June 17, 2026
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Gabe’s Gamification Office Hours Review

Ivan Kuo01 mins

After a long hiatus going on a massive trip around the world for GSummit Global, Gabe Zichermann returns to our weekly Gamification Revolution show to give readers some updates on our online gamification certification courses and to answer some questions from the audience.

Learn more about:

  • How to find gamification-related jobs
  • Gamifying work “offline”
  • The potential danger of “over-gamifying” and desensitizing users
  • The danger of making systems too fun and distracting
  • Approaching CRM gamification

Check out the full video below and be sure to watch the Gamification Revolution every Thursday at 1 PM ET. Catch Gartner Analyst Brian Burke this week to discuss his finding and research on gamification future and ask him questions.

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The Ethics and Tenants of Habit-Forming Design with Nir Eyal

Ivan Kuo01 mins

Speaker, author, entrepreneur, and GSummit Alumnus Nir Eyal joined us last week on the Gamification Revolution weekly webshow and discussed some of the ideas he presents in his Hooked Model on creating habit-forming designs. We review Nir’s thoughts on the ethics of creating these designs, the emotive effect of engaging experiences, and how the evolution of technology evolved user-experiences. Watch the full interview below:



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If you’re interested in learning about Nir’s work, you can visit his blog at NirAndFar.com

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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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Using Happiness for Engagement with Stella Grizont

Ivan Kuo12 mins

Stella Grizont, Founder of woopaah! has been a Gamification Co regular and prominent GSummit speaker on the topic of positive psychology and happiness.

We were lucky enough to grab her to join our latest webshow to dive further into the science behind happiness and how a positive focus on psychology can have a significant impact on engagement.

She states:

“If you want others to be engaged, how can you embody that? Happiness.”

Watch the full video below for the full interview and be sure to catch our next guest this Thursday with Guy Halfteck,  the CEO and Founder of Knack, a company dedicated to using games in order to discover our full talents.



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As a special offer for all our readers, Stella Has been kind enough to offer a 50% code for her newest course on UDemy on The Science of Happiness: Hacks & Skills to Flourish.

Use code GABE for a discount on her online class!

Remember to check our channel every Thursday at 1PM ET for a new guest on the Gamification Revolution webseries and more great content like this.

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PunchTab Weighs in Gamification’s Place in the Loyalty Industry

Ivan Kuo31 mins

Loyalty has always been about games and points since their inception so why has it taken so long for loyalty to embrace gamification as it is now? Scott Hughes, VP of Sales at PunchTab join our Gamification Revolution webshow to give us his input.

Watch his full interview below to get an idea of where gamification fits in with loyalty and what’s in store for the future.

Be sure to watch our next show on December 12 at 1:00 PM ET, featuring Stella Grizont of WOOPAAH!



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How livecube Cuts Through Social Media Noise at Events with Gamification

Ivan Kuo01 mins

If you were at GSummit in the past two years, you’re probably familiar with livecube, the super-fun, conference-optimized Twitter client we’ve been using to engage all of our attendees. To learn more about it, we invited livecube co-founder Aaron Price to explain to us how clever design and gamification makes Twitter more bearable in event settings. Learn about livecube, its features, and successes by watching the full video below:



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Make sure you come back on December 5th to check our next guest on the Gamification Revolution webseries.

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Boombox’s Approach on Designing Gamification Campaigns at an Agency

Ivan Kuo11 mins

We first heard about digital agency Boombox when we attended Adweek’s Science of Gamification panel to hear what prominent agencies had to say on the efficacy of gamification. We decided to invite Boombox CEO John Hendricks to come back on our own show to circle back on some of his ideas and to tell us about how he approaches gamification design for his agency. This is a great episode for anyone looking to offer gamification consulting and design services at their own company.

Check out the full video below and  Be sure to catch our next episode on Thursday, November 14 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Livecube Co-Founder Aaron Price as our next guest.



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Adam Penenberg Explains How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking?

Ivan Kuo21 mins

When it comes to innovation, the gamification community is well-aware of the power of a fun game with many engaged players, like the crowdsourced AIDs research game Fold.it, for example. It’s no wonder that Pandodaily editor and NYU Professor Adam Penenberg felt compelled to write an entire book on the subject entitled Play at Work: How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking.

We invited Adam to come on our Gamification Revolution webshow to discuss some of his findings on the innovative power of games. Check out the full video below:

 


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Be sure to catch our next episode on Thursday, November 7 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Adweek Gamification Panelist and Boombox CEO, John Hendricks as our next guest.

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Delta Gamifies Employee Training with Ready, Set, Jet!

Ivan Kuo22 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode on Thursday, October 31 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature GSummit Global speaker and author of the new book Play at Work: How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking, Adam Penenberg.

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

In this episode, Ryan Mizusaki, GM of Learning at Delta, shares the full story on how Delta arrived at a gamified training solution and its development process to make learning about flight culture get adopted by 98% of Delta’s trainees. Watch the full video below and if you want even more information on this story, visit GSummit Global for Ryan’s full length talk.



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How Nissan Used Gran Turismo to Recruit Pro Drivers for GT Academy

Ivan Kuo22 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode on Thursday, October 24 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature GSummit Global speaker, Ryan Mizusaki, GM of Reservations Learning at Delta.

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

In this episode, Karl Dunn, the Creative Director for Nissan at TBWA/Chiat/Day came on the show to discuss the story of GT Academy. I had the honor of talking to the man to learn about the origins of the concept, what the show produced for Nissan, and other general questions about his view about gamification from an advertising agency’s perspective. Watch the full episode below:



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If you liked Karl’s story and want to learn more about it, check out GSummit Global to gain access to his full story about Nissan’s GT Academy.

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Yu-Kai Chou on Octalysis and Gamification Design Principles

Ivan Kuo11 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode on Thursday, October 17 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature GSummit Global speaker and Nissan’s Creative Director of GT Academy, Karl Dunn

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

In last week’s show we had prominent gamification community figure, Yu-Kai Chou to join us on our show. They spoke about Yu-Kai’s Octalysis gamification framework, long-term effects of motivation with white hat vs black hat gamification, and a discussion into why “serious games suck”.

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The Psychology Behind Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation with Michael Wu

Ivan Kuo32 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode tomorrow on Wednesday, October 9 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature  prominent gamification community figure, Yu-Kai Chou.

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

Last week, Lithium’s Chief Scientist Michael Wu came on the show to discuss the psychology behind engagement and motivation. During the show he mentions the following on the morality of motivating others intrinsically:

“Engaging with people through their intrinsic motivations isn’t good or bad…it’s just the way it is”

What does he mean? Watch the full episode below to get a thorough explanation of the meaning behind intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, how motivation changes over time, and a glimpse into Lithium’s IT security practices:



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Is Advergaming Still Relevant?

Ivan Kuo01 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode next Thursday, October 3 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Michael Wu, Chief Scientist at Lithium.

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

In this episode, Jim Wexler, CEO of Experiences Unlimited and chair of the Enterprise Gamification Forum, came on to talk about advergaming’s place in the world of gamification. Can advergaming still matter with gamification around? How can marketers decide between the two? Learn about Jim’s design philosophy in the full episode below:



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Gamification Accreditation and Finding Gamification Jobs

Ivan Kuo11 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, September 19h at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Mike Skochko, teacher, tech coordinator and gamifier!

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

This week Gabe got the chance to catch-up with some audience regulars and answer some important questions about why it matters to get gamification certification and strategies for finding gamification jobs. Catch the full video below:



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Applying Game-Design Principles to Gamification with Jon Radoff

Ivan Kuo02 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Today we’ll be looking at last week’s guest: Karl Kapp, Professor/Consultant at Bloomsburg University and Gamified Learning Veteran.

Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, September 5th at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature Jeff Atwood, the esteemed man behind Coding Horror and co-founder of StackOverflow. Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

Regardless of where you might stand on the gamification versus game-design debate, each side has many lessons to offer to the other when you consider differences in their design. This week we brought on Jon Radoff, CEO of DisruptorBeam, to give us his input on various facets of gamification design as a game-designer. We take deep looks into story narratives, feedback loop lengths, and many other game design theories as it relates to gamification.

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