The Storytelling Evaluation Methodology has been used by The Old Fire Station to evaluate the impact of their work since 2017. Instead of setting outcomes to measure against, they decided to let those they work with identify outcomes for themselves by telling a story and considering “what changed for them?”, “how did change happen?” and “why is it important?”. They use a step-by-step methodology to help create an open space for the storytellers to discuss what they see as the most significant impact and to focus on the richness of diverse lived experiences over longer periods of time, such as months or years. Another example – developed by two of the authors of this article, Elisavet and Pınar, alongside Philip Ely, from Manchester Metropolitan University – is the Evaluation Visualisation Design Tool (EViD). EViD is a virtual collaborative tool for project evaluation that employs a stepby-step methodology where users are guided through the process of exploring and designing project evaluations with the help of a visualised process designed to support its usability. EViD’s design promotes participation and collaboration between team members, partners and stakeholders from the very start of a project; it helps make the evaluation process explicit and transparent; it guides users on how to create a concrete evaluation plan with specific evaluation activities; and it can act as a resource that can be utilised again and again to help increase their overall evaluation capacity. The tool is now a Lancaster University spin-out that is free for educational purposes and to all non-profit organisations. A PRACTICAL RESOURCE Our research into Creative Evaluation has been translated into a useful, practical resource for non-academic audiences, the Little Book of Creative Evaluation. This book aims to shed light on the diverse spectrum of Creative Evaluation approaches and showcase how these can produce important benefits for organisations, teams and individuals, and support their evaluation needs and goals. The impact of this little book, both in its printed and online form has been great. We have been invited to present the book at the British Library, at Lancaster CVS and several symposiums, conferences and public engagement events. This is a great example of the need and value of developing research in partnership with external organisations and translating research findings and outputs into practical resources that are freely available and accessible to all. FIFTY FOUR DEGREES | 37 Dr Elisavet Christou is a Lecturer of Management and Organisation Studies in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology. She is an inter and trans-disciplinary researcher and educator, and works within and across evaluation, design, computing, digital arts and digital media. e.christou@lancaster.ac.uk Dr Pınar Ceyhan is an International Lecturer in Design in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts. Her research interests include understanding the role of experience design in cognition and meaningmaking, and the methods and processes for embedding evaluation that inform design and evidence value and impact. p.ceyhan@lancaster.ac.uk Violet Owen is a PhD Researcher and a Senior Research Associate in the ImaginationLancaster research group at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts. Her research interests include Creative Evaluation, collaborative practices and social value and impact. She also works as a Peer Evaluator for St Giles Trust. r.v.owen@lancaster.ac.uk Storytelling Evaluation Methodology Steps, Old Fire Station, Oxford. Artist: Zuhura Plummer. The Little Book of Creative Evaluation includes a series of Creative Evaluation examples, along with a list of practical resources – from methodologies to methods, tools and readings – that are freely available online. Find out more at creativeevaluation.uk You can access the storytelling evaluation methodology at storytellingevaluation.co.uk You can access the EViD tool at evidtool.com
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