We’re launching an exciting new feature: a weekly interactive TV show called The Gamification Revolution. The first episode will premiere Monday April 16 at 1pm Eastern (10 am Pacific/1800 UTC) featuring Nadya Direkova – UX/Game Designer at Google, Top Woman in Gamification and GSummit speaker. RSVP now and visit gamification.co/live on Monday to watch and…
BigDoor has begun implementing a new analytics feature which encourages greater user engagement, with a simplified implementation process. The new platform will offer end users incentives for engaging with their websites and help publishers understand Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like loyalty, engagement, viral distribution of content, and revenue in order to gauge the effectiveness of their incentives and actually…
NEW YORK CITY – April 11, 2012 – The Gamification Summit (June 19-21, San Francisco) today announced several significant additions to its speaker lineup, including thought leaders, academics and experts from a variety of disciplines. New speakers that will take to the GSummit stage to discuss the latest in techniques for engaging employees and customers…
Growing up, like most kids I was an avid player. From video games to cops and robbers, cardboard forts (oh how I loved it when we bought new appliances!) and the occasional sport, play was an integral part of my childhood. As with most adults, play has become a much smaller part of my daily…
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…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we got news filled with possibilities. NextJump provides an leisurely gameplay platform akin to Draw Something, GDC Online is making a gamification summit in Austin, Bunchball writes an article about the work ethic of millenials, International scientists create an epidemic game to research disease outbreak models, and Bluewolf and Bunchball partner up to…
Armed with a smartphone, anyone can be a reporter. This is the idea behind NewsiT, a mobile ‘crowd-reporting’ platform that uses gamification to make reporting the news a collaborative, social, fun and rewarding experience. Founded by experienced journalist Melinda Wittstock, who has worked for the Guardian, the Observer, ABC News, National Public Radio, and MSNBC, NewsiT is all…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring J.P. Rangaswami. As the Chief Scientist for Salesforce.com, JP knows a thing or two about getting things done. He’s been named one of the 50 most influential people by Silicon as an outspoken advocate of open source software and the use of emerging technologies for information sharing…
It’s a great day for the gamification world! Gamification platform BigDoor just closed $5M in funding from Foundry Group, Founder’s Co-op and other investors. This brings BigDoor’s total funding to $13M for this young three year old company. As one of the leaders in the gamification space, BigDoor has helped gamify different aspects of MLB.com, Nickelodeon…
What if there was a way to take the guesswork out of becoming a regular? What if you knew exactly how many visits it took to get a comped meal, to skip the line, to never need another reservation? In a place like Perkville, you do. The app, which still seems to be in it’s…
This week on the gamification roundup, we’ve got some good news on new releases in the gamification world. Jive is rolling out an Advanced Gamification Module with Bunchball, Outbid is bringing social elements and gamification into the auction world, Energy Battle cuts energy consumption by 45%, Katie Salen talks about newly learned gaming principles for…
One of the things companies most want to accomplish with gamification is to offer scalable personalization. In an ideal world, e-commerce, social and behavior-change sites would offer entirely personalized views of game mechanics like challenges, achievements, leaderboards, etc. Just as targeted advertising has helped raise click-through rates, so too would personalized gamification be better able…
This week in the GBase we’ve added: Deskarma – a knowledge sharing solution highlighting employee achievements and rewards PHP Programming Innovation Awards – an award meant to encourage developers to submit innovative PHP components LiveFanChat – a media chat platform featuring achievements and badges We want you in the GBase too! Whether it’s a company you know of or…
Everyone loves a good deal, but what if you could also get the chance to win an even better deal? Throw in a sporting event, and you’ve got Squarz , a sweepstakes that uses gamification to add an extra element of fun to specials and promotions. Based on the popular sports pool Office Squares, every…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Daniel Brusilovsky. Daniel is the CEO and founder of Teens in Tech Labs, dedicated to providing resources for young entrepreneurs worldwide. As a successful young entrepreneur and adviser who has worked with a number of successful startups, Daniel will be providing a talk at GSummit about the rise of kids…
