Courses
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Asset Management Webcast
Asset management can be a complicated subject, particularly for smaller agencies with limited budgets. This presentation will provide an overview of asset management for parks and recreation agencies of all sizes. Learn MoreFree -
Coaching for Interpretive Success
Explore the skills needed to be an effective interpretive coach. Coaching others to develop and deliver meaningful interpretation is rewarding because you multiply the opportunities for visitors to understand the relevance and significance of our resources. It gives you the chance to share your passion.
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Data and Decision Making
This previously recorded one-hour webinar will introduce participants to best practices in identifying data sources, creating data, and using data for management decision-making.
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Design Elements in Interpretive Media
Not a designer, but need to develop an interpretive media product? This course will teach you basic design principles that will help you put together a product that is both interpretive and eye-catching.
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Great Meetings with Great Outcomes
This course provides a brief introduction to the benefits of facilitation in group settings.
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Interpretation on the Move
Explore guided interpretive programs, which can take many forms: walks, hikes, house tours, canoe trips, bus tours, cave tours, just to name a few.
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Introduction to Dialogic Interpretation
Explore a new approach to interpretation – dialogic interpretation. This course discusses three methods interpreters are using to present dialogic programs to visitors and guests.
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Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness
This course is the second in a series of three courses on Cultural Resources Management in Wilderness. It provides an in-depth look at the special requirements of inventorying and monitoring cultural resources in wilderness.
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Knowing and Connecting to Your Audience
The visitor is sovereign. Interpreters may hear this very basic but very important concept many times during the course of their career. What does it mean? It means that each visitor or guest brings a unique level of knowledge, interest, and care each time they visit a site.
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Managing Park Assets: Asset Prioritization – API
What is the Asset Priority Index (API), and how does it relate to the effective management of park assets? In this course, you will answer these questions and learn techniques for completing the API worksheet as a management team. Learn MoreFree -
More Than Just a Field Trip: Interpretation for School Curriculum
Learn to develop curriculum-based programs for educational groups and to describe and identify the curriculum-based programming process. Learn More$59.00 -
Navigating the Standards for Accessible Design
This course is designed for facility managers and park and recreation providers who are interested in gaining a foundational knowledge of the requirements for accessible facilities within federal, state, and local agencies.
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Perfecting the Procurement Process
New to the procurement process? This course will help you to gain an understanding of how to obtain products and services from organizations outside your own.
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Professional Development: A Look at WPA Certification and Process
This previously recorded one-hour webcast is designed for park and public agency employees who are interested in obtaining the Certified Park Professional (CPP) or Certified International Park Professional (CIPP) credential.
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Quality Matters: Internal Evaluation for Improvement and Reporting
Effective evaluation goes further than participant feedback, and the Quality Matters approach offers a manageable template for getting usable information about programming. Participants will examine eight features of an online education program offered by their agency. Criterion-based measures will then provide participants with the tools they need to focus program improvement.For pricing, select "Workshop" on the contact form.
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Social Media and Interpretation
Explore how social media can be used interpretively to expand your reach.
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Supporting Interpreters with Effective Training
Gain valuable skills that will help you train impactful interpreters. Interpretive trainers support interpreters in connecting people to parks, museums, zoos, and other places.
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