Presentations

"Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks and Review of Agenda"
Rich Killingsworth
Director, Active Living by Design

Overview of the RWJF Active Living Family of Programs
Kate Kraft, PhD
Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Extreme Bingo: Getting to Know Each Other"
Sarah Strunk
Deputy Director, Active Living by Design

"Here We Are! Now What?"
Rich Killingsworth
Director, Active Living by Design

CONNECT Training
This session will provide a primer on how to work with elected officials. Content will focus on the grantees' meetings on Capitol Hill, including what to expect, how to make a request and strategies for following up. Grantees also will be introduced to their "coaches" and will have time to refine their meeting objectives and approach.
Ann Christiano - Communications Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ben Milder - Senior Associate, Burness Communications
Colleen Chapman - Associate for Public Policy, Burness Communications
Mitch Patterson - Senior Research Associate, Burness Communications

Let's Re-CONNECT
Grantees will share successes and lessons learned from their meetings on Capitol Hill.
Ann Christiano - Communications Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Welcome"
Rich Killingsworth
Director, Active Living by Design

"Active Living: Where Are We in the Health Promotion Universe?"
Michael O'Donnell, PhD
Editor-in-Chief and President, American Journal of Health Promotion

"Helping Our Children Lead Active Lives"
Charlene Burgeson -Presentation
Executive Director, National Association for Sport and Physical Education
Melissa Johnson - Presentation
Executive Director, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Description
This session will include an overview of the key policies and programs that influence youth physical activity in the United States. The session will profile current physical activity trends and issues among youth and will present ideas for making the best use of local resources to promote physical activity in young people. The presentations will highlight the primary interventions, policy priorities and prime settings, such as schools, to promote physical activity.

"Parks and Trails: They're Not Just for Recreation Anymore"
Jeff Ciabotti - Presentation
Director of Trail Development, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Paul Labovitz - Presentation
Program Leader, Rivers & Trails/Midwest Region, National Park Service
Description
Outdoor recreation facilities such as parks and trails can provide valuable infrastructure for communities to promote physical activity. This session will provide an overview of planning processes, resources and partners to assist communities with developing parks and trails.

"Myths and Misses: How to Get Media Attention"
Andy Burness
President, Burness Communications

"ALbD Community Partnerships Discussion Group #2"
Chuck Alexander
Senior Associate, Burness Communications
Description
This session will give a small group of project directors a forum for discussing their individual and collective experiences to date and suggestions for future growth and progress. Feedback will be used to improve processes, practices and the ability to better serve grantees in the future. Project Directors will be asked to sign up for this session in advance.

"The Roles of Worksites and Business Leaders in Active Communities"
Tim McDonald - Presentation
Manager, Corporate Health Programs, General Motors Corporation
Michael O'Donnell, PhD - Presentation
Editor-in-Chief and President, American Journal of Health Promotion
Description
This session will provide insight into the importance of worksite health promotion efforts and will make the case for why businesses will serve as influential partners to promote active living. Several models will be discussed, including the experiences learned from the General Motors Corporation model of health promotion.

"Increasing Physical Activity through Active Transportation"
Andy Clarke - Presentation
Director of State and Local Advocacy, League of American Bicyclists"
Jennifer Toole - Presentation
President, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Principal, Toole Design Group
Description
This session will introduce participants to the fundamentals of active transportation and the primary national policies, programs, partners and resources that exist to support walking and bicycling locally. Participants will learn about a broad array of opportunities and how they are implemented at the local level. Presenters will also introduce major challenges to promoting active transportation at the local level and introduce effective tools and methods to address them.

"ALbD Community Partnerships Discussion Group #3"
Chuck Alexander
Senior Associate, Burness Communications
Description
This session will give a small group of project directors a forum for discussing their individual and collective experiences to date and suggestions for future growth and progress. Feedback will be used to improve processes, practices and the ability to better serve grantees in the future. Project Directors will be asked to sign up for this session in advance.

"Designing Activity-Friendly Communities:Opportunities and Challenges"
Don Chen - Presentation
Executive Director and CEO, Smart Growth America
Rich McClintock - Presentation
Director, Livable Communities Support Center
Description
This session will introduce participants to the fundamentals of activity-friendly community design with an emphasis on integrating land use, facilities and active transportation. Participants will learn about the primary national policies, programs, partners and trends that promote activity-friendly community design and how they are applied at the local level. Presenters will introduce major challenges with implementing activity-friendly design at the local level and introduce effective tools and methods to address these challenges.

"Supporting Active Environments for Everyone: Universal Design & Older Adults"
Roger Landry, MD
President, All Ways Healthy
Laurie Ringaert
Director, Center for Universal Design
North Carolina State University
Description
This session will provide an overview of the demographic pressures facing American society over the next two decades and the needs of both older adults and people with disabilities. The presentation will also focus on program and design strategies and how to increase physical activity through universal design methods.

"Welcome"
Rich Killingsworth
Director, Active Living by Design

"A Futurist's View of Active Living"
Clem Bezold, PhD
President, Institute for Alternative Futures

Beyond Widgets: Measuring Impact and Documenting Success
This general session will present an overview of strategies for measuring outcomes of the Active Living by Design program. Presentations will describe current plans for an "external" evaluation, sponsored by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, of the community impacts of the twenty-five projects. The session will also include an introduction to a web-based extranet system, and its proposed progress reporting component that is specifically designed for ALbD grantees.
Entire Presentation
Laura Brennan
Principal, Inneval, LLC
Phil Bors
Project Officer, Active Living by Design
Mark Dessauer
Communications Officer, Active Living by Design

Making (Dollars and) Sense of RWJF Reporting
Now that we've all signed the prenup, what comes next? This session will provide an overview of RWJF reporting requirements, demystify key terms and identify how to get help.
Jeanne Stives - Presentation
Grants Administrator, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"Where Do We Go From Here?"
Sarah Strunk
Deputy Director, Active Living by Design

"If Active Living Were Wildly Successful…"
Tyler Norris
President, Community Initiatives
Chair, Active Living by Design National Advisory Committee