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September 17, 2013

Gamification Accreditation and Finding Gamification Jobs

Ivan Kuo11 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, September 19h at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Mike Skochko, teacher, tech coordinator and gamifier!

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This week Gabe got the chance to catch-up with some audience regulars and answer some important questions about why it matters to get gamification certification and strategies for finding gamification jobs. Catch the full video below:



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employee engagement

Partnering, Not Parenting, for Employee Engagement

Kevin Kruse06 mins

By now, most executives and HR professionals know that employee engagement is both important and woefully lacking. But despite all the time and money invested into engagement initiatives, many organizations still aren’t moving the needle. Why?

Whenever I ask business leaders, “Whose job is engagement?” I usually hear one of these answers:

  • The HR department owns it
  • We hold our managers accountable

Both good answers, but partial answers.

According to IDG Research 43% of engagement comes from intrinsic motivation, by definition factors that are completely outside the influence of company mangers.

What is missing from many efforts to increase employee engagement, are the individual employees themselves.

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