SHARE Museums East: BUILDING A NETWORK OF KNOW HOW

Stornaway

Tues 29 October 2013

WHO ARE WE? • Regional Museum

Development Service

• ACE and HLF ££

• Hosted by NMAS [‘Major Partner Museum’]

• County and Museum partnerships

WHAT DO WE DO? [under 5 ACE goals]

• busy training calendar

• active cohort

programmes

• 12 engaged networks

• growing resources bank

• comms and admin

facility

3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• everybody must benefit

• all contributions are free and equally

valued

• peer to peer wherever possible

Participant

Contributor

Developer

SHARE Involvement and

Investment

‘embedded’ programmes

HOW DO WE DO IT?peer involvement

Training - e.g. ‘POINT and SHOOT’

• using own cameras

• provincial museum

• skilled volunteer offer

• CPD for her

• benefit for sector

• r’ship still evolving

Networks - e.g. ‘Heritage Engineering [HEN]’

• Give and take agreement

• Sector led and co-ordinated

• Participant hosted

• Topics AM – Tour PM

• 4 meets = 130 people so far

• £900

Cohorts - e.g. ‘FORWARD PLANNING’

• 6 museum pairs

• shared goal, shared issues

• expert facilitation

• 3 sessions - 1:1s inbetween

• participant hosted

• small implementation grant

• resources developed

Resources

• Free• Available [www]• Developing from the

work

MATURING – ‘Not Only But Also’

• Leadership / management course

• Focus on lone professionals

• Peer network based

• Participant hosted

• Collaboratively designed

• Sector contributions and development of resources

• Senior level mentoring from sector

KOTTER’S CHANGE PROCESS

1. Establish a sense of urgency2. Form a powerful guiding coalition3. Create a vision4. Communicate it5. Empower others to take action6. Plan for and create short wins7. Consolidate improvements8. Institutionalise new approaches

TOP TIPS 1

• get the YES from the very top

• co-ordinate centrally

• communicate constantly

• don’t expect altruism

• work only with what people

can afford

TOP TIPS 2

• find some easy wins

• take the opportunities

• emphasise experience over

expertise

• find a ‘brand’ that works

• don’t quantify more than you have

to

• don’t charge each other

The Team • 3.5 equivalent posts covering

– Children and Young People– Leadership– Resilience– Collections– Communities

• Part funded MDO county partners

www.sharemuseumseast.org.uk

simon.floyd@norfolk.gov.uk