Today on the show, as I am writing this, we’re talking about your CoachVille profile – a great way to share your vision and mission as a coach to other coaches in our community, and very soon, to the world!

So, let’s get a jump on the ‘world’ part, and get those profiles looking great, and truly reflecting you! Dave will be sending out CV Member News blasts all week talking about different aspects of the profile, and what each section is all about. Get a great start by simply posting your picture, if you haven’t done so, yet!

Is your profile already up to snuff? Have you put forth your amazing vision? let us know by simply replying to this post with your name, and what you have going on – the rest of us can look you up on CoachVille Member Search. Log into your account on CoachVille, and click the Member Search tab. There you can look someone up in the system. Heck, try me – Vincent Hase. Go ahead, look me up – I don’t bite! I’ve put a few things in – but not everything. I’ll add more throughout the week.

So how do you build your own Profile? log in to CoachVille, and click the ‘My Profile’ link way up at the very top of the page. Give it a click and start filling in the blanks! Tell us about you, your vision, your business – get your website link in there – let us know all about you!

Today, CoachVille, tomorrow the world!

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The LifeVille Coaching Company – Game Design Overview

Monday on CV Caffeine – Show Your FACE!

use your CV Profile to make connections and attract clients

The Attraction Game & LifeVille R&D Team

We are moving forward with great speed toward the launch of LifeVille!  Next week, Monday through Friday, at 12 Noon ET I will host a series of calls with the LifeVille R&D team to co-create the Attraction Game.  I hope you can join us.

This should be a LOT of fun and very creative.

I believe that game creation will become a new essential coaching skill

Benefits of participating on these calls (yes they will be recorded):

1) It will be FUN! You will experience the new Community Game System as a player.

2) You will learn our new game creation model which I believe will become a new essential coaching skill (since coaching IS about playing better, knowing how to create a challenging and winnable game is important)

3) You will have access to the complete 28 Principles of Attraction Program by Thomas Leonard.  We will use this content as the foundation for the game.  This is important because many of the LifeVille games will be created by using the concepts from a book as a starting point.

4) Be a part of a creative – collaborative process

Join the LifeVille R&D Team here <<<— Join Our Team!

The Structure of a Game…(keep reading)

LifeVille R&D Team calls

LifeVille – Play BIG!

Have Fun Playing the Games of Your REAL Life

(and earn REAL prizes for winning)

You can be a BIG part of the upcoming launch of LifeVille.

LifeVille is a place where The Thought Leaders of the world team up with the Coaches of the world to provide powerful coaching programs for the people of the world who want to Play BIG in life.

Our community game system is the hub of the action.  This is important because “social community” gaming (aka farmville) is sweeping the world – over 75 MILLION players – revealing that there is an incredible yearning to play.

All we have to do is show people that they can have fun playing the games of their REAL life – To Play with Purpose – and we can steer this incredible global movement into coaching.

Do you like the sound of 75 million people playing REAL life better with a coach?  I do!

Join the LifeVille R&D Team here <<<— Join Our Team!

The LifeVille Coaching Company – Game Design Overview

(excerpted from the LifeVille Coaching Company overview; available to LifeVille R&D members)

Step 1 – Design the Game

The concept of “playing the game” is essential to the fulfillment of a coaching service. In this section we will describe how the game and coaching play together and how & why we transform your content into a winnable game worth playing.

What coaching is; what coaching is NOT

Coaching is: guiding an individual or team to play better and win on their own terms.

Coaching is NOT: an intervention for problems; task management.

Our theory is that ANY endeavor in life can be transformed into a winnable game worth playing;

That true fulfillment in life occurs while getting very good and the few essential skills that bring great results AND a joyful experience.

In the industrial age, work was glorified and play was made to mean something frivolous.  However we believe that the Human Spirit of Play is a powerful force that elicits creativity, engagement, resourcefulness, pursuit of mastery, fulfillment and the experience of joy.  (Certainly NOT frivolous stuff)

A fundamental outcome of a coaching experience is the players’ transformation from a “work on problems” mindset to a “play with purpose to create possibility” mindset in EVERY aspect
of life – business/career, health, relationships, wealth creation, spiritual quest etc.

The game model

A coaching program is made up of a series of games – we think of it as a “season” like in athletics.  Each week there is a new game for the players to play where they complete exercises, take actions and get results AND earn points for doing so.  We design the game with YOU based on your concepts, strategies and practices etc.

The game is displayed and tracked in what we call our “Community Game System”.  In the system the players track their results on line in a way that is publicly displayed for all of the players to see.  The players can then see each other’s results and examples and share comments, challenge and support.

The community game system enables the integration electronic content in the form of written documents, audio and video.  So for example if an action in the game card is to conduct an interview with 5 people, we can include a written document with the instructions and an audio or video of you demonstrating how to conduct the interview.

The community game system creates a powerful public accountability process that is extremely energizing.

Vision – Each player has a detailed profile where they create an online vision board of pictures and words for what they are creating in life.  The vision board can be shared with all of the other players in the game or made private to be viewed only by the coach.

Purpose & Objectives – Each player articulates the purpose that this season of games serves in the big picture of their life vision. And they articulate specific objectives: tangible outcomes, skills to improve and characteristics to “become”.

Weekly Results – Each week there are specific results that the player is playing for.  A result is something that can be measured and it is best if it is something that happens in the world around the player.  For example: someone says “Yes” to an offer.  The results for the game can be set by you OR if you prefer we can allow the players to customize the results they are playing for according to a set of guidelines.  The players get points for creating results.

The game system also includes the ability to publicly share results.  For example if a result in the game is to get a testimonial letter from a customer, the player can paste that into the game card for everyone to see.

Recurring Actions – The recurring actions are the specific activities of playing the game.  They are skills that the player will practice with their coach and team mates and then bring into the world around them.  The actions serve a duel role of producing results AND engaging the player in the pursuit of mastery.  A game can include a variety of actions some set by you
and others customized by the players according to a set of guidelines.  The players get points for taking actions and write a short note to share their thoughts and reflections about what they
learned and accomplished.  These reflections create team bonding and provide a launching pad for coaching.

Exercises – Exercises are project-type actions that help a player improve the way they play the game but are not the game itself.  For example in a business game a project would be getting business cards printed.  This will help you play the game better but they are not the game.  In the game system the players get points for completing exercises and can share their
reflections on the process.  Also when appropriate the player can share something they create for their game by pasting it into the gamecard. For example if the exercise is to write a one-page overview of the benefits of a product they could paste the content into the game card for feedback from the Coach and other players.

Total Score – As the players complete the exercises and actions and produce results the game card updates their total score.  Then each game card is summed for a total player score.  The game page for all of the players shows each players current and total score.

Team Bonus – In group / team coaching programs there is a team bonus concept where if a team achieves a pre-set average number of points, the players receive bonus points. This creates an incentive for the players to support each other as they play the game in their own life.

Accumulating Points – The players accumulate points from game to game, program to program which is reflected in their point total like “frequent flyer miles”

Rewards program – As the player accumulates points they become eligible for rewards.  This opens up a world of possibilities for sponsorship and incentive programs.

Why the game?

There are several benefits to using the game model for your coaching program:

A tangible way for the coach to track progress.

One benefit of using a game and score system is that it creates a tangible way for the coach to gauge and measure the progress of the player(s).

A tangible way to evaluate the coaching effectiveness

Another benefit to the game and score system is that it creates a tangible way to measure the effectiveness of each coach.

You can SEE what is happening

As the thought-leader, you will be able to log into the system and check the results of any program.  You will be able to see the player score cards and see that your program and
your coaches are making a difference in the lives of your clients /our players.

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To read the rest of the LifeVille Coaching Opportunity overview,

Join the LifeVille R&D Team and click on the syllabus tab.

Join the LifeVille R&D Team here <<<— Join Our Team!

SHOW YOUR FACE!

Monday 3/22 we will begin a weeklong focus on the new CV Coach Profile system.  It’s time to show your face to your CV Member Colleagues AND the rest of the world.

CoachVille Caffeine – The Home of the Inspiration Economy

CoachVille Caffeine
is our weekly radio-style show available by phone and on blogtalkradio.com.

Every Monday 1PM ET

For all the details for how YOU can listen to the show…

You can listen to Monday’s Caffeine show right now on the

CoachVille Caffeine information page.

Coach Dave is BACK in the Coaching Business!

The 100 Day Play BIG Challenge

Hosted by Coach Dave Buck, MCC

March 29, 2010 -> July 5 2010 Mondays 11 AM ET

Invest: $1,495

(or 3 payments of $550)

Maximum Players: 12

Registration Here

The PLAY BIG 100 Day Challenge
program is an exclusive small group coaching and mastermind program with a maximum of 12 players.

The program is for you ONLY if you are ready to play BIG in the world with your business.

The ultimate purpose of business is to add value to the lives of others in the community. You will practice and master the 5 principles of business success in the Inspiration Economy:

Visibility – Being seen and known as a value add in your community

Engagement – Connecting with people in the heart and moving them forward

Fulfillment – Deliver on what you promise in a way that fulfills your purpose in life

Orchestration – Harmonize the creative energies of many players toward a common purpose

Wealth Creation – Accumulate what you value most and then share it with others

And you will learn and master the art of Playing BIG!

In addition to our 1-hour weekly team meeting, I will have 60 minutes available each week for laser coaching sessions with you AND each player will get 1-hour of 1-1 coaching time with me during the program.

The price of this exclusive 100 Day Program is
$1,495

The program details and registration are here

Play BIG! The Spirit of PLAY Lives On In YOU.

Coach Dave Buck

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On Monday 11/2/09 Dave will host Coach / Speaker Sarano Kelley author of “The Game.”

Coach Sarano will be featured in a VH1 Television show pilot on Thursday November 5th called: Broke and Famous.

Please join us on Monday as we talk with Sarano about the show, coaching celebrities, coaching the financial game and a host of other exciting topics.

And then please tune into VH1 on Thursday Nov. 5th at 10PM to help boost the ratings for the show!

Hey Coach,

On Monday 11/2/09 I will host Coach / Speaker Sarano Kelley author of “The Game.”

Coach Sarano will be featured in a VH1 Television show pilot on Thursday November 5th called: Broke and Famous.

Please join us on Monday as we talk with Sarano about the show, coaching celebrities, coaching the financial game and a host of other exciting topics.

And then please tune into VH1 on Thursday Nov. 5th at 10PM to help boost the ratings for the show!

Play BIG!
Coach Dave Buck

We have an amazing opportunity here on the Caffeine, the introduction of a NEW work by Thomas!

Thomas was a non-stop thinker. He constantly had ideas, thoughts, questions – and he was constantly holding focus groups and writing things down. His laptop was always a flurry of activity.

He also was an internet explorer (sorry, Microsoft), looking into new ways to use the internet. One thing he did was upload works and works in progress to the CoachVille server. He had a laptop or two crash, and probably did it as a safeguard. He also may have had it up there for future collaboration with others. “Cloud” computing is something we think about now, but then – well, Thomas was the visionary, now wasn’t he?

While looking for a specific file to fix a link on a current CoachVille program, Vince stumbled upon a treasure: 101 Coaching Secrets. Thomas was working on a book, and had a working copy sitting out on the server, in a rather unassuming folder labeled, “secrets.” Now, who wouldn’t want to poke their nose into a file with a name like that? And that’s just what Vince did.

Inside was a treasure-trove of information and insights. While the work was not complete, much of it was already fleshed-out fully, and the full list of topics was already complete, with the secrets in groups of ten, under a specific heading for each group.

For the next few weeks, Terri will be sharing many of these secrets on the Caffeine program, while we continue to look for more notes on the subject – Thomas had a list of helper documents for the reader to refer to – It’s like National Treasure III, the works of Thomas, as we run off looking for files to the clues we are finding!

Feel free to listen in, grow, and share in this new work by Thomas. Let us know what you think!

Dear Coach,

One of Thomas Leonard’s sayings goes like this:

“People tend to highly overestimate what they can do in 30 days. And underestimate what they can do in a year.”

Here at CoachVille, we honor this philosophy of life with the 100-Day Challenge, a game Thomas invented that OVERprovides support so that people – you and I – can create results we’ve been stuck on.

“Procrastination is just another way a person shows that they don’t have enough support or resources.” Another Thomas goodie.

If you’ve procrastinated anything in the last quarter, perhaps now is the time to join the next 100-Day Challenge at CoachVille…

Starting on September 28th for 100 days…

It is 100% free for all Pro Coach members…

And only $49 for Basic Coach Members…

$49 for 100 days of group coaching support…

Click here for more details and to register for the program.

To get more of an idea about the program, have a look at the guidelines to the challenge that Thomas Leonard wrote, highlighted below.

Keep playing big,

Coach Dave Buck

Invest: $49
(Note: Program included in CV Pro Coach Membership; $99/ year)
Section 100 Day Challenge – 092809-08:00AM
Starts Monday 09/28/09; Meets every weekday at 8:00 AM ET for 30 minutes; for 100 Days

Dear Coach,

Have you ever considered there might be a slightly different language you could use to engage potential clients in the most important things in their lives?

You know, the topics that people are most interested in improving in their life, perhaps with you as a coach?

As you know, talking about coaching itself can be a challenge. So we at CoachVille like to use the metaphor of life as a game. We call this playing the games of life, and over the years, time has shown the language of playing a game in life to be very attractive to people. They immediately understand it, they like it because of the spirit of play it includes, and, they are easily able to say ‘yes, I want help winning the games of my life!’

The language of Playing the Game of Life also lends itself well to helping your clients have a Game Plan with you as their coach. It doesn’t have to be hard to start talking about your coaching in this context. Today’s issue of the CoachVille Member news gives you some immediate tools and language to adopt. If you try it even a little with existing clients you may find it really changes the degree of engagement in your sessions.

Of course, if you want to fully explore the method behind ‘Coaching The Game’ you will be interested in the CoachVille training that starts in just a couple of weeks. The Coach The Game program is simple, quick, and impactful. Be sure to check out the registration details and featured visual aid below. The first 5 people to register for the live program will receive a gift of the ‘Thomas Leonard Follows His Curiosity’ 2 CD set.

Keep playing big!

Coach Dave Buck

P.S. There is no reason why you cannot choose to play the game of your life too, as a coach! Taking the program will help you do that successfully first. And, for sure check out the 9 areas of wealth, below. You will either gain tremendous confidence, or, find areas you want to focus on – fast – through support and personal growth, all good things.

Featured Visual Aid: The blueprint for engaging your clients in the spirit of playing the games of their lives

Coach the Game

The Spirit of Play

Coach the Game goes deeply into the pursuit of playing a game better. The program gets to the heart of what most people expect from a coach:

1. The ability to teach them how to play the game better by helping them learn, practice and refine the skills of the game AND

2. The ability to guide them with an effective personalized game plan.

3. The ability to debrief the game to facilitate development and learning.

You must be able to celebrate successes in a way that expands awareness and to debrief losses in a way that promotes growth and restores their desire to get back into the game.

To do these things, you must have a solid knowledge of the game and a clear method for guiding people to the results they desire. Your players trust you to have a way of doing things that is reliable, consistent and grounded in experience. We will help you put this together in this program.

Registration

Registration

Section Coach The Game Series-101309-7P
Oct 13,20,27, Nov 3,10,17 2009 7:00-9:30 PM ET
Instructor: Terri Zelenak, PCC

Invest: $495

2 Payments of $249

Section Coach The Game Series-101309-10P
Oct 13,20,27, Nov 3,10,17 2009 2:00-4:30 PM ET
Instructor: Terri Zelenak, PCC

Invest: $495

2 Payments of $249

Hey Coach,

Greetings from the campus of Seton Hall University!  Today is our first day of training camp for the upcoming soccer season.  I am very enthusiastic about the team this year – the guys are eager for a fresh start.  Last season was rough – our worst record in my 14 seasons with the team.  BUT that is the beautiful thing about periodization: when the season is over, you take a break and then a new season comes and you get to start over. 

Think about bringing the idea of a new season and a fresh start into the BIG games of your life – your business, your romance, your career, your family.

Speaking of a new season…

We start a new semester of classes in the Center for Coaching Mastery in a few weeks – Classes begin September 1st.  If you’ve been thinking about getting started in Coach training or renewing your quest for mastery, or looking for a great way to get CCEU’s, NOW is a perfect time to jump in.  Whether full time or part time, the MOST important thing is to get into the game and PLAY! 

The full teleclass catalog is here!
Our new teleclass catalog is pretty snappy!
Please check it out and tell me what you think.

Play BIG! The Sprit of PLAY Lives On In YOU.
Coach Dave Buck 

What EVERY Coach Needs to Know.
10 BOLD truths that will set you free… to Coach!

A new complimentary teleclass for CV Members.
The first one is Monday 8/17 at 9PM ET

Remember the saying:
the truth shall set you free

 Well, on this call we will explore 10 BOLD truths about professional coaching that we hope will set you FREE… to Coach!

Here is just a sample of what you will discover…

TRUTH #3: You sign clients
based on WHO you are.
(more than HOW well you Coach)

Coaching is an INVESTMENT. A Player will ONLY invest in a Coach they believe in.
The hidden truth is that you already have a LOT more credibility than you probably realize.

TRUTH #5: You retain clients based on how WELL you coach

Coaching is about results, not rent-a-friend! When your players get positive results and see progress, they stick around. But how do you get results when you are NEW to coaching? The hidden truth is that while there are no shortcuts on the path to mastery, with the right method you can get very good very quickly.

TRUTH #8: There is a 6-figure coaching model for almost EVERY game that can be coached

There are several proven business models that you can mold and combine to create the right offer, with the right value at the right price-point for the players you coach. The hidden truth is that you must master the Attraction Principle “Add Value for the Joy of it”.

Professional Coaching is Growing FAST!

We plan to clear up several misconceptions that often block people from going for a career in professional coaching. By the way, professional coaching is one of the fastest growing careers in the world and for good reasons that we will explain on the call.

> Are you ready to jump into the amazing world of professional coaching?

 > Are you possibly considering it as one option for bringing purpose and meaning to your life and career?

> Are you yearning for the freedom you could experience when you have a coaching business of your own design?

 ACT NOW!

We have four 75-minute calls scheduled over the next few weeks.  (these calls are complimentary for CV members!)

Monday, Aug. 17th, 2009 – 9:00 PM ET  Register

Tuesday, Aug. 18th, 2009 – 1:00 PM ET Register

Wednesday, Aug. 26th, 2009 -11:00 AM ET Register

Thursday, Aug. 27th, 2009 – - 8:00 PM ET Register

When you register for a class, you are automatically registered for the Resource Center at the same time! EASY!

If these dates / times are not convenient for you,
I recommend that you register for the Resource Center… 

• You will have access to the recording AND

• You will be informed of additional calls when they are scheduled, AND

• There are some informative class clips from the Center for Coaching Mastery available on this page.

Register For the Resource Center

Speaking of the Center for Coaching Mastery, the Fall (Autumn) semester starts on Tuesday September 1^st.  So NOW is the perfect time to get inspired and get into class.

Coach Dave Buck, MCC, MBA

Ps.  Please pass this email on to ANYONE you know who should consider a career in professional coaching! Thanks.

Register For immediate access to the Resource Center
Note: if a non-CV member clicks this link, it will take them to a simple CV Member registration page and THEN straight to the What Every Coach Needs to Know Resource Center

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Hey Coach,

At the most recent gathering of the Transformational Leadership Council in Bermuda, I was pleased to welcome an old friend into the group: Dream Coach Marcia Wieder. Yeah for Marcia! She is a force in the world for good and deserves to be a member of the Council for sure.

Marcia has a gift that I want to share with you. But first, a quick introduction to Coach Marcia:

Meet Marcia Wieder, CEO & Founder of Dream University^®. For over 20 years she has helped thousands of people achieve their personal and professional dreams. She teaches how to create new dreams, remove old beliefs and design simple, yet life-changing practices to get what you want.

We’ve put together an incredible gift for you: 10 easy to read, content rich and extremely valuable e-books…all designed to help Make Your Dreams Come True.

They won’t cost you anything so click here to receive all 10 e-books NOW. http://www.dreamcoach.com/gift/

Titles include Creating New Dreams, Believing in Your Dreams, Accessing Your Power, 100 Ways to Make Life Easier and more. This gift offer is only available for a short time so act now to receive all 10 e-books immediately!

Play BIG! The Spirit of Play Lives On In YOU!

Coach Dave Buck

Ps. Feel free to forward this link to all who can benefit from this gift.

http://www.dreamcoach.com/gift/

In the last CV Member News we stated that Coach Dave presented the Super Conductivity Workshop at the TLC gathering.

Dave presented a talk on the Inspiration Economy – which was HOT!

Coach Lise Janelle – co-creator of the Super Conductivity Method with Coach Dave – presented a workshop on Super Conductivity at the TLC gathering in Bermuda.