The Power of a Great Experience -

Sharing our stories and developing excellent travel and learning experiences.
The Waabanong Anishinaabe Interpretive Learning Centre invites you to discover how experiential learning and
tourism can work together to create personal, hands-on programs that share local stories and celebrate the places and
people that make out communities special. Come and make connections with fellow members of your community
and discover what roles you can play in sharing your story with a larger audience in a way that is sustainable. Join us
in discovering how experiential programs for visitors and other groups can open up new opportunities in tourism, and
education while creating benefits your organisation and the larger community.
During this free one-day workshop, you will:

Learn how experiential learning can be used to develop intimate and engaging visitor programs
Explore successful approaches for developing quality visitor experiences
Explore opportunities for partnerships both within and beyond your community for developing sustainable
tourism offerings.
Learn how to ensure your experiential visitor program appeals to travellers

Experiential visitor programs can be a way for your community and/or organization to introduce the general public to
community-based initiatives in areas such as traditional land-use, conservation, and cultural programming.
Developing high quality experiential visitor programs in your community is an opportunity to open the door to visitors
in a way that doesnt require major capital investments.

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015; 9:30 - 4:00

Classroom A5 Winnipeg River Learning Centre
3 Walnut St., Pine Falls, Manitoba
Coffee, refreshments and a light lunch will be provided
PLEASE RSVP to Don Sullivan (donsullivan10@outlook.com, 204-292-0870) by
September 14th, space is limited.
Your facilitator:
Dr. Heather Hinam is a graduate of the premier experiential tourism training program, the
Edge of the Wedge, by the Gros Morne Institute for Sustainable Tourism in Newfoundland
and has completed several workshops on experiential tourism development and the Explorer
Quotient delivered by Travel Manitoba and the Canadian Tourism Commission.
She has been creating and delivering custom experiences along the western shores of Lake
Winnipeg since 2011 for guests from Winnipeg to the U.S. to as far as Australia and now
shares her expertise through experiential tourism development workshops and one on one
coaching.