Impacts vs. Benefits: How Well Do Yours Align

March 1st, 2016 | RESEARCH

Are your supporters and audiences getting benefits that are different from the impacts your mission desires? I believe that museums are valued for a wealth of beneficial results beyond their focused missions, and that studying the alignment between a museum’s intentions and its results can improve a museum’s impact and performance.

Document

Impacts-and-Benefits_Jacobsen_FINAL.pdf

Team Members

John W. Jacobsen, Author, White Oak Associates

Citation

Publication: Informal Learning Review
Volume: 137

Tags

Audience: Administration | Leadership | Policymakers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs