July 30, 2026
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Low-Tech Gamification for Students with Amy Baskin

Ivan Kuo01 mins

Educators are some of the hardest working people out there with some of the lowest budgets to do their jobs right. It takes ingenuity, creativity, and passion to achieve real engagement with students, which is why Amy Baskin’s Grammar Olympics and other game concepts for grammar really demonstrate the power of fun for teaching.

We invited Amy to come on our weekly webshow to tell us more about what she’s been up to and she shares some of her secrets and successes from her gamified endeavors. Check out the full video below for the interview



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Be sure to join us this Thursday at 1 PM ET as Nir Eyal comes on to talk to us about designing habit-forming products. RSVP and sign-in to chat and join the conversation!

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How Can You Gamify The Job Search?

Ivan Kuo21 mins

Jon Guerrra first showed up at GSummit in 2012 when he spoke about a low-tech personal gamification system he created to achieve his goals. One year later, Jon has taken this system and used it to get a job at Google. Watch his talk from GSummit SF 2013 to learn about his journey into Google’s Mountain View campus and the ultimate power of post-its.

We’ll be releasing more talks from GSummit SF 2013 in the weeks to come! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get each video as they’re released and as always, if there is someone you want to see released next, sound off in the comments below.

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How to Gamify Your Life with Jon Guerrera

Ivan Kuo12 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every Thursday at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST/1800 GMT. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.

This past week’s guest was lifehacker and GSummit speaker, Jon Guerrera! Jon has been heavily involved with gamifying his goals to find success and actually gamified his way to a job at Google. Watch the interview to find out:

 

  • Why Jon started to gamify his approach
  • How to effectively choose motivating rewards for yourself
  • If cheating yourself is a problem
  • What kind of people these systems are appropriate for
  • Where you should focus gamification in your goals
Check out the video below for the full interview.



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Be sure to catch this week’s episode featuring game designer Tadhg Kelly and learn about gamification from the game designer’s point of view.

You can now catch the Gamification Revolution every Thursday at 1PM EST/10 AM PST/1800 GMT.

 

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