Best Sites on the Internet for Services to Coaches and The Coaching Community
The rapid expansion of coaching has been accompanied by a significant increase in websites devoted to coaching. However, most of these newer sites are primarily focused on advocating for a particular coaching service, school or organization. Up to the beginning of the Year 2000 only one other website besides ours provided educational or general information about coaching. The websites listed in this section typically are focused on coaching in general or provide value added services for coaches and do not reflect the individual services of particular coaches.
Each site is thoroughly reviewed and assessed by our web team. Only those sites which meet our standards for (1) ease of navigation; (2) quality of content; and (3) degree to which the site has value for coaches or the coaching community are included. Most coaching schools, coach training organizations, and professional associations for coaches have their own web sites and are listed and described in our Coaching Directory. And many coaches have their own excellent web sites. The listings provided here have been selected on the basis of services provided to or for coaches.
A separate page has been created for Coach Referral services or websites that are primarily concerned with matching coaches and clients.
Consulting Resources Group Interntional (CRG) - Have you ever wanted to use assessments that were easy to remember and had great transfer to the workplace? CRG has developed dozens of highly relevant, accurate, and easy to use assessments that do not need a highly trained professional to interpret the results. Peer Resources has worked out an affiliate relationship with CRG to provide opportunities to review their assessments and find out why so many people choose their tools over the MBTI, DISC and True Colors.
Coaching Sites That Work - Peer Resources Network member Kenn Schroder helps businesses, and career and life coaches build client-attracting websites. He provides a free newsletter and free report to help build a full practice. Coaching Sites That Work provides web design, web development, SEO and web marketing for coaches. An exclusive offer for Peer Resources in 2007.
The Coach Connection - With the great interest in the use of coaching, the tremendous growth in web sites and blogs created by individual coaches, and the exceptional attention coaches pay to marketing their services, it is understandable that the general public, business executives, and others interested in using coaches would be confused, frustrated, or stymied about finding the right coach. The Coach Connection is probably the most reliable, trustworthy, and skilled resource on the Internet for matching coaches with clients. Our objective review (and the only such review of these types of services ever conducted) of their services, integrity, and procedures revealed that their approach exceeds the standards or practices established by all other coach referral services, including those provided by the largest organizations associated with coaching. In addition to helping potential clients find the right coach through their no-cost interview system as well as the rigorous screening that coaches must pass through in order to qualify for participation, The Coach Connection also provides considerable educational information about coaching and has shown considerable leadership in their resources, publications, and website.
Managing My Life - Headed by George Beshara, a consultant and professional coach who has been in private practice since 1983, Managing My Life includes ten high quality wellness and productivity downloadable e-Courses that deal with the topics of change, time, health, stress, career planning, job search techniques, retirement planning and money. The programs have been used with more than 10,000 individuals in North America, with one-on-one coaching, in teleclasses, and in workshops
Coaches can provide these e-Courses to their clients from their websites in order to generate passive income. Alternatively, coaches can also expand on their range of services by providing professional services using the program materials. These services include one-on-one coaching, teleclasses, webinars and lunch and learn sessions. Certification training is not required to be able to use the extremely user-friendly e-Courses.
Peer Resources has established an affiliate relationship with this company. All fees received as an affiliate are donated to a local charity for homeless and street youth.)
The Peace Club - A virtual place where busy people can relax, rejuvenate and re-energise. The key to success in business and life is maintaining energy levels, enjoyment and health. The Peace Club is specifically designed to fit the demands of your busy life and can be quick and easily accessible via your computer, telephone or MP3 player. As a member you'll have special access to proven and effective relaxation techniques, expert support and lifestyle suggestions when and where you need them most.
Peer Resources has established a special relationship with The Peace Club so that Peer Resources Network members can receive a complimentary seven-day membership to explore all the relaxing elements available on The Peace Club site. To obtain the special access code, contact Rey Carr.
TeachMeTeamWork - This is a membership-based site built to meet a variety of team facilitation needs. The annual membership is $169.00 and includes the very latest teambuilding activities and tools. They provide many free samples plus audio and video resources. Members receive free coaching and consultation on teambuilding. Just click on TeachMeTeamWork.
VerticalResponse - An increasingly popular way for coaches to support, retain, and gain clients is through the publication of a newsletter and the distribution of timely promotional materials. This company provides elegant and low-cost ways to create opt-in mailing lists, publish online newsletters and manage direct email advertising campaigns, right from your browser. No technical expertise needed. There are no support costs and no set up costs. There is no charge to set up your account and get started with online marketing tasks such as text and HTML ezine publishing, designing email ad offers (Graphical and Text, all in one!), and opt-in list building.
They also provide a "postcard" system to deliver special promotions and new product offerings. There is also a more sophisticated system that enables you to run counts and create new lists based on specific criteria that you choose. Users can send more targeted email messages based on demographic information, purchase history and even behavioral trends.
Visitors from Peer Resources can take a free, test-run and create as many HTML and text emails; send a test email to yourself and up to 10 others for each campaign you create; upload as many existing lists as you'd like, and create an opt-in form and allow visitors to sign in. Just click on VerticalResponse.
Solution Box - Personal and business coach David Wood has coached clients in 13 countries and has mentored many other coaches. His experience has led to the creation of several products designed to assist coaches to develop professionally and market their services more effectively. One of these is the CoachStart Manual, which provides lots of information about how to get started in coaching, the real story about accreditation, building confidence, determining a niche, and ways to bring clients to your door. The examples, scripts, worksheets, and practical guides have received top reviews from users.
MJVA & Associates - MJVA & Associates is a Virtual Assistant company that specializes in providing administrative support to professional coaches. Offering a wide range of services from bookkeeping, document preparation, contact management and strategic planning, they have become the leading provider of Virtual Assistant services to the coaching industry.
Having worked within the coaching profession since 1997, they know what it takes to help grow a full or part-time coaching practice. Peer Resources Network members receive a 25 percent discount off of MJVA & Associates regular rates. Contact information: www.mjva.ca, Tel: (905) 476-4570; Fax: (905) 476-3523; e-mail: michelle@mjva.ca.
Victoria Business Solutions - Cindy Greenway is a Virtual Assistant who specializes in the administrative needs of coaches. Peer Resources Network members receive a 25 percent discount off of Victoria Business Solutions regular rates and for every person who provides a referral an additional free hour will be added to the service. Contact information: www.victoriabusinesssolutions.com, Tel: (250) 655-8276; e-mail: cindy@victoriabusinesssolutions.com.
Your Virtual Resource - A team of Internet professionals with many years of experience working in industry and as independent business owners who also have background in computer and Internet technology. They provide assistance on self-promotion, web site design, promoting newsletters, managing copyrights and trademarks, places to submit articles, finding great quotes and a variety of other services valuable for coaches. Contact: Kathy Sparks, Certified Professional Virtual Assistant, Tel: (720) 320-7150; Fax: (509) 691-1295; e-mail: kathy@yourvirtualresource.com.
Business Enhancement Services Team (B.E.S.T.) - This organization provides full service support for professionals including administrative support, creation of presentations and marketing tools, training to improve productivity, and support for human resources activities, including preparation of job descriptions, interviewing job candidates, checking references and other functions. Prior to starting this company, its President, Filomena Goldsworthy, worked for a number of years as a counsellor providing life skills coaching to others. This experience has helped her to develop a keen understanding of what drives a person into the coaching profession and the challenges that they face. She understands the passion coaches have to help others and their desire to see success for themselves and those they work with. Although there are other companies that offer similar types of services, B.E.S.T. offers some specialized services such as training, writing and proofreading and they provide Peer Resources Network members a discount on both their regular hourly rate and their monthly retainer rate. Contact: Tel: (905) 353-5253; email: info@bestservices.ca.
CoachTrack - Keeping track of client information in a consistent and systematic way with a minimum of time and effort is a highly prized goal of many coaches who want to maximize their time interacting with clients. This software package, created through a collaboration between Canadian coaches Elsbeth Tate and Karin Bauer and computer programmer, David Poitras, is an invaluable tool for recording and updating client contact information, issuing invoices by email, and noting coaching progress. Easy to install and use, the database templates provide many features, including help buttons, email options, and ability to import or export to other software applications. While each client file can be customized to contain unique information for that client, a search tool allows instant access to find client information. A free trial of the complete software package is available and a full list of the features and benefits of using the software is available on the website. Contact information: www.Coach-Track.com, Tel: 1-866-717-8700; or 1-250-717-8700; e-mail: Info@Coach-Track.com.
YourProgress - This unique web site provides coaches with a personal time-sensitive client profile, a record of client achievement, the tools and resources to maintain continuous structured feedback, and interactivity between client and coach to eliminate misunderstandings about goals, options and actions. Their site is designed to provide a secure environment where both parties can agree on goals, options available to achieve these goals, and actions arising from those options. The site allows for constant feedback and updating as progress is made towards a goal. It is an excellent way to supplement, but not replace personal communication on a face to face or telephone level. It provides a structure that enables individuals to develop plans and report back to their coach about their progress. The term "coach" is used on the site to represent the roles of mentor, coach, and manager. To maintain quality standards, all persons who use this service must agree to a Code of Conduct. Contact information: Pathfinder Coaching Limited, 8 Cavendish Avenue, Woodford Green, Essex, England IG8 9DA; Telephone: 00 44 (0) 20 8504 0592; Fax: 00 44 (0) 20 8504 2993; www.yourprogress.com and e-mail: yourprogress@ont.co.uk.
CoachView - CoachView is a proven psychometric assessment specifically designed for Professional, Personal and Executive Coaches. The assessment is administered on the Web and delivered in two reports: one for the Coach and one for the Client. The system is simple to use. First the Coach registers at CoachView.com. Then the Coach can register Clients at the site to take the assessment. The CoachView site sends registered Clients an email invitation to complete the CoachView Assessment.
The two CoachView Reports are emailed to the Coach in PDF format. The Coach can then choose to deliver the Client Report in person or to send the Client their copy by e-mail. Coaching Tips are included in the CoachÕs report to provide additional coaching information that will assist in discussing the assessment with the Client. CoachView Reports provide information on a Client's interests and their personality profile in four segments: a general overview of the Client's interests and personality; a graphic display of the Client's scores compared to the general population; a detailed presentation of the Client's assessment on each of the interests and personality dimensions (each of which also includes detailed "Coaching Tips" related to the particular dimension); and an "Approach to Work" section that provides feedback on nine very important working characteristics. Sample reports are available at the site.
The Assessment is described as an accurate, valid and reliable tool that is superior to current assessment products in the marketplace. The CoachView Assessment is comprised of the personality and interest inventories from the ICES Plus Assessment Test, a psychometric test battery developed in the early 1990's and yields information on Nine Work Behaviors, 24 Personality Traits, and Three Interest Scales. A Technical Manual is available and pricing is described on the site. Contact: the Sales Department sales@coachview.com or call 1.888.277.3883.
myGoals.com - myGoals.com provides a proven and patent-pending goal-setting process that helps individuals set goals about anything they like, from losing weight, to hitting a sales quota, to buying a house, to sailing around the world. myGoals.com first helps people create a comprehensive plan for accomplishing any goal, and then keeps them focused and on track with user-defined reminders and tips designed to help accomplish that goal. The site can be used by coaches to set their own goals or to assist clients with setting their goals, providing an effective maintenance tool between coaching sessions. Users may set an unlimited number of goals at this completely Web-based service (no software download required). The service is completely customizable and confidential. myGoals.com offers every visitor a 30-day free trial. Thereafter, the service costs $9.95 per month and may be cancelled at any time. Peer Resources has established an affiliate relationship with this software company. All fees received as an affiliate are donated to local charities.)
The Coaching Connection - Sponsored by the Government of Canada Leadership Network, this site provides information and resources about coaching in both French and English. Papers by some of the leading authorities in coaching are available on this site. For more information contact Paul Lefebvre, Tel: (613) 943-5503.
Peer Resources - This site has been designed to provide indenpendent, bias-free information about coaching. It is advertising-banner and commercial-free, and is updated regularly. The site includes a list of the top books and videos on coaching, descriptions of all coaching schools and training organizations, coaching literature and news from the popular and professional press, an updated list of coaching events, seminars, and conferences, a list of free coaching newsletters, an opportunity to find a business or professional coach as well as an opportunity to list your coaching services (conditions apply), a searchable annotated bibliography on coaching, details about certification and accreditation in coaching, online documents related to coaching, a list of the best coaching websites, a description of peer coaching and training events, a membership-based toll-free expert service, a monthly Internet and quarterly print publication service, and links to the best mentoring and peer assistance information and services. For more information e-mail: info@peer.ca or call (250) 595-3503.
DreamMinder - This site helps people to discover and realize their Life Dreams. They provide on-going support in articulating purpose and bringing that purpose to life. They have created a unique software package to maintain clarity of purpose, create more balance in life, and focus on what each person truly desires. The creator of this software package, Paul Bauer, describes it as a way to "free your mind and lift your spirit." This is a great site for coaches and a place for coaches and mentors to recommend to clients and partners as a way of helping them to become truly successful and achieve genuine fulfillment. Peer Resources has established an affiliate relationship with this software company. All fees received as an affiliate are donated to local charities.)
MyCoachingWebsite - This site provides assistance to coaches to design their own web sites. The site offers a series of free e-books for coaches who want to learn the basics of website design and they also offer a low-cost design service for coaches who would rather engage a professional. The site itself is a model of top quality design and provides links to many other sites designed by Milana Nastetskaya, the principal designer MyCoachingWebsite.
Spectramedia Solutions - The internet has become a vital communication and marketing tool for coaches today. This site can help coaches by providing professional website design and development, newsletters, online assessment tools, and search engine optimization. Free consultaton to members of the Peer Resources Network (be sure to mention your membership). Contact: 201-2476 York Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6K 1E2; Tel: (604) 733-5765; email: info@spectramedia.net.
EffectiveWriter.com - Although the technological revolution promised the "paper-less" office, the need to look good in print and communicate clearly and succinctly has become even more crucial as people are bombarded with memos, email, proposals, newsletters, reports and letters. Effectivewriter.com is for anyone who wants help in writing a letter, press release, business announcement, report, proposal, paper, or other communication document. The service is "almost instant." The writing coaches at effectivewriter.com are on standby to respond with a quotation within 30 minutes, and are able to complete customers' documents in as little as an hour, depending upon the complexity of the job. Depending on the challenges the writer is facing, the requested service can range from coaching to complete writing. A semi-finished document can be submitted for review, proofing or editing. Or a document can be completely rewritten. As a bonus the web site includes a self-help section of tips and lessons in business writing. Also, an opinion section provides a forum for interesting or useful contributions from readers and effectivewriter.com staff. Peer Resources Network members who use the services at effectivewriter.com will be able to receive a 10 percent discount on the normal writing coach rates.
Coaching Toys - Coaching Toys provides innovative articles, fun ideas for client homework, a unique selection of products, books and resources, and teleclass listings. Coaching Toys promotes and supports the use of creativity, expressive arts, play, humor, fun, intuition and spirituality in personal development. Much of the content is drawn from members of the coaching community. If you have an idea for an article, a teleclass or a product that fits with the Coaching Toys mission, check out their possibilities page for submission guidelines. Contact: Marcy Nelson-Garrison, President, Coaching Toys Inc., Tel: (612) 822-8720; email: marcy@coachingtoys.com.
Tools4Coaching - Tools4coaching is different from many other client management service. Most other services rely on software that can help organize rather than manage a coaching practice. Tools4coaching, instead, is web-based and interactive. T4C creates a website for the coach where each coachÕs client who signs up generates a client personal page. A coach can sign up for T4C and create a website in a few clicks, choosing from a variety of templates and then customize all the client forms needed. Then when a client signs up, the client automatically receives a customized welcome pack from the coach (that the coach has previously set up). The client then can access the coachÕs agenda and book/reschedule a time slot when the coach is available (the timing, duration, change, etc. of the sessions will be customized by the coach). The client can also access some coaching programs (on values and needs, etc.) and can work on them directly online. The coach can access a special page to monitor progress and the client can fill in the coach evaluation form or leave a note for the coach. During the session, the coach can make notes online directly on the clientÕs prep-form. T4C can also manage the coachÕs newsletter and, on request, online payments. There is a finance tracking tool that create invoices for the clients and keep track of the monthly/yearly financial income. The system is available for a free 30-day trial. Peer Resources Network members will receive an additional month (13 months for the price of 12). (This system is also available in Italian.) Contact: Giovanna D'Alessio.
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