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Lightning Session: Learning Through Evaluation

Saturday, September 28, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM US CDT
Location: S106B
Lightning Session
Feedback Loops: Using External and Internal Partners in the Program Creation Process
Post-program surveys offer a wealth of information, but what if we received feedback as part of the program creation process? Educators from the National Air and Space Museum will share their process for creating K-12 programming, which incorporates a new feedback loop soliciting the input of external and internal collaborators.
Presenters
Laura Blanton – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Julia Orr – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Maximizing the Research Potential of Evaluation: Case Study from American Museum of Natural History’s Gilder Center
How do you design an initial evaluation to help maximize the potential for the results to be used to support in-depth research in the future? This lightning talk focuses on how we designed our large-scale evaluation to gather data that would, in turn, help prepare us to build on the results to support full-scale research work in the future on the key ideas in the evaluation.
Presenters:
Karen Hammerness – American Museum of Natural History
Jessica Sickler – J. Sickler Consulting

Research on Effective Climate Change Communication in Exhibits: Lessons from a Climate of Hope
Presenters:
Lynne Zummo – Natural History Museum of Utah

Utilizing Program Metrics to Evaluate Current and Future Programming
Attendees will learn how the Carnegie Science Center has developed a cross-departmental tool to evaluate internal programs. The rating scale considers items such as cultural responsiveness, earned and contributed revenue, impact of the audience, levels of community engagement, internal collaboration, and innovation of programs and events, among other categories.
Presenters:
Hope Gillespie – Carnegie Science Center