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…
Each year at GSummit, we announce winners of the GAwards–representing the best use of engagement techniques in different industries and areas of business. We crowdsourced the nominees to see who has had the most impact on the gamification communities and we officially announced all the winners at the main stage of GSummit SF 2014. Here’s a…
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,…
We were excited to have Daniel Green join us this year at GSummit. Daniel is the Co-founder and CTO at Wikistrat. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Daniel Green is a co-founder and the CTO of Wikistrat, the World’s first Massively Multiplayer Online Consultancy (MMOC). Originally from Sydney, Australia, Daniel…
We were excited to have Thomas Fuller join us this year at GSummit from Next Jump. Thomas is the Co-head of Engineering at Next Jump (along with GSummit Speaker, Albert Balcells). Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Thomas Fuller is the Chief of Engineering at Next Jump, Inc. (NxJ). Tom joined Next…
We were excited to have Dr. BJ Fogg join us this year at GSummit. BJ is the Director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Dr. BJ Fogg directs the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford. An experimental psychologist, Fogg has created breakthrough methods…
We were excited to have Todd Deery join us this year at GSummit. Todd is the Head of Marketing at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA). Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Todd Deery has more than 18 years of marketing and communication experience both in and out of education. At…
We were excited to have Yu-kai Chou join us this year at GSummit. Yu-kai is a Partner at Enterprise Gamification Consultancy (EGC). Last year at GSummit, he was one of our MC’s. This year, he gave a hands-on lab about Octalysis. Below are his bio and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Yu-kai Chou is a Gamification Pioneer…
We were excited to have Brian Burke join us this year at GSummit. Brian is the Research Vice President at Gartner. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Brian Burke is a Research Vice President at Gartner, covering enterprise architecture for the past 15 years. For the past three years, he has…
We were excited to have Phaedra Boinodiris join us this year again at GSummit. Phaedra is the Global Lead for Serious Games and Gamification at IBM. Below are her bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Phaedra Boinodiris is IBM’s global lead for serious games and gamification at IBM across all industries. Since the start of her…
We were excited to have William Beegle join us this year at GSummit from Verizon Wireless. William is the Senior Analyst of Innovation & Gamification at Verizon Wireless. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: William Beegle is a Sr. Analyst of Innovation & Gamification at Verizon Wireless. He develops innovative…
We were excited to have Eileen Bartholomew join us this year at GSummit from XPRIZE. Eileen is the Senior VP of Prizes at XPRIZE Foundation. Below are her bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Eileen leads the Prizes organization at XPRIZE, where she turns great ideas into audacious competitions that result in breakthroughs for…
We were excited to have Albert Balcells join us this year at GSummit from Next Jump. Albert is the Co-head of Engineering at Next Jump (along with GSummit Speaker, Thomas Fuller). He’s also been a speaker at a past GSummitX NYC event. Below are his bio, video and slides from GSummit SF 2014: Albert Balcells joined…
This year at GSummit, we welcomed Rajat Paharia, Founder and Chief Product Officer at Bunchball. Bunchball, for the 5th time in a row, was a sponsor at GSummit. They also sponsored the All-Attendee Party on June 11th–so you can all thank them again for the fun we all had! Below is Rajat’s bio, video and…
On our 4th day at GSummit, we introduced our all-new Hands-on Labs–a 90 min experience for attendees to dive deeper into a topic. This Hands-on Lab was facilitated by Molly Kittle (VP Digital Strategy, Bunchball) and Keith Conley (Director, Analytics & Insight, Bunchball). Bunchball was one of our sponsors this year–making it their 5th GSummit…
