January 2026 C³ Chapter Event
ICFLA C³ (Connect, Create, Celebrate) Chapter Event
The Ask It Basket: Start 2026 With Clarity, Confidence, and Coaching Wisdom You Can’t Get Anywhere Else
Hosts: Gretchen Hydo, MCC, and Edward Vicedo, MCC
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Pacific Time
CCEs: 3.0 Resource Development
Location: Hotel Angeleno, 170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Parking: Valet-only parking – $10
Itinerary:
✅ Light bites and non-alcoholic refreshments are available throughout the evening, starting at 6:30.
✅ Speed networking from 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
✅ Discussion begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets:
- Members: $45.00
- Non-Members: $50
Description
Kick off the year by asking the questions that will actually move your business forward.
Join us for an hors d’oeuvre reception, extraordinary networking, and collective coach wisdom to grow your coaching skills and business.
A new year brings a fresh slate… but it also brings a swirl of questions:
“How do I grow my coaching business this year? What should I be charging? How do I get more clients? What should I know about AI? Is this the year I finally write the book? Build the program? Launch the workshop?”
January is the perfect time to get real answers to the questions that have been holding you back—and our first in-person ICF Los Angeles Chapter event of 2026 is built precisely for that.
Instead of a single presenter, we’re handing the microphone to YOU and the collective wisdom of the room.
This is our Ask It Basket event—an interactive, high-energy session where you can anonymously submit the questions you’ve been wanting to ask but didn’t know where to take.
Once the questions drop into the basket, experienced coaches will step up to share their advice, strategies, and lessons learned—each with a focused, three-minute response.
Expect depth. Expect candor. Expect to walk away with real, practical answers to questions like:
👉 How do I create a full pipeline of clients without burning out?
👉 What’s the right way to price my services in 2026?
👉 How should I be using AI in my coaching, content, and business operations?
👉 What does it really take to write, publish, and sell a book as a coach?
👉 How do I choose a niche (or refine one that isn’t working)?
👉 What marketing strategies are actually effective now?
👉 How do I navigate tricky client situations with confidence?
👉 What should I focus on if I want to grow—visibility, systems, offers, or something else?
No theory. No fluff. Just a room full of coaches sharing real experience, solutions, and insights so you can hit the ground running.
If you want 2026 to be a different year in your coaching business, you need different answers. This is where you get them.
Bring your questions. Bring your curiosity. Bring your goals.
Let’s start the year strong—together.
Key Takeaways:
- Receive real, practical answers and strategies to questions they’ve been wanting to ask about growing their coaching business.
- Gain clarity, confidence, and coaching wisdom from experienced coaches on topics like pricing, client pipeline creation, and using AI in their operations.
- Walk away with actionable solutions and insights for navigating tricky client situations and choosing or refining their niche.
- Be equipped with effective marketing strategies that are working in 2026.
- Identify which key areas—visibility, systems, or offers—to focus on to achieve growth in the new year.
About Gretchen Hydo
Gretchen Hydo is a Master Certified Coach through ICF, a certified mentor coach, a mesmerizing keynote speaker, and an engaging workshop facilitator. She specializes in helping individuals, organizations, and coaches make life-changing transformations by breaking free of the rules and secrets that hold them back from living their most powerful lives. Gretchen is the author of Break Free From Your Dirty Little Secret: A New You in 10 Secret-Breaking Stages and is dedicated to helping women break free from the shame of their secrets to step into bigger living.
About Edward Vicedo
Edward Vicedo is an ICF-certified MCC coach who helps emerging and seasoned leaders, especially in the hospitality industry, overcome personal and professional challenges with authenticity and confidence.
His mission is “to create space for myself and others to experience joy and growth.” He resides in the vibrant culinary city of Los Angeles with his enlightened and compassionate spouse and his two mischievous golden doodles. LinkedIn
