I hope to set an example of how failure can
be a success, even if the success comes in the long run. I look forward to it, and I hope you will
be there.

2. Thank you for the community, the love and the support we are creating within the DCF. It is very
meaningful to me. Please look for ways to feel it and participate in every way you can. I envision it
to be part of your plan to re-energize yourself and vibrate with abundance. We do this with
courageous authenticity. As I see it, this is being successful in coaching. We cannot take our
clients where we are not willing to go ourselves. We must continue to develop and take risks and
be vulnerable. I invite you to do that with me at the DCF. Thank you for being part of it and see
you soon!
With the warmest regards,
Marty Vondrell
President, Denver Coach Federation
marty@martyvondrell.com
Next DCF Monthly Meeting: March 15
Date: March 15, 2012
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
(SIGs start at 6:00PM before the general meeting)
Location: PPA Event Center, 2105 Decautur St, Denver, CO 80211
Speaker: Michelle Schubnel
Topic: "How to Increase Your Impact and Income with Group Coaching and Masterminds"
Are you a coach who wants to make a bigger difference and earn more money in less time?
The secret is working with groups.
And now more than ever, coaches are enjoying great success by adding group coaching programs
and mastermind groups to their business model.
If you’ve been wanting to coach groups or lead a mastermind but aren’t sure how to go about it,
attend this content-rich program and discover:
The differences between group coaching and mastermind groups, and how to choose the
right one for your business.
The secrets for designing an irresistible group that your ideal participants can't wait to join.
The most effective strategies for filling your group and the big marketing pitfalls to avoid.
Simple techniques to confidently lead your group, even if you're just starting out.
This engaging and interactive program will give you the strategies, resources and inspiration so
you can move forward and add group programs to your coaching business!
About Michelle Schubnel
Michelle Schubnel is the President and Head Coach at CoachAndGrowRich.com. For more than a
decade Michelle and the CoachAndGrowRich.com team have helped thousands of coaches
worldwide learn how to attract great clients and create their ideal coaching business.
An in-demand speaker at coaching events and conferences in the US and abroad, Michelle is
passionate about helping coaches make a big difference and earn a great living doing what they
love by developing a multiple revenue stream coaching business.

3. In particular, Michelle is on a mission to help more coaches start coaching groups. Do you want to
coach groups? Get Michelle’s popular free group coaching training videos at
www.GroupCoachingSuccess.com. (Viewed by 5,400+ coaches from 88 countries during the first
month the videos were available!)
Michelle is a big fan of the New York Yankees, the Dave Matthews Band and skiing in fresh
powder. She loves travelling and then returning to her home in the San Francisco Bay Area where
she with lives with her husband Adam.
PLEASE NOTE: Everyone must register for the monthly meetings including DCF members.
**Offering 1.25 CCEUs in Business Development
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the March 15, 2012 DCF Meeting.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
EXPLORING COACHING AS A PROFESSION SIG
March 15, 2012
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Our discussion may include, and is not limited to:
understanding how coaching differs from related professions
learning what makes an exceptional coach
determining if self-employment suits you
choosing your niche and specialty
investigating training programs, certification & mentor coaches
getting started . . .
FUNDAMENTALS OF STARTING YOUR COACHING PRACTICE SIG
March 15, 2012
6:00PM - 7:00PM
Facilitated By: Jean DiGiovanna
Join us this month for the Fundamentals of Starting Your Coaching Practice SIG to learn from our
guest speaker, Kelly Johnson, about technology that can benefit and enhance your business, such
as blogging (WordPress.org vs WordPress.com), eBooks, video and more!
Mission – To ensure that new coaches build their business, improve their coaching skills, market
effectively and stay active and engaged in DCF. The SIG will help new coaches chart a course
toward professional and financial success. In addition, coaches who complete this six-month
curriculum should be prepared to mentor the next group of coaches entering the SIG.
Facilitator:
Jean DiGiovanna, CPCC
jean@workshopuniversity.com
www.workshopuniversity.com
303-413-8001
NEW - EXPERIENCED COACHES SIG

4. Facilitated by: Marty Vondrell and Reuel Hunt
5+ Years of Coaching Experience? You’re Invited to Check Us Out
If you are looking for an opportunity to share ideas with other coaches in a relatively informal
setting where we can get to know each other on a deeper level, then the newly formatted
Experienced Coaches SIG may be right for you.
The NEXT MEETING is always the Wednesday after the regular DCF General meeting.
Please contact Marty or Reuel to receive more details about this SIG.
Marty: marty@martyvondrell.com
Reuel: rjhunt@earthlink.net
Facilitators:
Marty Vondrell and Reuel Hunt
Email Marty or Email Reuel
Attention DCF Members: Post your picture to your profile for the Find a
Coach Directory
If any of you have gone to the DCF Coach Directory lately, you will notice that a lot of our
members haven’t submitted photos of themselves – could that be you?
One of the benefits of membership is that people looking for coaches in the Denver area can go to
our directory to find a coach with ease. But, stats show that if there is no photo with a profile, you
might get overlooked.
It’s a real easy fix – here’s all you need to do:
Login > Member Area > click link that says Review and Update Profile > select "My Profile" tab
drop down menu to add/change photo.
We want everyone who comes to our site to be able to see your smiling face and see how great a
coach you are! (We thought about putting random pictures up for you, but didn’t quite think that
was ethical :) ) Help us out & help yourself out too – update your profile!
In the Spotlight: Marilyn Feinstein
The Denver Coach Federation is proud to announce that Marilyn Feinstein is our featured "In the
Spotlight" for March. After attending a couple of meetings as a guest, Marilyn joined the DCF in
2011. She has found it to be a very welcoming community of coaching colleagues and believes the

5. programming is of high quality. She has already helped out on our Membership Committee.
Marilyn’s diverse background is what makes her coaching approach unique and sets her apart.
While she comes from a family of athletic champions (her mother and aunt received the Lifetime
Achievement Award in the Olympic sport Table Tennis), she grew up feeling like a klutz. Her
mother instilled in her the power of using your strengths as a bridge to achieve your goals.
Marilyn always loved the Performing Arts, and while she couldn’t throw a ball, she experienced
movement as very easy in Theatre and Musical Theatre. Reframing sports as a Performing Art
(tennis movements as choreography), she blossomed. She became a top Junior tennis player;
played Varsity for the #1 College team, and is a USPTA certified Tennis Pro.
Click here to read more.
Calling All Volunteers!
We invite you to share your skills, talents, and experiences with DCF and play a bigger role in the
coaching community. How? Read on to see how easy it is to play full out.
We have opportunities for you to be of service in the following areas:
Facilitator for one of our monthly Special Interest Groups (SIG) - Facilitating a SIG
allows you to grow as a leader, meet lots of amazing coaches, and develop an exciting
program that you can use in other areas of your coaching practice.
DCF Blogger - Would you like to learn more about blogging in a safe environment and
would enjoy sharing emerging trends with the coaching community? Then this has your
name written all over it.
Manage DCF Twitter - Are you a tweeting fanatic and have a few extra minutes each
week to tweet out to coaches and the community about our DCF meetings, events, and
programs?
Manage DCF Facebook - Post our events, speakers, coaching tips, etc. It's a great way to
network.
Greeters - Remember how you felt when you came to your first DCF meeting? Help our
new guests feel welcome and at home.
Channel 9 News Health Fair - Help us be a part of this great program so that we can be
of service to the community.
PBS Phone Support - Set up a date/time for us to give back to this important community
program.
DCF Press Releases - Do you have experience writing and sending out press releases?
We'd love your help in getting this started!
Jobing.com - Find out when these events are and encourage our members to attend to
help coach job seekers in finding their new dream job. It might even lead to new clients!
Assist with DCF workshops - We enjoy providing valuable workshops for our DCF
members and invite you to be a part of this dynamic, engaging program. We occasionally
need help in identifying interesting workshops, getting info about the workshop in the
montly newsletter, etc.
Identify teleseminar opportunities for DCF members - Is there a topic you think the
members would get value from or is there a speaker who you know of who would "WOW"
our members? Jump in and be a part of this initiative!
Follow up with DCF speakers - Assist them with accommodations, transporation, special

6. needs, etc. - This will allow you to meet some "Movers and Shakers" in the world of
coaching!
Create a member survey asking for feedback on what areas/topics they're interested in
to ensure we're meeting the needs of our members.
Resource Management Support - Go through the existing DCF resources on file and
determine what's current/beneficial to coaches and what's outdated.
Resource of the Month - Highlight a resource from our library and write a brief summary
of it for our monthly newsletter. What a great opportunity to learn a new coaching skill, and
then share it with your peers.
Please contact Reuel Hunt at 303-734-0444 or rjhunt@earthlink.net to learn more about these
exciting opportunities or to get signed up today.
We value your creative ideas and are committed to being the #1 resource for coaches in Colorado.
Thank you for making a difference! We truly appreciate you and all that you share with us.
The DCF Board of Directors
Membership in the Denver Coach Federation
Calling all coaches!! The Denver Coach Federation is for all coaches, both highly experienced and
just getting started, with a commitment to creating a strong coaching community, developing
themselves and others as coaches, and supporting coaching as a profession. With support from
coaches at all levels of development and in all settings, we can design and co-create the future of
coaching. But without the ongoing commitment of an actively engaged and diverse coaching
community, we may have to accept the future others envision for us. So join us in our mission to
lead, develop and nurture a thriving community of professional coaches who bring about
the highest possibilities for humankind.
As a member of DCF, you will join a wonderful community of individuals committed to making a
difference in the lives of their clients, connecting with other coaches, developing themselves, and
contributing to the profession of coaching. Our community includes brand new coaches as well as
very experienced and highly successful ones. We also welcome those who are exploring coaching
as a profession and who have not yet started the process of becoming a coach.
There are many benefits to membership in DCF starting with being able to attend the monthly
meetings at no additional cost. The educational presentations during the meetings are delivered
by highly successful coaches with special expertise and are but one of the resources available for
helping you develop your coaching skills and build your business. As a member, you also have the
opportunity to network with other coaches and participate in one of the Special Interest Groups
(SIGs). The SIGs are led by experienced coaches, giving you the opportunity to learn and engage
in lively discussion. Two of the three SIGs are held immediately prior to the meeting, and we
invite you to check them out. In addition to the SIGs and monthly educational programming, we
also have other programs and events such as workshops and tele-classes, with reduced rates for
members.
When highly experienced coaches, coaches building their practices, and those who are just getting
started join together to support their chosen field, magic happens. So please join us and help
create the magic.
It’s very easy to join by going to the DCF Website and filling out the form:
http://sn.im/joindcf.

7. If you have questions about membership, please call me at 303-503-9681.
Thank You!
Karen McGee
DCF Membership Director
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If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at info@denvercoach.com
Resource Library
The Denver Coach Federation has a fabulous Resource Library with over a hundred educational
tapes and books addressing such disciplines as leadership coaching, executive and corporate
coaching, career coaching, relationship coaching, life coaching, and spiritual coaching, as well as
practice development for coaches. Its purpose is to promote education, business development and
support for DCF members.
The Resource Library is perhaps best known for its great selection of audiotapes. Several years
worth of ICF Conference audiotapes include leadership and coaching topics by such high-profile
individuals as Laura Berman-Fortgang, Ken Blanchard, Jack Canfield, Wayne Dyer, Cheryl
Richardson, and Benjamin Zander, along with many other masterful coaches. A variety of other
resources include such great tapes as "High End Coaching" and "Personal Evolution" by Thomas
Leonard and Frederic Hudson's book, The Handbook of Coaching.
In addition to developing leadership and coaching skills, audiotape topics are specific to
self-promotion and networking, use of assessments, therapists as coaches, attraction principles,
team coaching, self- coaching, emotional intelligence, appreciative inquiry, speaking, and getting
published. Members may borrow up to four resources per month upon signing "The Agreement for
Resource Check-Out".
Brenda Cody, M.S., Resource Librarian
Brenda@WorkSolutionsGroup.com
720-989-8743
General Meeting Information
Regular Monthly Meetings
Members: No Charge
Non-Members / Guests: $25 per meeting fee
When: 2nd Thursday of every month (unless otherwise noted)

8. 6:00PM - 9:00PM
SIGs start at 6:00PM, and the General Meeting starts at 7:15PM sharp.
Where: PPA Event Center, 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado 80211
Phone: 303-433-8247
The PPA Event Center is on the corner of 21st Avenue and Decatur Street
PPA Event Center website: www.ppaeventcenter.com
Map to PPA Event Center:
Questions? Comments? Ideas to Share?
We welcome your comments and ideas and are happy to answer questions.
Contact Information:
info@denvercoach.com
www.denvercoach.com
DCF Board Members
Marty Vondrell, President
Marty@MartyVondrell.com
720-389-4870
Reuel Hunt, President Elect
rjhunt@earthlink.net
303-734-0444

9. Karen McGee, Membership Director
karenhmcgee@comcast.net
303-503-9681
Levya Braman, Communications Director
levya@watersedgelifecoaching.com
303-919-7771
Carol Schultz, Education Director
carol@verticalelevation.com
303-805-7635
Tom Lietaert, Treasurer
tom@sacredodyssey.com
419-699-6100
Jennifer Drake, Secretary
Jennifer@guidingtransformation.com
303-507-7993
Kim Clausen, Past President
keclausen@netzero.net
303-465-0454
info@denvercoach.com
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