Gfh In Action

Slide 1: Games for Health In Action...

Slide 2: When We Last Met... • 220 Attendees • 25 Sessions • No Major industry presence • Next Gen just launching... 2

Slide 3: 19 Months Later... • 300+ Attendees • 50+ Sessions • 75 Speakers, 8 Countries • Tracks on Exergaming & Training • Pre-Conference Workshops • Major industry participation • Wii, Xbox360, PS3 3

Slide 4: Last Week 4

Slide 5: 1 Week from Now... 5

Slide 6: Later this year... 6

Slide 7: Three Years Ago... Two year grant... $250,000 7

Slide 8: Today! Four Year Grant $1,000,000 8

Slide 9: But Wait... There’s more... 9

Slide 10: Health Games Research $7 Million 20+ Research Grants Evidence & Theory Focus Build our research base! www.healthgamesresearch.org 10

Slide 11: Thank You!!! We did not do this alone.... 11

Slide 12: Our Goals... • Bring people together & foster innovation • Listen & support you with a platform • Find comparative advantages • Demystify processes & best practices • Promote the best development, research, organizations, & people • Make stuff happen & tell stories... 12

Slide 13: Bring People Together... • Games for Health Southwest Day • E3 Media Festival 2008 • First Ever Games for Health Jam 13

Slide 14: Bring People Together... • Claudia McDonald, Roman Cibirka & Breakaway Games • Butch Rosser & Tony Findley • Dave Warhol & Harold Goldberg • NMSU • CDC • And many others... 14

Slide 15: Listen & Support • Games for Health Support Kit • Virtual Worlds & Health • Games Accessibility Day • Feedback... 15

Slide 16: Find Comparative Advantages • Health Games Research • Games for Health Retreats... 16

Slide 17: Promote... • Speaker Filming • Promotional Support • Screenshot Archive • Games for Health Contest & Jams • IGDA Accessibility SIG 17

Slide 18: IGDA Accessibility SIG • $30,000+ in funding over two years • Games Accessibility Day 18

Slide 19: Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/23649357#23649357 19

Slide 20: Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories 20

Slide 21: Three Weeks Later... 21

Slide 22: Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories 22

Slide 23: It’s Time to Rock (badly)... 23

Slide 24: Make Stuff Happen!!! • Network • Learn • Listen • Team • Innovate • Share • Think outside... everything 24

Slide 25: Thank You! Ben Sawyer bsawyer@gamesforhealth.org bsawyer@dmill.com 207 773 3700 25