Salesforce, a leading cloud computing company decided to address security problems thanks to gamification. This method was adopted as a way of addressing employees not taking security seriously. The purpose was to increase awareness regarding security issues and change some behaviors.
Who reps gamification the hardest on LinkedIn? This is part two in our series on “Gamification” in Linkedin. See part one here: Why Gamification Should Be in Your Linkedin Profile. Ever wonder which companies have the most employees interested in gamification? Well, the research is done and we created the Infograph below to show you….
The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts. This week’s guest was Bob Marsh, CEO of LevelEleven, which is a company that develops gamification apps for Salesforce.
Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, August 1 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we feature Naureen Meraj, Senior Global Director, Gamification & Strategic Engagement at NTT Data.
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In this week’s episode, Gabe and Bob discuss the theory behind motivating sales teams with gamification mechanics. They explore interesting topics as to why employees need more motivation beyond commission, what really determines an effective salesman, how gamification allows employees to track performance, and what’s unique about LevelEleven’s approach to gamification design. They also take a number of questions from the audience and a special video guest who comes on to ask about the potential for gamification desensitization in the future. Watch the full video below:
Be sure to check out next week’s episode on Thursday at 1PM ET.
Every week until GSummit SF 2013, we’ll be unlocking some special content from last year to give you a preview on what to expect this April 16 – 18.
Tricia Gellman of Data.com describes how gamification empowers communities and enables self-governing reward systems:
The quantified self-movement (QS) is a hot topic in 2013 and focuses on using sensors and other trackers to acquire self-knowledge for the end goal of gaining deeper insight about personal habits. For example, I use Nike+ to log my daily run performance. I also make a list of my diet for that day and compare it to how well I performed. I am hoping that after a couple of months of use, I can figure out what the optimal diet is for me before I go for a run or engage in physical activities such as sports. Other examples can include measuring coffee intake vs. productivity or sleep activity vs. diet. With the inclusion of Big Data—the ability to process large amounts of data quickly—people are looking to contextualize all the data available on their laptops, mobile devices, or even social media platforms.
Whether or not you are actively participating in the QS movement, companies are adopting the method to find new ways to measure performance metrics. By measuring employee activity through sensors, these new metrics will be aggregated to redefine what being a successful worker means.
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 is the Chief Scientist at Salesforce, JP Rangaswami! Robert has been working as an education researcher with the Gates Foundation and shares his knowledge on how games are affecting the American Education landscape. You can expect to learn about:
Be sure to catch this week’s episode featuring lifehacker Jon Guerrera and learn to gamify your life and possibly land a job at Google.
You can now catch the Gamification Revolution every Thursday at 1PM EST/10 AM PST/1800 GMT.
Earlier today, Bunchball announced an update to their Nitro for Salesforce that will bring gamification to service organizations. This new update will provide out of the box gamification functionality to both sales and service organizations using Salesforce.
We first covered LevelEleven for having a gamified sales application for Salesforce and raising $1M for it but this week, they have unveiled a new application called LeaderTV to bring live leaderboards to your workspace via office TVs and monitors.
Salesforce Unveils Work.com at Dreamforce 2012 After acquiring it a year ago and just recently rebranding it, Salesforce takes Rypple and reinvents it once more into Work.com during their Dreamforce conference yesterday. Rypple on its own was initially just a social management performance platform – one that emphasizes a social collaborative approach over that of…
Latest Release of Bunchball’s Nitro™ for Salesforce Gets Users Up and Running in Just Minutes Nitro has announced the release of a new version of their Nitro gamification platform for use in Salesforce. Featuring new items like a startup wizard and custom leaderboards, Nitro is really pushing to increase usability and adoption rate of their gamification tools…
The Detroit-based startup, ePrize, has announced the release of their Sales Contest Builder application for Salesforce. Available through Salesforce AppExchange, the incentive system is already in use by heavy hitters such as Comcast, Federal Signal and even the Detroit Pistons. The Sales Contest Builder works in a simple feedback loop: goals are created for any…
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…
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…
We’re beyond excited to announce Gamification Summit 2012, which will take place in San Francisco June 19-21. Coming on the heels of 2011’s awesome, sold out events in NYC and SF, GSummit 2012 (our only major US event this year) promises to deliver even more of the hands-on, data-rich learning, networking and fun that helps…
Enterprise gamification (aka using game thinking and mechanics to engage employees and partners) is getting more interesting every day. Following on the heels of Bunchball’s moves to connect gamification platforms to major enterprise software, Badgeville today announced a unified enterprise connector initiative. Cloud Connectors makes official their longstanding connection with Omniture, and adds Jive and…
