 I am currently working on a microlearning course for a heritage project. The content is targeted at the staff at a tourism company transporting people to (and around) a World Heritage site. The goal of this project is to convey information to the staff. More importantly, we want to convey information that the staff will then pass on to customers. In the micro-course, I am mulling over how to communicate a numerical fact: the area of the heritage site. I went back to some notes I took last year after reading Making Numbers Count: The art and science of communicating numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr. (To see what else I read this year, check out my reading year-in-review). I thought I would share my process. I think many professionals (me included) should spend more time considering how we talk about numbers.
 Does inheriting something from the past require us to pass it on to the future in its pristine form? That's a question that bugs those of us who work in natural and cultural heritage preservation. I am not sure I have the answer, but I do have some thoughts on the subject.
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AuthorDr. Kathryn Grow Allen ('Katie'): Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Writer, Researcher, Teacher, Consultant, Yoga Lover, Nature Enthusiast, Book Worm, and Mother of Four. Archives
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