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Global Challenge: RFP on Using Gamification to Counter Violent Extremism in Kenya

Ivan Kuo13 years ago13 years ago13 mins

We recently received an interesting email that requested our helping in finding possible gamification applications for countering violent extremism (CVE) under the Kenya Transition Initiative, a program dedicated to stabilizing Kenya’s political unrest and violence.

The RFP comes directly from the US Agency for International Development and seeks to empower youths before they are pulled into a culture of extremism.

Half the Sky: Lessons from Games for Change on Social Good Games

Ivan Kuo13 years ago13 years ago02 mins

How much impact can a social good game possibly have? According to Games for Change president, Asi Burak, the results may surprise you.

Half the Sky is a movement based on the award winning and bestselling book that is poised to take the world of social movements by storm. Working with the authors and international celebrities, the Games for Change organization, led by Asi Burak and Michelle Byrd, has built a coalition aimed at using gamification to empower women and girls. From his years of experience in the field, Asi will share how to build broad support for large-scale gamified projects, and what every organization needs to know as it embarks on this transformative path.

Watch Asi’s full GSummit SF 2013 talk below and learn what it takes to make a game with social impact.

Also, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest videos from GSummit SF 2013 as they’re released. You can also download a copy of this presentation by downloading it here.

Motivating Action Through Game Design with Tadhg Kelly

Ivan Kuo13 years ago10 years ago02 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 veteran game designer and current Creative Director of Jawfish Games, Tadhg Kelly! In this week’s episode Gabe and Tadhg discuss what motivational design means from a game designer’s point of view and how that applies to gamification. They also advise startup Commitchange, on how they could improve their design to promote more civic action.

Check out the video below for the full interview.

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Be sure to catch this week’s episode featuring BankersLab CEO, Michelle Katics, on the gamification of finance!

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

The Transformative Power of Social Games with Asi Burak

Ivan Kuo14 years ago10 years ago02 mins

Last week we had a special episode of the Gamification Revolution, the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts happening every Monday at 1PM ET/10AM PT/1800 GMT. We were lucky enough to have Asi Burak, Co-President of Games for Change, and speaker at GSummit SF 2013 for a little Games for Change special episode.

Watch this week’s episode to get hear Asi’s approach towards social impact games and why he believes games are the best medium for affecting change. In essence, games are a unique medium to convey stories. Traditional medium simply tells you what to believe and what is or isn’t right. Games are unique in that they enable a player to experience multiple perspectives on an issue and allows them to make a personal conclusion through player choice and actions. Learn more about Asi’s approach below:

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Be sure to check out the Gamification Revolution next week to see legendary designer, Jesse Schell, as our next guest.

How the Stockholm School of Economics Raised Alumni Participation Rate 300%

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago32 mins

The Following is a Guest Post by Andris Rubins, Managing Director at DDB Latvia The Stockholm School of Economics is a business school in Riga, recognized by the Financial Times to be one of the finest in Europe. Ever since its inception in 1993, the School’s mission has been to facilitate economic growth in Baltics by educating…

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Tackling Poverty in India with Mobile “mPowering” Technology

Sudarshan Gopaladesikan14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

In almost all of India, you can go into any village and find cell phone towers. In Juanga, a village of less than 3,000 lives off rice, lentils, and scarce supplies of water, but lives comfortably with their cell phone. Due to the size of the village, running family businesses and keeping strong family ties…

New Examples of Gamification Added to the GBase – August 2, 2012

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

Today in our Gamification Company Database we have three unique gamified applications to share with you today: TravelSmart Tracker – is a gamified experience focused around creating your own personalized travel infographic to show the health impacts of your traveling. Changers – is a solar company that sells a solar panel bundled with a device to monitor…

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Gamification for a Greener Planet with Recyclebank

Staff14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

What’s the best way to combine eco-awareness, public sector education, and extreme coupon frenzy into one neat package? Why, through gamification, of course! At least, that’s what the good people over at RecycleBank are doing. Because, let’s face it, most people aren’t going to trip over themselves to learn more about composting, for instance. But they might take a…

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Zynga to Collaborate with Half the Sky Team for Social Good Game

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago13 mins

Half the Sky, the bestselling 2009 book by Kristof and WuDunn, sparked a global movement (www.halftheskymovement.org) to address “the central moral challenge of our time” – ending the oppression of women and girls worldwide. The Half the Sky movement is producing a number of big projects to raise awareness for their cause, including educational materials, a four-hour miniseries on…

New Examples of Gamification Added to the GBase – July 11, 2012

Ivan Kuo14 years ago14 years ago02 mins

Hello GCo Readers! Just to remind you all: the GBase is a curated database of all new and existing examples of gamification. The best part is that if you know of any companies that feature gamification, you can submit it and we will feature it in this ongoing series of new GBase additions. This week, we…

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