History
A group of coaches from the Back Porch Gang decided to get together and
create a web site featuring information about the individual coaches and the
organization in general. The site was paid for by the individual coaches
featured on it. Over time we found the site to be more of an informational
arm for our coaching group so, in 2001 the Back Porch Gang, now also know as the
Northern Colorado Coaches Alliance, voted to have the web site be sponsored by
the entire organization.
As the NCCA has grown, so has the use of its website as a means to
communicate with the membership, and provide basic advertising for some member
coaches and affiliated organizations.
Benefits of the Web Site
There are many benefits to the chapter and the individual members for being
on the site. It is listed with search engines and usually comes up high in
searches for Colorado coaches. The site is linked from the
ICF site (as an area chapter), so both
potential clients and new coaches can connect to us from that site. Many
new coaches use it to have a presence on the web. Information about
meetings and upcoming activities are posted there, benefiting current members
and the community. Good definitions of what coaching is and isn’t are on
the site as background information for prospective clients. Our mission
and purpose as well as details about who we are and how we operate are on it.
The site looks great and represents us well.
Membership
All NCCA members will be listed on the site under Who
Are We and Members. Member contact
information is a phone number, e-mail address, and website address. An
NCCA member is someone who has paid their $25 activity fee to the NCCA (via
the website or mailed to our treasurer)
for the current year. Our
membership year goes from May through April, so you will be asked to renew your
membership on May 1st. If you are wishing to join with less than half a
year remaining (November through April), then the initial activity will be pro-rated
to 50%.
Coach Advertising
NCCA member coaches who want to be listed in the Find A Coach section
with a photograph and a biography of up to 150 words. If you have products for
sale, these can be listed on the Member Products page.
The products are not purchased through the NCCA, but through the member's
website. This is a fantastic bargain for a one time fee of
$42.00. To be on the web site you must be a current member of the NCCA.
The process is:
- Sign up for membership with the NCCA by giving your activity fee to
our treasurer,
or by paying here on the website.
- Follow the instructions on the
Advertisement Fee page to pay that fee.
- Get a picture and up to 150 word biography or information you want listed
to Carl Dierschow, our web master.
Pictures need to be internet-ready JPEG or GIF files, 100 - 200 pixels in each
dimension. Also let Carl know the coaching categories you want to be listed
under on the Find-A-Coach
page, and any pointers to products which you might have for sale.
- Get any web site changes or new information to Carl on a monthly basis.
- Entries will be listed under the coach's name. If you wish to
mention your company name it will be listed as a sub-heading under your name.
- From your advertising page you can link to your website, your e-mail
address and phone number(s).
- In your own marketing materials you can state that you are a member of the
NCCA and use the NCCA logo, as long as you maintain your NCCA membership.
Affiliate Advertising
An Affiliate is an organization which helps further the
NCCA's Purpose and which is approved to have a marketing linkage (not a
legal linkage) with the NCCA. At least one person in the organization must
be a current member of the NCCA, and the organization must abide by the
ICF Ethical
Standards.
The process is:
- Ensure that one of your organization's members has signed up for
membership with the NCCA.
- Give a request to
our president, which states your organization's goal for NCCA affiliation, how
your organization clearly helps further NCCA's Purpose,
and how your organization abides by the
ICF Ethical
Standards. This will be voted on by the NCCA Leadership Circle, and
only approved if an affiliation is clearly in NCCA's best interests.
- Follow the instructions on the
Advertisement Fee page to pay that fee.
- Get an organization logo and up to 150 words of information you want
listed to Carl Dierschow, our web
master. Pictures need to be internet-ready JPEG or GIF files, 100 - 200 pixels
in each dimension.
- Get any web site changes or new information to Carl on a monthly basis.
- Entries will be listed under the organization's name on the
Affiliations page.
- From your advertising page you can link to your website, your e-mail
address and phone number(s).
- In your own marketing materials you can state that you are an affiliate of
the NCCA and use the NCCA logo.
- If your organization falls away from the affiliation requirements,
affiliate status will be revoked and advertising removed from NCCA's website.
You will no longer be allowed to state affiliation with NCCA or use the NCCA
logo.
For More Information
Please contact Carl Dierschow.
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Updated May 2008 by
Carl Dierschow
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