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068 The Stories of Diving Industry Legends

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we point to the stories of legends in the diving industry.

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.

Well it’s the Holidays. This is the week of Christmas and Hanukkah and it also happens to be the day before my birthday. Yes, December 24th I turn 53 years old. Wow, that’s a high number. But at this age I do a lot of reflecting on the past. The past through our life experiences is what shapes us. And I like to honor that, both the good and the bad of it.

I guess this sentimental side of me is also why I have another podcast called The League of Extraordinary Divers. We are approaching our 50th guest. All of which are some of the top names in our industry along with not so well known names, I call them the young guns. But all of them are legends in our industry, because they’ve done legendary things in diving. So today, in honor of my birthday, I want to share with you some of the legends in our industry, and point you to some of their amazing stories.

Items In This Episode

  1. Bob Croft
  2. Spencer Slate
  3. Stan Waterman
  4. Dottie Frazier
  5. Dan and Betty Orr
  6. Stuart Cove
  7. Jill Heinerth
  8. Neal Watson
  9. Tom Ingram
  10. Stephen Frink
  11. Mehgan Heaney-Grier
  12. Al Hornsby
  13. John Chatterton
  14. Jean-Marc Barr
  15. Stephan Whelan
  16. Dick Rutkowski
  17. Brandi Mueller
  18. Guy Harvey
  19. Cristina Zenato
  20. Les Stroud
  21. Mandy-Rae Krack
  22. Alex Brylske
  23. Doug McNeese
  24. Eric Douglas
  25. Bill High
  26. Linden Wolbert
  27. Marty Snyderman
  28. Mark Evans
  29. Hal Watts
  30. Sarah Richard
  31. Phil Short
  32. Annie Crawley
  33. Andy Torbet
  34. Jonathan Bird
  35. Michael Menduno
  36. Jennifer Idol
  37. Wyland
  38. Cathy Church
  39. Richie Kohler
  40. Howard and Michele Hall
  41. Ian Koblick

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If you find this show adds value to you as a dive pro and you’d like to help support the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. It’s only $4 per month – that’s only $1 per episode. When you become a supporter of The Dive Locker you’ll get a shout out from me on the next episode after you join. You will also be listed on the Patrons of Dive Locker Podcast webpage. And you will receive 10% off any ScubaGuru Academy course at the Patron level, and 20% off at the Rockstar level. And of course my undying appreciation for helping support the show.

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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 . 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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067 How To Apply The Four Trends In Specialty Sport Retailing With Doug McNeese

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we learn how to apply the four trends in specialty sport retailing with Doug McNeese.

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.

In episode 62 of The Dive Locker we had a chat with Doug McNeese about the four trends in Specialty Sport Retailing. If you heard that episode you’ll remember those trends were Personalization, Cross Channel Merchandising, the Customer Experience and finally Inventory. In that episode Doug really introduced these concepts and the bigger picture of what they mean.

But in today’s episode Doug brings specifics, details and examples of how you can embrace these trends and capitalize on them. And like I said last time, it does not matter what level of dive professional you are or what business model you follow. Whether an independent instructor all the way to owning your own dive center, at some point you’ll retail your services and products.

Who Is Doug McNeese?

Doug is President of Scuba Schools International (SSI)’s International Business Development where he travels the world educating dive centers on how to be more successful in their businesses. He was raised working in his father’s dive center, and he eventually bought it from him. It’s called simply, The Dive Shop.

Doug went on to purchase the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools (NASDS). He made remarkable improvements to NASDS. Then saw the opportunity to merge with SSI and nearly a decade later he purchased SSI. And most recently he sold SSI to the HEAD Group where it is flourishing and he is still leading professionals with his secrets to success learned from his early days.

Doug is highly respected in the diving industry and he won the DEMA Reaching out award in 2017. And as you’ll hear he loves to give back to the industry and he has done this through his efforts with both the Platinum Pro Foundation and Sea of Change Foundation.

Items In This Episode

  • How to Offer Personalization
  • How to Capitalize on Cross Channel Merchandising
  • Making the Customer Experience Outstanding
  • Managing Inventory for Success

Episode Sponsor

If you find this show adds value to you as a dive pro and you’d like to help support the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. It’s only $4 per month – that’s only $1 per episode. When you become a supporter of The Dive Locker you’ll get a shout out from me on the next episode after you join. You will also be listed on the Patrons of Dive Locker Podcast webpage. And you will receive 10% off any ScubaGuru Academy course at the Patron level, and 20% off at the Rockstar level. And of course my undying appreciation for helping support the show.

https://www.patreon.com/thedivelocker

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 . 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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066 Master Your Domain Part 3: The Open Water

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we look at how to be a master of your domain in the open water environment.

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.

Well, today we continue a three part series on mastery of domain. Again Mastery of Domain is an instructional concept that’s all about one’s command and control of an environment. And in diving instruction we have three unique environments that we must master and be in control of – they are the classroom, the pool or confined water, and the open water.

And today we’re going to look at how you can absolutely be a master of your open water domain. I would like for you to consider something. Have you ever had a job where you were assigned an office? Many of you have and I have too. But think about how you were uncomfortable with this new environment at first. Perhaps it’s the furniture layout or where your phone is located or where your computer monitor is positioned. Soon you’re moving things around and putting decorations on the walls and it has become a comfortable environment.

Well guess what? Your office as a dive pro is the open water environment. Whether it’s the ocean, a lake, a river, a quarry, a spring, a sinkhole, even an aquarium, you must have enough mastery of that environment to be as calm and settled in as your office. In this episode I’m gonna share some great strategies for making the open water a comfortable domain in which you teach and supervise others.

Items In This Episode

  1. Adapt to the Biggest Stressors
  2. Dress the Part
  3. Site Knowledge
  4. Know Your On Location Operators
  5. In Service Training Rescue Scenarios
  6. Know Your Inventory (Aquatic Life)

Episode Sponsor

If you find this show adds value to you as a dive pro and you’d like to help support the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. It’s only $4 per month – that’s only $1 per episode. When you become a supporter of The Dive Locker you’ll get a shout out from me on the next episode after you join. You will also be listed on the Patrons of Dive Locker Podcast webpage. And you will receive 10% off any ScubaGuru Academy course at the Patron level, and 20% off at the Rockstar level. And of course my undying appreciation for helping support the show.

https://www.patreon.com/thedivelocker

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 . 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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065 Master Your Domain Part 2: The Pool

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we look at how to be a master of your domain in the pool.

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.

And I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving for those of you who celebrated in the US. I can tell you the next time I get in my wetsuit, its gonna be rough! Today we continue a three part series on mastery of domain. Again Mastery of Domain is an instructional concept. In essence it’s all about one’s command and control of an environment. And in diving instruction we have three unique environments that we must master and be in control of – they are the classroom, the pool or confined water and the open water.

And today we’re going to look at how you can absolutely be a master of your pool or confined water domain. I have seen many pro’s not very comfortable in the pool. They aren’t strong in the water and they rush skills. Now chances are that’s not you. But what can you do to actually master the domain of the pool? That’s what I’m gonna share today, an actual system that I went through to truly master the confined water.

Items In This Episode

  1. Swimming
  2. Aquatic Revival
  3. Breath-holding
  4. Keep Warm
  5. Control the Environment
  6. In Service Rescues
  7. In Service Workshops

Episode Sponsor

If you find this show adds value to you as a dive pro and you’d like to help support the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. It’s only $4 per month – that’s only $1 per episode. When you become a supporter of The Dive Locker you’ll get a shout out from me on the next episode after you join. You will also be listed on the Patrons of Dive Locker Podcast webpage. And you will receive 10% off any ScubaGuru Academy course at the Patron level, and 20% off at the Rockstar level. And of course my undying appreciation for helping support the show.

https://www.patreon.com/thedivelocker

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 . 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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064 Master Your Domain Part 1: The Classroom

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In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we look at how to be a master of your domain in the classroom.

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.

Today we launch a three part series on mastery of domain. So what does that mean? Mastery of Domain is an instructional concept that was first introduced to me in of all places, the police academy. In essence it is all about one’s command and control of an environment. And in diving instruction we have three unique environments that we must master and be in control of – they are the classroom, the pool or confined water and the open water.

And today we’re going to look at how you can absolutely be a master of your classroom. When you truly are comfortable and in control of the classroom environment, the experience for the student changes. They actually learn better. So here I will share some top techniques for you to obtain mastery of the classroom environment.

Items In This Episode

  1. Student Comfort
  2. Your Preparedness
  3. Use Computers Well
  4. Ice Breakers
  5. Attention Getters
  6. Handouts and Demos
  7. Give Aways
  8. The Performer – You

Episode Sponsor

If you find this show adds value to you as a dive pro and you’d like to help support the show, please consider supporting it on Patreon. It’s only $4 per month – that’s only $1 per episode. When you become a supporter of The Dive Locker you’ll get a shout out from me on the next episode after you join. You will also be listed on the Patrons of Dive Locker Podcast webpage. And you will receive 10% off any ScubaGuru Academy course at the Patron level, and 20% off at the Rockstar level. And of course my undying appreciation for helping support the show.

https://www.patreon.com/thedivelocker

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 . 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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