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Introducing our learning & evaluation Mandy Barnett April 2014. Re-imagining museums for a sustainable future by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the Earth. Advocacy Learning Empowerment. Rationale for Happy Museum learning & evaluation. What matters locally, for learning & empowerment
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Introducing our learning & evaluationMandy BarnettApril 2014
Re-imagining museums for a sustainable future by fostering wellbeing that doesn’t cost the Earth
Advocacy Learning Empowerment Rationale for Happy Museum learning & evaluation
What matters locally, for learning & empowerment What matters nationally, for advocacy Using stories and numbers Measure What Matters principle
What matters? To whom? How do we best measure, learn and plan better work? What we’ve learnt
Our principles are robust Funders Managers Value for money Staff
Principles are two types Funders Managers Value for money Staff
Learning Conversation Hub, LTM
Interaction Paper Apothecary, the Beaney
Feelings Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust ‘This is a beautiful piece of work and that's coming from someone that doesn't like Shakespeare. But the whispered prose combined with the magic of Peter's violin is something very special. It puts you in a better place for a while.– SBT visitor Paper Apothecary, the Beaney IWM North The Story Museum
Environment & surroundings Godalming Museum
‘History can be disruptive - The Orts Road area became a community in the first part of the 19th century when workers from the biscuit factory and the tin makers were re-settled here from the countrysideduring the industrial revolution. By the 1970s compulsory purchase and demolitionof the factory workers’ dwellings dispersed the community that had grown up here into new estates in Whitley and Dee Park and relationships were broken and disrupted again; the main employers left and the area became a ‘brand new estate’ with people being thrown together. For decades this new community’s chances have beenhindered by the abusive activity of drug dealersand this will take time to overcome. The present is a challenging time because with the removal of the gangsters, a new power vacuumexists and there is a fearthat control will slip to organised criminals supplying harder drugs; there are signs of this already. The area will be hindered by this, especially because there are now a high volume of single occupancydwellings and mental health problemswith few family dwellings so that a large proportion of residents are introspective and insular in outlook. As community activists, undertaking research into the historical narrative of this area has empowered us to see the area with a historical perspective. Households have much of what they need for achieving a greater sense of wellbeingand happiness and all that is lacking is social support and shared activity. There was a sense that when drug dealing was at its worst, residents felt the need to keep themselves to themselves. We minded our own business. The Happy Museum activities have brought some residents outand perhaps this could be a starting point. Plans are afoot to organise reunions of East Reading residents. We are also looking forward to sharing the results of our research with displays and literature and a presence at the East Reading Carnivalin June when large numbers of the community get together. This is certain to generate conversations, and so we are interested in taking this further and looking for opportunitiesto develop a history strand within future regenerationinitiatives in the area’ – Reading participant Environment & surroundings Reading Museum
How to re-imagine museums Funders Managers Value for money Staff
These matter to different people Funders Managers Value for money Staff
And different responses apply Funders Managers Value for money Staff
Action research is like marketing Funders Managers Value for money Staff
Time Capsule self assessment Narrative evaluation Attitude Behaviour Matrix Mood Tree Where do you stand? Happy Tracker Tipping Point Embedded Action research in Happy Museum
How do these fit together? Funders Managers Value for money Staff
‘Managers’ look in and outwards Funders Managers Value for money Staff
Story of Change draws it together Funders Managers Value for money Staff
What we need to do next Funders Managers Value for money Staff
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Causality Larger, longitudinal, experimental Economic and wider impact of museums and libraries Savings from prevention Digital technology for organisational resilience Equality and diversity ACE – Evidence gaps
