I'm picking up this thread to share seven posts that might be of interest
from the London Museums Group blog 'exploring the sector's experiences and
opinions on sharing evaluation'
http://www.londonmuseumsgroup.org/component/content/article/96. Perhaps
it's worth responding positively to encourage people to share their
evaluation?
'Our Committee Member Nicky Boyd (an evaluation and audience research
consultant) starts the conversation with *Sharing Evaluation: don't
reinvent the wheel
<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/sharing-evaluation-dont-reinvent-wheel.html>
*outlining the barriers and fear involved in sharing findings and affirming
that 'we should be confident about what we know'. Maurice Davies (MA),
<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/golden-rules-evaluation-evaluation.html>Anna
Salaman (Royal Museums
Greenwich)<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html>,
Kate Steiner (Science
Museum)<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/one-project-finishes-another-one-starts.html>,
Amanda Burke (Norfolk Museum & Archaeology
Service),<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/leaping-over-crocodiles.html>
Bill
Griffiths (Tyne & Wear Archives &
Museums)<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-late-shows.html>and
Nia
Williams (Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales)
<http://londonmuseumsgroup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/participation-begins-within-museum.html>have
responded to Nicky's blog and written some very interesting pieces.'
Cheers, Mia
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On 6 June 2012 12:51, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There's an interesting post called 'Why evaluation doesn't measure up'
> on the Museums Association site
>
> http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/comment/01062012-why-evaluation-doesnt-measure-up
> or http://bit.ly/L9FlQz where they say:
>
> "No one seems to have done the sums, but UK museums probably spend
> millions on evaluation each year. Given that, it’s disappointing how
> little impact evaluation appears to have, even within the institution
> that commissioned it."
>
> and:
>
> "Summative evaluations are expected to achieve the impossible: to help
> museums learn from failure, while proving the project met all its
> objectives. Is it time to rethink how the sector approaches
> evaluation?"
>
> I'm curious to know what others think. Are they right? Or are they
> missing something?
>
> Cheers, Mia
>
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> http://openobjects.org.uk/
> http://twitter.com/mia_out
>
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