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Inaugural Trainers' Symposium

2:00pm - 6:00pm on Apr 26, 2025, Saturday|B405-406 I Georgia World Congress Center|View Details|Add To Calendar

Inaugural Trainers' Symposium

The NRA Education and Training Division invites all NRA trainers to attend the Inaugural Trainers' Symposium on April 26-27 at the 2025 NRA Annual Meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. We have exciting seminars from industry leaders, such as A Girl and A Gun, Mantis, Next Level Training, and more!

Mark your calendars -- seminars will be held Saturday from 2pm to 6pm and Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Admission to both the Symposium and the Annual Meetings is FREE for all NRA Members!

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to develop and improve as an instructor and as a businessman! Learn from the best, discover tips, tricks, and techniques to enhance your skills, and connect with top-tier industry leaders. Plus, we've got amazing raffle prizes for Symposium attendees, including brand-new products from Mantis, Next Level Training, Scalarworks, and more! Every NRA Trainer who attends will also receive a complimentary credential renewal -- a total bonus!

Questions? Email [email protected]

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Saturday, April 26
Sunday, April 27
Room B405
Room B406
Room B405
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Speaker Bios and Topics Covered

Sandra Woodruff, A Girl & A Gun: The Power of Women - A Growth Strategy for Your NRA Instructor Business

Geoff Davis, GunSafety4U: Building and Growing Your NRA Training Practice. Find pockets of undiscovered students, improve profitability, and maximize positive publicity.

Lisa Paris, InstructorsDash.com: Boosting NRA instructor businesses with a simple platform featuring personalized landing pages, seamless booking, AI, upselling, full automation and ticketing.

Grant Lessard, Mantis Tech: Enhancing NRA instructor businesses with training tools for both live fire and classroom instruction, as well as engagement activities. and groups functions.

Jim Sheckels with Scouting America: Enhancing NRA Instructor business by training volunteers within Scouting to deliver fun and safe quality shooting sports instruction programs for the Youth of America.

Bruce Corey, Managing Partner at ShootingClasses.com: Marketing Assistance and Administrative Management for Firearms Instructors. Spend more time doing what you enjoy most, training students and less time handling the details.

Brian Felsen, COHC with Your Ears Rock: Enhancing NRA instructor businesses via education, motivation, and training on noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus prevention, proper selection and use of hearing protection, OSHA compliance, and more ear-opening information to instill best practices to protect, preserve, and treat hearing health.

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