Published 27 September, 2021

For Round 20 of VMDO's Experts In Residence program, we have partnered with personal coach Viv Fantin from Next Act Coaching, to offer 10 participants a series of one-on-one coaching sessions.

During times of change, everything is amplified – both difficulty AND opportunity. While it might be too soon to process the enormity of the COVID-19 global pandemic, is there a sliver of opportunity that comes with a disruptor of this magnitude? COVID-19 has stopped us in our tracks, but it’s also given us time to make changes that we may not have otherwise, discover things about ourselves we either didn’t know or had buried, and shown us that we're stronger than we may have ever imagined. Without even realising it, many of us have leveraged our personal advantages, our natural abilities of thought, feeling and behaviour to get through shaky times. The great thing about our unique strengths is that they contribute to our resilience and are always with us - in regular times or otherwise.

Starting in October 2021, coach Viv Fantin will work with 10 successful applicants within the VMDOs Experts in Residence program. Over the course of three one-on-one coaching sessions Viv will help you gain insights into your personal and professional growth through this pandemic, help identify the personal strengths you have leaned on, determine some of the key qualities to harness for your future business success, and help you set realistic goals to move Onward.

About Viv Fantin:

With over 25 years in the Australian music industry as a tour, festival and awards publicist and communications coach – working for industry heavyweights such as the Big Day Out, Livid, Homebake, Splendour in the Grass, ARIA, APRA Music and the Screen Music Awards – Viv Fantin (Next Act Coaching) is an accredited personal coach and recovering perfectionist who specialises in helping people in the music world set and communicate boundaries, manage self-doubt, self-care, perfectionism, procrastination and impostor syndrome. She helps people uncover their strengths, skills and values and set goals for life and work that are aligned with those values and strengths.

Applications for Onwards - Coaching with Viv Fantin are now open. Please note participants spots are extremely limited and successful participants must be ready for coaching. Before applying please read the following information to determine if you’re ready for this opportunity: Are you ready for coaching?

Applications close at 5.00pm AEDT on Wednesday 6th October, 2021.

Successful applicants must be willing to commit to the coaching process and will be required to complete and return a client intake form ahead of their first session along with subsequent paperwork including follow-up ‘homework’ direct with Viv.

Successful applicants must also be available for sessions as follows:

Session 1: Initial session to take place w/c Monday 18 October 2021 (online)

Session 2: Follow up second session to take place w/c Monday 15 October 2021 (online)

Session 3: Final session to take place w/c Monday 6 December 2021 (online)*

*NO RAINCHECKS. COACHING MUST BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER 2021.

All sessions to take place via Zoom so client needs access to a computer and quiet space for all sessions.

Note: The VMDO Experts In Residence program is targeted towards Victorian professionals, currently working in the music industry.

For any queries, please contact info@vmdo.com.au

Demographics & Identity questions are optional. More information can be found here