Category Archives: Heritage attractions

Do you need a heritage interpreter?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

What could a heritage interpreter do for you? Do you need one? What good do they do? You probably need a heritage interpreter if you have some aspect of natural or human heritage that you want to tell people about. … Continue reading →

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How blogging has helped our business

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

I have been blogging seriously for over a year: is my 100th post. This blog began simply and seriously as a learning task. I am professional communicator, working in the field of heritage interpretation, in a UK-based business called TellTale. In … Continue reading →

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HOW SUSTAINABLE IS FACE TO FACE INTERPRETATION?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

TellTale intern, Slovenian interpreter, Janja Sivec writes:  How can we sustain our face-to-face interpretation? A lot of smaller heritage sites are faced with this dilemma. Face to face is an important tool of interpretation, if not the most important. But … Continue reading →

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‘Well, it’s cold up there in Buxton’. First impressions – what do we want to tell foreign visitors about us?.

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

TellTale is hosting Slovenian interpreter, Janja Sivec. Here, as our guest blogger, she writes about her first impressions of Buxton – and its interpretation. When we think of first impressions, we usually think of people we have met. But this … Continue reading →

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‘Hot’ interpretation: why tourists need us to tell the tough tales

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

It can be hard to understand a country as a visitor.  Some parts of national history, usually the highs and lows, are so well known by the natives that they need no explanation.  These parts of the heritage, arguably the … Continue reading →

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Making the most of a training opportunity; 5 more steps towards Santa Cruz

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

I am still thrilled about the prospect of the “You can’t do that in Museums” Camp in Santa Cruz (see here for the background).  I think it is going to be amazing and great professional development.  My experience as a … Continue reading →

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Do talk in class to find your story.

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

One of the joys of my work in heritage interpretation is that I often meet people with a compulsion to tell stories. They have a passion for their place that shows in the way they talk. Often they display that … Continue reading →

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Three storytelling secrets to improve your heritage interpretation

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Interpretelling draws on the ancient art of storytelling to make contemporary heritage communication more effective. Storytelling contains several important lessons for interpreters. Here are three of them. 1. You must have mastery of your content Good storytellers know you must have … Continue reading →

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Using stories to spread your messages

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

 Stories are vital to communicators because they are viral. They are contagious: they want to be passed on. That is how we recognize a story. People retell it. Stories get people talking. Putting our content onto stories codes it and … Continue reading →

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Visitor experience is the heart of great interpretation: The Kilkenny Way

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

We know that ideally our visitors should experience and discover heritage not just be shown or told it.  Good examples of this are few and far between but ‘The Kilkenny Way‘ shows how well it can be done. It is … Continue reading →

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