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Second Life Community ConventionRWJF 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

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

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

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

Two CompetitionsRuckus 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