[1] The organisation acts as a supervisory body for the sport and annually organizes the International Pole Championship (IPC).
Undiscovered talents can submit a video entry via the IPC website where the winner of online voting gains, along with the title Pole Idol, sponsorship to the Grand Finals.
Articles covering the IPC, interviews with pioneers of the sport have been reported on Associated Press, Reuters, Huffington Post and other international media.
[4][5][6] An effort to include pole dancing in the Olympics was initiated by K. T. Coates.
IPDFA seeks to gain the International Olympic Committee's recognition of pole dance as a sport.