Recovering From & Living with COVID-19 – Restructure Your Business!
Did your business, like many others, suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s safe to say there weren’t many businesses who were not affected. In this article, we’ll walk you through what it means to provide value to your new and existing customers, as well as lists of do’s and don’ts for rehabbing your business through COVID-19.
Diving Talks – Portugal 2021
Divers are calling it “the most important diving event in 2021”.The event organizers joke about it, saying, “it’s the only one in 2021.” But the facts speak differently. Diving Talks is a long-anticipated diving conference with a little something for everyone, diver or not!
Five Things NOT to do on Video Meetings
If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that video meetings will continue to remain a vital part of our lives. They are now how business is conducted, how education is received, and much more. What we are suggesting in this post are some simple guidelines for successful video meetings.
Are you filling the need?
Are you creating lifelong divers or bucket list divers? Here are five ways you can change up your Open Water courses to ensure that the divers you’re training keep coming back for more. This advice comes from an Instructor who has seen a thing or two in his over 20 years of experience. These are tips you won’t want to miss.
SDI Instructors: Good Leaders in Tight Spots
A couple of years ago, an educator contacted us about conducting a survey of our members; he explained he was conducting research in pursuit of a higher education degree, and we agreed. The instructor was looking for detailed information about the types of leaders we have in our community of instructors. He shares a shortened version of his findings. Check out our article to find out whether SDI instructors are quality leaders or not.
Teaching Neutrally Buoyant and Trimmed
A hot topic among instructors in the industry is whether or not students should be taught their Open Water Course on their knees or hovering nuetrally buoyant. We have written several articles on this very topic in the past, but now one of our members is taking a turn and explaining his reasoning and methods for teaching his students in neutral buoyancy.