What interests you? What do you love learning about? Building Audience Centered Experiences (ACE) is all about how curious we are
Access a list of discussion guides designed to help you open lines of discussion with visitors, explore new perspectives, invite mutual learning, and potentially evolve collective meaning.
Learn about the de-escalation model, S.L.O.W., and the ways you can implement the model in your interactions with park visitors.
This guide provides information about how to approach dialogue surrounding the history of slavery, freedom, and race in America.
Use the ACE Wheel Model rubric to help you see what you're shining at and make your audience centered experiences even better.
The Audience Centered Experience (ACE) approach to interpretation allows parks to gain skills in critical thinking, problem solving, innovation, global awareness and scientific literacy.
Learn how to transform your website into a thriving hub of a much larger creative community by just checking the fuel gauge and seeing how full of good, useful content your website is.
Find a series of quick reference guides to help you build new digital experiences for your visitors. The guides are easily downloadable as PDFs, or browsable right here on the CLP.
In this resource, learn how to encourage your visitors to participate and express themselves virtually.
Learn how to leverage social media and questions to engage visitors and encourage them to join a virtual conversation.
Participants will explore strategies to provide space for diverse and multiple viewpoints and establish space for sensitive topics
The NPS has an obligation to make all published educational materials accessible to people of all abilities. Learn how to fulfill 508 compliance requirements in this resource.
Looking to build your interpretive skills? There’s no need to pay for tuition or fees to get the latest and greatest interpretive learning. So much of it lives right here in the Common Learning Portal! From workbooks and activities you can explore, to books and blogs you should read, there’s so many resources to help
This page provides links to a variety of resources to help you plan, design and develop site-produced interpretive media products.
Learn more about the Common Core and how it encourages teachers to offer up complex content for their students to analyze, look for biases, and solve problems.
Learn how you can use ACE to develop programs and experiences for your younger audiences too!
In this resource, learn how to send invites to volunteers and partners so they can join the CLP.
Learn about what is and isn't covered by copyright laws as a Government employee who creates content. Can it be remixed? Can others use it without permission? Learn here!
What makes your park & education program relevant to young audiences? Use these resources to develop or improve your park's education program.
Using social media to engage and interact with your visitors? Use this resource as a reference guide to encourage and shape how you acknowledge and respond to them.
Social media can be an audience centered, resource driven experience – the resource is the battery and the visitor is the light that shines.
As we shift to sharing park resources and stories in a virtual sphere, use the best practices outlined in this guide to help you plan and execute an engaging virtual tour for your visitors.
The Interpreting Climate Change virtual course provides an overview of the practical knowledge and skills that will enable interpreters to develop effective, engaging programming for both natural and cultural sites.
The Interpretive Wheel model is one way to wrap your head around what Audience Centered Experiences look like in the field. Learn more about the model and how to use it in this resource.
The Eppley Institute for Parks & Public Lands is offering an online certificate program aimed at helping professionals establish a strong foundation in the physical and programmatic components of accessibility compliance. During the four-unit course, participants will explore various components of disability and accessibility, access, and standards and guidelines for accessible design. Each of the