Excellent Achivements Award 2009

A great moment at Nemo Classic Diving, Bergen, Norway.
PADI Nordic Staff had the oppertunity to meet Nemo Staff and round tour at the new premises of Nemo, a PADI 5 star IDC in Bergen and also to hand over the prestigous Award for 2009.
The new DC is one of the most exclusive made DC in Nordic, a indoor pool, change rooms, 2 classrooms and all other facilities needed.

Picture:
Left to right
Mikael Mox Moberg, Regional Manager PADI Nordic, Ove Glenjen, Nemo. Urban Edlund, Sales PADI Nordic

PADI Gear

Check out the latest in dive fashion

www.padimembers.com

At last you could order your own set of PADI Gear.
If you want to put up your own Dive Center logo or name, please use the "contact us"
tab on the top.

2010 Advertising

The advertising for 2010 in DYK and Dykking Magazine will be focused on PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Go Pro.
This is to help you as a PADI Professional in your efforts to increase diver safety and awareness, bring up the general diving knowledge among divers and to create well trained Staff to take care of all divers in need of assistance and guidance.
If you need additional support for these two very attractive and popular programs, log on to www.padimembers.com and download your own set of promoting posters.

PADI Instructor Manual 2010

The 2010 PADI Instructor Manual is now for download at:

www.padimembers.com

eLearning

eLearning
By James Stockdale
UK and Ireland Regional Go Pro Challenge Winner 2008


I was extremely sceptical of 'eLearning' at first! I felt terrible about the idea of losing the personal interaction with a student. I was very closed-minded. I felt robbed of "MY" students. But, as things have progressed, so too has my attitude to the course.

First I found that increasingly the idea of sitting in a classroom for 2 hours at a time doesn't appeal to every potential student. I’ve seen a huge increase in the number of younger divers - most of them computer savvy – and, for many of them, sitting at home doing theory in their own time with a cup of tea in their hand is far more alluring than the alternative.

There's also the advantage of them spending as much time as they want on an area that they are having difficulties with. There is nothing worse than when you have a student in a classroom, who finds it hard to grasp the idea of something - you are restricted by giving fair and equal attention to everyone as well as making sure everyone progresses at a similar pace. This is a perfect example of how eLearning removes time constraints. And if the student is still unable to understand through eLearning, they are more than welcome to contact me for some 1-to1 help in person.

I've started looking at the eLearning as an opportunity on my part to focus on the practical side of things more. We have a great time utilising every shred of time in the water, and we can talk to our hearts’ content afterwards. It's more than enough time for me to find out the students’ interests and diving ambitions. They also see how easy it is to get certified as a diver.

I expect to see eLearning become more and more popular and it'll be a positive step forward for the dive industry.

PADI TecRec

TecRec training programs seminar in Helsinki, Finland.

PADI is organizing TecRec technical diver training presentation during the Helsinki International Boat Show.

The latest development regarding the TecRec training programs are explained and new possibilities are discussed.

Venue: TecRec Training seminar

Date: Thursday 18th of February 2010Time: 18:00-20:00

Place: Ballroom, Helsingin Messukeskus

We hope you will take advantage og this programs.We are looking forward to see you there.

PADI Member Forum Vildmarksmässan, Stockholm

PADI Member Forum 2010. Vildmarksmässan. Stockholm.

New PADI programs, standards and training materials as well as other interesting issues related to diving professionals.

The Member Forum is opened for all renewed PADI members.

No sign up is required and Member Forum is included as a benefit in your membership.

Date: Sunday 14 March.

Time: 12.00

Venue: Conference room K22

2010 PADI Membership Renewal

Are you a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor?

It is then time to make sure your membership is renewed for 2010.
You can do that by checking at PADI Pro ChekTM (http://www.padi.com/scuba/prochek/) Just enter your PADI number, or the number for the person you would like to check, and it will tell you if this member is renewed or not.

On February 8th, the access to the PADI pro site will be locked for those who are not renewed. However, it will still be able to renew the membership via this site.