What can outcomes based planning and evaluation do for you?

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• What can outcomes based planning and evaluation
  do for you?

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Presenters

• Liz Kryder-Reid, Director, Museum Studies
  Program, Indiana University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
• Mary Fortney, Humanities Education Resource
  Developer, The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis
• Bethany Fales, graduate student, IUPUI Museum
  Studies Program

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What might OBPE do for you?

• Share an idea for a project (that youre working
  on or might develop) that is designed to meet
  audience needs.

• HINT Needs may be conditions, wants, or
  deficits, or other gaps between skills,
  knowledge, 1) that audiences have and those they
  want or 2) that program planners want for
  audiences and the current situation.

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What is outcomes based planning and evaluation
(OBPE)?
Not how many worms the bird feeds its young, but
how well the fledgling flies United Way of
America, 2002
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What is outcomes based planning and evaluation
(OBPE)?

• Outcome-based planning uses audience needs and
  hoped-for results as the foundation for designing
  programs.
• Outcome-based evaluation is a systematic way to
  assess the extent to which a program has achieved
  its intended results.

• OBPE focuses on the key questions
• How has my program made a difference?
• How are the lives of the program participants
  better as a result of my program?

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OBPE Why do we care?

• Changes focus from HOW to get it done to WHY we
  do it
• Gets whole team to focus on what the audience
  will think, feel and do and what it will be the
  result the audience needs drive the planning
  process
• Makes us accountable to our audience and our
  stakeholders (funders, board, community)
• Helps us document and demonstrate results

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What is an outcome?

• A target audiences changed or improved
• Skills
• Attitudes
• Knowledge,
• Behaviors,
• Status, or
• Life condition
• They are a result of the influence of your program

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What do outcomes look like?

• First the need kids exhibiting lack of
  tolerance with different others from different
  backgrounds
• The solution a program that uses artifacts to
  teach historical stories of racial discrimination
  and to generate discussions about prejudice and
  to promote tolerance
• Outcome statements (see handout)
• Kids completing the program demonstrate increased
  knowledge of other cultural traditions
• Kids completing the program report increased
  positive attitudes about children from other
  cultural traditions

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What might OBPE do for you?

• Recalling your original project idea what would
  it look like if the audience needs were met?

• HINTS
• Start your outcome statement with the target
  audience itself as the subject of the sentence.
• Check to be sure the outcome is stated as a
  change in skills, attitudes, knowledge,
  behaviors, status, or life condition.
• Is the outcome stated in a way that is
  measurable?

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Bringing it all together logic models

• One way to align needs, program activities, and
  outcomes along with the ways to know if youve
  achieved the results you wanted is to create a
  logic model.

• The best way to explain is to show you one
• See the Maps Exhibit logic model

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Want to learn more about OBPE?

• Theres a new on-line course in OBPE

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What is ?

• An on-line instructor mediated course in outcomes
  based planning and evaluation
• Curriculum developed through a cooperative
  agreement between IUPUI and IMLS
• A professional training resource for the museum
  and library fields
• Now being tested nationally with its public
  launch planned for Spring 2008

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A Student Perspective on OBPE and Shaping Outcomes
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My experience with Shaping Outcomes

• First, a little background
• First year Museum Studies student, technophobe
• Course was taught as part of my class Museums
  and Audiences
• Students in the class came from all different
  work environments and backgrounds most didnt
  have museum experience

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Our work in the class

• We went through the five on-line modules
  (Overview, Plan, Build, Evaluate, Report) on our
  own (each took about an hour)
• We turned in assignments applying the concepts to
  case studies provided
• We created a logic model based on a project we
  were working on with the Indianapolis Museum of
  Art

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Drawbacks of Shaping Outcomes

• Technology problems, especially for dial-up users
• Not a good fit with my learning style
• I prefer hard copy vs. electronic
• I prefer in-person instead of on-line

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Benefits of Shaping Outcomes course

• What I learned
• OBPE basic concepts, vocabulary, logic model
  development skills
• The value of OBPE for planning as a team
• What I liked about the course
• Instructor mediation was helpful
• Online feedback and discussions created a sense
  of community and confidence that you were on the
  right track and learning
• Working in teams
• Working on a real project

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What if I took ?

• You would.
• Sign up by contacting outcomes_at_iupui.edu
• Go through five modules (Overview, Plan, Build,
  Evaluate, and Report) at your own pace (takes
  about 5-10 hours). www.shapingoutcomes.org/course
• Develop a logic model for your own project with
  on-going feedback from the instructor.
• Work individually or in a group
• Participate in group forums and discussions, as
  well as do assignments, if the instructor chooses

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What are the outcomes of ?

• Those who complete the course will know basic
  vocabulary and concepts of OBPE.
• Those who complete the course will have the
  skills and knowledge to write a logic model based
  on OBPE.

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What are the outcomes of ?

• TCM outcomes We learned.
• about our own exhibit development process
• the importance of front-end evaluation
• to be more realistic about audience expectations
• the importance of using advisors and building
  real people into the exhibit
• to document better the difference we are making
  in the lives of our audience
• That we need to put a stronger emphasis on
  audience results

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QA

• What did I learn here?
• What do I still want to know?

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How can I learn more?

• See public site www.shapingoutcomes.org
• Preview the course at
• www.shapingoutcomes.org/course
• Contact us at
• outcomes_at_iupui.edu
• [phone]