1. Mary Patricia O’Leary RN., BSN Planning and Development Specialist Aging and Disability Services City of Seattle

2.  Designated Area Agency on Aging  2011 mini-grant  Convened Seattle-King County network meetings-monthly now quarterly  Lay Leader In-Service Training in January 2014  Topics-Successes and challenges, managing participant retention, managing participant diversity, time management, and workshop supplies/materials; “tools”

3.  Reminder calls from leaders  Encourage the “buddy” system  Offer incentives  Target groups with specific health issues  Better communication with the referral source (clinician, social worker)  Reminder emails  Take the workshop to where participants live  Messaging-multi-layer: flyers, phone calls

4.  Be realistic-workshops are different and so are participants  Fidelity  Stay faithful but flexible  Consistent and clear messages  “Shower” participants  Support and encourage the “buddy” system  Celebrate successes  The co-facilitator relationship-

5.  Believe in the program  Model positive co-facilitator  Small steps can lead to big rewards “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones” ~William Faulkner 

6.  Mary Patricia O’Leary RN., BSN  Planner and Development Specialist II Aging and Disability Services  Seattle Human Services Department  marypat.oleary@seattle.gov marypat.oleary@seattle.gov For Aging and Disability Services news and information, visit www.agingkingcounty.org For timely news and information on the Seattle Human Services department please visit our blog.www.agingkingcounty.org blog