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Boy Scout Scuba Diving Merit Badge: What You Need to Know |
School's out and Boy Scouts are looking for ways to have fun and earn merit badges this summer. Will you be ready when a Scout Troop contacts your store?
The Scuba Merit Badge is fairly new, but it's generated a lot of interest. Boy's Life Magazine (circulation: 8.6 million) has Scuba Diving on its cover and diving will be featured prominently at the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree - attended by over 40,000 Scouts from across the U.S.
Join us this Thursday July 1st from 2-3pm Pacific Time for a teleconference.
- Hear from PADI retailers who have made Scouting a cornerstone of their business.
- Find out what to expect from a "round-table meeting."
- Learn more about the BSA's structure
The program is for PADI IRRA Members only; contact your sales rep or regional manager for information on how to sign up.
Please review our earlier article about the new SCUBA Merit Badge. There are six things a Scout must do to earn the badge (certification is step four). The article will also give you information on how to become a Scuba Merit Badge Counselor.
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PADI eLearning Gift Pass FAQ |
Now that summer's here, I've been getting quite a few calls and emails asking, "how do I buy eLearning for a student?" Below I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to do it.
What is an eLearning Gift Pass Good for?
- For independent instructors not affiliated with a store - this is the only way you can offer eLearning.
- For PADI Dive Centers, an eLearning Gift Pass allows you to seamlessly include eLearning as part of your regular course price (read some sample scenarios) and ensures that the customer affiliates with your store.
Anyone can buy an eLearning Gift Pass (aka Access Pass). As a PADI Member, it's important that you purchase through the new PADI Pros site (as opposed to regular padi.com). Here's how:
- Logon to the PADI Pros site (the new one)
- From the main menu click Online Services - then choose Access Zone from the drop-down menu
- On the new page, click Purchase (left side of the screen)
- If you've never purchased a code before, click Sign up for a New PADI On-Line Account. Otherwise, sign in and continue to Step 5.
Creating a new PADI On-Line Account*
- Proceed through the registration. It may seem like you personally are signing up for eLearning but keep going.
- When it asks for your name, use the store name if you're a store
(example: First Name “Scuba Steve's” Last Name: "Dive Center")
- Once you’ve created the account, click on the “Home” link to return to the page and click the Purchase button.
- Choose how many eLearning classes you want and what kind. The codes can not be changed after you buy them, so pick carefully!
- Hit Total and pay with a credit card.**
* To buy eLearning codes, you must create a login just for this site. The Access Zone login is separate from PADI Pros and eLearning.
** For now, the codes must be purchased through the website, we can't sell you eLearning credits like we can PIC online.
Ready to email codes to your students?
From the PADI Pros' Site, choose Access Zone, then click on the Manage Access Passes button (bottom right). After signing in, it will take you to a page where you can view and send out the codes to your students.
Later this summer we'll be offering consumers customizable options with themes and an option for the purchaser to write a personal message on the Gift Pass. Stay tuned to PADI Instructor News for updates.
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28% Off Member-Level Price On New PADI Products |
We just sent out a promo to instructors: save up to 28% off member-level pricing on our new materials. The sale runs from now through the end of June 2010.
To order, contact your PADI sales rep - the special pricing is not available online. The discount on most items is equivalent to buying level two.
Pasted below are some of the highlights: the best deals, the most useful, and a list of items that are $15 or less.
Most Useful Items
Instructor Slates
Now's a great time to get everything in your slate bag up to date.
All the slates for our core courses have been updated for 2010: DSD, open water, confined water, AOW, Rescue and Divemaster. Each one is available ala carte at a discount. If you buy all of them, the total savings is about $51 versus regular price.
By popular request, here's a page that lists all the current revision dates for PADI's Instructor cue cards.
Enriched Air Materials - Dive Computer option
If you're ready to teach dive computers instead of tables in the Nitrox course, all the new materials are on sale.
View the promo or read more about the new Enriched Air materials.
The Best Deals
We've got both versions of the specialty manual on sale - pick up the most current version of all our specialty instructor guides and save $48 - $55. The new PLGs for Open Water and Enriched Air are also on sale.
Specialty Instructor Manual digital version - save $55!
(part no. 70909MUL )
Member price: $197.85 / Sale Price: $142.50
 Specialty Instructor Manual paper- save $48!
(part no. 70250)
Member price: $174 / Sale Price: $125.25
New Prescriptive Lesson Guides
Save $25 on the new PLGs for Enriched Air
Member price: $92.75 / Sale Price: $66.80
Save almost $30 on the new Open Water PLGs
Member Price: $104.90 / Sale Price: $75.55
View the promo.
$15 or Less
Bubblemaker Water Toy 50253 - $3.25
PADI Pro logbook 70137 - $9.25
Nylon logbook binder 79136 - $14.90
Dive Roster Slate 60227 - $9.65
PADI Instructor hat (khaki) 82125 - $12.55
PADI Visor 82184 - $12.55
EFR hat (black) 80028 - $12.65
Any Instructor Emblem (OWSI, MI, etc) - $5.65/each
Miscellaneous We now have a digital version of the Guide to Teaching. The promo price saves you a little over $40 - a smart move if you're thinking about staffing an IDC any time soon. View the promo.
From last week's Instructor News dispatch: we've got special pricing right now on closeout items. These are not part of the sale I've described above, but there are good deals nonetheless.
The Oh-So-Fine-Print
Contact your PADI Sales Consultant to order. Sales and specials are not available from the online shopping cart.Offer expires 30 June 2010 – No other coupons can be applied to this offer.Normal shipping terms apply.
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PADI Instructor News: Bigger and Wider, Yeah Baby! |
When I logged on to the blog a couple days ago, there were some new design options. So I changed the color scheme, upped the font size and made the main column wider. The layout and navigation are the same.
Below is the same article (how to use PIC online) in the old new design. Email subscribers, please click through to view images. If you haven't visited the actual website in awhile, I'll hope you'll stop by and put in your two cents about the new design.
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Score some great deals on our limited-edition and soon-to-be-discontinued products.
Pasted below are a few highlights. For the complete list, click the red Shop Online box on the PADI Pros Site and choose “While Supplies Last” from the menu at left.
Wyland Posters - $4.50/each
We have four limited-edition Wyland posters on close out. There are four different posters:
- Dolphins of the World
- Turtles of the World
- Whales of the World
- Sharks of the World
The posters are available for $4.50 each or $15 for all four (product no. 82601).
Please reference the slideshow below to see each one. Email subscribers, click through to view the images.
Master Scuba Diver Mesh Bag - $3.50
The Master Scuba Diver bag we used for the Master Scuba Diver Challenge is now available for purchase.
Product number: 82266
Laptop Backpack - $20
This laptop backpack has a three-pocket design - perfect for transporting your computer, student files, slates and instructor guides. The largest pocket can accomodate a laptop computer up to 14" x 10.5" ( 35 cm x 28 cm).
Product number. 82213
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