PRISM COACHING - TRANSFORMING PERSPECTIVES

PRISM COACHING
Transforming Perspectives

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October 5, 2012 - ICF Global 2012 in London

Prism Core Members Belma Gonzalez and Johnny Manzon-Santos presented at the International Coach Federation's annual conference. Their session, Test Kitchen: Serving Up New Recipes for Coaching, created a place to explore innovative applications of coaching.

We took the stand that a) if social justice was not the goal of coaching, then the work was not innovative, and b) that cultural awareness was integral to the success of coaching.

We worked with key terms, including culture, cultural awareness, culturally aware coaching, and social justice—a vision of society that understands and values human rights, equality, and recognizes the dignity of every human being.

We showcased a few innovative applications of coaching within a US context: The African American Coaching Initiative, The Early Childhood Connections Project, Civic and Community Leadership Coach Certification, and Creative, Resourceful and Whole, a project of Beyond Emancipation in Oakland, California.

April 26, 2012 - Isms Collaborative Conference

Prism Coaching facilitated group discussions at the Isms Collaborative conference: "Healing the Wounds of Internalized Oppression and Internalized Priviledge." This conference featured key presenter Ken Hardy on issues of identity, oppression, privilege, and power dynamics in the field of health leadership.

Co-sponsored by the Isms Collaborative, The Center for Health Leadership, and The California Public Health Training Center at the UC Berkleley School of Public Health and held at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, CA.

[Isms Photo]

April 20-22, 2012 - ACTO Conference

The Association of Coach Training Organizations recognized our core coaches as contributors to high quality coach training and education at the 2012 ACTO Conference in Orlando, Florida.

September 26, 2011 - ICF International Conference

Prism Coaching presented Playing to the Cultural Edge at the International Coach Federation's Annual International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Description of Presentation:

As coaches, we impact the lives of those we coach and those to whom they are connected. As individuals, we all have our own impact and stake in making the world a more equitable place, whether it's coaching the corporate CEO, a disaster victim, or a non-profit manager. We are being called forth to take action to notice social injustice or inequity in service of the client and in creation of a better world. As celebrated anthropologist Wade Davis said, "The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit."

Come learn some of the exciting ways that culturally aware coaching is making a difference around the globe, from a panel of coaches with Prism Coaching. When we give to others or to community, we reap so much in return.

How can noticing culture make you a better coach?

Where have you experienced a cultural "blind spot" in your coaching and how did it impact your coaching?

How can we assist clients to integrate all parts of themselves while recognizing and calling out inequities that may affect them?

What do you need to do regarding cultural awareness so you can be your best as a coach?

June 15, 2010 - Kim Fowler Special Event

PRISM PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Presents a Guest Speaker Event with:
Kim Fowler, MESA Coaching
4pm - 6pm
Felicia Stewart Center
1330 Broadway Street, Suite 1100
Oakland, CA

"Coaching as a Strategy for Peace: Conscious Relationship with Self and Others"

Humans engage in conflict from fear of loss. This could be loss of anything; loss of face, of money, of land, of history, of power, of love, of one’s or someone else’s life. The bigger the stakes, the more lethal the conflict. The problem is that often we are not honest about what we are terrified to lose.

What if vulnerability was our greatest strength? What if all parties in a conflict saw themselves as part of a system with many voices, a system that is trying to change and can’t because it is stuck in “being right” for fear of loss? What if each of those parties became more conscious of the truth of their individual fear and was willing to speak it?

This presentation will play with these and other questions regarding how coaching can create conversations that remove barriers to conscious, peaceful relationship.

Kim Fowler, CPCC is a coach, trainer, facilitator and consultant who has trained coaches worldwide as a faculty member of the Coaches Training Institute. Kim works with clients in the nonprofit and private sectors. She coaches executives and teams toward uncovering their strengths, the root of their roadblocks, and solutions that increase effective communication, satisfaction and performance. She also has a passion for working with individuals and family systems that have had a caregiving role for loved ones with dementia and leads writing workshops on this issue. She has published several articles, short theater pieces, and is completing a book about the aftermath of her mother’s stroke.