Dear All Please find below information about the next NW regional GEM training day. For more information, contact Esmé Ward (NW Convenor) on 0161 275 7453. To book, contact North West Museums Service on 01254 670211. Is it worth the effort? Evaluation & Monitoring (24 November 2000) North West Museums Service, Blackburn. This training day is FREE to GEM members. Lunch & refreshments are kindly being provided free of charge by NWMS. Places are limited to 20 persons. 10.30-11.00 Tea and coffee 11.00 GEM Update 11.15 Is it worth the effort? Evaluation & Monitoring Debbie Walker, Education Officer, NWMS 12.30-1.30 LUNCH The afternoon session includes a series of short case studies followed by Question and Answer sessions with all speakers. 1.30 Family focus groups: Designing interactives and front-end evaluation at the Pump House People¹s History Museum. Emma Carroll, Education Officer, Pump House, Manchester 2.00 DfEE Lifelong Learning Pilot Project: Salford Foyer & Salford Museum & Art Gallery. Jo Clarke, Salford Museum & Art Gallery 2.30 Canadian Case Studies and Initiatives in Evaluation & Monitoring Bernadette Lynch, Education Manager, Manchester Museum 3.00-3.30 Tea Plenary discussion. 4.00 END To book your place, please fill in the slip and send as soon as possible to North West Museums Service. Esmé Ward The Whitworth Art Gallery The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 161 275 7450 Direct Line: + 44 161 275 7474 Fax: + 44 161 275 7451 E-mail: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk/ please send enclosures in rtf or pdf format %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%