Revolutionizing the Call Center Workplace One Agent at A Time Last week, we featured nGUVU’s VP of product strategy, Pascal Leclerc to talk about how nGUVU’s platform help to create a better workplace environment for contact center agents. Using a combination of game mechanics, social interaction features and behavioral analytics, nGUVU helps motivate agents to achieve their goals…
Health care experts warn that child obesity rates are rising to alarming levels. With the increase in obesity-related medical conditions, such as diabetes, it’s no wonder that parents and health professionals alike are looking for ways to keep children healthy. A good diet is one part of the equation. But an equally important part of child health is physical activity. Gamification startup HopeLab developed a technological way to keep kids on the move while tracking this activity at the same time. The company’s gamification software is called Zamzee.
Promoting Employee Engagement and Collaboration in KLM’s IT Division Last time, we featured Head of Innovation Technology and Learning, Guido Helmerhorst from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to discuss his team’s recent project, “KLM’s Next Top Model“. With support from higher management, the project aimed to promote employee engagement and interdepartmental cooperation of KLM’s IT division….
Last week, we featured Quantic Foundry co-founder and analytics lead, Nick Yee to talk about Quantic Foundry’s Gaming Motivation Model. Combining social science and data science, Nick’s team was able to decipher users gaming behaviors and motivations through the unique framework.
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Last week, we featured CleverPet Inc. founder & CEO, Leo Trottier to discuss about the company’s gamified device, CleverPet. Successfully funded on Kickstarter, the device provides engaging stimulation for a more active lifestyle desired by bored, lonely dogs.
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Last week, we feature Capgemini solution designer and author, Andrzej Marczewski to discuss his newly released book, “Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play: Gamification, Game Thinking & Motivational Design”. Andrzej’s new book serves as a guide to using gamification as well the theories and concepts on which gamification is built upon.
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Last time, we featured President and founder of General Creativity, Robert Tercek to discuss his newly released book, “Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World”. Robert reveals how every aspect of society and economy will be changed with the rise of digital technology and how we ought to prepare to face it head-on.
Last time, we featured President and founder of General Creativity, Robert Tercek to discuss his newly released book, “Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a Dematerialized World”. Robert reveals how every aspect of society and economy will be changed with the rise of digital technology and how we ought to prepare to face it head-on.
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Last time, we featured author, inventor and co-founder of SuperBetter, Jane McGonigal to discuss about her upcoming new book, “SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient”. Supported by a decade’s worth of scientific research, Jane reveals how adopting a “gameful” mindset can help cultivate new powers of recovery and resilience in everyday life.
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Last time, we featured Clearly Logistic Supervisor, Sean Goodman to discuss how Clearly’s logistics department revamped their employee training program. Modeling after gamification concepts from Gabe Zichermann’s book “Gamification Revolution”, the program achieved major success and the organization is looking for new opportunities to incorporate gamification for its processes.
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Last time, we featured USA Today national education writer and author, Greg Toppo to discuss about his recently released book, “The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter”. Hailed as the most important book since James Paul Gee’s pivotal work, The Game Believes in You covers how video games are presently being used in the classroom setting and the visionaries who have led the way.
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Last time, we featured senior user experience designer, Dr Joerg Niesenhaus from Centigrade GmbH to discuss his team’s recent project in gamifying industrial production process for a large production facility. As a user experience service provider, Joerg’s team was invited by clients from the mechanical and plant engineering to improve their customized production environment.
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Last time, we featured chief reporter on People and Power from Al Jazeera English, Juliana Ruhfus in discussing the current affairs program’s interactive documentary, Pirate Fishing. Blending investigative journalism practices with gamification mechanics, the interactive tool introduces users about the multi-million dollar illegal fishing trade affecting West Africa’s poorest people.
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Last time, we featured Innovative Educational Ideas(IEI) director, Bron Stuckey in discussing about the current perceptions of gamification and the growing number of recent gamification initiatives by educators in the education space.
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We last featured PhD student Elisa Mekler from the Center of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology at the University of Basel to discuss her 2013 research paper on whether gamification elements such as points, levels and leaderboards undermine user’s intrinsic motivation. The results garnered from the study was profoundly surprising as empirical evidence supporting the hypothesis was lacking prior to the research.
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Last time, we featured Accenture Social Collaboration and Gamification, Thomas Hsu and Senior manager, Steve Kaukonen in discussing how Accenture improved employee effectiveness with the company’s gamified enterprise social collaboration platform while employing gamification principles.
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