Spring learning programmes

This year we launch a series of learning programmes designed to develop the skills we need in our changed world.

Each programme gives you something new to learn but in an environment that unlocks creativity, cares for our wellbeing and promotes community amongst like-minded friends and colleagues.

We hope you find something you like in our Spring programme and there will be plenty more to come as the year unfolds.

As Alumni, you can join the ADV community and continue your adventure as we learn from each other and find inspiration to be bold and confident in everything we do.

Sound like fun? Then let’s get started.

Beyond a project. Developing long-term relationships with communities - FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 22nd March

Creating an offer that is relevant and meaningful to your local community can support your attraction to thrive. Your community can become your key repeat visitors and your biggest advocates and supporters. This three-hour workshop will give you the tools that will enable you to embed a community-focused approach across your organisation.

This programme is now fully booked.

The tools to measure impactful experiences

Wednesday 29th March

Meaningful experiences can impact visitors in a multitude of ways. A great visit can enhance knowledge, enable deep emotional connections, and be the spark that encourages visitors to think differently and try new things. This three-hour workshop will support you to design impactful experiences and have the tools to measure and understand the impacts of a visit on your audiences.

Please click here to purchase a ticket.

Spring Cleaning: A Writing Workshop for Wellbeing

Tuesday 25th April and Tuesday 2nd May

Start building a writing practice that helps you feel better about things. Clarify the story of the last year. Write yourself a dream playbook for 2023. Blow away the cobwebs and find language that excites you.

This is a two-part workshop, taking place over two weeks. In each one-and-a-half hour session, we'll use creative writing skills to play with new ways of expressing yourself and your story. Take what you learn into your email inbox, your social media posts, even the small talk you share with colleagues.

Please click here to purchase a ticket.

Who our courses are delivered by:

Laura Crossley

Laura has over a decade of experience working with museums, heritage and arts organisations. She specialises in strategic planning, visitor experience, community engagement, audience development, and evaluation.

She has held senior leadership roles at the National Football Museum, Oxford University Museums, and the National Trust. Her clients have included the Art Fund, Museums Association, Wysing Arts Centre, Wells Maltings, Holkham Estate, Whitgift Foundation, Norfolk Libraries and Information Service, and Cambridge University Library.

Laura is an experienced trainer and speaker. She has delivered training for clients including Norfolk Museums Service and Cambridge museums and libraries, and presented at seminars and conferences in the UK, Europe and North America, including MuseumNext, the Museums Association conference, and Europeana.

Georgina Parfitt

Georgina has worked in the arts and as a creative practitioner and writer both in the usa and uk. She studied English (among other things) at Harvard University and received her BA in 2013. She went on to gain her MFA in Fiction at Boston University, where she also designed and taught courses in creative writing for undergraduates. She fell in love with teaching here and it set her off on a mission to help others find their voices through writing. Since this starting point, she had taught widely — from showing children the fundamentals of storytelling to helping professional athletes talk about their experiences.

Alongside her teaching journey is a writing journey. Georgina is a published writer of fiction and non-fiction. She has been a writer-in-residence at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, Villa Sarkia in Finland, and Trelex in Switzerland. You can find her stories in The Atlantic, The Common, The Dublin Review, and Granta, among other places.

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