Carole Summers Morris, lead for Meritage Consulting, prepared and hosted 4 HandMade Institutes for HandMade in America, Inc. Using more than a decade of lessons learned, a workshop is scheduled and people from around the country come in for a three day intensive training school.

Summers Morris was responsible for itineraries and tours, planning of classroom activities, presentations, and working with sites on the tourism trails for interpretive stops for participants.