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Member Forum and Rescue Workshop in Ireland

May 6th, 2013

PADI 2013 Dublin Member Forum

This year’s PADI 2013 Dublin Member Forum presentation will be presented by John Carlin and will summarise the news, training and events of 2012 and what will be coming up in 2013. It is a great opportunity to stay up to date with the latest developments in the Diving Industry, ask questions and you will also receive a seminar credit as well for attending.

The event details are as follows:

25/05/13 at 20:00-21:00
Trinity Sports Centre
Hole in the Wall Road
Clongriffin
Dublin 13

To attend and find out more you must click the ‘PADI 2013 Dublin Member Forum‘ link to register a place and you will be sent an electronic ticket. At the event we will check this off on our system and you will then receive a seminar credit for attending. There is no charge for attendance at the Member Forum.

Rescue Workshop

We are also excited to invite you to a Rescue Workshop that we will be conducting and that will cover briefings/debriefings and in-water best practices for surface rescue demonstrations. This is a great chance to make sure your skills are sharp for this diving season. By registering and attending this event you will receive a PADI seminar credit.

The event details are as follows:

26/05/13 at 13:00-16:00
Portroe Dive Centre
Old Quarries
Portroe
Ireland

To attend and find out more you must click the ‘Rescue Workshop‘ link’ to register a place and you will be sent an electronic ticket. Prior to the event I will send you some paperwork to complete and at the event we will check this off on our system. You will then receive a seminar credit for attending. There is no charge for attendance at this Rescue Workshop.

2013 PADI Member Forum in the South East

March 10th, 2013

2013 PADI Member Forum in the South East

We are pleased to invite you to join us for the first 2013 PADI Member Forum in the South East at Wraysbury Dive Site. Richard Major has kindly allowed us to use his premises as this is a familiar and well used training site for PADI courses by many of our PADI professionals. To register for a free place simply click this link ‘REGISTER NOW‘ to make sure you don’t miss out on one of the limited spaces.

The Member Forum presentation will be presented by John Carlin, Terry Johnson and Richard Somerset. It will summarise the news, training and events of 2012 and what will be coming up this year. It is a great opportunity to stay up to date with the latest developments in the Diving Industry, ask questions and you will also receive a seminar credit as well for attending.

We will also be conducting a ‘Drop In Clinic’ during the day with Richard Somerset (PADI Training and Quality Management Consultant and Instructor Examiner) so you can pop in for a tea or coffee and get your PADI questions answered.

The event details are as follows:

14/03/13 at 19:30-20:30
Wraysbury Dive Centre
Station Road
Wraysbury
Middlesex
TW19 5ND

Click HERE for the Wraysbury Dive Site location

To register for a free place simply click this link ‘REGISTER NOW‘ to make sure you don’t miss out on one of the limited spaces. There is no charge for attendance at the Member Forum just simply bring your eTicket your receive once you have completed the registration process and turn up.

The Member Forum will be conducted by:
John Carlin, Terry Johnson and Richard Somerset

If you have any burning questions prior to the day you can contact me on 07734714499 or john.carlin@padi.com.

We look forward to seeing you there.

John Carlin, Terry Johnson and Richard Somerset

A Submerged Gathering Event in Ireland

March 9th, 2013

The Submerged Gathering in Kinsale, Ireland

This year is the year of ‘The Gathering in Ireland’. If you haven’t heard about The Gathering concept before this is a spectacular, year-long celebration in 2013 of all things Irish (http://www.thegatheringireland.com/About).

Now Ireland has some amazing diving and so OceanAddicts are entering into the spirit of the year by hosting a Submerged Gathering here in Kinsale. The Submerged Gathering takes place on the weekend of 20-21/04/13 and any proceeds from the weekend will be presented to the RNLI. The weekend will be a mixture of diving and talking about diving and a chance to catch up with old friends and make some new diving buddies.

On the Saturday morning (registration will be at 9.30am) after a dive brief we will be heading out to the dive site for the ‘Submerged Gathering’. In the afternoon, there are presentations from Paul Rose will be joining them from the UK and their own John Collins, who will present two entertaining and informative talks. Later that evening there will be music in the bar of the Trident Hotel.

On the Sunday we will go diving again. For those interested in Seasearch, Dr Tim Butter, CFT’s scientific officer, will be leading a dive and talking about seasearch and our marine environment.

For non-diving friends and partners there is also a seafood festival, with street markets on Saturday and a Chowder Cook Off on Sunday.

I am excited to be to attending the event and I will be joining in on the activities taking part on the Saturday (20/04/13) so I would like to invite you to come and join us.

If you would like some more information on the Submerged Gathering Kinsale check out Oceanaddicts Blog (http://oceanaddicts.ie/blog/submerged-gathering-kinsale-april-20th-2st-2013), email Anne (anne@oceanaddicts.ie) or give her a call (00 353 (0) 877 903 211).

40 Billion Apple Apps downloaded…

January 9th, 2013

Apple Apps downloaded (YTD 2012)

and nearly 20 Billion of those were downloaded in 2012!

According to figures released by Apple on 07/01/13 over 40 billion Apps have been downloaded and nearly 20 billion of those were downloaded in 2012 alone. The Apple App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion downloads during the month. Apple’s incredible developer community has created over 775,000 apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion dollars by Apple.

My current favourite is the Genius Scan (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/genius-scan-pdf-scanner/id377672876?mt=8) which turns my phone into a pocket scanner and enables me to scan documents on the go and as JPEG or PDF. Which are your favourite Apps and why?

Using LinkedIn for your business…

January 9th, 2013

Using LinkedIn for your business

… and how to do it

I was sent the following infographic this morning which highlighted the reasons why businesses should consider creating a LinkedIn account and using it to find new customers.

Why you should be networking on LinkedIn

All businesses are currently looking for new customers who have money to spend and according to these statistics, over a quarter of people with LinkedIn profiles in the UK are earning more than £98,000 annually.

So where do you start. Below is a great link (pardon the pun – just click on the Big Blue Button) to a free eBook written by 5 LinkedIn experts to get you started…