This week on the Gamification Roundup we have a number of interesting articles for the gamification enthusiast to ponder: Rajat Paharia of Bunchball provides some gamification patterns to consider for enterprise implementation. IBM is rewarding office weightloss with cash but has users input their own data. The Asian Games market is growing rapidly – could…
GSummit has something for everyone. On Wednesday, upstairs in room 3 the events all revolved around the how’s and why’s of design. In case you couldn’t attend GSummit, you were at another room, or you want a recap of the events and you were there, here is the summary of the events in Room 3.
On GamificationCo, we’ve noticed that some of our most popular posts have been about the gamification of education or teaching. Teachers are among the most intrinsically motivated by engaging others and it’s amazing to see them find new ways to engage others.
They need to be recognized!
Coursera is hard at work transforming post-secondary education through its innovative partnerships and use of MOOC (Massively Online Open Course) approaches. Behind their breakneck success is the desire of learners around the world to progress in their own lives and achieve something greater than themselves. In this insightful session from GSummit SF 2013, Julia Stiglitz and Pamela Fox will share Coursera’s insights about the need for progress, what drives user behavior in a lifelong learning context, and how to deliver this sense of achievement intrinsically.
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Seeing a company’s employees in a fully collaborative and effective setting is extremely hard to come by these days. As businesses continue to promote cutthroat strategies to encourage individual performance, teamwork is almost non-existent. In fact, it may get so bad that simply communicating with colleagues over an internet chat-platform even becomes tiresome, which also isn’t helped by the fact that most of these communication platforms are hard to understand and difficult to work with.
In mid 2013 we embarked on an unusual, exhausting and time consuming project: GSummit Global. Our goal was to bring live gamification workshops, networking meetups and the best, new online lectures to key cities around the world. During the year, I traveled well over 100,000 miles, visiting over a dozen cities from Bangalore to Buenos Aires and everywhere in between.
We were excited to have Stella Grizont join us again this year at GSummit. Stella is the Founder and CEO at WOOPAAH. Below are her bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Stella Grizont is the Founder and CEO of WOOPAAH, dedicated to helping people and their companies’ flourish. WOOPAAH is loved by Google,…
Product eLearning has experienced huge growth in the travel and tourism sector in the last few years. In the UK alone there are over 300 free training courses available to travel agents. Organisations such as SeaWorld, Avis and British Airways have used eLearning as an advertising medium with transparent results and measurable ROI. However, eLearning didn’t just come out of the blue; we created it as a way to solve some problems specific to our problems in training within the travel industry.
Without going to far into detail, this year’s Maker Faire at New York City’s Corona Park was absolutely incredible. I’ve been to the Hall of Science as a young child but over 15 years later, I felt as if I were transformed back into a child re-experiencing a world of wonder. However, this time – it wasn’t only the world of science I relived, I experienced the pinnacle of human creativity and engineering amassed by a wonderful eclectic group of engineers, artists, geeks, children, and parents all brought together to experience each other’s projects. The first story I would like to share today is from Sproutel co-founder, Aaron Horowitz, and his story about Jerry the Bear.
Vitality is an international, comprehensive and personalized wellness program, which from its origins in the 1990s incorporated basic gaming elements of points, status and awards. As we evolve we continue to ask ourselves: What mechanisms encourage our members to participate and get healthier? And moreover, how do we sustain and increase engagement over time?
To that end, we introduced Vitality Squares early in 2013, as an online health-themed game of chance that can be played by members once a month to earn points.
Editor’s note: Buster Benson is founder of Health Month, and previous creator of 43Things, 750Words, and Locavore. He has been working on gamification since before the term was coined, and recently sat down with contributor, Eric Bruenner, to share some ideas on using software to help us achieve mastery and accomplish our goals. Selections are below, and…
In the past couple of years, there has been an increase of game device use for areas other than actual gaming. The newest area of use is for physical health. Medical researchers and physical therapists are finding that using virtual reality games are very helpful in terms of treatment and rehabilitation for stroke patients. The…
There’s a very interesting phenomena in biology I’ve been wanting to link to gamification called “the winner effect.” When any animal, from fish to humans, wins a contest, they have a large release of testosterone and dopamine in the brain. Over time this changes their brains structure and chemical makeup, making them more confident, smarter, and able to take on larger challenges than before.
Spigit, the maker of collaborative innovation management software for enterprises, has recently acquired Crowdcast. Crowdcast provides social business intelligence solutions and raised $6M in Series A funding in 2010. Spigit is aiming to provide market services and solutions that give organizations the ability to gain insight on the collective intelligence of its professional network. Crowdcast will play the…
UPDATE: Our Workshop Series 2011 is now over. If you are still interested in keeping up with the fast-moving frontier of gamification, we will be offering an in-depth workshop at Gamification Summit New York on September 16, 2011. For information and registration, visit GSummit.com. We’re excited to announce that Gamification Co. has expanded its successful workshops…
