Creative and Credible: Assessing Value
This paper gives a brief introduction to the issues and techniques used for assessing value, including economic evaluation and social return on investment.
This paper gives a brief introduction to the issues and techniques used for assessing value, including economic evaluation and social return on investment.
Even the smallest scale project evaluation involves some kind of monitoring. The purpose of this is to document project delivery, usually recording the numbers taking part, the settings where the activities took place, the types of activity offered, and the outputs from the activity, including creative outputs such as artworks, music and performance. This often … More
Perhaps the most important and extensive part of any evaluation is the work undertaken before any data are gathered.
It can be challenging to make time and resources available for evaluation, which can sometimes seem costly in relation to the overall project costs. However, it is increasingly important to factor in evaluation costs when planning projects, particularly if these are envisaged as having a role to play in supporting health and wellbeing or meeting … More
Good practice can be demonstrated in relation to each stage of the evaluation cycle (Daykin et al. 2013). Although there are no agreed codes of practice or ethics for evaluators, as there are for researchers, some key principles emerged from the Creative and Credible Project.
Support for third sector organisations to develop capacity for evaluation from Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Examples of Creative Evaluation Techniques.
This toolkit details a selection of creative techniques that practitioners can use to enable participants to engage in understanding and share their feelings and opinions in a reflective manner. It gives guidance on how the material gained through creative techniques can be used to prove the value of our work.
This toolkit for cinemas points to the information that you need to know to determine whether you have screened your films successfully, attracted intended audiences, and made a difference to the people that attend as well as your wider community and economy.
Podcasting a live event can be a great way to make your valuable event reach more people though the power of audio. It can help showcase the work and document the event for future listening.
This guide has been created by Adam Zmith, Co-founder of Aunt Nell, Producer of The Log Books and The Film We Can’t See.
It is a guide for film programmers / event managers / tech people working in cinemas who want to make a podcast out of their live events. It has been created for our T.L.C (aka Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led / Trans-Loved Cinema) series of events and podcasts. The is aimed at people who would like to create a podcast and are running live events in cinemas where there will be a PA/sound system and assistance from a tech person.
This guide intends to give you broad headings for everything you need to think about, some answers for how to make it all happen, and links out to further information.
Download the How To Podcast Your Live Event guide