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Business Coaching Worldwide (BCW)
Submission Guidelines
Business Coaching Worldwide eZine welcomes your articles and letters to the editor. Do you want to share your information, experiences and opinions on international business coaching with a worldwide audience? Then consider writing for us. We welcome pieces on any of the topics outlined in General Description below.
General Description
Business Coaching Worldwide (BCW) is a unique online publication filled with practical, leading-edge content on international business coaching. Published three times a year, BCW promotes dialogue and debate about pressing business coaching issues.
Content
BCW is available in two formats: an executive summary format based on preference, with links to full articles; and a full PDF format for easy printing and reading. The main topics it addresses:
- Leading resources, techniques, trends and practices in business coaching
- Leading resources, techniques, trends and practices in business
- How to get and retain clients
- How to run a successful business coaching practice
- Business coaching success stories
- Select members' articles
Distribution and Readership
BCW is distributed to tens of thousands of readers in over 80 countries and counting. These readers include members of WABC, many of them thought-leaders who belong to international networks that rely on WABC for the latest on business coaching. The readership also includes non-WABC subscribers. All readers of BCW distribute this information to their clients and associates, who are top leaders and decision-makers in the public, private and nonprofit sectors around the world.
To keep the content relevant, practical and leading-edge, BCW frequently gathers feedback from readers and captures data online to determine readers' needs.
Expand Your Reach--Submit to BCW
Writing an article or letter for Business Coaching Worldwide pays off in several ways.
Writing an article or letter for pays off in several ways.
- Build the visibility and credibility of your business
- Expand the knowledge base of business coaching through dialogue and sharing ideas
- Increase your brand publicity and your intellectual property
If your article is accepted, we will include the author(s) name, contact information, brief biographical information and photo. If your letter is accepted, we will include the same but no photo. We do not pay authors for their work.
Submission Deadlines
February Issue: October 26, 2007 (October 12 for success stories)
June Issue: February 22, 2008 (February 8 for success stories)
October Issue: June 20, 2008 (June 6 for success stories)
Publication Dates
February Issue: February 13, 2008
June Issue: June 11, 2008
October Issue: October 8, 2008
Submission Guidelines--General
Lead Time
We must receive your submission at least two months before the publication date.
Content
Your submission must relate to the topics outlined in General Description above. We will not accept advertorial or promotional articles or letters. (If advertising is your main interest, consider becoming a sponsor.) You may refer to your product or service only if it clearly explains or complements the main focus of your article or letter.
In keeping with BCW's mandate, your submission must deliver practical, relevant, leading-edge content and/or promote dialogue and debate about business coaching issues. Submissions must not contain any obscene, blasphemous, libelous or defamatory material.
Exclusive and Original Material
Because BCW aims to deliver fresh content, we prefer exclusive, original, unpublished articles.
By submitting an original, unpublished article for consideration, you warrant that you are the true author of the article and that it is wholly original. You also warrant that you are the owner of copyright and all other rights concerning the article (except for properly identified citations from other published sources) and that the article does not violate anyone else's rights, including copyright or other intellectual property rights.
Any previously published article you submit must also be your own work, be subject to a valid copyright in your favor and have borne a legal copyright notice. You must include written proof that the previous publisher has given permission to republish the article, including the appropriate copyright notices.
Style
Write your article or letter simply and succinctly. Avoid jargon. If you use quotes, include the source information. If you include references and footnotes, please follow the Associated Press Stylebook.
Editing
BCW reserves the right to edit submissions to meet publication and editorial standards. You will be sent the edited version to review before publication. If you don't respond by the deadline, the edited version will be published as is.
Submission Guidelines--By Section
Feature Articles
(1000–1500 words)
We're looking for articles, summaries and reviews on business and business coaching issues. Content should be leading-edge and relevant to business coaches and their clients.
Success Stories
(from WABC Full Members only)
(750–1000 words)
We're looking for success stories about external or internal coaching. We value diversity--stories that profile different countries, different sized enterprises (small, medium, large) and different sectors (public, private, nonprofit). Because we aim to highlight the organization as well as the coach, you'll need to involve your client or organization and get permission to share their full name. We welcome direct quotes from your client in the story.
If your success story is selected, you'll get extra recognition beyond publication in Business Coaching Worldwide:
- An executive summary of your story profiled on WABC's home page for four months
- Your story included for an indefinite period in WABC's Success Stories, one of our most frequently visited web pages
Get the Edge
(500–1000 words)
We're looking for submissions on any of these topics:
- Coaching models: Which patterns and descriptions of the “what” and “how” of coaching have you used with clients or employees to structure your approach?
- Coaching tools, tips and best practices: Which tools and methods lead to success with clients?
- Top technology resources: Which technology tools have made a difference in your coaching or your business?
- The coaching frontier: What are the new findings and new directions in business coaching?
- Building business: What helps you to find and retain clients? How do you take your business to the next level?
Please include these details: the tool, resource or method used; when and how it's used; what the results are.
Hot Topics
(500–1000 words)
We're looking for submissions on topics that reflect the concerns and issues facing business coaches and their clients.
Columns
(500–1000 words per issue)
We rotate our columns periodically to give our readers in-depth information about a variety of subjects relevant to business coaches and their clients. If you have an idea for a column, please contact the BCW Editor.
Letters to the Editor
(maximum 150 words)
We're looking for dialogue and debate on issues relevant to our readers, especially in response to content in Business Coaching Worldwide.
How to Submit
Fill out the appropriate submission form, include your article or letter in it, then email the submission to the BCW Editor. Detailed instructions are given on each form.
Article and Letter Acceptance
Submitting an article or letter does not lead to automatic publication in Business Coaching Worldwide. The Publisher, through its authorized representative, the BCW Editor, reserves the right to accept or reject any submission.
You don't have to be a member of WABC for your article or letter to be accepted (except for success stories, which are accepted from WABC Full Members only). However, when choosing between submissions of equal merit, the BCW Editor will give preference to WABC members.
Publisher
Business Coaching Worldwide is published by WABC Coaches Inc.
Copyright
WABC Coaches Inc. holds the copyright to its publication as a whole. However, you retain the copyright to your own work. By submitting your work for publication, you grant WABC Coaches Inc. a non-exclusive license in perpetuity to publish and republish your work, in whole or in part, in whatever media we choose. You also grant us the right to edit, amend, modify, condense, abridge or otherwise revise your work in any way. You further grant us the right to use your name, photograph and biographical information in any form we choose in connection with publishing your work.
Although you retain the copyright to your work, you grant WABC Coaches Inc. a temporary copyright in this work for three months from the date of the BCW issue in which your work appears. During these three months, you agree not to submit the work to any other printed or online publication. After the three month-period has expired, if this work is accepted for republication in any other print or online publication, you must add this disclaimer:
WABC Coaches Inc. holds the copyright to its publication as a whole. However, you retain the copyright to your own work. By submitting your work for publication, you grant WABC Coaches Inc. a non-exclusive license in perpetuity to publish and republish your work, in whole or in part, in whatever media we choose. You also grant us the right to edit, amend, modify, condense, abridge or otherwise revise your work in any way. You further grant us the right to use your name, photograph and biographical information in any form we choose in connection with publishing your work. Although you retain the copyright to your work, you grant WABC Coaches Inc. a temporary copyright in this work for three months from the date of the issue in which your work appears. During these three months, you agree not to submit the work to any other printed or online publication. After the three month-period has expired, if this work is accepted for republication in any other print or online publication, you must add this disclaimer:
This article first appeared in Business Coaching Worldwide (insert issue, year and volume). Reprinted with permission of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches.
You warrant and covenant that you have the full authority to grant the rights and provide the warranties set out above. No part of Business Coaching Worldwide may be reproduced by you or a third party in any material form without written permission from WABC Coaches Inc.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold WABC Coaches Inc., its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and their successors, representatives, officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from any damages, costs or expenses of any nature related to any claim, action or proceeding arising from the above guidelines and/or your representations or warranties hereunder, whether express or implied.
Contact
Business Coaching Worldwide Editor
Email: BCW Editor
Phone: +1.250.245.7891
Fax: +1.250.245.9870
Address: c/o WABC Coaches Inc., 8578 Echo Place West, Sidney BC, V8L 5E2 Canada
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