Second Life Community Convention RWJF Activities in SL

About RWJF Mission: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans Program Areas: 4 Portfolios Human Capital Vulnerable Populations Targeted: Public Health, Childhood Obesity, Quality/Equality, and Health Care Coverage Pioneer

Mission: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans

Program Areas: 4 Portfolios

Human Capital

Vulnerable Populations

Targeted: Public Health, Childhood Obesity, Quality/Equality, and Health Care Coverage

Pioneer

Pioneer Portfolio Supporting innovative projects that may significantly accelerate critical breakthroughs in health and health care High Risk/High Reward Following and influencing emerging trends Seeking new ideas from unexpected places

Supporting innovative projects that may significantly accelerate critical breakthroughs in health and health care

High Risk/High Reward

Following and influencing emerging trends

Seeking new ideas from unexpected places

RWJF Activities in Second Life Addiction Treatment: exploring how Second Life can be used to improve addiction treatment Youth Venture/Global Kids: exploring how teens can lead and grow their own ventures in Teen Second Life CeaseFire: exploring how to train outreach workers in violence prevention through Second Life

Addiction Treatment: exploring how Second Life can be used to improve addiction treatment

Youth Venture/Global Kids: exploring how teens can lead and grow their own ventures in Teen Second Life

CeaseFire: exploring how to train outreach workers in violence prevention through Second Life

Two Competitions Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care An online collaborative competition in partnership with Changemakers Visit www.changemakers.net Entry deadline: September 26, 2007 Three winners will each receive $5000

Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care

An online collaborative competition in partnership with Changemakers

Visit www.changemakers.net

Entry deadline: September 26, 2007

Three winners will each receive $5000

Two Competitions Ruckus Nation: Your Idea Could Start Movement In partnership with HopeLab Generate an original product idea that will motivate middle-school kids (11-14 years old) to become more physically active Individuals or teams of up to 6 people may enter in 1 of 4 categories: Middle School/Junior High School High School College/University All Others

Ruckus Nation: Your Idea Could Start Movement

In partnership with HopeLab

Generate an original product idea that will motivate middle-school kids (11-14 years old) to become more physically active

Individuals or teams of up to 6 people may enter in 1 of 4 categories:

Middle School/Junior High School

High School

College/University

All Others

Ruckus Nation Semifinalists (at least 10 per category) $250 per team Category Winners (at least 2 per category) $25,000 per team Grand Prize Winner (only 1) An additional $50,000 prize (selected from Category Winners) Inspiration Prizes (for team mentors nominated by Category Winners) $2,500 per nominee Visit www.ruckusnation.com

Semifinalists (at least 10 per category)

$250 per team

Category Winners (at least 2 per category)

$25,000 per team

Grand Prize Winner (only 1)

An additional $50,000 prize (selected from Category Winners)

Inspiration Prizes (for team mentors nominated by Category Winners)

$2,500 per nominee

Visit www.ruckusnation.com