Speakers' Bureau

What It Is

Las Guias (Spanish for the guides) is a group of Guild volunteers who have completed eight months of training to become docents at the Heard Museum.  To expand their educational role, they formed a Speakers Bureau and developed over twenty audio-visual presentations about the Heard Museum and the American Indian cultures of the Southwest.

What It Does

Are you teaching a unit on Southwest Indians in your classroom?  Would your youth group enjoy handling some items from the Southwest Indian culture?  Could you use a power-point presentation as the bus takes your group on a field trip?  Do you need a speaker for your next monthly meeting?  The Las Guias Speakers Bureau can satisfy all of these needs.  Experienced Heard Museum guides offer lectures, power-point presentations and hands-on programs to schools, community groups, service organizations, and businesses. 

Each presentation lasts between 35 and 45 minutes.  For the audio-visual presentations, the Speakers will bring their own projection equipment but may need to have a projection table and screen set up.  For the hands-on presentations, Speakers will bring “touch-its” for the students to handle.

All you need to do is ask

This service is free to schools.  Donations are appreciated from adult groups. To schedule a presentation, call 602-251-0293 and leave the following information:

    Your name
    Contact phone #
    Date requested
    School - grade level
    Name of organization
    Location
    Program preference

The Speakers Bureau Chairperson will contact you to schedule a presentation.