The International Journal of Building, Urban, Interior and Landscape Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University, Thailand.

I am honored to have been asked to be a peer reviewer for article submissions related to Heritage Interpretation and Eco Tourism by the journal.  This is cool as it will help me keep up to date on what interpreters in these market areas are working on and studying.  I am currently reviewing an article on Interpretive Planning related to Eco Tourism.  Looks really interesting.  If/when it is published I will make a PDF of the article available (with the authors permission) to my InterpNEWS readers.  Cheers, JV

Wow, August Already.  Here's some new JVA news.  Newcastle Universitys Centre for Culture and Heritage Studies in the UK is developing a new suite of Postgraduate e-learning programs in Heritage Management and Tourism.  The program includes 6 modules with each module having 8 units in it.  For the Communication and Interpretation Module, I have been asked to create the Units for "Communication and Interpretation Planning an Programming" and the unit on "Guiding and providing information for visitors".  I have begun working on these Units and hope to have them completed in October.  Each Unit will require about 15 hours of student engagement time.   I'll provide more inforamtion on the total heritage studies program as this is further developed. - jv

InterpNEWS

Hi folks,
Just a quick July Update.  Hope the summer isn't too hot, and you've had some rain.  Lots of things going on, including moving to a new house and office.  I wanted to do a quick note about our new interpretation newsletter "InterpNEWS", that has interpretation articles, information about new books, training courses, etc.  The July/August issue is currently available.  This issue has the "Ten Things To Consider When Hiring A Interpretive Consultant" article.  If you would like to be added to the e-mailing list for the newsletter send me an e-mail and I will send you the current issue and add you to the list.  More happening on the horizon.  Cheers, JV  jvainterp@aol.com

I just completed the Interpretive Master Planning Course at Snowdonia National Park Training Center in Wales, UK.  Our group photo, and a pic from our tour at the National Slate Mine Museum are shown.  There are more photos from the course at:  http://pinterest.com/jvainterp/.   Lots going on, including working on our Old Baldy Lighthouse Interpretive Plan, and working on our new "Interpretive Writing" book.  Check out my web site for current projects, etc.  http://www.heritageinterp.com/ .   Cheers, JV

We completed our COE June training program a few weeks ago.  Just catching up on postings.  Here is a video of one of the interpretive programs one of the groups put together as part of the course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66l2RiFb3Y&feature=youtu.be that you might enjoy.  What a great and creative class.  The group photo is provided.  More workshop photos at:  http://pinterest.com/jvainterp/
Cheers, John V.

Interpretive Services Course - COE

This coming week I'll be spending with the US Army Corps of Engineers for our Interpretive Services course in Huntsville, Alabama.  This is a 4-day introductory course that covers many aspects of interpretation, including interpretive theory and principles, planning and designing interpretive panels and exhibits, and presenting live interpretive programs.  The above photo is from the January IS course with participants at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge (our project site) working on interpretive panel projects.



May Update

Hi folks.  Things have been a bit busy writing proposals for new projects, completing projects on the books, and starting new projects, such as the Old Baldy Lighthouse Interpretive Plan.  I started a new post on "Pintrest", where you can post photos on any topic.  My Pintrest page has photos of curent and past projects, including a collection of Lighthouse Pics. from our lighthouse projects.  You can see my pintrest page at: http://pinterest.com/jvainterp/lighthouse-interpretation-projects/.   Updates on our Korea Nati onal Arboretum Training project will be coming in June (one of the Korea BG displays - top photo).  We also have joined an internation team for a major interpretation project in Croatia!  Fingers crossed on that one.  Cheers, JV