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Tracy: Tell us a little more about your work with people in other states and countries. For example, how exactly do you work a "teleclass"? What are some of the other locations from which your clientele has come to you? Is it difficult to bridge the gap when discussing differences in medical systems from the United States to other countries, or even from state to state?
Coach: A teleclass is a marvelous opportunity to talk to people all over the country who are struggling with infertility issues just like you are. A teleclass happens over a telephone bridge line - A telephone bridge line is exactly what it sounds like - a bridge between two telephones.
The wonderful part is that you don't have to get dressed up, drive to someone's office, sit in a waiting room. Instead, in your own home, dressed in comfortable clothes, you sit in your favorite chair and participate in a teleclass. When at least two people call the bridge number. Then, voila! the two people are connected. Up to 30 people can be in a teleclass at the same time. Each caller pays their own long distance charge to the bridge line and at today's rates, for an hour class that only amounts to $3 - $6, depending on your carrier.
I can conduct a teleclass about communication with family members and people can call from L.A., New York, Kalamazoo, Toronto, Miami, and Natchez, Mississippi all at the same time. There are guidelines to make it work well - like: 'please use the mute button if your dog is barking!'
At this point, I haven't had any international callers yet, but I do have a global readership on my web page. Infertility is a world wide issue with global awareness. People visit my page from Egypt, Russian, United Kingdom, Australia, Mozambique, Singapore, Sweden, China - from all over the world.
It would be an honor to work with an international caller and as Internet-based free calling becomes more of the norm, I'm sure with my global newsletter that I will have that opportunity. I'd be so thrilled at this point, that I might consider paying for their long distance call! Of course, if they don't speak English, I might need an interpreter on the call as well!"
© Tracy Morris
