Top Trends in Loyalty Last week was Badgeville’s Engage event in NYC and I had the chance to hear Mark Goldstein, CEO and founder of LoyaltyLab, talk about his top 10 trends in loyalty. Gamification is reinventing the loyalty space and it is critical to be aware of these trends as gamification continues to grow…
gsummitX Europe is two days away and in light of our event, we’ve been maintaining a list of some of the top examples of gamification in Europe. Today, we’re announcing our winner: Gamisfaction stole the show with a whopping 120 total user votes and is our top example of gamification in Europe with their gamified twitter client. Using Gamisfaction,…
Services like DueProps and Rypple (now Work.com) have already demonstrated the power of immediate feedback in the workspace. Anything is better than that awful yearly performance review but what if you had the opportunity to review your boss as well? There is now a new startup that allows employees to freely give constructive feedback to…
In a world of emerging gamification companies offering universal platforms and SaaS solutions, SocialLair is approaching enterprise gamification with a heavy emphasis of customization and social interaction. The origin of SocialLair starts with its CEO, Padmanabh Dabke, and his first experience with creating an idea-management startup. Dabke quickly learned that creating a one-size-fits-all solution simply…
In a humble space that has housed numerous sample sales and the New York City Chocolate Show, Badgeville held an exclusive invite-only event for thought leaders interested in gamification. Located on the second floor of the Metropolitan Pavilion, Badgeville’s Engage 2012 event greeted each attendee with a laissez-faire coat check, a fancy neodymium-magnet ID badge, and…
Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT at http://gamification.co/live. This week’s show features Kes Sampanthar, Director of Media Strategies at Cynergy, The Experience Agency. Here’s a rundown on the topics covered this week: Kes’ beginnings with creating games and Thinkcube How to sustain…
Hello #gamification12 students! It’s all over isn’t it? It has been an amazing journey looking at the beginnings of gamification to the bright future we are at now. We are still seeking some user-accounts about their experiences with the course and would love to talk about them here. Send us an email and you can find yourself on the…
Oracle might be in the market for a gamification acquisition now that Oracle has joined Bunchball’s board of advisors. This news follows a very recent article from Gigaom, in which Chief Product Officer and Founder of Bunchball, Rajat Paharia, said that big gamification acquisitions will be happening very soon by the “SAPs, Oracles, Microsofts and Salesforces of the world”. Then…
This week in the GBase, we have three new examples of gamified loyalty platforms for our gamification database: GAMINSIDE is a full-service provider for gamified loyalty and engagement solutions. Social Rewards is a loyalty marketing startup that helps companies identify brand advocates, enhance CRM data and increase social engagement. CrowdTwist is an engagement and loyalty platform that specializes in…
On September 29th, more than 60,000 attended the Global Citizen Festival to see the likes of Neil Young, The Foo Fighers, and Black Keys to perform and raise awareness for extreme global poverty. Those lucky enough to attend the event may have found themselves paying upwards of $250 for a single ticket but the fact…
Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT at http://gamification.co/live. This week’s guest features Jeff Coghlan, CEO & Founder of the award-winning branded entertainment agency, Matmi. Here’s a rundown on the topics covered this week: Jeff’s origins on how he got into making…
Edit – Zamzee replied to some our questions below! I may have doubts about the Nike Fuelband being a viable device to increase physical activity but some new research from Zamzee could prove me otherwise. A randomized-control study sponsored by HopeLab and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the…
In addition to seeing the awesome diabetic Jerry Bear, I had the pleasure of running into a small table with the words Staten Island on it. I can feel people grimacing in disgust and feigning a fist pump as they read the name of this misunderstand borough but make no mistake that Staten Island officially has a…
Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT at http://gamification.co/live. If you missed Gabe’s live show this week, here’s a rundown on some of the topics covered: The Michelin Stars rating system from a gamification design perspective. How to analyze the negative characteristics of…
At GCo, we believe it is important to engage and support our gamification community so that we can grow, not only as a community, but as an industry as a whole. Today I would like to share the story of dopaWin, a rewards platform based out of Estonia. If you would like your organization or…
