We first covered LevelEleven for having a gamified sales application for Salesforce and raising $1M for it but this week, they have unveiled a new application called LeaderTV to bring live leaderboards to your workspace via office TVs and monitors.
The release is the culmination of two years of full-time software development by seasoned engineers in the Open Source CRM field determined to build the best Open Source CRM application on the planet. Developers of the Zurmo Open Source Customer Relationship Management application today announced the General Audience (GA) release of Zurmo Version 1.0. The release is the culmination of two years of full-time software development by seasoned engineers in the Open Source CRM field. Zurmo 1.0 addresses three significant pillars to a successful customer facing solution – Users, Developers, and the Enterprise.
Gamification has finally hit a significant speed bump—overinflation from hype and expectations. In a recently published Gartner article, in-house analysts have predicted that about 80% of gamified solutions will fail in reaching business objectives by 2014 due to poor design. This could be easily avoided if people would simply just use good gamification design, but that simply isn’t the case.
In a recent study looking at why some massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) like World of Warcraft still commands millions of loyal players despite its eight year lineage, those engaging most with character customization and guilds were found to be the most loyal players. The TechCrunch article mentions the possibility for these elements to increase “virality”…
Capgemini and Badgeville Partner Up for New Digital Transformation Division Even after its recent partnership with Leaderboarded, Capgemini just cant get enough of gamification as evidenced by its new partnership with gamification SaaS provider, Badgeville. Capgemini has been working with the MIT Center for Digital Business to study investing habits of 400 companies and has…
Gamification is being utilized as productivity tools in Nokia, AutoDesk, and Microsoft Whether it is to design a new system, troubleshoot bugs or implement new features, developers are the chief problem solvers in any enterprise. D Developers and programmers are software engineers who are often tasked with finding solutions for abstract problems in addition…
The Following is an Op-Ed by Michael Hugos, CIO and Mentor at the Center for Systems Innovation [c4si] We know game mechanics are going to merge with business operations. It’s a great idea. And the introduction of points, badges, levels and leaderboards on company websites is the first step. But now a lot of business folks…
Gamification is not just a national hype as it drives from game mechanics as well as various other arts and sciences. Games stem from play, humanity’s natural form of learning. As play is universal, gamification is an international sensation that is providing many solutions in B2E, B2C, and B2B contexts all over the world. However,…
Mastering the mechanics and principles for effective implementation of gamification is no easy feat for any aspiring gamification experts. Yet, mastering the art of articulating and pitching gamification to one’s own organization can be daunting task for many. How does one successfully pitch gamification to their colleagues and upper management? Although the task ahead may…
Leaderboarded, a web application for community managers to “motivate their tribe” by creating an online leaderboard, has today announced a major employee gamification initiative at Capgemini — marking a major social collaboration between one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology, and outsourcing services and the social data startup seeking to rewrite the rules…
According to WANTED Analytics, hiring demand for gamification skills are up 293% from 2011. While the trend for hiring demand is on an upward path, there has been a slight 1% decrease in demand since July 2012. WANTED Analytics also analyzed job postings followed by Wire Telecommunications Carriers and All Other Telecommunications and concluded the…
The Evolution of Loyalty This is a guest article by David Leeds, founder and CEO of Tango Card Today consumers are rewarded for loyalty in almost everything they do. Check in with foursquare to earn badges or become mayor; reach a new level on Mega Jump and get a 10% off coupon as a prize; research and…
Every year millions… No, make that billions… Of our country’s tax dollars and philanthropic funds are funneled into university scientific research labs to facilitate revolutionary – even world saving – studies. But what happens to the all that research? Where do all these world saving discoveries end up? According to three British PhD students, “95…
Gigya has announced the launch of their new NEXUS Partner Ecosystem, which will allow their social infrastructure to connect to a large host of marketing services and applications. All the data connected through Gigya’s social infrastructure and gamification services can now be made available on a permission-based system used to fuel automated marketing campaigns. The NEXUS Partner Ecosystem…
After having just been out for 13 months* now, Contest Builder for Salesforce is now being managed by a separate company called LevelEleven and has just secured a $1M round by Detroit Venture Partners and ePrize. TechCrunch cites the app as being the #1 gamification app on Salesforce AppExchange’s popularity chart and its the most…
