Seasoned Coaches Circles

SCC in Minnesota

scc — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:38:20 +0000

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
The next convening of the Seasoned Coaches Circle is on the 3rd Thursday of the month
Mar 15 & April 19th & May 17th

Location for Mar 15th: Matthew Rochte’s Home with a fireplace and two kitties
Contact Matthew for more info 612-332-1642

Suggested Topic: Our relationship with coaching.

The Seasoned Coaches Circles (SCC): adding spice and kick to life, profession, and community through conversation

Come to the round table of seasoned peers
Get inspired and expand your horizons
Go deeper
Nourish your soul

Come Gather by the Campfire (fireplace)

New: $20 donations requested to support this valuable learning experience. Donate via paypal or when you get here.

The SCC about our finding new ways:
To stretch us.
To reinvigorate us.
To question the unquestionable.
To challenge the assumptions.
To be the coaching rebels which many of us feel that we are.
To talk about issues that aren’t normally talked about.
To explore arenas never thought of before now.
To find comfort and safety among true peers.

QUASI AGENDA
9-9:30 Welcome, graze, drink, chat like normal
9:30 - Convene the circle
9:40ish String the Beads (check-in)
10:00 Conversation Circle - engage the conversation
11:15 close the circle
11:30 Lunch if you are available - Fun Local eateries Edina Grill, Turtlebread, Cafe Twenty Eight

What to bring: Yourself; Space of Curiosity; Notepad for ideas or thoughts; Breakfasty thing if you wish (FYI your host is wheat intolerant)
Refreshments: Coffee (caf & decaf), teas (all kinds) will be available.
Dress: Be comfortable.
Directions: Click on the Yahoo Link
Parking: Street Parking

Move away from debate and into curiosity.

Its not about what you know its about what you want to know.

December MCA SCC

mrochte — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:56:37 +0000

Host:     Matthew Rochte
Location:     Matthew’s Home
5005 Oliver Ave South - 2nd Floor, Minneapolis, MN View Map
When:     Thursday, December 21, 9:00am to 11:30pm
Phone:     612-332-1642
The next convening of the MCA Seasoned Coache Circle is the 3rd Thursday December 21st MARK YOUR CALENDARS! (my bday too!)

Suggested Topic: Attitude of Gratitude
or if we are feeling feisty the 5 Unspeakable Truths

PLEASE RSVP with Matthew

MCA SCC Oct 19th 9-11:30

mrochte — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:41:56 +0000

Topic for October: Falling Into Place
Location: Matthew Rochte’s home
Time: 9-11:30am Thurs 19th of October 2006
RSVP by evite or call Matthew @ 612-332-1642

Example of an Evite

mrochte — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:00:16 +0000

Suggested Topic: Falling Into Place

MCA Seasoned Coaches Circles (SCC): adding spice and kick to life, profession, and community through conversation

Engage the Minnesota coaching community thought leaders
Inspire the community & ourselves
Nourish the soul

Check Out the NEW website for SCC:
http://www.seasonedcoachescircles.com

Come Gather by the Campfire (fireplace) Being Minnesota we may have snow!

Why We Meet: Each time we convene the SCC it reaffirms the unique gift we bring to eachother by gathering. We learn, share, & expand with each other’s "seasoning" in ways that we don’t or can’t easily do with “novice or new” coaches. The SCC provides a space for us to question, to be vulnerable, explore and not be THE expert. The SCC about our finding new ways: To stretch us. To reinvigorate us. To question the unquestionable. To challenge the assumptions. To be the coaching rebels which many of us feel that we are. To talk about issues that aren’t normally talked about. To explore arenas never thought of before now. To find comfort and safety among true peers.

QUASI AGENDA
9-9:30 Welcome, graze, drink, chat like normal
9:30 - Convene the circle 9:40ish String the Beads (check-in)
10:00 Conversation Circle - engage the conversation
11:15 close the circle
11:30 Lunch if you are available - Fun Local eateries Edina Grill, Turtlebread, Cafe Twenty Eight

What to bring: Yourself; Space of Curiosity; Notepad for ideas or thoughts; Breakfasty thing if you wish (FYI your host is wheat intolerant)

Refreshments: Coffee (caf&decaf), teas (all kinds) will be available.

Dress: Be comfortable.

Directions: Click on the Yahoo Link

Parking: Street Parking

Resources: To learn more about the process and what we are doing visit these two websites. http://www.seasonedcoachescircles.com
http://www.conversationcircle.com

Move away from debate and into curiosity.
Its not about what you know its about what you want to know.

MCA SCC Sept 21st 2006

mrochte — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:00:40 +0000

Suggested Topics:
1) Autumnal Equinox - Day=Night - Balance - Is a quest for balance right?
2) What new thing are you launching - how my might we collaborate?

Conversation Circle Movie

mrochte — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:53:22 +0000

[swf]http://www.matthewrochte.com/Assets/other/conversationcircles.swf,450,475,6,#ffffff[/swf]
created & designed by Matthew Rochte & produced by

Resources: Websites

mrochte — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:50:14 +0000

Circles:
ConversationCircle.com ~ History, theory, application and resources for conversation circles. Flash Movie. www.conversationcircle.com

Conversation Circle Movie ~ 10minute flash movie about conversation and the use of the conversation circle to thinktogether. www.conversationcircle.com/ccmovie.htm

Margaret Wheatley Meg Wheatley has been a major supporter of life affirming leadership through conversation circle. Meg has written several books with the latest being Turning to One Another which is a simple and amazingly powerful book on how to create the circle (see review). She is best known for her work Leadership and the New Science and A Simpler Way. www.margaretwheatley.com

Heartland Circle – The Art of Convening Teleclasses and founders of the Thought Leader Gathering (see below) - Twin Cities - www.heartlandcircle.com

Turning To One Another This is the website for Meg Wheatley's book by the same name and has several resources and links www.turningtooneanother.net

PeerSpirit - Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea, co-founders of PeerSpirit, www.peerspirit.com

Conversation Initiatives around the world http://www.turningtooneanother.net/world.html

Coaching:
SeasonedCoachesCircles.com ~ (this site) Using the conversation circle to bring seasoned coaches together in community to strengthen the larger coaching community.

Leadership:
Thought Leader Gathering, Minneapolis / St. Paul & San Francisco Bay Area. Member based "Community of Practice for Thought Leaders". A powerful gathering of people and ideas. www.thoughtleadergathering.com

Berkana Institute - This is the organization that Meg Wheatley and followers formed to support the Life Affirming Leadership Movement.www.berkana.org

From The Four Directions ~ spinoff from Berkana to work with and support Life Affirming Leadership conversations http://www.fromthefourdirections.org

Resources: Books

mrochte — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:25:38 +0000

Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations To Restore Hope To The Future by Margaret J. Wheatley
Want to start having real conversations with people?- get this book!

Here are some questions, conversation starters, and beliefs that Wheatley offers that resonated deeply with me and I hope you as well:
"Are you becoming someone you respect?"
"Do you feel a vocation to be fully human?"

"The cure for dispair is not hope. It’s discovering (and conversing about) what we want to do about something we care about."

Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture

Christina Baldwin. Christina is probably the formost expert on peer circles.

From The Four Directions Conversation Starter Kit - Berkana Institute -

Six Thinking Hats:by Edward De Bono; 173pages - I read a chapter per workout on the stairmaster -seemed to work out just fine. De Bono resets the way meetings function to communicate information, brainstorm and create new ideas. It has been nearly 15 years since it was first published. The revised edition brings in real world examples of this work with phenomenal success. Using this method he shows how what would have been a frustrating four hour meeting can be reduced to 45 minutes with impact and intention. For more of the review check out Living Intentionally Vol1No4

Salons: The Joy of Conversation - Utne Reader Editors and Jaida N’Ha Sandra, Jon Spayde

Resources: Online Guides

mrochte — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:24:16 +0000

Peer Spirit’s: A Basic Guide to Hosting:
http://www.peerspirit.com/htmlpages/circlebasics.html

Simple Steps on How to Start a Conversation (From Margaret Wheatley’ Turning To One Another)
http://www.turningtooneanother.net/howtostart.html

Additional Guidelines

Conversation Starters for DANC/BFAC - Vocation To Be Fully Human - Friendship?

Topics - starter topics

scc — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:30:44 +0000

What are we not asking?

What are we not talking about?

What role do we play now?

What are we really up to in the world?

Where is Coaching going?