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BEACON Annual Cultural Competency Workshop: 
The Space Between Words – Inclusion in Real Coaching Conversations

DATE: June 10, 2026
TIME: Noon - 1:00pm Pacific Time

LOCATION: Zoom

This workshop supports our chapter’s DEIB initiative, BEACON (Belonging, Equity, Access Coaching Opportunity Network), and our continued commitment to embedding DEIB into how we lead and serve across every program, partnership, and member experience.

Join us for this year’s Annual Cultural Competency Workshop, an important learning experience that supports our chapter’s ongoing DEIB commitment and alignment with ICF Global.

In this interactive session, ICF Global DEIB leaders Dr. Jennifer Koster and Sarah Masoud will explore how inclusion is experienced in real coaching conversations, not just in theory. 

Through live role play demonstrations, we’ll examine how communication style, cultural assumptions, neurodiversity, identity, and power dynamics can shape trust, safety, and client outcomes in coaching spaces. 

Together, we’ll unpack subtle coaching moments that either deepen belonging or unintentionally create exclusion, while practicing approaches grounded in cultural humility, inclusive communication, and client-centered awareness.

Walk away able to:

• Identify how communication styles, cultural norms, and power dynamics influence coaching interactions

• Recognize coaching behaviors that may unintentionally create exclusion, misunderstanding, or identity fatigue

• Apply inclusive coaching strategies that foster trust, psychological safety, and culturally responsive communication

• Practice real-time coaching adjustments that support neurodiverse and culturally diverse clients without coaching toward assimilation

Dr. Jennifer Koster, ACC, (she/her) is the ICF Global DEIB Engagement Manager, educator, speaker, and strategist whose work focuses on helping organizations turn inclusion into everyday practice.

She designs and facilitates international learning experiences on cultural competency, cultural humility, allyship, generational diversity, accessibility, and inclusive coaching, regularly presenting to global audiences across coaching, education, and professional development spaces.

With a background in education, coaching, and inclusive learning design, Dr. Jen is known for blending research, storytelling, and practical application to create engaging conversations that challenge people to grow as allies while building cultures of belonging.

Sarah Masoud (she/her) is a DEIB educator, speaker, facilitator, and strategist serving as the DEIB Training Coordinator for the ICF Global DEIB Department.

Holding a Master’s in International Affairs and more than 10 years of experience in the DEIB field, she has developed workshops and DEIB strategies for nonprofits, corporations, and educational institutions.

Her work is deeply informed by seven years spent supporting immigrants and refugees in resettlement, as well as her experiences as an Arab American Muslim woman. Sarah brings a culturally grounded and globally informed perspective to every training, helping create inclusive, accessible, and meaningful learning experiences for international audiences.