The prospect of talking about the dangers and downfalls of gamification gone wrong sounds a bit taboo for a gamification conference. But just because something is uncomfortable doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, and Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products, wants people to know the dangers of gamification. In a recent article, “Is…
I traveled to Gsummit on a search to discuss the latest trends and strategies in implementing successful gamification strategies, utilizing cutting edge business intelligence software, sustaining engagement and loyalty and of course see the much anticipated keynote Neil deGrasse Tyson (you can see a video of Gabe Zichermann interviewing him on gamification revolution). On the second day of…
The three-month-new CEO of Badgeville, Jon Shalowitz, made a splash at GSummit this week with his own attendance, two company speakers, and the engagement bar (serving engagement, not drinks). We managed to speak with Shalowitz about his perspective of the gamification industry, and he had some intriguing thoughts on where the field’s focus should be….
At GSummit Wednesday we ran into Robin Jenkins, the Regional Marketing Manager of 138 Applebees restaurants under the RMH Franchise Corporation, the second largest Applebees group. She talked with us about her collaboration with Bunchball to increase employee engagement at Applebees restaurants. Last July, Jenkins began working with Bunchball to see if gamification can solve…
Here on the second day of GSummit, Content Manager Ashley Tate of BigDoor stopped by to provide us with some unique insights into the gamification industry. BigDoor’s unique angle comes from the perspective of a customer loyalty company that uses gamification as simply one tool of many to carry out their programs. BigDoor started 5…
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.
GSummit is coming up soon, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. We’re happy to share with you the TechnologyAdvice podcast we did with two of the foremost thought leaders in the gamification industry, not to mention speakers at the upcoming GSummit – Yu-kai Chou and Gabe Zichermann. Listen to the podcast and read the summary!
