“Collaborative Practice Starts With Me!”

At the Forum in Orlando, I asked everyone at the closing plenary to scream this phrase at the top of their lungs. It was beautiful to hear people from around the world in unison bellowing out this phrase which has motivated me for years.

We cannot expect the IACP to give us cases. We cannot expect our practice group to give us cases. Certainly, our mother-in-law and our cranky neighbor won’t give us cases. It is up to us to create our own cases.

So what action can you take to create more Collaborative cases? That’s easy.

Join an IACP committee. You learn so much and develop a network of incredible professionals along the way. I always feel so rewarded by serving on committees. Please complete the Expressions of Interest to join a committee before the deadline. Don’t miss your opportunity.

Encourage more people to get trained, to join your practice group, and to join the IACP. The more people are trained the more cases for everyone. Why? It’s the snowball effect. As a Canadian, I know well that when you start a snowball rolling down a hill it gets bigger and bigger. It gains momentum and power. Likewise, more folks trained will mean more people know about our process and there will be more demand for it in your community.

Create more cases yourself. You know that Collaborative Practice brings peace into the lives of families. So just do it. And do more of it. Create more Collaborative cases every day.

What the world needs now are more peacemakers like you. Make the world a better place by helping grow Collaborative Practice everywhere.

In Community,

Brian Galbraith

IACP Board President

IACP is accepting Committee Expression of Interest Forms from IACP members who want to play a more significant role in making decisions that shape the global Collaborative movement in 2023 as an IACP Committee Member! Existing Committee members are also encouraged to reapply to stay on their preferred committee(s). Our deadline to apply is Friday, December 2, 2022, at 5:00 PM PST! Check your local time here. 

Review our list of committee charges here to see which committee(s) best meet your needs or passions. IACP Committees are inclusive and thrive off an international cohort of volunteers who provide diverse perspectives. IACP facilitates accessibility by hosting remote meetings at times that fit the needs of their committee members.

Why Join An IACP Committee?

"Serving on a Committee has been a rich experience for me in developing deeper relationships with colleagues around the world and knowing the direction of not only IACP but also Collaborative Practice. It allows me to have a voice in shaping the Collaborative Movement." - IACP President-Elect, Julia McAnInch 

• Have your voice heard in the brainstorming and decision-making processes that will shape the future of IACP and the Collaborative movement!
• Expand your network; many valuable partnerships and friendships have started by working alongside like-minded professionals within an IACP Committee.
• Build your skills in development and capacity building.
• Prior Committee service is a requirement for those interested in applying to be on the IACP Board of Directors. 
• Receive widespread recognition for your valuable contribution at IACP's Annual Forum.

We invite you to take the first step towards becoming part of IACP's Leadership by submitting your Board Expression of Interest now! Applications and recommendation letters must be received by March 15, 2023, to be considered.

As New Zealand Board Member Selina Trigg says, "Come join one of the best Boards in the world! Serving on the IACP Board has been one of the most personally rewarding experiences of my career!"

IACP's Board welcomes diverse interdisciplinary professionals from around the world who are active members, can attend regularly scheduled videoconference board meetings, are available to travel to Forum and semi-annual in-person board meetings, are leaders in fundraising efforts, and are willing to serve as ambassadors of IACP!

All applications and recommendation letters must be received by March 15, 2023, to be considered. Please have two references each provide a recommendation letter directly to IACP via info@collaborativepractice.com to be considered.

Potential Board members must have:

• Maintained IACP membership for at least one year,
• Served on at least one IACP committee prior to consideration for Board service; and
• Attended at least one Annual Networking and Educational Forum
• All specific Board Service requirements and policies can be reviewed here.
  

Board terms run for three years and will begin immediately after the 2023 IACP Forum in October.

Applications and recommendation letters must be received by March 15, 2023, to be considered.

Join IACP and hosts Holly Haggerty and Anastasia J. Mahone on Friday, December 9, 2022, for our December Webinar, Spreading Collaborative Through Social Media.

Participants will learn strategies to increase awareness and reach for Collaborative Process and their own practices through social media marketing. This webinar is for individuals who are uncertain about how to maximize their social media outreach. The webinar will cover setting up social media accounts; writing and sharing content; using hashtags; key words; and connecting with target audiences.

• Date: December 9, 2022
• Start time: 9:00 AM PST (check your local time here)
• Length of Webinar: 60 minutes
• Price: FREE for IACP Members (please login to your account before registering!); $50 for non-members

Are you looking for a way to connect with Practice Group leaders around the world? Join us for our FREE Practice Group Development Quarterly Meetup on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 8:00 am PST (check your local time here). This meeting is a forum for all things practice group related!

Our theme will be “Learnings from the Practice Group Survey” led by Robert Arthur who will do a brief synopsis of some of the key takeaways from IACP's Practice Group survey followed by a discussion.

If you would like to submit questions to discuss during the meeting, please use the submission form below. Please submit questions HERE by November 30th.

IACP is very excited to announce that we have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for our international efforts to transform the way families resolve conflict! Thank you to our task force members Francesca King, Roman Kern, Chris Farish, and Selina Trigg for making this possible.

A lot of you have contacted us to learn how you can share the news, so we created this Press Kit with instructions on how to spread the message!

Our Press Kit provides graphics in multiple sizes, language to post on social media, as well as a Press Release Template to share the news with media outlets. Please note, our Press Release Template is customizable and our Press Kit includes instructions on how to send press releases. Click here to access all of IACP's downloadable Nobel Peace Prize resources referenced in our Press Kit. This language and imagery can be used beyond social media and press releases, simply download and copy and paste them into your personal or professional communications, websites, and platforms. 

Additionally, if you want IACP to receive more Nobel Peace Prize nominations, we need the support of qualifying nominators worldwide! Click here to review the Nobel Peace Prize Nominator requirements and learn more about the nomination process overall. Please note the upcoming deadline to submit Nobel Peace Prize Nominations is January 31, 2023.

IACP has prepared a Nomination Package with instructions to send to potential nominators to guide them through the Nobel Peace Prize nomination process. If you have identified a potential nominator that meets the above requirements, or if you have any questions and want to learn how we can increase the visibility of Collaborative Practice globally through IACP's Nobel Peace Prize nomination, please connect with Francesca King at f.king@studiolpf.it. 

Coming 2023, IACP will be rebranding and bringing you a new website full of new online networking, email marketing, and educational technologies.

Did you like this year's Forum theme? It was a sneak peek of what our new brand’s color palette will look like, also shown above.

Our new brand is grounded in IACP tradition, bringing over our current mission statement, but adding a vision statement and new tagline, Change The Future. Collaborate. In line with staying true to IACP’s history, we are updating our C-mark, the visual symbol of the Collaborative movement, and other IACP logos, as shown above.

Coming in 2023, we will also be launching a new website that will include several new online networking tools and an online learning management system for all your digital education needs.

Collaborativepractice.com will continue to cater to professionals, and thanks to the generosity of Nancy Ross, we will utilize Collaborativedivorce.com to provide families and the public access to learn more about Collaborative.

Look out for the upcoming edition of the Collaborative Review where we will share more about our new brand, website, and vision for IACP. 

Rest assured, all these changes will be released in phases so as to not overwhelm the IACP community and staff and we will provide you adequate support along the way to help you adjust to this transition.

All attendees of IACP's 2022 Forum this past October 27-30, 2022, are encouraged to use the Forum CE/CLE Certificate of Attendance to self-report to their own licensing bodies. If a program does qualify for credit, sign-in sheets may be used for attendance verification.

• Click here to view the Certificate of Attendance for this year's Forum! 
• Click here for a certificate to be used to Self-Attest within your Board/Jurisdiction!

Thank you to members of the Forum Local Host Committee who secured Continuing Education credits for 2022's Forum.

We want to use our platform as the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals to promote and share the hard work and scholarship of our members with the international Collaborative community.                                                                                                                          
As a unique member benefit, we will spotlight your published Collaborative content so that it can be shared with our community! Complete this form to submit any content you have published, created, or participated in that promotes the reputation and visibility of Collaborative Practice or shares skills and information useful to practitioners. Examples include publications, books, podcasts, articles, interviews, and so much more which hold the purposes of education, skill-building, public outreach, and marketing.

Content will be reviewed by a committee for propriety and categorization. Once approved, IACP will link your original Collaborative content as a resource on our website. We are excited for our members and the public to access the resources they need to reach Collaborative resolutions, as well as for our members to be recognized for their work in developing excellent content!

Not an IACP member yet? Become an IACP member and make the most of this member benefit and many more!