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Schmeeckle Reserve Interpreters:
Workshops and Training
Our team provides interactive
workshops,
courses, field trips, and other
training opportunities to
enhance the profession of
interpretation. Workshops are
designed around the skills and
interests of each audience.
Depending on the needs of the
group, training sessions can
range from an hour to several
days. Some topics include: personal
interpretation, media planning
and design, exhibit planning and
design, nature and visitor
centers, theme development,
byways interpretation, wildlife
interpretation, trail planning.
Training
sessions are designed to be
interactive and hands-on,
highlighting practical ideas and
encouraging participant
discussion.
Recent Workshops and
Training Conducted
Our recent workshops and
training opportunities include:
•
“Step
Over the Line: Beat a Sign"
(1 hour). Analyzed types and
reasons for vandalism.
Participants vandalized various
sign materials to determine
which were most resistant and
fixable. National Association
for Interpretation, Wichita, KS.
November 2007.
• “Planning Byway Facilities” (1
hour). National Scenic Byways
Conference, Baltimore, MD in
May, 2007
• “Wayside Olympics” (1 hour).
Provided opportunities for
audience to “judge” wayside
exhibits based on design and
message criteria. National
Association for Interpretation,
Albuquerque, NM. November 2006.
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“Artifacts, Objects, and
Interpretation” (2 hours).
National Association for
Interpretation, Mobile, AL.
November 2005.
• “Interpretive Media Workshop”
(4 days). U.S. Forest Service
University, Jacksonville, FL.
March 2005.
• “Enhancing Interpretive
Services” discussion (3 hours).
International Wolf Foundation,
Minneapolis, MN. December 2004.
• “Power of Objects”
presentation (2 hours). National
Association for Interpretation
at Grand Rapids, MI. November
2004.
• “Interpretive Media Workshop”
(3 days). U.S. Forest Service
University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
March, 2004.
• “Interpretive Technology”
presentation (1 hour). National
Association for Interpretation
at Sparks, NV. November, 2003.
• “Interpretive Centers”
workshop (2 days). Included
analysis of several visitor
centers in Scotland. Scottish
Natural Heritage, Battleby
Centre, Scotland.
September/October, 2003.
• “Interpreting Byways” workshop
(16 hours of instruction in 4
sessions). National Scenic
Byways Conference, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. May, 2003.
• “National Scenic Byways
Interpretation” workshop (4
days). Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
September, 2002.
• “Historic National Road Theme
Development” workshop (2 days).
National Scenic Byways,
Richmond, Indiana. September,
2002.
• “National Scenic Byways
Interpretation” workshop (4
days). Logan, Utah. August,
2002.
• “Great River Road
Interpretation and Theme
Development” workshop (3 days).
National Scenic
Byways–Mississippi Corridor
Commission, St. Louis, Missouri.
May, 2002.
• “Signs, Trails and Wayside
Exhibits” workshop (4 days).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Training Center, West
Virginia.
• “Interpreting Wilderness”
workshop (1 day). National
Wilderness Society, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
• “Signs, Trails and Wayside
Exhibits” workshop (4 days).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Training Center, West
Virginia.
• Schlitz Audubon Center Nature
Center Exhibit Planning Session
(1 day). Milwaukee, WI. April,
2000.
• Signs, Trails, & Wayside
Exhibits workshop (4 days). U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service National
Training Center. Denver, CO.
August, 1999.
• Creating Exhibits that Expand
the Imagination workshop (1
day). National Association of
Interpretation at Syracuse, NY.
November, 1999.
• Strategic Planning Session (1
day), Arkansas Game & Fish
Commission, Little Rock, AR.
• Served as a member of the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service
Interpretive Training Team.
• Training Workshop (2 days),
Annual Statewide meeting of
Wisconsin Parks and Recreation
Association
• Signs, Trails, & Wayside
Exhibits (2 days), Idaho
Governors Conference on Tourism,
Pocatello, ID.
• Interpretive Exhibit Workshop
(3 days), Federal Interagency
Training Program, Fort Collins,
CO
• Exhibit Planning Meeting (6
days), Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge, Folkston, GA.
• Exhibits (1 day), National
Association for Interpretation
Annual Conference, Beaumont, TX.
• Interpretive Media (2 days),
Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, St.
Petersburg, FL.
• Exhibits (1 day), National
Association for Interpretation
Annual Conference, Billings, MT.
• Interpreting America’s
Historic Trails (1 day),
National Park Service, Denver,
CO.
• Signs, Trails, & Wayside
Exhibits (3 days), U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, St. Marks
National Wildlife Refuge, FL.
• Signs, Trails, & Wayside
Exhibits (1 day), Missouri
Naturalists Association, Mark
Twain National Forest, MO.
• Interpreting America’s Long
Distance Trails (1 day),
National Park Service,
Georgetown, VA.
• Interpretive Media (3 days),
Idaho Department of Parks and
Recreation and Bureau of Land
Management, McCall, ID.
• Signs, Trails, & Wayside
Exhibits (3 days), U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Minnesota
Valley National Wildlife Refuge,
St. Paul, MN.
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