US college tuition fees have been skyrocketing for the past decade and estimated student debt loans just exceeded over $1 trillion earlier this year. These signs are a cause of concern for higher education students but rest assured, Grantoo is on the case. Co-founded by Dimitri Sillam and Mikhael Naayem, Grantoo is a social gaming…
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…
When facing an engagement crisis, companies can turn to gamification to help invigorate user interest and participation. As the top cheerleader for the use of gamification, we’ve encouraged this phenomenon and have tried to lead companies to answers for their engagement needs through our articles and GSummit events, but always with one essential caveat: applying…
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…
Today, Venturebeat reports on a new startup called Top That out of the Cayman Islands. The company, which just launched, bills itself as a platform for any kind of social competition. The design appears to be mostly quite straightforward – it’s a Hot or Not style ranking game. You are given two possible choices and are…
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…
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has been shown a lot of love by gamification lately. Microsoft Partner, Cole Systems, has become the latest to link CRM results to intrinsic rewards. The gamification system comes in the form of a brand new add-on, called Spark, for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. Spark has defined motivation for its users to…
Hello #gamification12 students! The final exam has been extended to this Wednesday, October 10 so you get some more time to study for that certification. Below is the review for Week 5. This review covers all the practical uses for gamification across multiple industries. For the students who have finished the course, we would love to have a conversation…
CodeAr.my has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with human capital development centre, Might-Meteor Advanced Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, to bring the concept of gamification to Information Technology (IT) students in participating Malaysian universities and colleges. Since its unofficial launch at this year’s GSummit, CodeAr.my has established relationships with Stanford University to enhance the platform’s…
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…
Gamification practitioners are among the most effective people who can keep visitors returning to their websites over and over again. To reward the most frequent and enthusiastic visitors for becoming involved members of their web community, I encourage making “moderating” a prize to be earned. For example, HR gamifiers could consider giving the most enthusiastic…
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…
