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For Coaches: Create Your Online Video, Part 4

Coach Dian Reid has built her business around the idea of living an authentic life. "When you live in your authenticity, you don’t ignore your fears, you don’t sidestep them, you don’t cover them up; you work through those fears," she writes. "In your authenticity, you honor your fears and ... Watch Video

For Coaches: Create Your Online Video Part 3

Have you taken the plunge? A few coaches have suspended their discomfort, picked up a camera and started using the techniques offered in the first two parts of our Online Video series. (You can find the entire series in our video section) But what about a fancy camera? Do you need ... Watch Video

For Coaches: Create Your Online Video – Part 2

The numbers, as we discussed here last week, are staggering: by one recent estimate, 178 million Americans watched video online in the month of April--essentially, 83 percent of the population that uses the internet. In that one month alone, people watch 13 billion videos on YouTube alone. Are they watching you? Coaches--like ... Watch Video

For Coaches: Create Your Online Video

You finally like the way your website looks, and you keep your blog updated. You've got a Facebook fan page and yes, you even tweet. But web video? For some coaches, that's the final frontier. "I just finished adding video to my website a few months ago and it was torture," said ... Watch Video

3-Minute Video: Putting the Power of Art into Your Coaching

If your life were a canvas, what picture would you paint? Jennifer Lee, a San Francisco coach, asks that question a lot. “I believe that powerful change happens one person at a time and that coaching and creativity are catalysts for personal transformation,” Lee says. “My clients are all naturally creative, ... Watch Video

Springboard Forward: How Coaching Can Transform Lives and Workplaces

Elliott Brown had a vision about coaching—that for people feeling stuck, having a coach is like stepping onto a springboard. “We help low-wage workers get that light bulb to go on that says, ‘wow, I can do a lot more than I thought I could do,’” Brown said. Brown created Springboard Forward, ... Watch Video

The Examiner: The 3-Minute Interview–Margie Warrell

December 28, 2009 - The Examiner - Washington, DC, US Warrell is a certified life coach based in McLean and a best-selling author of "Find Your Courage: 12 Acts for Becoming Fearless in Life and in Work." What is a life coach? It is a profession aimed at helping people be more ... Watch Video

3 Minute Video: Your Coach Reporter, On the Story in Orlando

CoachReporter Mark Joyella is headed to Orlando to cover the ICF's International Conference, and the scheduled discussion of the ICF's proposed changes to credentialing. What other stories should your CoachReporter be working on in Florida? Who deserves an interview? Mark asks for your input before he packs up and heads to the ... Watch Video

3 Minute Video: Seriously? Baby Names for Future Life Coaches?

In our endless search for surprising stories about the world of coaching, we occasionally uncover something that's just, well, odd. And yet, as strange as this story may be, we think it's also somewhat revealing about coaching--especially life coaching. As CoachReporter Mark Joyella discovered, a parenting website has selected a series ... Watch Video

3 Minute Video: Franchise Coaching

The offer promises to give you "everything you need" to succeed as a business coach: a system, training, marketing and ongoing support. And best of all? "Absolutely no coaching experience is necessary." So goes an online pitch for potential investors offered by The Growth Coach, a business coaching franchise that has ... Watch Video