Every community has a story to tell, although sometimes the story has been buried by development without design. With a thoughtful approach to planning, your community can find the stories that will help bring social, economic, and environmental interests together around a central theme. Put the HEART Back in Your Community defines a process that will engage your civic leaders and residents in open discussions as they develop Community Experience Plans that help everyone to get a finger on the pulse of what makes your community unique.

Put the HEART Back in Your Community: Unifying Diverse Interests Around a Central Theme

Business & Money

Brochu, Lisa

Merriman Ph.D., Tim

Economics

Heartfelt Publications

Three orphans from Kenya embark on a desperate quest to meet the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York City and deliver a message they hope will help millions of homeless and hurting children in Africa. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz becomes their guidebook as they journey alone across the United States. The trio of brave travelers are orphans — one from Kenya with HIV, one blind amputee from Sudan, and one from Rwanda who hasn’t spoken for years after watching her family slaughtered—find themselves embroiled in a situation beyond their imaginations as they get close to meeting their goal. Rosa Carson, a courageous woman and photojournalist working all over the world, becomes their friend and helps them pursue their dreams of meeting the Secretary General of the United Nations. Their journey introduces them to a world they did not know existed and introduces Americans to the plight of 18 million orphans in East Africa living in poverty. This book was written with the hope of raising awareness of the millions of people in Africa who suffer the effects of malnutrition,malaria, HIV/AIDS, and the unspeakable atrocities associated with armed conflicts. You can help by doing whatever you’re able to do:send a donation, learn what’s going on, offer a home, visit the continent. For more information about ways to help and real stories of the land and people, visit www.TheLeopardTree.com and be the change you want to see in the world. Lisa Brochu and Tim Merriman have spent the last four decades helping people connect with our global natural and cultural heritage. Through their books and speaking engagements, they hope to help others to know more and do more about the daily challenges in meeting basic needs that face tens of millions of people in developing nations. When they are not traveling the globe, Tim and Lisa live in Kealkekua, Hawaii, on a small farm where they raise much of their own food. They can be contacted by email at lisa@heartfeltassociates.com and tim@heartfeltassociates.com. They have a blog at http://heartfeltassociates.wordpress.com.

The Leopard Tree

Children's Books

Merriman, Tim

Action & Adventure

Interpretive Planning: The 5-M Model for Successful Planning Projects (National Association for Interpretation)

Industries

National Association for Interpretation

Éste es el primer libro publicado por la impresora de NAI, InterpPress. El libro ha sido escrito en un lenguaje claro y conciso con muchos ejemplos. Este libro de 100 páginas emplea las ideas más actuales de la profesión interpretiva y comparte las tradiciones de los principios de Freeman Tilden y las ideas pensativas sobre guiar en la naturaleza de Enos Mills.

Interpretacíon Personal (Spanish Edition)

New and experienced managers looking for advice and ideas will find InterpPress's Management of Interpretive Sites: Developing Sustainable Operations Through Effective Leadership helpful in developing managerial and leadership skills. Whether you need to write personnel policies, develop a business plan, conduct meetings, or use interpretive efforts to convince visitors to become stewards of your resource, this book contains specific suggestions based upon the authors' combined 60 years of experience in running not-for-profit, governmental, and for-profit organizations.

Management of Interpretive Sites: Developing Sustainable Operations Through Effective Leadership (National Association for Interpretation)

Where did the profession of heritage interpretation begin? The History of Heritage Interpretation explores significant events in the history of the field, from its origins with the elders of tribal villages through the development of professional organizations around the world, with specific emphasis on the National Association for Interpretation in the United States. Essays are included from noted authors and pioneers in the field including Sam Ham, Ted Cable, Cem Basman, Sarah Blodgett, Chris Nelson, Jim Covel and Carolyn Ward.

The History of Heritage: Interpretation in the United States (National Association for Interpretation)

Interpreters use exhibits, brochures, signs, websites, site publications, and other visual media to tell their stories. Written for interpreters who have little or no training in graphic design but find themselves responsible for creating or overseeing the production of nonpersonal media, Interpretation by Design focuses on using basic principles of both graphic design and interpretation in nonpersonal media. This book addresses 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.

Interpretation by Design: Graphic Design Basics for Heritage Interpreters (National Association for Interpretation)

Arts & Photography

Caputo, Paul

Lewis, Shea

Graphic Design

If you only had time to read one book before becoming a front-line guide or interpreter, Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience with Heritage Resources is the ideal resource. Written in clear, concise language with many examples, it employs the most current ideas in the interpretive profession. It also shares some of the rich traditions from interpretation's past masters, drawing on Freeman Tilden's principles and Enos Mills' thoughtful ideas on nature guiding. It will connect you with the more in-depth resources developed by authors such as Sam Ham, Bill Lewis, Douglas Knudson, Ted Cable, Larry beck, and Joseph Cornell. This resource shares the approaches tested and proven by the National Park Service and many other organizations along with the research concepts that back up their approaches. Authors Lisa Brochu and Tim Merriman collectively have more than 60 years experience in the interpretive profession as interpreters, consultants, planners and trainers.

Personal Interpretation: Connecting Your Audience to Heritage Resources (National Association for Interpretation)

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