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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 Report Back Session October 4, 2010 9:30am-12:00pm
Who took the survey? • A total of 203 people took the survey
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%
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Working with others Inside the Region Outside the Region
Past Involvement Economic Development Education and/or Research Tourism Planning Natural Resource Management
Awareness Efforts to improve economy Research projects/initiatives Efforts to improve tourism sector
Opportunities Natural Resources and Tourism Education/Research and Tourism
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?
Introduction to the network mapsMain Brook to Englee Sub-Region Legend
Smart Network Periphery 3-5 times number in core Core
Our Network Legend
Our Local Network Legend
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
Tourism Network Without Regional People With Regional People
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
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
When it comes to cultivating regional collaboration (e.g. encouraging people to work together) what should be the first area of focus?
What activities would you be most interested in doing as an individual to support tourism development in the region?
Creating connections* * Includes joining others for development and creating connections both within and outside the region
What would you say is the region’s greatest challenge to tourism development?
What would you say is the greatest asset for future tourism sector development on the tip of the Northern Peninsula?
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?
Which of the following strategies linking tourism and natural resources/natural resource industries would you be most interested in working on in the future?
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
Discussion – Nature of existing networks • How can sub-regions be connected better? • How can we get more of a periphery, extending beyond NL?
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?
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