ICF San Diego upcoming events

Enhancing Your Visibility: Leveraging Speaking Engagements to Elevate Your Coaching Practice (April 28, 2026)

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT

ICF North Florida Presents: Enhancing Your Visibility: Leveraging Speaking Engagements to Elevate Your Coaching Practice

DESCRIPTION: Public speaking is a powerful tool for coaches to increase visibility, establish credibility, and attract clients. Yet, many struggle with how to leverage speaking engagements effectively. This session provides a step-by-step approach to identifying ideal speaking opportunities, crafting compelling messages, and converting engagements into business growth. Participants will engage in interactive exercises, including refining a talk title, brainstorming signature topics, and writing outreach emails to secure speaking gigs. By the end, attendees will have a clear roadmap for integrating speaking into their coaching business model, positioning themselves as thought leaders, and using speaking engagements as a strategic growth tool.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: By the end of this session, participants will:
1. Craft a compelling speaking topic that aligns with their coaching expertise, engages their ideal audience, and positions them as a trusted authority.
2. Identify and secure speaking opportunities by learning where to find ideal events, how to approach decision-makers, and what outreach strategies convert to bookings.
3. Leverage speaking engagements to grow their coaching business by implementing audience engagement techniques, strategic calls to action, and effective follow-up methods to turn attendees into paying clients.

CCE's:

*0.75 Core Competency & 0.75 Resource Development Units

IMPORTANT: This registration process consists of TWO STEPS.

After completing your initial registration, you will receive an additional email instructing you to ALSO register via Zoom.

Please note that your registration will not be considered complete unless you also register through Zoom.

PRESENTER: Dale Wilsher

Dale Wilsher is an executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, and personal development expert dedicated to helping professionals amplify their impact. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, Dale serves as faculty for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of Organizational Management and the Professional Christian Coaching Institute. As Director of Programming for NSA Colorado and a certified virtual presenter, she has spent 17 years leveraging speaking engagements to grow her coaching business. Dale’s dynamic presentations blend neuroscience, psychology, and practical strategies to help coaches increase visibility, attract clients, and expand influence.

*Disclaimer: AI Bots will not be permitted.

*CCE Requirement Notes for Participants: Zoom: You will not be able to join the meeting if you are not logged into a Zoom account. If you don't have a Zoom account, you can create one for free at https://zoom.us. For attendance tracking purposes, all participants are required to login to their zoom account associated with their event registration. CCE’s: To be awarded CCE’s for participation in this event it is required to remain on camera for a minimum of 80% of the scheduled event.

In-Person Community Connection (May 11, 2026)

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:30:00 GMT

Come join us at the Center for Creative Leadership for an engaging in-person networking event!

This event will be a great opportunity to meet fellow coaches and make new connections. Light refreshments will be served.

Cost Per Member: Free

General Pricing (Non Member): $25.00

San Diego Community Supporter: $22.50

Your registration lets us know you're coming. We look forward to seeing you there!

SPECIAL EVENT: Your Superpowers: Unleashing Strengths for Personal Growth and Team Innovation (May 19, 2026)

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

North Florida Chapter Presents: Your Superpowers: Unleashing Strengths for Personal Growth and Team Innovation

DESCRIPTION:

Consider how contact lenses help us see the world more clearly. Our combination of talent strengths is like those lenses altering how we see the world around us. These talents tend to come so naturally that we don’t think about it; they are automatic. At our best, we are energized and fulfilled. At our worst, we are depleted and de-energized.

But it’s not enough to know our strengths. We must value our contributions and what others can count on us for. It’s important to understand what conditions, through relationships and tasks, our strengths need to thrive. As leaders, we must also be aware of the strengths of those we lead and collaborate with. Rooted in positive psychology and neuroscience, this knowledge helps us to bring out the best in ourselves and others, maximize productivity and innovation, and foster well-being.

Learning Objectives

• Introduce a preliminary understanding of your Top 5 strengths' role in the unique value each of us brings.

• Raise self-awareness, and “other awareness,” by focusing on what’s right, rather than fixating on what’s wrong.

• How overuse (or underuse) of our top strengths leads to our biggest weaknesses.

CCE's:

*0.75 Core Competency & 0.25 Resource Development unit

IMPORTANT: This registration process consists of TWO STEPS.

After completing your initial registration, you will receive an additional email instructing you to ALSO register via Zoom.

Please note that your registration will not be considered complete unless you also register through Zoom.

Amy A. Kessler is in her element when she’s connecting with people, telling stories, and sharing fascinating insights. She has a natural gift for making others feel engaged, appreciated, and entertained all at once. Her passion for creating a sense of belonging stems from her deep belief in the power of CliftonStrengths, which highlights the unique contributions we each bring to our teams, clients, and those we lead. For Kessler, no challenge is too great—there’s always a way forward, and she’s ready to find it.

With over three decades of experience in the corporate world, Kessler’s been captivated by what makes people not just successful leaders, but truly fulfilled in life. She spent the early part of her career in advertising, helping major brands like Gatorade and Miller Brewing Company connect with U.S. Hispanic audiences. Along the way, she earned two coaching certifications— Certified People Acuity Guide and Strengths Strategy Certified Specialist—and has made it her mission to help others discover the ease and immense value of working with a top-notch executive coach. A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she’s a firm believer in the lifelong power of learning and growth.

Recognizing the need for a single, reliable source of vetted top-tier coaches who share a unified approach, Kessler founded Potentia Coaches. Busy leaders turn to her when they need to be paired with the ideal coach—someone who can guide them or their teams to success. Potentia offers a global cadre of strengths-based executive coaches, eliminating the headache of trying to find the perfect fit. Amy doesn’t just make the connection; she ensures the coaching relationship is fruitful and enriching. “Potentia,” rooted in Latin, speaks to potential, strength, and power—the key ingredients, in Kessler’s view, for fulfillment both at work and in life.

*Disclaimer: AI Bots will not be permitted.

The Social Capital Playbook: Build Relationships That Grow Your Business (May 20, 2026)

Wed, 20 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT

The Social Capital Playbook: Build Relationships That Grow Your Business

Every business relies on relationships. Social capital is the currency that fuels growth, yet many entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners overlook how to build and sustain it.

This session offers a practical playbook for strengthening the networks that matter most. You’ll learn how to align your business goals with the right relationships, map the ecosystems that influence your success, and apply simple strategies to re-engage the connections that hold the greatest potential for impact. Whether you are launching, growing, or expanding, you’ll leave with tools to activate your network and leverage social capital to achieve tangible results.

Key Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the seminar, participants will:

- Learn how to set strategic goals and align them with the relationships that matter most

- Apply targeted re-engagement strategies on LinkedIn and email to strengthen high-value relationships

- Develop a clear action plan to leverage your network in support of business growth

Presenter: Sabine Gedeon

Sabine Gedeon is a transformational speaker and executive advisor with 20 years of experience working with organizations, founders, and high-impact professionals at pivotal moments of growth and change. She is known for helping leaders and businesses rethink how growth happens by strengthening strategic relationships, positioning, and decision-making when existing approaches no longer produce consistent results.

As founder of Gedeon Enterprises, Sabine partners with corporate teams, entrepreneurial leaders, and advisors where growth depends on people, influence, and trust. Her work blends strategic insight with a deep understanding of human dynamics to create more sustainable, relationship-driven outcomes.

Sabine holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and was named one of Influence Digest’s Top Coaches in San Diego. She is the author of Transformed: The Journey to Becoming.

CCE's:

1 Resource Development unit

BD: From Follow-Up to Flow: Designing a Simple Client Continuity System for Coaches (May 22, 2026)

Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

From Follow-Up to Flow: Designing a Simple Client Continuity System for Coaches

This is a follow-up to the first session presented by Brian titled: From Great Conversations to Consistent Clients: A Simple Follow-Up System for Coaches. This second workshop moves into the next natural step: creating a simple structure that supports consistent client growth.

Many coaches have meaningful conversations, but without a clear system, opportunities often become invisible over time. Not because of lack of skill or demand, but because there is no simple way to maintain visibility and consistency.

In this session, we will explore how to move from scattered conversations to a clear and lightweight client continuity system. This is not a technical setup session. It is a strategic and practical conversation designed to help you think clearly about your own system before implementing it.

We will cover:

• The key elements of a simple follow-up structure (without complexity)
• How to create visibility on your conversations and opportunities
• How to prioritize who to reconnect with and when
• The difference between having a CRM and having a usable system
• Common mistakes that make systems feel heavy or unsustainable

Participants will leave with a clear framework to structure their follow-up in a way that feels natural, organized, and aligned with their coaching approach.

PRESENTER: Brian Carries Naar

Brian is an Executive and Business Development Coach with over 15 years of experience in sales, leadership, and building growth systems for professional services and technology companies. He is a CPA by training and a former Partner and VP of Sales of a global SaaS company, where he helped scale the business from early-stage startup to hundreds of clients across 50+ countries.