MyWay Village
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| Founder | Chris McWade, Sarah Hoit |
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| Website | MyWayVillage.com |
Connected Living is a Quincy, Massachusetts-based provider of social networking services to senior citizens. Founded in 2006 by Chris McWade and Sarah Hoit, MyWay Village uses a secure proprietary interface and one-on-one personal support to facilitate senior citizens interacting online.
Connected Living was featured[1] in a June 3, 2009 article in the New York Times.
History[edit]
In 2006 after caring for aging relatives from a distance, the company's founders Chris McWade and Sarah Hoit realized that simplified computer technologies combined with personalized support services could significantly improve the quality of life for senior citizens—a large, growing portion of the population.[2]
The company works with senior living communities across the country.[3]
Products[edit]
Senior community residents can access a customized home page that allows them to choose from a variety of activities including sending and receiving electronic messages, sharing and viewing photographs, listening to audio books and music, recording their own personal memoirs, and receiving notification of events happening daily in their community.[4]
Ambassadors[edit]
Connected Living provides on-going support to retirement communities, residents, and their families through a team of Ambassadors[5][6] who provide individualized help for seniors, and who lead group activities and classes on computer use, memoir sharing, and book clubs.[7]
Executive team[edit]
- Chris McWade—Co-Founder & Chairman
Formerly founder of Team Enterprises, Inc., an integrated marketing company. He also co-founded, incubated, and sold two Web 1.0 companies: beer.com and diamond.com.[8] He holds a BSBA from Nichols College.[9]
- Sarah Hoit—Co-Founder and CEO
Formerly founder and CEO of Explore, Inc. and Director of White House Business Planning, Deputy Director of AmeriCorps. She has also been Managing Director and Partner at Thomas Partners Investment Management and Managing Director with Sylvan Learning Systems. She has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University.[10]
Formerly VP of Business Development[11] at Firefly Mobile and Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Convey Software. He has a BA from Yale University and an MA and MBA from Stanford University.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Clifford, Stephanie (2009-06-02). "Online, 'a Reason to Keep on Going'". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ "MyWay Village - About Us". MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Tewksbury senior living community gets connected". Tewksbury Advocate. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "MyWay Village - Services". MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Modern-day fountain of youth might be online". Ventura County Star. 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "NBC 5 Chicago: MyWay Village is like Facebook for seniors". NBC 5 Chicago Profile. 2009. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "MyWay Village - Ambassadors". MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Boston Business Journal: E-commerce web site casts a wider net for customers". Boston Business Journal article. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05. [dead link]
- ^ "LinkedIn Profile--Chris McWade". LinkedIn Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "LinkedIn Profile: Sarah Hoit". LinkedIn Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Firefly Mobile". Yahoo Finance Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Plaxo Profile". Plaxo Profile: Andrew Lowenstein. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.