INTERPRETATION
BY DESIGN
June 12-13, 2008
Fort Collins, Colorado
NAI National Office
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here to register online.
About
the Workshop
This workshop is designed for interpreters who have little or no training in graphic design but find themselves responsible for creating nonpersonal media.
Interpreters use exhibits, brochures, signs, web sites, site publications,
and other visual media to tell their stories. "Interpretation
by Design" focuses on using basic principles of both graphic
design and interpretation in nonpersonal media. By the end of the
workshop, you should have a good understanding of how to make decisions
about type, color, and composition, as well as why an interpretive
approach may be more effective for communicating with your audience.
Lodging
NAI has negotiated a special rate at the Best Western Kiva Inn in Fort Collins. Nightly rates for rooms with one king bed are $79.99 + 5.7% tax and rooms with two queen beds are $89.99 + tax. Participants should call the Best Western Kiva Inn at 970-484-2444 before May 11, 2008 and mention that they are with the National Association for Interpretation to get this special group rate. The Kiva is located about two miles from the NAI building, so participants will need to arrange for transportation to and from the lodging location.
Meet the Instructors
 Lisa
Brochu graduated from Texas A&M University with a
B.S. degree in Environmental Interpretation. Lisa has been an active
member of NAI and its parent organizations, the Association of
Interpretive Naturalists and the Western Interpreters Association,
since 1977. Her internationally recognized work as an interpretive
planner, writer, and trainer has received several awards. In 1994,
Lisa’s leadership, innovation, and excellence in the field
of interpretation were recognized with NAI’s Fellow Award.
She co-authored Personal Interpretation: Connecting Audiences to
Heritage Resources and Management of Interpretive Sites: Developing
Sustainable Operations Through Effective Leadership with Tim Merriman,
and is the sole author of Interpretive Planning: The 5-M Model
for Successful Planning Projects. After 25 years in the private
sector, Lisa became NAI’s Associate Director in 2002,
responsible for programs, products and services of the
organization.
 Tim
Merriman has been an environmental educator, park
interpreter, nature center director and research and conservation
manager
for state, federal, and nonprofit organizations over the
past 35 years.
Tim’s formal education includes a B.S. in zoology
with a secondary teaching certificate, an M.A. in botany
(aquatic
ecology)
and a Ph.D. in speech communications with specialization
in oral interpretation of literature and interpersonal
communication. He received all three degrees from Southern
Illinois University.
He
has served as newsletter editor, regional director, vice-president
and president of the Association of Interpretive Naturalists
and vice-president and founding board member of the Association
of
Nature Center Administrators. During his 30 years of involvement
with NAI and its parent organizations, he has received
Meritorious Service and Fellow awards. He has co-authored
Personal Interpretation:
Connecting Audiences to Heritage Resources and Management
of
Interpretive Sites: Developing Sustainable Operations Through
Effective Leadership
with Lisa Brochu and has been the Executive Director of
the National
Association for Inteprretation since 1995.
 Paul
Caputo joined NAI’s staff as art and publications
director in February 2002 after earning a master of fine arts in
visual communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. His
responsibilities include laying out and editing NAI’s publications
and web sites, including Legacy magazine, The Interpreter magazine,
InterpNews, NAI national workshop and international conference
materials, InterpNet.com, InterpPress books, and the Journal of
Interpretation Research. He has earned Certified Interpretive Trainer,
Certified Interpretive Host Trainer, and Certified Interpretive
Host credentials from NAI. A native of the Philadelphia area and
son of academics—a philosophy professor and an art teacher—Paul
earned a bachelor’s degree in French with a minor
in journalism from the University of Richmond in 1995.
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