May 18, 2005
So I’m Back from ADDA…..
The ADDA conference was fantastic! Great people, great time, great food (I like food), great resort.
I got to spend some time with Mike Charest, David Giwerc, Sandy Maynard as well as a bunch of other new and old friends of mine.
I wish I could come up with a general theme or idea which was running through the conference in Tucson. But there wasn’t.
One thing that I found that was interesting to me was that there appear to be several groups interested in a seperate certification for ADD coaches.
I am generally quite in favor of this as long as it isn’t a “trick” for someone who wants to “control” ADD coaching to thier own end.
I believe that the ICF credentials (ACC, PCC and MCC) are certainly very meaningful and I think I would generally oppose ANY movement to credential ADD Coaches which didn’t first require the coach to be ICF Credentialed before being able to be ADD Coach credentialed.
What I’m saying is that even though a Life Coach and an ADD Coach are different things an ADD Coach is a coach first and THEN becomes an ADD Coach. For that reason I think that credentialing ADD Coaches prior to, or independent of ICF credentialling would be counter productive and in general bad for the profession.
May 7, 2005
Name this Blog Contest!
I keep changing the name of this weblog because I don’t seem to be able to think of a name I like. So I’ve decided to abdicate the responsibility of naming it. YOU can name it.
Whoever comes up with the best name for this blog will receive fabulous prizes!
Please enter by posting your suggestion as a comment to this post.
This is the place!
This section is where people can ask questions about ADD (and get them answered 
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It’s starting to look okay…
It’s beginning to shape up. It actually isn’t bad as brand new blogs go. Now I have to actually write things. Useful things about ADD and about coaching. The point of this is to actually help people. People who are my clients, and just people out there who need help.
There are a couple of other categories that you can’t see yet. There is “About ADD” and “About Coaching”. There is also a surprise category that I’ll tell you about later. They will all appear when I post something in them.
Beginning on Wednesday May, 11 through Monday May 16 I will be at the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) Annual conference in Tucson. I’ll be speaking there on coaching couples. That will be Sunday morning. Also on Saturday I will be co-presenting with Patrice Lynn, PCC (A great coach in Oregon) on “Coaching For The Action Progression”. I’m sort of “pinch hitting” because Peggy Bonsee, PCC (another great coach from Virginia) who was supposed to run this session with Patrice is ill and can’t make it. I’m sorry for Peggy, but I’m excited about presenting that program with Patrice. It should be fun!
I’ll try to post in this blog about the conference while I’m there. Maybe I can share some interesting information.
