Northwest Coaches Association (NWCA)

Description

The NW Coaches Association is the largest network of professional coaches in the Oregon/SW Washington area, with a continuous focus on assisting coaches to improve their skills and develop their practices.

Member benefits

Education and Community:
Networking with some of Portland's finest personal and business coaches.
Opportunity to form alliance groups for pursuing business opportunities.
Interactive presentations at monthly meetings designed to help you clarify your mission, strengthen your marketing, and other development needs.
Free and reduced-price teleconferences that will help you manage and build your business.

Publicity and Promotion:
Free web page that advertises you and your practice on the NWCA website [Find a Coach].
Visibility to public through publicity and community events.

Discounts:
No monthly meeting fees!
Discounts on public and internal programs and all special events sponsored by NWCA.
Periodic free teleclasses for members; fee required for non-members.

Mission / Aims

Our mission is to promote awareness of the coaching profession, provide practice development support for our members, and cultivate a community of professional coaches.

Principal activities

Monthly meetings with educational programming and outreach activities.

Training / Licensing / Certification

ICF CEUs for selected programs.

Affiliations

We are member of:

International Coach Federation (ICF) Chartered Chapter

Partner Associations:

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) - Cascadia Chapter

Oregon Organizational Development Network (ODN)