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Want to be a more inspiring guide at your tour company, zoo, park, museum, nature center, aquarium, or historic site?

Join the Heritage Interpretive Guide (HIG) certificate course and elevate your interpretive skills through a proven, research-based approach rooted in the works of Freeman Tilden, Dr. Sam Ham and many more contributors—while also discovering how artificial intelligence (AI) can help you work smarter and spark greater creativity.

In this dynamic 24-hour face-to-face course, you’ll receive personal coaching and expert guidance to craft and deliver your own interpretive experience plan. As your trainer, I will help you discover your authentic voice and deepen your connection to both your audience and the resource you represent—honoring the traditions of the profession while integrating cutting-edge tools like AI.

 Who should attend – tour guides, interpreters, rangers, educators, naturalists, historians, docents, keepers, volunteers

You’ll explore and apply the HEART Approach to Communication by Tim Merriman, Ph.D., which builds interpretive experiences that are:

• Holistic – seeing the full picture and sharing layered meanings
• Engaging – sparking curiosity and deep reflection
• Appropriate – tailored to each audience’s needs and interests
• Rewarding – supporting your mission, your visitors, and your goals
• Thematic – delivering powerful messages that inspire care and action
• What you’ll do to earn the HIG certificate and pin or patch:

✔ Participate in 24 hours of live, interactive training
✔ Submit an original interpretive experience plan

✔ Receive individual coaching on your personal interpretive plan
✔ Present a 7–12 minute interpretive experience to the class
✔ Demonstrate key competencies in interpretation

Course Details: Spring Mountain Ranch State Park
📍 Location: 4747 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas Nevada 89108(with ample parking and refreshments provided)
📅  February17 – 20, 2026; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (zone) daily
💵 Tuition: $170.00 (includes your training manual, HIG Certificate, and HIG pin)

You’ll leave this course not only with the HIG Certificate and pin or patch, but also more confident, creative, and connected in your interpretive work and professional community.

Contact info: Kate Bloomfield, CIG
Park Interpreter
Nevada Division of State Parks

Available Wednesday through Sunday
cbloomfield@parks.nv.gov
Office: 702-875-4141

Fee is refundable if you withdraw by Feb. 16, 2026, no shows – no refund.

Let’s shape the future of interpretation—together.
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Trainer Bio: Kate Bloomfield is an interpretive ranger and experienced environmental educator interpreting since 2016, with 10+ years of experience at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Clark County Wetlands Park, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and Bernheim Forest and Arboretum. A Certified Interpretive Guide and Heritage Interpretive Guide Trainer, she trains Volunteers, Docents, Junior Docents, partners with ASL interpreters to deliver Deaf/Hard of Hearing programs and manages engaging living history events.