PADI Member Forum Reminder

Do not forget these dates.

Gothenburg, Sweden. April 8.
Time: 18.30
First Hotel G
NILS ERICSONSPLATSEN 4
411 03 Göteborg SWEDEN

Trondheim, Norway. April 13.
Time: 18.30
Clarion Collection Hotel Grand Olav
Kjøpmannsgate 48
Trondheim, , Norway , 7010


I look forward to see you all at the PADI Member Forum!

PADI Gear, Dress up as a Diver

We had some questions regarding the prices on PADI Gear.
As a PADI Nordic member you need to log on and create an account to get your right buying price.
Prices are all excluding VAT
You reach the PADI Gear Site from www.padimembers.com
For whom of you interested in creating your own personal Staff clothing, contact Pro line for an update information on how to get your own logo, text on the clothes.

Vildmarksmässan/Diving Village 2010

The PADI Nordic stand at Vildmarksmässan, Stockholm.
Thanks to all PADI Members, new divers and other visitors we had the opportunity to meet during the exhibition.

Flying Divers, Gothenburg.
The winner of Excellent Achivements Award for 2009.
Picture taken at the DC situated at Klippan area in Gotneburgh, sweden.
more about Flying Divers:
www.flyingdivers.se

Picture:
L to R: Mikael Mox Moberg, PADI Nordic, Jesper and Kalle, Owners and PADI Instructors at Flying Divers.

What are you doing to attract new Instructor candidates to your store each year?

Well apart from the myriad of answers you may have, PADI can now assist you with a Go Pro Careers night, whereby you invite potential IDC candidates to your Dive Centre and tell them what a great lifestyle we lead.

As an example: Dubai, Al Boom Diving decided to offer one of these events and the evening was organized and run within 5 days. They put out an advert on their Facebook site and we had over 22 people attend the evening. Not only was it a success in the numbers that turned up, it also goes to show the power of social networking sites like Facebook.

How do you arrange a Go Pro Careers Night event?

Before the event:
• Select a date and venue.
• Invite your PADI Regional Manager as a guest speaker.
• Prepare an invitation using the Go Pro Career Night toolkit, which we will supply to you.
• Send the invitation to all your Dive Club Members and student database.
• Advertise the event at your dive centre, your website, Facebook page, newsletter etc.
• Select two enthusiastic and positive PADI Instructors who love what they do and interview them during the Go Pro event. Ideally it is recommended that you should try to select:

• 1 Male and 1 female
• 1 Full time PADI Instructor who has worked in some exotic locations.
• 1 Part time PADI Instructor who has another job outside of diving.

The PADI Regional Manager will send these instructors interview questions so that they can prepare themselves before the event and know what questions to expect.

The Regional Manager will customize a PowerPoint presentation to include any store opportunities (if any) as well as a special offer on courses for the event. A photograph of each interviewed instructor will need to be supplied before the presentation.

At the event:
• Collect the names and contact details of everyone that attends.
• Supply food and drink on arrival and during the presentations.
• Create a social environment after the presentation where your staff can mingle with your customers.
• Give customers the opportunity to book onto courses at the event.

After the event:
• Send a personalized email thanking them for attending
• Call each of the attendees to follow up on potential sales leads, never underestimate the power of an actual phone call.


Several of these Go Pro Career Nights have been carried out with great success in both the Asia Pacific realm, Australia and the UK. I will obviously be available, when in country, to come and be your guest speaker and facilitator of the event. Regarding success, out of the 22 people who attended at Al Boom Diving in Dubai, 4 people signed up to the Master Scuba Diver programme and 8 expressed an interest in signing onto the next Divemaster and Instructor course.

Do you want to know more?
Contact: Mikael Mox Moberg, Regional Manager, PADI Nordic

Member Forums 2010

Make sure you make space in your busy calendar during spring 2010 for PADI Member Forum. Member Forum will cover; New products, PADI TecRec, eLearning, statistics, standards, revision of IDC program.
Do not miss the opportunity to interact with diving friends, collogues and PADI Staff.
Below you find dates, time, and venues.
No pre booking is necessary.

Member Forums PADI Nordic 2010.
Malmö, Sweden. March 23.
Time: 18.30
S:t Gertrud
Östergatan 7b 211 25 Malmö
Venue: Klara Bager.

Odense, Denmark. March 24.
Time: 18.30
First Hotel Grand
JERNBANEGADE 18
5000 ODENSE DENMARK

Gothenburg, Sweden. April 8.
Time: 18.30
First Hotel G
NILS ERICSONSPLATSEN 4
411 03 Göteborg SWEDEN

Trondheim, Norway. April 13.
Time: 18.30
Clarion Collection Hotel Grand Olav
Kjøpmannsgate 48
Trondheim, , Norway , 7010

Aarhus, Denmark. May 5.
Time: 18.30
Radisson
Margrethepladsen 1
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

PADI TecRec Seminar in Helsinki

March 4th 2010 a PADI TecRec Seminarium was held at Helsinki International Boat Show.
This TecRec Seminar is in line with TecRec Presentations held throughout the diving world.
It was an open Seminar for all Helsinki Boat Show visitors.
During the seminar a explainatin was made on; what PADI TecRec diving and diving programs are today, where it started and where we are heading; TecRec program´s versatility and diversity.
The PADI TecRec Seminarium was presented by Petteri Nyström PADI Tec Deep, Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer.

For more information on how you as a PADI Instructor could benefit from PADI TecRec, contact PADI Nordic.

Picture: Petteri Nyström
photo by Tec Deep Diver Kari Hyttinen

Next EVE Webinar

Join us for a Webinar on March 9Thanks for your interest in joining our new monthly EVE RM User webinar hosted by PADI and ISSYS. This introduction webinar is the prelude to monthly webinars for you and other PADI staff and key partners/stakeholders.

We look forward to bringing Regional Managers from all offices together to actively question, problem solve and learn about EVE.

Title: Regional Manager - EVE User Group

Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Time: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM GMT


After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.


System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer


Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/191139296