I will not be able to come to this valuable workshop, however I would like to obtain the book. Would you provide the publisher and copyright. Thank you. Lisa Breslof At 10:42 AM 9/10/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Workshop: >Great Tours! Creating Thematic Tours >and Training Guides for Historic Sites > > >Can your museum's tour be improved? Do your guides need better training? >Could your visitation be higher? Would you like a copy of one of the best >books >ever been written on giving tours? Help is on the way!!!! > > >At the annual conference hosted by the Mountain-Plains Museums Association >in Golden, Colorado, this October will be the very popular workshop: Great >Tours! Creating Thematic Tours and Training Guides for Historic >Sites. This is perhaps THE most comprehensive workshop presently >available on the subject. > >Who should attend? Anyone who gives tours or trains the guides that gives >them. Or anyone who is interested in learning how to develop tours. This >workshop's advice can be applied to ANY kind of tour-giving organization. > >The workshop will cover the basics on how to create tours. It will also >include how to train the people that give tours. Participants will >receive the book, Great Tours, easily one of the best books out there on >the subject of giving tours and one that can be used for any type of >museum that gives tours. One of the book's authors will lead the workshop. > >This workshop will be held Tuesday, October 7, 2003. There is space for a >limited number, so be sure to register soon. > >Questions? Respond to this email and we will get back to you ASAP. > >Details about the workshop provided here: > >WORKSHOP: Great Tours! Creating Thematic Tours and Training Guides for >Historic Sites >Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 8:00 am - 4 pm > > >Full Day Workshop >Presenters: Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd, Pennsylvania (Great Tours! author); >Max A. van Balgooy, Washington, DC (Director of Interpretation and >Education at >the National Trust for Historic Preservation) >Chair: Trey Corkern, Educator, Clear Creek History Park, Golden, Colorado > >Pre-registration required. $45. Ticket price includes Great Tours! book, >handouts and lunch. > >The National Trust for Historic Preservation will present a one-day >workshop on developing thematic tours and training guides at historic >sites to museum associations, heritage areas, and history organizations. >This workshop is based on best-selling book, Great Tours!: Thematic Tours >and Guide Training for Historic Sites (AltaMira Press, 2002) and is >traveling around the country to reach as many historic sites as possible. > >The workshop includes: >o creating thematic tours that integrate historic sites, artifacts, and >people; >o selecting, training, and evaluating guides; >o Identifying the needs and interests of various audiences. > >Upon Completion of this workshop, participants will be able to: >o create a thematic tour for an historic site; >o integrate material culture and historic biography into theme-based >interpretation; >o develop and maintain outstanding guides; >o adapt and respond to various audience types. > >The target audiences for this workshop are educators, interpreters, >curators, and other staff and volunteers responsible for the content and >management of tours at historic sites. National Trust believes this >workshop is an important contribution to the improvement of the >interpretation of historic sites across the country. The workshop is >co-sponsored by the American Association of State and Local History, >AltaMira Press, and by a challenge grant from the National Endowment of >the Humanities. > >Look in your conference program for the registration page. Or ask that >one be sent to you - just respond to this email with your request. > >MPMA's 2003 Conference will be held in Golden, October 7-11, 2003. Why >come to Golden? Coors, mountains AND it will have awesome >sessions. Plus, it will be peak foliage time in the Rockies. > >MPMA's 2004 conference = Casper, Wyoming: September 7-10 (plan your Labor >Day family vacation around the conference with tours to Yellowstone, etc.). > > >(Ms.) Monta Lee Dakin, Executive Director >Mountain-Plains Museums Association >7110 West David Drive, Littleton, CO 80128-5404 >303-979-9358 / 303-979-3553 (fax) >web site: www.mountplainsmuseums.org >email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > >========================================================= Important >Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . 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