Hello GCo Readers! Just to remind you all: the GBase is a curated database of all new and existing examples of gamification. The best part is that if you know of any companies that feature gamification, you can submit it and we will feature it in this ongoing series of new GBase additions. This week, we…
Get healthy! Stay healthy! Make good health choices! Earn points and pwn the competition (…your coworkers)!!! Gamification strikes the health care industry…and everyone seems to be benefiting. A recent article in Information Week highlights the gamification initiative taken by Blue Shield of California, so far consisting of three platforms – Shape Up Shield, which focuses on increasing physical…
Here is a tough gamification challenge for you… Design and build an appealing app that is engaging enough to get kids who are in the grips of painful cancer to document their daily pain experiences. To their credit, that is exactly what Toronto agency Cundari did. The advertising, branding and design agency partner with pediatric oncologists at the Hospital…
This week on the Gamification Roundup we have a number of interesting articles for the gamification enthusiast to ponder: Rajat Paharia of Bunchball provides some gamification patterns to consider for enterprise implementation. IBM is rewarding office weightloss with cash but has users input their own data. The Asian Games market is growing rapidly – could…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we’re getting corporate: Tim Chang of Mayfield Fund provides some expert insight on incorporating gamification, pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim’s has its first foray into gamification , a beautiful blood pressure tracking app called BloodNote engages through design, UnitedHealth is starting to bring gamification into their activities, and a high Klout score…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we have news on gamification as a means of growth (and decline) in a number of different topics: “Healthy Competition” is taking on a whole new meaning as companies pit employees against themselves for health, Sandra Day ‘O Connor creates a SimCity-like game to teach local government, Striiv addicts…
Hello GCo Readers! This week we have three new gamified health products added to the GBase: Cellnovo – a gamified diabetes tracking package with a mobile handset, web app, and insulin pump HealthPrize – a medicine adherence application that rewards you for taking your medicine Hubbub Health – a social health network that combines gaming,…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we got loads of tips! When looking at gamification, it is important to keep some best practices and methods in mind. This roundup encompasses that into ways of using gamification for healthcare, sustaining gamified communities, business to business marketing, and even user experience design. In light of all these…
This week on the gamification roundup, we got quirky news and some successes in the gamification industry. On the quirky side, Domino’s Pizza Hero game is being used as a recruitment tool and an interesting concept of making games more passive called “Telefication” is being discussed. In the gamification industry, Blue Shield healthcare is reporting…
This week on the Gamification Roundup: Aetna is giving away their Mindbloom wellness game, a 3D Printing platform gets gamified, Tony Vetrice covers what makes games addicting, and a RFID sensor game incentivizes workers to take the stairs. Check out the full roundup after the jump.
Hello GCo readers! Here are our latest additions to the GBase: Uplaude – a platform that lets sites or blogs add achievements and reward their visitors with an easy self-serve approach to gamification. SlimCast – a fitness app that helps people build long-term habits by turning weight-loss goals into a winnable game. GoJiyo – a virtual world…
A recent article in the FastCo.Design blog highlights the T-Haler, a training inhaler prototype that, according to the creators can increase proper inhaler use three-fold in just three minutes of training. That may not sound like a huge deal. Even someone who isn’t asthmatic and has never used an inhaler can probably visualize the process: shake, press down…
As an educator and a person who struggles with regular physical fitness, I’m excited about the current rise of gamification of physical fitness, mental well-being, and overall self improvement. For me personally, I am bored by a lot of physical fitness and wellness activities, and struggle to find activities and routines that continue to motivate…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Charlie Kim of Next Jump. Charlie Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Next Jump, Inc. Mr. Kim founded Next Jump in 1994. He worked in the Information Technology and Human Resources groups of Morgan Stanley in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo from 1995 to…
Mario Herger of Gamifcation-Enterprise and SAP recently gave a workshop in which he and a couple other SAP employees thought of some new applications for gamification. One SAP employee blogged about how his group came up with a way to gamify solutions for problems. One issue they worked on was how to motivate diabetics to do…
