CrowdTwist recently announced a Series A round of funding of $6M from lead investors SoftBank Capital and Fairhaven Capital. CrowdTwist is a social loyalty and rewards platform that draws heavily from the loyalty side of gamification with a focus towards rewards, monetization, and a strong analytics platform, and the new round is a signal in the future…
As part of our G-List – the who’s-who of the gamification space – we will be holding weekly Tweetups with some of the awesome leaders in gamification and a few speakers and guests of our upcoming Gamification Summit in New York. Follow @gamificationco for updates and submit questions with hashtag #gsummit. Up next on September…
Our second Gamification Summit will be kicking off this Thursday at 9am! We are proud bring together the leading experts from advertising, healthcare, education, government, media, e-commerce, startups and academia to share knowledge and improve engagement with consumers, employees and ourselves. Though the workshop has sold out, limited tickets remain for the two day event….
We are excited to announce a new round of fantastic speakers that will be joining us at the Gamification Summit on September 15-16 here in New York. Aaron Forth, VP and General Manager of Mint.com, Michael Ahern, Associate Director of Fantasy Sport and Gaming at Major League Baseball, and Brandon Evans, Founder and CEO of…
As part of our G-List – the who’s-who of the gamification space – today we have James Gatto, creator and leader of the Pillsbury Law’s Virtual Worlds & Video Games team, leader of the Open Source team and previously headed the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He will be speaking at the upcoming Gamification Summit in New…
As part of our G-List – the who’s-who of the gamification space – today we are happy to have Kris Duggan, founder of Badgeville and panelist for our upcoming Gamification Summit in New York. Follow @gamificationco for updates and submit questions with hashtag #gsummit to get Kris’s insight into gamification and consumer engagement. Keep reading below, and be sure…
Today, Gamification by Design, written by Gabe Zichermann and Christopher Cunningham and published by O’Reilly, is available for order from Amazon.com. The new book focuses on the practical application of gamification techniques and provides a number of case studies and examples on gamification as applied to marketing, enterprise, health, and many others. To celebrate the release, Gamification…
We are fast approaching the second Gamification Summit to be held in New York on September 15-16, but we would like to step back for a moment to highlight some of the speakers that made our first GSummit such a success in San Francisco. Videos from the conference are now available online via FORA.tv with…
An updated look at Keith Smith, CEO and Founder of BigDoor. [SlideDeck id=’4054′ width=’100%’ height=’450px’]
Gamification Co CEO, Gabe Zichermann, recently spoke at the Sustainable Brands conference in Monterey, CA. His talk goes over some of the more interesting uses of gamification as well as the value proposition to brands and companies. At a easily digestible TED style 18 minutes, the video is well worth the time.
In gamification this week, we have interesting stories on game mechanics influencing everything; uttering the “G word” at Casual Connect; a new gamified application to help with college applications; and the importance of onboarding in today’s rapidly changing digital envrionment. Also check out today’s Google Doodle in honor of Alexander Calder. I don’t think every…
Starting Monday, July 18th, Gamification Co will be holding a limited time offer for discounts on our upcoming Gamification Summit. On top of that, each day there is a chance to win up to two hours of consulting time with expert and founder, Gabe Zichermann. The rules go as follows.
Gamification platform Badgeville today announced a second round of funding for $12 million. Founded in September of last year, Badgeville has accelerated quickly by bringing in 75 clients from a range of industries. Deloitte, NBC Universal, and Discovery have already produced some great case studies in gamification. The Series B includes investments from Norwest Ventures…
This week, our own Gabe Zichermann compiled a few of the most interesting businesses in gamification in “7 Winning Examples of Game Mechanics in Action“. From marketing to exercise to saving the planet, gamification has brought to light an amazing capability for motivating participation and educating users. The six companies and one individual have innovated around the…
GamesBeat 2011 is VentureBeat’s third annual conference on disruption in the video game market. This year’s event, taking place on July 12-13 in San Francisco, will focus on the intersection of games and mobile, two of the hottest markets in the technology sector which have shown promise for engaging players in interesting and innovative ways. Friends…
