Thumbs Up for CoachNet
I’m a resourcing and networking nut, so when I discovered CoachNet I was more than pumped!
Several years ago I learned about this resource developed by Bob Logan, subscribed to it, and began an occasional journey into the depths of its outlines, tools, reference pages, worksheets, and other great stuff.
However, it wasn’t until I went through Coaching Certification training through my denomination in partnership with CoachNet that I really learned to use its abundance of resources and information. Here’s just some of what I found to be especially helpful and useful in the CoachNet web site.
1. The CompuCoach tab takes you to a gazillion worksheets, planning tools, and other resources for use in church planting, church health and growth, cell churches, leadership and management, and vision, planning and change. There is also a helpful section on using CompuCoach.
2. The Forums tab takes you to a few forums on specific topics. At this writing the Multi-site forum has 111 posts. Multi-site options for churches seems to be the latest hot button for larger churches. (Churchplantingvillage.net, the Southern Baptist “One Stop Shop” for church planting in North America has an excellent section on multisite options.)
3. The Coaching tab takes you to an excellent tool for coaching relationships. It takes you a little time to use the coaching tool and get comfortable with it, but I have found that it greatly increases my coaching effectiveness, just as Bob Logan promises in his CoachNet training. It has four brief tutorials on how to use the coaching tool. Check them out by clicking on Tutorials in the left hand column.
4. The Online Courses tab takes you to an abundance of available courses on Cultivating Church Planting Movements (C2M2), Church Planter, Natural Church Development (NCD), Cell Church Planting, Coaching, Developing Statements and Proposals, Spanish-Language Courses, German-Language Courses, Polish-Language Courses, Implementing Strategies, and other options including other language resources.
5. The My Network tab takes you to a place where you can connect with other CoachNet members, access specialized files journey through the online courses, and access the forums that impact you most.
6. Many of Bob Logan’s training Power Point presentations are available in CoachNet, as well as access to an Online Coach Assessment tool.
7. Another big benefit to the annual fee-based membership ($75/yr) in CoachNet is access to Gary Rohrmayer’s FirstSteps Network for church planters, in itself offering an abundance of valuable and helpful for resources for church planters and church planting coaches.
I find myself using the CoachNet site about 5-15 times a week.
Maybe you have a story of how you have used CoachNet and what do you especially find helpful in it. What has been your experience with CoachNet?
