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Do we need leaflets?
Posted by Roger Woodley on 6th December 2011 | 0 Comments
The world’s moving on. Times change. And in 2011, in my town of Cheltenham at least, and no doubt most places, we found that more and more people had heard about Heritage Open Days through the internet.
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Real people with real issues: Working with disabled volunteers
Posted by Esther Gill on 11th October 2011 | 0 Comments
I am currently pre-occupied by the generally enjoyable post-HODs activity of ‘reading the feedback’: positive, negative, insightful, useful, frustrating, well deserved. As part of this process I have been looking at the transcript of an interview with a Heritage Open Days volunteer from Gosport who is passionate and knowledgeable about local history, keen to use her skills and time on a worthwhile project and who also happens to be disabled.
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Ups and downs of a tour guide: impressions from Heritage Open Days in Crewe
Posted by Tim Prevett on 13th September 2011 | 6 Comments
Wow, what a weekend that was. A year since I resolved to do the "Heritage Lost and History Discovered Tour", and last December "Murders, Mishaps and Morals Tour" crystalised in my mind. Both tours were delivered for the first time for Heritage Open Days from last Thursday to Sunday in Crewe. An enormous amount of research, planning and effort went into them. What went well, and where do I need to learn?
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Evaluation with a twist
Posted by Zoe Potter on 9th August 2011 | 1 Comment
With Heritage Open Days drawing ever nearer, you will no doubt be busy planning every last detail of your event, but spare a minute to consider what happens after the big day, how will you measure its success? To get the most out of your evaluation and dare I say, make it fun, it’s important to consider evaluation now rather than as an afterthought. Yes, I did say fun. With the growing focus of heritage organisers on visitor experience, enjoyment and engagement (things that are rather difficult to quantify) a bit of planning means you can get creative with evaluation and wave goodbye to spreadsheets and pie charts!
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Understanding and engaging different audiences
Posted by Lauren Schofield on 1st August 2011 | 6 Comments
Think of Oxford and you think dreaming spires, Christchurch, Lewis Carol, perhaps General Pitt Rivers and his shrunken heads... whatever it is, it tends to be something to do with the rich heritage of one of the world’s most famous (and fabulous) Universities. Its fame puts it in the league of world heritage sites and therefore, in many ways, it does not feel like a part of local people’s history. Oxford Preservation Trust’s aim for 2011 is to engage new audiences and we’ve found that a great way to do this is through people's own history.
