We were excited to have Eileen Bartholomew join us this year at GSummit from XPRIZE. Eileen is the Senior VP of Prizes at XPRIZE Foundation. Below are her bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Eileen leads the Prizes organization at XPRIZE, where she turns great ideas into audacious competitions that result in breakthroughs for…
We were excited to have Albert Balcells join us this year at GSummit from Next Jump. Albert is the Co-head of Engineering at Next Jump (along with GSummit Speaker, Thomas Fuller). He’s also been a speaker at a past GSummitX NYC event. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Albert Balcells joined…
We were excited to have Pamela Radford join us this year at GSummit from Electronic Arts. Pamela is the Senior Director of Global Engagement Marketing at EA. Below are her bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Pamela Radford leads Global Engagement Marketing at EA, responsible for cross-channel marketing supporting EA’s console, web &…
This year at GSummit, we welcomed Rajat Paharia, Founder and Chief Product Officer at Bunchball. Bunchball, for the 5th time in a row, was a sponsor at GSummit. They also sponsored the All-Attendee Party on June 11th–so you can all thank them again for the fun we all had! Below is Rajat’s bio, video and…
On our 4th day at GSummit, we introduced our all-new Hands-on Labs–a 90 min experience for attendees to dive deeper into a topic. This Hands-on Lab was facilitated by Molly Kittle (VP Digital Strategy, Bunchball) and Keith Conley (Director, Analytics & Insight, Bunchball). Bunchball was one of our sponsors this year–making it their 5th GSummit…
The following three vendors offer engagement solutions that are particularly relevant for enterprise use, as analyzed by our team at TechnologyAdvice.
In this episode of Gamification Revolution, Gabe talks to Steve Sims of Badgeville about Steve’s previous experience in the game industry that brought him to gamification and starting Badgeville. Learn how his experience has helped him and how far has the industry gone since then as Steve and Gabe reminisce.
When you go to a conference, how many times do you check your phone? If it’s less than once every six minutes, you’re already behind the crowd.
If you didn’t know already, GSummit, the world’s best conference on gamification, is right around the corner. We at TechnologyAdvice are super excite to be present and to learn that, this year, they’ll be making use of Livecube, which is just one of the many, many reasons to be excited about the conference. I got to bend the ear of Aaron Price, the founder of Livecube.
In this episode of Gamification Revolution weekly webinars, Gabe talks to Phaedra Boinodiris of IBM about IBM’s initiatives to support regular employee education for the company’s 500’000 global employees.
Groundbreaker is a gamified stockmarket of potential startups. It’s the bridge between good ideas and real profitable businesses. A simple and effective tool to quickly develop your ideas and have fun! It’s innovation for all. By definition, the word “groundbreaker” means “a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity”. But, from…
In this episode of Gamification Revolution weekly webinars, Gabe talks to Mario Herger of Enterprise Gamification Consultancy, this year’s GSummit sponsor and a long-time friend of ours. Gabe and Mario touch on how far gamification has come and what principles and techniques Mario and EGC use to design for engagement. Starting from defining business goals and pinpointing the key stakeholders and drivers in the organization, to managing teams and customer all over the globe, this webinar covers many questions that our audience is interested in. For example. IT systems and technology are not as important to EGC as business goals and overall engagement techniques, making low-tech engagement a big topic of many discussions that we’ve had this year.
Do you get a stuffy nose that you blame on allergies, but don’t know exactly what you are allergic to? The Zyrtec AllergyCast app could give you a better idea of what causes your allergic reactions.
Below is an article from Comarch, one of our Gold Sponsors at GSummit SF 2014. Join us at GSummit this June 10-13 in San Francisco as we discover the secrets of engagement science together! Also, hear from Comarch’s CEO, Jerry Filipiak in his talk about “The Internet of Things: Using Technology to Engage”–where Jerry will…
In late 2013, Gabe traveled to 12 cities worldwide for GSummit Global, a series of full-day workshops and meetups to bring GSummit closer to gamification fans. As a part of GSummit Global, we also released 10 new webinars and videos by gamification and engagement professionals. We will be releasing them publicly as we keep counting down to GSummit 2014.
Ross Smith is Director of Test at Microsoft and Skype. He has been at Microsoft for over 20 years and believes strongly that “The Future of Work, is Play.” In this fast-paced 18-minute talk, he traces motivation and gameplay from Egyptian pyramids to pre-industrial era to hippy 1970s to the future, and suggests how to manage the new generation analyze workforce and work changes today.
It’s one thing to offer gamification incentives to keep customers and employees engaged, but is it really another to offer incentives for job hopefuls? Not according to Saul Minkoff, co-founder of Pulse Savings. Minkoff teamed up with 1-Page, a hiring gamification startup, to change the way members joined his team.
