Somebody wants to hear your story.

This isn't a form. It's a conversation — you can speak or type, take as long as you like, and stop and come back whenever you need to. Everything is saved.

Ember is an AI storytelling guide for The Coaches' Effect. It speaks with an authorized Coach V.O.I.C.E. — Vehicle Of Influence Chosen to Empower — and never claims to be a real person.

Before we start

Rather be told than read? Press this and Ember will walk you through it in her own voice — it is also how you check your sound is working before you begin.

Your story belongs to you. Three quick permissions to begin — and you can change any of this later.

Type your name and email below. These two are typed rather than spoken, because your email is where your private link back in gets sent — it has to be exactly right.
Tick all three boxes.
Press “Start the conversation.” The button turns on once those are done.
Then just talk. Press the microphone once to start — it turns into a ⏹ stop button while it is listening. Take as long as you like. Press it again when you have finished your answer; that is how Ember knows you are done, and then she answers you out loud.

After that you can put the typing away. There is a text box too, if you would rather type any answer — both work, the whole way through.

Your nameSo Ember can talk to you like a person. First name is fine. EmailrequiredThis is how we send you the private link back into your story if you need to stop partway. MobileOptional — only if you would rather get that link by text.

Record and transcribe my voicerequiredOnly so your words are captured accurately. You can type the whole way instead. Store my story and the details in itrequiredHeld by The Coaches' Effect, exportable, and removable on request. You may contact me about my storyrequiredSo we can send your private link back in, and reach you about your story. Nothing else.

What happens to your story afterwards — publishing it, using it in a book, a film, or anything else — is a separate set of choices, and we ask them at the end. You should know exactly what you have said before you decide who gets to hear it.

Now — who gets to hear it?

You have told us your story. This is the part where you decide what happens to it. Every one of these is optional, they are separate on purpose, and you can change any of them later.

Share it with people I invitePlayers, alumni or family you ask to add their side of the story. Publish it on my public profileYour Coaching Legacy Profile, visible on The Coaches' Effect. Use it in books or publicationsA separate choice, on purpose. Use it in documentary, audio or video work Use AI, avatar or synthetic media of meNothing synthetic is ever made from your story without this.

Choosing nothing is a complete answer. Your story stays private and stays yours.

What Ember has so far

If anything here is wrong, just say so — tell Ember “that’s not right” and she will correct it. You do not need a form, and you do not need to start again.

Your story is saved.

Your private link back in

Open this whenever you're ready. Ember will remember exactly where you were.

We have also sent this link to your email, so you do not have to keep this page open.

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