How to Participate
Coaches from around the world choose to participate in International Coaching Week through a number of activities and pro bono coaching opportunities. The ideas are endless and are only limited by your imagination!
Starting Point
The ICF has gathered a list of various activities coaches have used in the past to celebrate and promote the coaching profession. Feel free to use or borrow from these ideas; have them serve as your starting point to creating your own unique ways of celebrating International Coaching Week.
- Coaching Column: Offer to write a complimentary coaching column for your local newspaper, business journal, local association or company newsletter on a topic of interest to individuals, business owners or corporate employees.
- "Top 10" Reading List: Put together a "Must Read" selection of great reference books for personal and/or business client use. Contact your local library, bookstore such as Dymocks or Borders, and/or your local Chamber of Commerce and ask that this list be publicised in their newsletter with your attribution in honour of International Coaching Week.
- Press Release for Coaching College Students: Provide a public service at your local college or university by offering to coach college seniors to assist them in making an important after-graduation decision about their future careers. Work through department heads, the student activity office, the women's centre and/or the career development office.
- Letter to Companies or Organisations Volunteering Coaching: Utilise your list of contacts at organisations and businesses to write a letter offering to provide complimentary coaching to five of their superstars to assist them in honing their leadership skills.
- Letter to Chamber of Commerce, Service Organisation or Trade Associations Offering to Conduct a Seminar or Workshop: Contact local organisations to offer a complimentary seminar or workshop on a topic that would be of specific value to their members.
- Lead a Book Discussion Group on a National Bestseller: Contact your local library or bookstore to offer a complimentary book discussion session around three tenets of your favourite best selling coaching skill book.
- Letter Offering a Professional Trade/Barter of Services: In an effort to educate members of the community about the value of coaching, write a letter to professionals in a targeted profession and offer a trade of services for the month of February. Some ideas for bartering of services may include: massage therapists, physical trainers, financial planners, accountants or bookkeepers, virtual assistants, professional organisers, child care professionals, etc.
- Letter to Radio Show Requesting Guest Appearance: Contact your local radio stations that have regular call-in programs and present the idea of an interview with you in honour of International Coaching Week, which may include a call-in segment where individuals call in for coaching.
- Press Release to Promote International Coaching Week Activities: Regardless of the activity or activities you choose to plan and organise in honour of International Coaching Week, send a press release to your area's local media to promote your event or activity. A sample press release and media advisory are available for download in the Members section of www.coachfederation.org.
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