It’s the only time that you’ll see both NYC and Boston win in the same game. GSUMMITx Boston gave the NYC GSUMMITx event a run for its money. Our featured talk by Gabe Zichermann was once again a positively hypnotizing experience. Even though Gabe’s has given his gamification talks multiple times all around the world, each time…
We’re beyond excited to announce Gamification Summit 2012, which will take place in San Francisco June 19-21. Coming on the heels of 2011’s awesome, sold out events in NYC and SF, GSummit 2012 (our only major US event this year) promises to deliver even more of the hands-on, data-rich learning, networking and fun that helps…
This week on the Gamification Roundup we are seeing the allure of gamification. BadgeVille makes another strategic partnership with Ant’s Eye View. Two startups and a university use gamification to reach out to prospective employees and students. Even support teams and corporate wellness initiatives are seeing strong reasons to go towards gamification. Read the full…
If you’re like most people, everyone has a day-of-the week where they clean house. Sure, daily routines are great but it’s not for all households due to the increasing demands on you and the kids schedules. Also, amassing momentum with the kids to get chores done is a daunting task. So what to do? Time to…
Most kids aren’t too excited about doing their chores, but really, who can blame them for their lack of enthusiasm? It’s only natural that they’d rather play video games than fold the laundry. So it’s no wonder many parents are looking for ways to incorporate gamification into daily routines.
The youngest person ever to be involved in gamification has emerged. Thanks to this photo from Toby Beresford, we have a new leader for belching in London! The position for #1 on this Burping Leaderboard goes to his newborn son, Simeon. Congratulations Simeon and to Dad & Mum! Toby is founder of Pailz, (a company that…
Our global, local, free meetup is in Boston tonight (Feb 23, 2012)–GSUMMITx Boston. After a hugely successful GSUMMITx NYC, we created the Boston meetup group. It grew to over 50 people within 2 days, and now to over 120 people. Although, this was no surprise in the piping hot space of Gamification. The event is…
Social photo sharing is currently one of the hottest services out there. Instagram and Pinterest are immensely popular and excellent for sharing pictures but what if these services began to offer more than just sharing? What if the images you were sharing were also proof of your new healthy habits or most recent endeavors? Leap…
Part of our mission at Gamification Co is to catalogue the breadth and depth of gamification across industries. As gamification has grown, one of the top requests from our readers is “Do you have an example of gamification for *insert idea here* ?” While we do have a steady stream of gamification news, we recognize…
This week on the Gamification Roundup we have big news on incentivization and research. In addition to Badgeville’s recent partnership with BazaarVoice, now they are collaborating with Klout. Hearing news of this and an NY Times article on incentivizing civic behavior, we may soon have all our actions incentivized with the promise of glorious prizes…
Social Media Week is a major international event that takes place twice a year. This past week saw NYC flooded with events celebrating and investigating social media across a wide spectrum. Of course, gamification featured prominently in the discussion. In case you missed it, here are some of the gamification apps, slides and videos from…
Following up on the meme that’s spreading like wildfire today, I thought you might find it amusing to see our view of “What Gamification Practitioners Do”. Click on the image to see the full size version, and feel free to share your thoughts. 🙂
MIT’s Education Arcade released some information recently that could really change how gamification/ game-based learning can be used to help students learn. Games for Learning is not a new phenomenon, but this recent manifestation is quite unique and could be a springboard for further games of this type. This manifestation has specific, unique promises for further…
Happy Social Media Week! This week on the gamification news roundup, we explore the power of gaming in a social and enterprising context. The office could be changed forever if Gartner is right about the need for gamification in BPM implementation and if the Microsoft Kinect ends up in everyone’s office. And in light of Social Media…
Gamification has made it to prime time with our old friend Doogie Howser [aka Neil Patrick Harris, aka Barney from How I Met Your Mother]. In this episode, Barney wanted to find out which girl from his past was sabotaging him to meet any new girls. To find that girl, Barney gamified the process by…
