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The CoachVille Social Media and Networking Team
 Hey Coach! Coach Dave Buck here.
Would you like to be a player on a high-profile, cutting edge and fun team?
Are you a coach who is currently active in social media, networks, journalism or research?
Are you interested in earning a scholarship to our Center for Coaching Mastery or other programs?
Then you may be interested in joining our new Social Media and Networking Team.
On this page you will find:
1) The Idea
2) The Model
3) The Possibilities
4) The Offer
5) How To Apply
1) The idea - create a CoachVille social media team
The idea is to create CoachVille a social media and networking team. The players this team will have a key position in creating global awareness about Professional Coaching and CoachVille as well as bring news and insight from the world to CoachVille members.
I have to admit, I have been VERY slow to get on the Social Media bandwagon. I barely started to blog four weeks ago! LOL. I have visited Facebook and MySpace once or twice.
This is clearly an exciting and important game and I need to get off the bench!
Creating a team is the best way for me to start playing.
The vision is to create a team of 20 or so coaches who will each play an important position on the team. The position could be:
the CV representative on Facebook, or
the Coaching Schools correspondent on CoachBlog, or
the Coaching in Education correspondent on Coachblog, or
the CoachVille Strategic Alliance coordinator, or
write product or book reviews for Coachblog on items that coaches should know about.
There are lots of possibilities to play!
And we are offering scholarships to our Center for Coaching Mastery Coach Training program and / or our Professional Coach Training programs in exchange for your efforts.
So,
1) You get to become highly visible doing something that you love
2) You get the benefit of being a part of a great team that is learning and growing together, AND
3) You get a GREAT education
Sounds interesting? Keep reading...
2) The Model - student athletes in a university community
The model for this is the university student athlete. As a Soccer Coach at Seton Hall U. in NJ I am very familiar with this!
Our student athletes and highly visible community leaders. For sure they put in a lot of effort and the rewards are great as well. Most of them receive full or partial scholarships to the University. AND they get to do something that they love - play soccer in this case - on a great team.
They bring joy and excitement to their fellow students and local community by playing in the games; a vital part of the university experience.
It is a win-win-win for the university, the community and the student/player.
I think that playing on this team will be very much like that for CV, the CV Members and YOU as a player on the team.
3) The Possibilities - Shape the Coaching Industry; Find or create your position
I believe that the players on this team will help shape the coaching industry and the CV community. As you research, explore, listen, learn, write and connect your voice will be part of the fabric of the CV community and the Coaching Industry; Your ideas and self-expression will add value in a public way.
As I said before, I am just learning about the new Social Media game. Here are just a few ideas I have for positions on the team. YOU may be inspired by one of these OR it may spark your imagination to create a new position.
Positions on the team
A) Run a correspondence desk onwww.CoachBlog.com
There are lots of possibilities here. Our vision is to establish coachblog as THE source for coaching industry news and opinion. Anything that a coach should know about will be found there.
some examples
> Coaching School news - stay connected to the leaders of all the major coaching schools and report on cool things they are doing and offering.
> Coaching Chapter news & events - stay connected to the leaders of coaching chapters and associations and report what is happening; attend events and share what you learned.
> Coaching in business; Stay tuned in to businesses that are using coaching and report on what is happening. Visit business clients and tell their stories.
> Coaching in education; (same idea as business)
> Coaching in ANYTHING; Pick an area of life you love and research and report on how coaching is happening there.
> Book Reviews for Coaches;
> Product Reviews for Coaches;
> Personal development programs; attend events and and share your experience from a coaching perspective
B) Bring coaching and CoachVille to existing Social Networks
- Be the voice of CV and Coaching Industry on Community Blogs like Success Television
- Be the hub of CV community connections on a Social Network like Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace
C) Creative Campaign Coordinator:
> Create and orchestrate visibility campaigns for the Coaching industry and CV OR
> Strategic Alliance Coordinator; We have strategic alliances with some of the most powerful players in the personal development world - create something!
4) The Offer
We are offering full and partial scholarships to our Center for Coaching Mastery and new Professional Coach program in exchange for your participation on this team.
These details will be worked out on a case by case basis, based on what you want, what you want to do and your situation.
Figure 6-10 hours per week; 3 weeks each month; for 6 months minimum
(1 year minimum if you are accepting a scholarship) plus a weekly 30 minute team call with Dave.
If you just want to be a part of this team and are not even interested in the scholarship, that is great too; go ahead and apply. We have players like that on the team at Seton Hall U.
5) How to apply
Answer the following questions in an email to DB:
1) What position would you like to play on the team?
select from the examples I gave OR CREATE a position for yourself (short answer)
2) What Social Media / journalism / researching experience do you bring to the team?
eg. you may be a Facebook maven or have a popular blog
explain and give an example or short sample (2-3 paragraphs MAX)
3) Are you interested in a scholarship to our Coach Training Program OR our new Business Building Program for Professional Coaches? (short answer)
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