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Network Weaving For Regional Development on the Tip of the Great Northern Peninsula

Network Weaving For Regional Development on the Tip of the Great Northern Peninsula. Report Back Session October 4, 2010 9:30am-12:00pm. Results. Who took the survey?. A total of 203 people took the survey. Who took the survey?. Response Rates Overall : 76% External: 77% Regional: 83%

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Network Weaving For Regional Development on the Tip of the Great Northern Peninsula

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  1. Network Weaving For Regional Development on the Tip of the Great Northern Peninsula Report Back Session October 4, 2010 9:30am-12:00pm

  2. Results

  3. Who took the survey? • A total of 203 people took the survey

  4. Who took the survey? • Response Rates • Overall : 76% • External: 77% • Regional: 83% • Goose Cove East to North Boat Harbour: 79% • Main Brook to Englee: 84% • Eddies Cove East to Castors River South: 67% • Eddies Cove West to River of Ponds: 67%

  5. Sector affiliation

  6. Important industries today and in the future

  7. Greatest future assets

  8. Social networking tools hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  9. Experience initiating collaboration

  10. Experienced in facilitation

  11. Experienced in leading projects

  12. Working with others Inside the Region Outside the Region

  13. Past Involvement Economic Development Education and/or Research Tourism Planning Natural Resource Management

  14. Interest in future involvement

  15. Awareness Efforts to improve economy Research projects/initiatives Efforts to improve tourism sector

  16. Opportunities Natural Resources and Tourism Education/Research and Tourism

  17. Discussion • Any surprising results and/or noticeable trends? • In what ways might this information be useful to you (or for regional development on the tip of the Northern Peninsula) in the future?

  18. Network Maps and Priorities

  19. Introduction to the network mapsMain Brook to Englee Sub-Region Legend

  20. Smart Network Periphery 3-5 times number in core Core

  21. Our Network Legend

  22. Our Local Network Legend

  23. Our External Network Legend • We don’t have much of a periphery - few from other parts of Canada or world • We’re missing out on ideas, innovation, resources, expertise from other areas

  24. Tourism Network Without Regional People With Regional People

  25. Network Weaver Helps the network be “smarter” by connecting people, helping them build trust, and encouraging them to work together across sub-regions and sectors

  26. Priorities • Communication about what individuals and organizations are doing and what they have in common • Tourism marketing • Tourism based on: • History and heritage resources • The fishing industry • Marine education • Archaeology • Winter recreation

  27. When it comes to cultivating regional collaboration (e.g. encouraging people to work together) what should be the first area of focus?

  28. Understanding commonalities

  29. Communicating

  30. What activities would you be most interested in doing as an individual to support tourism development in the region?

  31. Creating connections* * Includes joining others for development and creating connections both within and outside the region

  32. What would you say is the region’s greatest challenge to tourism development?

  33. Marketing

  34. What would you say is the greatest asset for future tourism sector development on the tip of the Northern Peninsula?

  35. History and heritage

  36. Natural resources

  37. Archaeology

  38. Which of the following types of initiatives linking education and/or research and tourism would you be most interested in working on in the future?

  39. History

  40. Marine education

  41. Which of the following strategies linking tourism and natural resources/natural resource industries would you be most interested in working on in the future?

  42. Learning about the fishery

  43. Shared marine infrastructure

  44. Goose Cove East to North Boat Harbour Main Brook to Englee Eddies Cove East to Castors River South Eddies Cove West to River of Ponds

  45. Winter Recreation

  46. Discussion – Nature of existing networks • How can sub-regions be connected better? • How can we get more of a periphery, extending beyond NL?

  47. Discussion – Marketing as a challenge • How can networks help to better address marketing challenges? • Who can help and who needs to work together? How can we make this happen?

  48. Thank you for coming! • Please contact us with any questions or comments: • Nina Mitchelmore – ninamitchelmore@gov.nl.ca (709) 457-2530 • Kelly Vodden – kvodden@mun.ca (709) 864-8981 • Amy Tucker – amy.tucker@mun.ca (709) 693-3309 • June Holley – june@networkweaving.com Project website: networkweavinggnp.wordpress.com

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