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050 Trivia App for Online Meetings and Classes

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I showcase an app that allows you to create trivia quizzes for your virtual or in-person meetings and classes?

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Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.

Hey everyone it’s great to be with you for our 50th episode! Today we talk about the loss of legendary diving industry veteran Jon Coon. We also hit up scuba news such as SSI’s free crossovers, PADI’s Straight Talk with Drew Richardson and DEMA’s virtual conference.

Then we get into a great way to enhance your virtual or in person meetings and classes – it’s called Kahoot! This creates quizzes that are played like trivia questions with points assessed and other bells and whistles. These are truly great for learning professional and personal details. And they are a ton of fun.

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Episode Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by ScubaGuruAcademy. Let’s say you’re a NAUI instructor and you want your leadership students to know how to do a skin diving ditch and recovery. Or lets say you’re a PADI instructor and you want your students to know how to use the PADI Recreational Dive Planner or the eRDPML. Or your a divemaster and you want to thoroughly understand decompression theory, or your a dive professional who wants to tie in faith with diving and reach out to church groups. Well ScubaGuruAcademy meets all those needs through unique online courses.

And more courses are in development. Another great feature is that you can become an affiliate and receive commissions while giving your students the extra help they need. Go to scubaguruacademy.com and watch the promo videos of all the course offerings, and to be an affiliate simply drop me a line at scubaguru.com.

Thanks For Listening!

That’s it for today, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher, that way you’ll be notified of new episodes as soon as they go live and please leave a rating. Items talked about in this episode can be found on the show notes Page at scubaguru.com and there you can also click the microphone and leave us a comment. Thanks again. We’ll see you in the next episode. Safe diving and take good care of my friends.

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049 Tank Valve: Air All On Or A Quarter Turn Closed?

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I discuss an age old debate about tank valves, should the air be all on or a quarter turn closed?

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Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.

Hey everyone it’s great to be with you today on another episode of The Dive Locker! Okay, we are going to hit a hot button debate item today. Tank valves. Do we open up the valve all the way or do we turn it a quarter turn back? The answer my friends is a definitively AIR ALL ON. And I’m going to prove it to you. This past weekend I actually filmed a video segment for my Beyond The Standard vlog with my old technique of a quarter turn closed. Well I proved why people die from this technique. This is why as an old school instructor who had been doing this quarter turn closed for about 25 years, gave this up a few years ago, because it can be dangerous. I will fully explain this issue in this episode.

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Episode Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by ScubaGuruAcademy. Let’s say you’re a NAUI instructor and you want your leadership students to know how to do a skin diving ditch and recovery. Or lets say you’re a PADI instructor and you want your students to know how to use the PADI Recreational Dive Planner or the eRDPML. Or your a divemaster and you want to thoroughly understand decompression theory, or your a dive professional who wants to tie in faith with diving and reach out to church groups. Well ScubaGuruAcademy meets all those needs through unique online courses.

And more courses are in development. Another great feature is that you can become an affiliate and receive commissions while giving your students the extra help they need. Go to scubaguruacademy.com and watch the promo videos of all the course offerings, and to be an affiliate simply drop me a line at scubaguru.com.

Thanks For Listening!

That’s it for today, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher, that way you’ll be notified of new episodes as soon as they go live and please leave a rating. Items talked about in this episode can be found on the show notes Page at scubaguru.com and there you can also click the microphone and leave us a comment. Thanks again. We’ll see you in the next episode. Safe diving and take good care of my friends.

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048 The Courage to Change Your Dive Business Culture

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I share how Vail Ski and Snowboard School changed their instructor culture and increased business.

Welcome To The Show!

Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.

Hey everyone it’s great to be with you today on another episode of The Dive Locker! Today I’m going to share a story with you where a manager used her managerial courage to look at the culture of her instructors. And after an investigation she implemented workplace culture changes that increased her business. This business is the Vail Ski and Snowboard School.

Items In This Episode

  • Managerial Courage
  • Questioning and Investigating Current Workplace Culture
  • Creating a Value(s) That You Want Your Business To Be Know For
  • Turning Values Into Norms

Episode Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by ScubaGuruAcademy. Let’s say you’re a NAUI instructor and you want your leadership students to know how to do a skin diving ditch and recovery. Or lets say you’re a PADI instructor and you want your students to know how to use the PADI Recreational Dive Planner or the eRDPML. Or your a divemaster and you want to thoroughly understand decompression theory, or your a dive professional who wants to tie in faith with diving and reach out to church groups – well ScubaGuruAcademy meets all those needs through unique online courses.

And more courses are in development. Another great feature is that you can become an affiliate and receive commissions while giving your students the extra help they need. Go to scubaguruacademy.com and watch the promo videos of all the course offerings, and to be an affiliate simply drop me a line at scubaguru.com.

Thanks For Listening!

That’s it for today, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher, that way you’ll be notified of new episodes as soon as they go live and please leave a rating. Items talked about in this episode can be found on the show notes Page at scubaguru.com and there you can also click the microphone and leave us a comment. Thanks again. We’ll see you in the next episode. Safe diving and take good care of my friends.

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047 Balancing Fun and Risk with Whitewater River Guide Bodie Beitz

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I speak with ACE Adventure Resort Whitewater River Guide Bodie Beitz on how to balance fun and risk in outdoor recreation.

Welcome To The Show!

Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.

Hey everyone it’s great to be with you today on another episode of The Dive Locker! Last week we discussed what makes a strong workplace culture and we profiled ACE Adventure Resort in West Virginia. As you know if you listened to the last episode, my family and I went whitewater rafting down the lower New River and we had an amazing time. But what stood out was the strong culture that I witnessed there. A culture of both fun and safety.

Well today you’re in for a treat as I chat with a senior member of the ACE Adventure Resort whitewater river guides Bodie Beitz. I specifically wanted him to come on the show to discuss many of the great things I saw him and his team do on our trip, and how some of these techniques actually translate quite well to diving. There is a lot of good stuff here.

Items In This Episode

  • Well Balanced Briefings
  • Positive Reinforcement
  • Educating About Risk
  • “Sphere of Awareness”

Episode Sponsor

This episode is sponsored by ScubaGuruAcademy. Let’s say you’re a NAUI instructor and you want your leadership students to know how to do a skin diving ditch and recovery. Or lets say you’re a PADI instructor and you want your students to know how to use the PADI Recreational Dive Planner or the eRDPML. Or your a divemaster and you want to thoroughly understand decompression theory, or your a dive professional who wants to tie in faith with diving and reach out to church groups – well ScubaGuruAcademy meets all those needs through unique online courses.

And more courses are in development. Another great feature is that you can become an affiliate and receive commissions while giving your students the extra help they need. Go to scubaguruacademy.com and watch the promo videos of all the course offerings, and to be an affiliate simply drop me a line at scubaguru.com.

Thanks For Listening!

That’s it for today, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher, that way you’ll be notified of new episodes as soon as they go live and please leave a rating. Items talked about in this episode can be found on the show notes Page at scubaguru.com and there you can also click the microphone and leave us a comment. Thanks again. We’ll see you in the next episode. Safe diving and take good care of my friends.

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046 What Makes A Strong Workplace Culture?

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast I highlight ACE Adventure Resort, a whitewater rafting company, to point out the features of a strong workplace culture.

Welcome To The Show!

Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.

Again today I join you from the road. I’m all jacked-up on decaf coffee and nature. Yes, I’m on an epic road trip in West Virginia and North Carolina. Why, because I can’t get enough of nature. It is healthy to leave the ocean once and a while an get to the mountains.

Now whether my family and I hike or bike, it has to involve water somehow. We’re always searching for activities that take us into rivers, streams and lakes while we’re in the mountains. And one of our favorite things to do is whitewater rafting. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid with my parents, and my wife and I have been taking our kids since they were really young. So this year we went big in West Virginia with one of my favorite adventure outfitters ACE Adventure Resort.

And that is the inspiration of this episode. Yes, we had a blast and those of you who are my personal Facebook friends have seen our awesome whitewater photos. But I’m talking about the culture. The workplace culture of ACE was strong and solid. They sold the whitewater lifestyle, and did it with a strong workplace culture.

That is what I want to share with you today, because whitewater rafting is quite similar to scuba diving. They are both outdoor adventures, that are super fun, but have some healthy risks. They both rely on technology and techniques to keep people alive in these hazardous environments.

So today we are going to address what makes a strong workplace culture.

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Organizational (workplace) culture is the values, behaviors, beliefs and assumptions that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. Here we investigate how ACE Adventure Resort and its employees make solid marks in the following areas:

#1. Values

#2. Behaviors

#3. Beliefs

#4. Assumptions

Thanks For Listening!

That’s it for today, everyone. Thank you so much for listening. Remember to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Stitcher, that way you’ll be notified of new episodes as soon as they go live and please leave a rating. Items talked about in this episode can be found on the show notes Page at scubaguru.com and there you can also click the microphone and leave us a comment. Thanks again. We’ll see you in the next episode. Safe diving and take good care of my friends.

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Welcome Dive Professionals

Welcome to ScubaGuru.com!  The ScubaGuru brand is dedicated to giving dive professionals tools and techniques to be GREAT LEADERS – leaders in the classroom, leaders underwater, and leaders in their diving businesses.  With unique leadership skill-sets, the dive professional can create:

  • Better divers
  • Loyal customers
  • A thriving dive center
  • A flourishing dive industry

See what we mean by Go Beyond the Standard and enjoy the rewards of being truly great at what you do!

Sincerely,

Tec Clark

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