World Cafe
Summary
We utilized the World Café toolkit to facilitate a focus group for our Age-Friendly Community findings report. This was a fun way to stimulate conversation cross functionally. The invitees were a mixed group from Chamber of Commerce business members, Municipal Department Heads, Non-Profit Organizations, Regional agency heads and citizens of all ages. The two hour session was not a lecture but a fast paced three hour question brainstorming session. Here are the three questions: 1) What do you love about Yarmouth that you want to be sure to preserve?; 2) What one improvement would you like to see that would benefit: a) yougers? b)elders? ; 3) What concrete opportunities could you imagine for working together to make sure that Yarmouth is a community that honors and nurtures everyone who lives here?
Website: http://yarmouthseniorcent.wix.com/age-friendlyyarmouth
Key facts
Main target group: Older people in general
Other target group(s): Older men, Older women, Older people living alone, People with mobility challenges, Younger people, Public sector, Private sector, Civil society organisations, Volunteers
Other Issues: Inclusion and civic participation
Contact details
Name: Bailey, Kathi
Email address: kbailey@yarmouth.ma.us
Preferred language(s): English