Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters

Tobias Merriman and Tim Merriman Talk Story About AI in Interpretation

Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI are tools that guides and interpreters might reasonably use to improve their tours and talks. Tim Merriman talks story with Tobias "Toby" Merriman, his son, who is Assistant Director of Center for Virtual Expression (CVeX) at Southern Illinois University, a program training professors and students to use AI skillfully. Join them on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters on your favorite audio platform. Or you may also watch this broadcast with slides and a live demo on YouTube.com. Links follow -
https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
https://youtu.be/EiJSfw27t4Y
 
Join Tim next week, November 17, when he talks story with Kara Garilao, CIG,  an interpretive guide, planner and trainer in in the Philippines. 
 
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Dr. Lucy Margaret Long, Folklorist and Ethnomusicologist Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Dr. Lucy Long, author of Culinary Tourism, is a folklorist, fiddler, ethnomusicologist and interpreter of food and culture. She and Tim Merriman talk story about food tourism and interpretation on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters.
 
Next week, November 10, Tim will be talking story with Tobias Merriman, Assistant Director of CVeX at Southern Illinois University, a program to assist professors in application of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Tim and his son, Toby, will discuss how guides and interpreters might benefit from these new tools. 
 
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Masa Shintani, Trainer and Planner in Asia and Africa, Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Tim Merriman talks story on Reflections on Interpretation with Masa Shintani, a Japanese trainer and planner who has worked in 18 countries in Asia and Africa, helping communities develop ecotourism and learn about interpretive guiding. He also has his own ecotour and glamping company in Fujinomiya, Japan. 
 
Next week, November 3rd, I will be talking story with Dr. Lucy Margaret Long, a professor, folklorist, fiddler and author of Culinary Tourism, who has a new book coming out on interpretation of food and culture. 
 
Join us at Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters at https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
 
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Maria Elena Muriel, CIT, from Los Cabos, Mexico, Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Maria Elena Muriel, CIT,  is a very talented interpretive guide, trainer and planner who has worked throughout Mexico and Latin America, carrying the banner of interpretation to new audiences of guides and interpreters. She shares her amazing story of being the very first Certified Interpretive Guide with National Association for Interpretation in January of 2000 while guiding tourists to turtle beaches, whales with young, birding Baja del Sur and the mysteries of the night sky. 
 
Next week Tim Merriman will talk story with Masa Shintani, a Japanese trainer who has worked in 18 countries in Asia and Africa, helping communities develop ecotourism and learn about interpretive guiding. 
 
Join us at Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters at https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
 
#timmerriman #bajadelsurtourism #loscabostourism #mexicantourism #InterpretationServices #interpreter #interpretation #interpretivenaturalist #certifiedinterpretiveguide #interpretiveguide

Colby Brokvist, Adventure Guide, Talks Story with Tim Merriman on Reflections on Interpretation

Colby Brokvist, adventure guide, photographer, author of The Professional Guideʻs Handbook and Board Chair of the Polar Tourism Guides Association talks story with Tim Merriman on the podcast, Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters. Colby shares his journey as a guide and how adventure guiding in polar regions such as Churchill in Canada is different and requires very specialized training to properly prepare.
Next Friday Tim Merriman talks story with Maria Elena Muriel, CIT, a Mexican interpretive guide from Los Cabos, interpretive trainer and planner who earned the very first Certified Interpretive Guide credential with National Association for Interpretation in 1999. 
Join us on your favorite audio platform at https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
 
#timmerriman #colbybrokvist #polarguides #InterpretationServices #interpreter #heritageinterpretation #interpretivenaturalist #interpretiveguide #adventureguide #naturalhabitatadventures 

Jennifer Waithman, CIT, of Queensland Australia Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Jennifer Waithman, CIT, is an interpretive trainer and specialist in Queensland Australia, but originally from the United States, talking story with Tim Merriman. She shares her unique journey in Reflections on Interpretation podcast from interpreting with federal agencies in the Northwest United States to the Sunshine and Fraser Coasts in eastern Australia. 
 
Next Friday, October 13, Tim Merriman talks story with Colby Brokvist, adventure guide, photographer, author of The Professional Guideʻs Handbook and Board Chair of the Polar Tourism Guides Association. 
 
Join us on your favorite audio platform at https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
 
#timmerriman #queenslandtourism #queensland #queenslandtravel #interpretationaustralia #InterpretationServices #interpreter #heritageinterpretation #interpretivenaturalist #interpretiveguide #certifiedinterpretiveguide

Claire Savage and Rusty Creighton of Western Australia Talk Story with Tim Merriman

Claire Savage works through her Savagely Creative business as an interpretive planner and destination marketer. Rusty Creighton, her spouse, is a talented tourism guide working with both land and water based companies in the Margaret River area south of Perth. Tim Merriman talks with them about their journey in the interpretive profession and how the pandemic affected tourism in Western Australia. 
Next Friday, October 6, Tim Merriman talks story with Jennifer Waithman, CIT, of Queensland Australia about her work in interpretation, training and volunteer coordination in the Fraser Coast Regional Council. 
Join us at Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters on your favorite audio platform - https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
 
#timmerriman #westernaustraliatourism #margaretrivertourism  #InterpretationServices #interpreter #interpretation #interpretivenaturalist #savagelycreative 

Maricar Donato of Washing Tours Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Maricar Donato speaks seven languages and guides in five in Washington, D.C. and the Eastern Triangle as part of her Washing Tours and Events business. She and Tim Merriman Talk Story about the importance of interpretive approaches to tourism guiding. She is a Certified Interpretive Trainer with National Association for Interpretation and trains Certified Interpretive Guides. She is also an Executive Board Member of the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations. 
Next week Tim Merriman will be speaking with Claire Savage and Rusty Creighton, an interpretive planner and interpretive guide, respectively who work in Margaret River area south of Perth in Western Australia. 
Join us at Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters on your favorite audio platform - https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
#timmerriman #certifiedinterpretiveguide #maricardonato #washingtours #InterpretationServices #interpreter #interpretation #interpretivetrainer #easterntriangle

Michael Glen, The Wordsmith, in Scotland Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Michael Glen began working in tourism information in Scotland the U.K. more than five decades ago. As Wordsmith, he has been a writing and planning consultant with more than 500 projects, while also being a key figure in design and administration of the professional interpretive organizations in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and Tim Merriman have been friends for decades and talk story about their journeys in the interpretive profession since the 1960s. 
Next Friday, Sep. 22, Tim Merriman will talk story with Maricar Donato, owner of WashingTours, a guide company in Washinton, D.C. who is also a Certified Interpretive Trainer who trains Certified Interpretive Guides. 
Join us on your favorite audio platform - https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
#timmerriman #certifiedinterpretiveguide #WashingTours #MaricarDonato #WashingtonDCtourism #InterpretationServices #interpreter #interpretation #interpretivenaturalist #certifiedinterpretivetrainer

Christian Gernez, CIG, CEO of Isthmian Adventures in Panama, Talks Story with Tim Merriman

Christian Gernez, CIG, and CEO of Isthmian Adventures joins Tim Merriman to talk about the natural and cultural beauty and diversity of Panama. Christian manages his company with a diverse group of expert guides who know the nation's amazing cultures, birds and other wildlife.
Next week Tim will be talking story with Michael Glen, The Wordsmith, in Scotland. 
Join us on your favorite audio platform - https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
#timmerriman #certifiedinterpretiveguide #panama #isthmianadventures # christiangernez #panamatourism #InterpretationServices #interpreter #interpretation #interpretivenaturalist #panamabirding