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Website: www.rpgresearch.com
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Location(s): Global (HQ in Spokane, WA).
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Online participation options: Many! Since 1996.
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At-client-site options: Yes.
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Mobile options: Yes.
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For-profit or non-profit: Non-profit. 100% unpaid volunteer-run.
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Participation Free or Costs: Most programs free, some "pay what you want" / donate programs.
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Language(s): Primarily English & American Sign Language, but volunteers from 5 continents means capabilities for many other languages.
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Accessibility Notes: Focused on
accessibility and inclusiveness. Extensive accessibility training and
equipment to improve participation prospects. Wheelchair accessible
mobile facilities available.
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Ages: 2 through 102+ years old
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Populations: Extremely diverse range of populations. See list of populations page here: .....
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Key contact(s): Hawke Robinson
(Founder/President), John Welker (Co-founder/VP), Danielle Whitworth
(Co-founder/Secretary), Kate Hyatt (Treasurer), Brooke Lively
(Vice-Chair)
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Number of Staff: 131+ 100% unpaid volunteers as of May 2020.
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Participant capacity: Varies. Mobile
interior: 18. Mobile exterior: ~50. Online TRPG simultaneous sessions:
(8 studios 6 participants each). Online events: Pending 60,000+.
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Summary: 501(c)3 non-profit 100%
unpaid volunteer-run research & human services charitable
organization studying the effects of cooperative music and all
role-playing game formats for the potential to help improve lives and
the overall human condition globally.
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Mission Statement:
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Vision Statement:
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Impact:
Mission Statement
4-Part Mission Statement
1) To
clearly establish, through rigorous scientific testing, the effects on
participants of: music and all role-playing game (RPG) formats: tabletop
(TRPG), live-action (LRPG), electronic (ERPG), and all hybrid variants
(HRPG). In addition to determining the potential relevance of correlated
factors, wherever possible, significant emphasis is placed on
contributing to the body of causal research information.
2) Based
on any available established research, from a variety of disciplines,
using relevant evidence-based and theory-based approaches, RPG Research
will assess, design, develop, implement & evaluate intervention
programs using music and/or various role-playing game formats as
intervention modalities for participants to achieve their recreational,
educational, professional, therapeutic or other
quality-of-life-enhancing goals.
3) Based
on funding, staffing, and resource availability, RPG Research will
provide these services to individuals, population groups, and
communities where research indicates they may benefit the most from our
programs, and advocate for accessibility and inclusiveness for the
widest range of populations possible, especially those in under-served
and un-served areas.
4) Whenever
legally and ethically possible, all such research information will be
freely and openly shared with the public to help further advance the
global body of knowledge and overall improve the experience of the human
condition.
Vision Statement
Using
scientific research and community outreach programs to determine the
actual caveats & benefits from participation in cooperative music
& role-playing game activities, over time we will:
1) Eliminate the myths & stigma associated with these activities.
2)
Through these inclusive and accessible programs help the widest range
of populations possible globally achieve a remarkably improved quality
of life.
3)
Raise the experience of the human condition globally through the
sharing of knowledge on a free platform accessible to all, while
encouraging others to share their findings on this platform.
4) Provide free training to those willing to take the time as volunteers to develop the skills necessary to achieve these goals.
5) To provide services that achieve all of the above.
Impact Statement
See full statement with numbers here: https://rpgresearch.com/impact
RPG
Research directly helps improve the quality of life for hundreds (now
becoming thousands) of people each year. As we grow, we hope globally it
will become many millions (dare we hope billions?) of lives.
This impact ripples out to many more people around the world benefiting from our programs every year!
Our
programs have impact in different ways, throughout different
populations, due to the variety of our program offerings, and the
expansiveness of our outreach, including:
• Local and online RPG Community Programs
• Drop In and RPG Mobile Programs with the Wheelchair Accessible RPG Bus & RPG Trailers
• Research programs, open research repository, live Internet streams,
online programs, videos, blog postings, publications, conventions,
conferences, panels, etc.
• Educational workshops, videos, online education, and other applied learning programs
Programs List
