Submission Guidelines
The Coach Quad is intended to be a digital setting where colleagues gather to share information and insights. We are actively collecting documents of all types (written articles, video recordings, whitepapers, thought pieces, case studies, and the list goes on). They will be added to the Coach Quad. If you would like your work to be considered for inclusion on the Quad, please read the following agreement and submission requirements. Thank you for your support.
General Agreements & Policies
Submitting a document does not guarantee its inclusion on the Coach Quad. While we sincerely hope that your document will become part of the Quad, we reserve the right to reject a document submission for any reason. Submission of document and confirmation of receipt of article is not a statement of acceptance that the document will appear on the Quad.
Due to the number of submissions we receive, we do not personally reply to everyone. However, you will be notified via email of acceptance of your document.
By submitting your document to the Coach Quad, you grant us the right to publish your document anywhere on our website or blog. We may also change where it appears, how it appears, and how much appears at any time.
Submitting your documents to the Coach Quad does not entitle you to financial compensation of any kind. You will not receive compensation from the Coach Quad.
We reserve the right to change our submission and publication policies and timeframe as appropriate.
Intellectual Property Issues
Authors retain full copyrights to their submitted material. Publishing with us does not compromise your rights, and you will retain ownership of your content. Documents are accepted for inclusion on condition that the submitter has secured all necessary clearances and approvals prior to submission. Writers who are not sole copyright holders should secure all necessary written proof of permission to submit prior to submission. Published articles and books usually need permission from the publisher before it can be reproduced electronically on our Quad. Published articles and/or book submissions should be submitted as a query letter.
Copyright Warning: If you do not own the full copyright to the document you are submitting, do not submit it.
Editing
All documents are reviewed by the curators or editorial team members. The Coach Quad reserves the right to edit all reader contributions for clarity, format, or length. All accepted contributions will be converted into PDF format.
Please spell-check and proofread articles for grammatical errors prior to submitting. Do not submit documents filled with spelling errors and bad grammar. We do monitor document submissions and we will reject content that doesn’t meet this requirement.
For identification and marketing purposes, the Coach Quad reserves the right to introduce non-intrusive Quad Watermarks, boilerplates, and/or summary pages to the documents.
Photographs & Artwork
Photographs & artwork to illustrate your document must be clear and distinct, submitted in jpeg format. All submitted photographs and artwork should be original material submitted by the writer or should include credit or source and copyright information. Images embedded in documents may be removed at the Quad’s discretion if copyright is not provided.
Links in articles
You should refrain from self-promotion as all documents will include your submitted bio. If you wish you may include ONE (1) link to your website in your bio, not in the article body.
No affiliate links! The material that you submit to CoachQuad should not contain affiliate links.
Submit Your Articles Below
If you can accept all of the conditions just identified, then please submitt your document!