Certified Interpretive Guide course with Monique Thompson, June 23-27, 2025
Mon, Jun 23
|Aldo Leopold, Baraboo
Internationally-recognized certificate: Regular Registration (non NAI member pricing) $600 NAI Professional Members $525 NAI Retired / Seasonal / Volunteer / Student Members $450
Time & Location
Jun 23, 2025, 8:00 AM MDT – Jun 27, 2025, 2:30 PM MDT
Aldo Leopold, Baraboo, E13701 Levee Rd, Baraboo, WI 53913, USA
About the event
Activate Your Audience and Make Meaning Together
This course is for anyone who leads talks or programs to audiences, including tour leaders and guides, park rangers, educators, clergy, sales and marketing, change managers, social marketers, coaches and mentors, storytellers, writers, content creators, and more. The optional certificate requires completing three things: 1. attend all classes synchronously, 2. create a program outline, and 3. deliver a 10-minute interpretive presentation. The highly interactive course creates a community of learning with the students. Anyone 16 + is welcome. All experience levels are welcome, from newcomers to veterans and from front-line staff to the leaders who support them.
The CIG Program
The nationally recognized Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) program is designed for anyone who delivers talks, walks, tours, or other live messaging and wants those talks to connect, inspire, and provoke thought. The course combines the profession's theoretical foundations with practical strategies for delivering…