Want to be a more inspiring guide, docent or interpreter at your tour company, zoo, park, museum, nature center, botanic garden, 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.
Who should take this: Anyone new to heritage interpretation or wanting a refresher: Guides, Interpreters, Rangers, Zookeepers, Docents, Driver-guides and 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 12 hours of live, interactive online 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 live, or as a video
✔ Demonstrate key competencies in interpretation
Course Details:
📅 Feb. 2, 3, 4, 6, 2026 (5th is left open for you to prepare the required experience/presentation)
🕗 8 AM to 12 PM – Hawaii standard time (10AM-2PM PST, 11AM-3PM MST, 12-4PM CST, 1-5PM EST)
💻 Delivered via Zoom
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Feb.2,3,4,6, 2026, 8 AM – 12 PM HIG Course via Zoom
Heritage Interpretive Guide Training with Tim Merriman, Ph.D. via Zoom – 18 hours Full Registration Price
$220.00
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. Your certificate will verify a total of 18 hours of professional development.
🎓 Register [HERE] via PayPal to reserve your spot – all credit cards welcome
Let’s shape the future of interpretation—together.
Brief Bio: Tim Merriman, Ph.D. Creator of the Heritage Interpretive Guide Program, Co-author of four books on heritage interpretation, trained more than 1,000 guides and more than 1,000 trainers in last three decades.
Testimonials by past trainees HERE
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