Presentation given by Simon Floyd at "Building a Heritage Network" conference held in Stornoway, 29 October 2013

1. SHARE Museums East:
BUILDING A NETWORK OF KNOW HOW
Stornaway
Tues 29 October 2013

2. WHO ARE WE?
• Regional Museum
Development Service
• ACE and HLF ££
• Hosted by NMAS
[‘Major Partner Museum’]
• County and Museum
partnerships

3. WHAT DO WE DO? [under 5 ACE goals]
• busy training calendar
• active cohort
programmes
• 12 engaged networks
• growing resources bank
• comms and admin facility

4. 3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
•
everybody must benefit
•
all contributions are free and equally valued
•
peer to peer wherever possible

5. HOW DO WE DO IT?
peer involvement
‘embedded’ programmes
Developer
Contributor
Participant
SHARE
Involvement and
Investment

6. Training - e.g. ‘POINT and
SHOOT’
• using own cameras
• provincial museum
• skilled volunteer offer
• CPD for her
• benefit for sector
• r’ship still evolving

7. 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

8. 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

9. Resources
• Free
• Available [www]
• Developing from the work

10. 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

11. KOTTER’S CHANGE PROCESS
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Establish a sense of urgency
Form a powerful guiding coalition
Create a vision
Communicate it
Empower others to take action
Plan for and create short wins
Consolidate improvements
Institutionalise new approaches

12. 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

13. 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

14. The Team
• 3.5 equivalent posts covering
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Children and Young People
Leadership
Resilience
Collections
Communities
• Part funded MDO county partners

15. www.sharemuseumseast.or
g.uk
simon.floyd@norfolk.gov.uk