As if you needed more indication of gamification’s wide-spreading grasp – Bunchball has officially announced three new global partnerships with Terra Global, CrowdFlower, and Think Through Learning to offer their Nitro gamification solution. Terra Global – is a global digital media company that is now using Nitro to engage with its 100M users for watching videos,…
Without going to far into detail, this year’s Maker Faire at New York City’s Corona Park was absolutely incredible. I’ve been to the Hall of Science as a young child but over 15 years later, I felt as if I were transformed back into a child re-experiencing a world of wonder. However, this time – it wasn’t only the world of science I relived, I experienced the pinnacle of human creativity and engineering amassed by a wonderful eclectic group of engineers, artists, geeks, children, and parents all brought together to experience each other’s projects. The first story I would like to share today is from Sproutel co-founder, Aaron Horowitz, and his story about Jerry the Bear.
gsummitX Europe will be happening in exactly 3 weeks at the awesome Nokia House 1 in Berlin from October 24th to 25th. (Isn’t that Nokia Maps fancy?). This marks our first gamification event in Europe and will consist of Gabe Zichermann’s exciting gamification workshops with certification and our famous meetup structure. Get the chance to link…
FreshBiz is a game that appears like any other. There are dice, cards, colored spaces, little pieces to move, money, and a square game board. Sounds like Monopoly right? In my experience with the game, I immediately thought of a strategy that would earn me the most money, get me to the end the fastest, and…
Hello #gamification12 students! Welcome to the last week of the course, the home stretch. If you were me, you would wish there were a couple more weeks to this course. A huge thanks to Prof. Kevin Werbach for putting together the course. We owe it all to him! Thanks! Below is the review for Week 4. Just to recap, week 4 focuses…
We here at Gamification Co have always maintained that earning “stuff” from a rewards program doesn’t amount to a hill o’ beans in this crazy world compared to earning status or special access, and this is even more true for a program for male prisoners who’ve been issued life and double-life sentences. Let’s face it,…
Customer service plays a vital role in business but truth be told, having to deal with customer complaints and troubleshooting for hours on end can be rather disengaging, until now. Freshdesk is here to tackle customer support challenges with their recently announced gamified platform, Freshdesk Arcade. With their gamified help desk, Freshdesk aims to transform…
Klash Gamifies Your Friends’ Awkward Bar Bets In the spirit of the weekend and our gamification of wine selection, Klash is a new startup that aims to facilitate the process of getting your friends to do the awkward dares you think of after a few glasses of said wine. The premise is simple: first, select whether you…
This is a guest article by Jon Guerrera, marketing nerd and GSummit 2012 Speaker. When it comes to wine, points matter. In a revealing article published in the Wall Street Journal, Leonard Mlodinow – author of The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives – points out: “According to a 2001 study of Bordeaux wines, a one-point bump in Robert Parker’s wine…
Just a fun fact for this lovely Friday. In 1919, Raymond Orteig offered a prize of $25,000 for the first nonstop aircraft flight between New York and Paris. The Orteig Prize was the early 20th century equivalent to X PRIZE’s Ansari Challenge. Competitions like these that are used for grand innovation are fantastic examples of…
Badgeville has become the first gamification provider for TIBCO’s tibbr–an enterprise social networking platform. “Badgeville will be available in the tibbr Apps Marketplace, and will make it possible for tibbr users to earn contextually relevant rewards mapped to their expertise and contributions within the tibbr platform.” via Badgeville’s Blog
The sports world has a new player in town and it’s being backed by Drew Brees and Rob Dyrdek. WedgeBuster is being called the “Zynga for sports” with its new gaming platform. The idea is that WedgeBuster aggregates the top sports, fantasy sports, and social sports games all within one place, or one app. By using…
Spigit, the maker of collaborative innovation management software for enterprises, has recently acquired Crowdcast. Crowdcast provides social business intelligence solutions and raised $6M in Series A funding in 2010. Spigit is aiming to provide market services and solutions that give organizations the ability to gain insight on the collective intelligence of its professional network. Crowdcast will play the…
Bunchball announced that they are partnering with SugarCRM. Bunchball’s Nitro platform will enable gamification features on Sugar’s Professional, Corporate, Enterprise, and Ultimate suite editions. Read more about this story on DestinationCRM.com. Also, read about Nitro’s (Bunchball) recent news about their Salesforce integration
Many people have submitted questions to virtual schools about whether of gamification is being utlized in the structure and model of learning. The quick answer is Yes! However, the momentum and legitimacy of it is just getting started. Here are some answers to some questions:
