News
2007
September 14, 2007 -
The Power of the Little Red Dot
I received a call the other day from our newest Advisory Committee member, Robin Lee Gyorgyfalvy. She left a message telling me that she wanted to talk about the Power of the Little Red Dot. Ooooh. Interesting. She had my attention. I returned her call immediately.
Robin has been involved with byways, specifically the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byways, for many years as a landscape architect with the USDA Forest Service in Oregon. She had attended the 2007 National Scenic Byways Conference in Baltimore where she joined other enthusiastic participants in our networking game “Explorer Quest.” Robin was in search of a red sticker from an exhibitor when she stopped by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) booth. Through her work, she knew the organization well. Robin and Tim Merriman spent some time catching up and then Tim talked about some of the upcoming events and workshops at NAI. And then, poof, Tim invited Robin to China! Here it is in Robin’s own words:
“I have been invited to attend the International Forum on Geoparks:
Interpretation and Sustainable Development to be held in Yuntaishan World Geopark in Henan Province, China, from October 11-16. I am part of an eleven-person US delegation representing NAI, including Tim Merriman, NAI Executive Director, and Lisa Brochu, NAI’s Deputy Director. This is the first-ever international conference on interpretation and conservation education in China, so it is an historic event as well. I will be speaking on “Conservation Education through Environmental Design” and will be using the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway and the Newberry National Volcanic Monument as project examples. The conference is sponsored by Beijing Normal University, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (www.unesco.org), National Association for Interpretation (www.interpnet.com), and others.”
The website for additional information on this conference is http://www.interpchina.com/yuntai07.htm. I know Robin will send us an update after her trip, so watch for details here in late October. If you want to chat with Robin, she can be reached at rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us.
And to think, all this happened because Robin was looking for a little red dot.