Gfh In Action
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Games for Health
In Action...
When We Last Met...
• 220 Attendees• 25 Sessions• No Major industry presence• Next Gen just launching...
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19 Months Later...
• 300+ Attendees• 50+ Sessions• 75 Speakers, 8 Countries• Tracks on Exergaming & Training• Pre-Conference Workshops• Major industry participation• Wii, Xbox360, PS3
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Last Week
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1 Week from Now...
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Later this year...
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Three Years Ago...
Two year grant... $250,000
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Today!
Four Year Grant$1,000,000
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But Wait...
There’s more...
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Health Games Research
$7 Million20+ Research Grants
Evidence & Theory FocusBuild our research base!
www.healthgamesresearch.org
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Thank You!!!
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We did not do this alone....
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...
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Bring People Together...
• Games for Health Southwest Day• E3 Media Festival 2008• First Ever Games for Health Jam
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Bring People Together...
• Claudia McDonald, Roman Cibirka & Breakaway Games
• Butch Rosser & Tony Findley• Dave Warhol & Harold Goldberg• NMSU• CDC• And many others...
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Listen & Support
• Games for Health Support Kit• Virtual Worlds & Health• Games Accessibility Day• Feedback...
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Find Comparative Advantages
• Health Games Research• Games for Health Retreats...
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Promote...
• Speaker Filming• Promotional Support• Screenshot Archive• Games for Health Contest & Jams• IGDA Accessibility SIG
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IGDA Accessibility SIG
• $30,000+ in funding over two years• Games Accessibility Day
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Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/23649357#23649357
Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories
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Three Weeks Later...
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Make Stuff Happen & Tell Stories
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It’s Time to Rock (badly)...
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Make Stuff Happen!!!
• Network• Learn• Listen• Team• Innovate• Share• Think outside... everything
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