Welcome to ACTO, where diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do.
On June 24, 2026, we closed this chapter of ACTO. We celebrated the achievements, accomplishments, and impacts of our two decades of existence, most especially our impact on the conversation around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
We invite you to view this short video as a reminder of what we represented and what our members and former members will continue to carry as energy into the future of coaching.
We have thrown open our archives from monthly forums and past conferences for access through December of this year, no codes or membership required. See below for access information.
May you keep the spirit of The Stand alive in your heart and in your coaching conversations!
View monthly forums from 2013 to 2026 including recent forums such as:
- Jim Smith – Mindset, Community, and Resources: Doing the Work on YOU as a Tool for Teaching DEIB
- Sanjyot Pethe – Liberating Narratives of Dignity
- Betska K-Burr – Everyone Simply Wants to Love and Be Loved
2022 Conference recordings:
- Rashmi Datt – Intersection of Coaching, Psychodrama and Essence of Vedic Wisdom
- Eileen Laskar – Making the Coaching Language and Impact Meaningful to Organizational Leaders
- Garima Gupta Kapila – A Yogic Approach to Empowering our Clients to Self-heal
- Monsoon Bissel – Coaching for Wholeness: A multi-polar world, a need for belonging and making the personal story count
- Nancy Forrester – A Paradigm Shift in Coaching – An Evolutionary Science Approach to Change
- Sharon Brown – Unspoken Words: Coaching for Transformative Justice and Healing
- Ajay Noronha – Jheeni Bheeni Chadariya – Making the Image Sacred Again
- Ben Dooley – How to Find Your WOW, NOW!
- Vikram Bhatt – Serving the planet: Enlightened coachpreneurship
- Robert Kuang, Juanita Molano Parra, and Catharina Schneegass – The Possibility Underneath Possibility
- Jim Smith and Johan van Bavel – Training the Coach Trainer
- Merlinder Orjela – Inclusive Coach Training to Create Authentic Coaches
- Damian Goldvarg – Training on coaching diverse clients, the immigrant experience
- Christopher McAuliffe – Power
- Kawtar El Alaoui – Coaching for Collective Liberation
- Gorka Bartolomé – The impact of coaching competencies in brain creativity mechanisms
- Madeline Brown and Lu Ripley – Ordinary people, extraordinary compassion
- Carola Fredes – Coaching Orgánico un modelo vivo para el siglo XXI
- Leonardo Ravier – Teoría General del Coaching / General Theory of Coaching
2023 Conference recordings:
- Luis Piza – Why Most Coaching Processes Fail Before They Even Start (and How to Change That)
- Nakia J. Green – The Intersection of Disability and Faith: The Hidden Identities in DEIB
- Asma Chaudhry – Oneness in Leadership
- Betska K-Burr – Coaching Beyond the Veil
- Merlinder Orjela – Embracing Cultural Diversity as Coaches and Coach Educators
- Renaye Thornborrow – Expanding the Impact of Coaching by Bringing Life Coaching to our Children
- Herb Stevenson – Coaching at the Point of Contact
- Alida Miranda-Wolff – Coaching Belonging – How to Support Others in Finding a Sense of Belonging
- Claude Arribas – La actitud y sus efectos sistémico en la empresa
- Pamela Van Dyke – Team Coaching In A Multi-Cultural Context
- Garima & Sundeep Kapila – Coaching For All
- Shiny Unsal – One Simple Yet Extremely Effective Formula That’ll Simplify All Your Coaching Relationships, Including the One You Have With Yourself
- Deborah Sandella & Michael Kline – Going Beyond the RIM of Traditional Techniques
- Catherine Tanneau & Linda McLoughlin – Coach Education Beyond Borders – The Role of The Educator; Mentor and Supervisor in Promoting Cross-Culturalism
- Jackie Stevenson – The Sacred Practice of Coaching
2025 Conference recordings:
- Mahdi Davenport – DIFFERENT: The Missing Link in the Coaching Relationship, How Embracing Inner and Outer Difference Transforms Connection, Conflict, and the Capacity to Coach
- Christina Stathopoulos – Honoring Lived Experience: A Trust-First Approach to Mindset Shifts
- Robyn Ward – Cultivating Safe Spaces in Coaching
- Damaris Patterson Price – Culture, Social Mixtures, and Impacts on Coaching Learning Spaces
- Jimena Andino Dorato – Bridging Intercultural Intelligence & Coaching Competencies
- Shilpa Alimchandani – Clear the noise, feel your beat
- Sammie Walker Herrera – Say It With Confidence: Public Speaking Coaching Through a Neurodivergent and Cultural Lens
- Sukari Pinnock Fitts – Coaching Under Pressure: Identity Erasure and Covering in the Coaching Relationship
- Veronica King – From Bystander to Bridge: Embodying Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in Every Coaching Conversation
- Dr. Dhru Beeharilal – Beyond the Niche: Building an Authentic Coaching Business
- Joanna Davis – The Sound of Wholeness: Listening for Identity, Truth & Healing
- Arianne Rice – Coaching at the Edge: Vulnerability, Identity, and Embodied Connection
- Birgit Rauchbauer – Connecting Across Social Identities: The Role of the Brain, Mirror Neurons, Synchrony, and Empathy