2025 CTPA Certification Survey

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Just 5 questions! Please provide your basic contact information, then check boxes to tell us about your work experience. Finally, choose 10 topics from our list to help us tailor this year's Certification study sessions to your needs.

Your full name: *

Your preferred email address *

Mobile Phone number *

What kind of work are you doing now? (Check as many as apply.) *

Walking Tours

Riverboat Architecture Tours

Step on Motorcoach tours

Food Tours

Tour Manager/Director

Docent at museum or historic home

Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) docent

Chicago Greeter

Corporate & Incentive Event Staff

DMC employee

CTPA Friend

Bike Tours

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Survey of Study Session Topics - check the boxes for your top 10 choices for study session topics to help you prepare for the written test. *

Chicago Architecture: Architects, styles, terms and tall buildings

General Knowledge and Statistics (by the numbers)

Entertainment, Culture, Literature, Movies, TV, Sports, Music

Chicago Sculptures and Public Art

Chicago Museums

Tour Guide Best Practices and Reqired Skills

Community Areas / Neighborhoods: Hyde Park, Bronzeville, Pilsen, Pullman, West Loop

City Parks and Fountains

Early Chicago History (Fort Dearborn, Incorporation of City)

Chicago History: 1871 Chicago Fire, 1893 Columbian Expo, 1933-34 Century of Progress

Growth of Chicago: Immigration & Ethnic neighborhood history

Summer Festivals, Parades, and Special Events

What students / senior groups like to see and tour

Chicago Theater Scene

Lake Michigan - locks, history & statistics

Train Lines & Highways in Chicago

Gangster History of Chicago

Millennium Park Walking Tour History & Commentary

Ethics & tour guiding

Tricky Subjects: Stereotypes, Prejudice & Bias

Other:

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