One of the most amazing transformations using gamification has come from the medical field. Concepts using game mechanics are making their way into a myriad of medical interactions – and probably shouldn’t be super surprising by this point. However I was pleased as punch during my most recent allergist visit to find that the old-school…
Vitality is an international, comprehensive and personalized wellness program, which from its origins in the 1990s incorporated basic gaming elements of points, status and awards. As we evolve we continue to ask ourselves: What mechanisms encourage our members to participate and get healthier? And moreover, how do we sustain and increase engagement over time?
To that end, we introduced Vitality Squares early in 2013, as an online health-themed game of chance that can be played by members once a month to earn points.
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 past week’s guest was Mark Koerner, VP of Product at employee wellness platform Keas.
Gabe and Mark go through some of the features of Keas and discuss how organizations can improve their internal processes by engaging with employee health. Learn about the intricacies of data privacy, the metrics for success, and Keas’ general approach of gamification for health in the video below:
VANCOUVER, BC – August 28, 2012 – Pug Pharm Productions Inc., a technology leader in customer gamification, retention, and activation, today announced that it has extended its Picnic™ Customer Engagement Engine to support integration with websites built using WordPress. Building upon Picnic’s™ existing support for Javascript, Flash, and mobile platform integration launched last year, Pug…
The Nike Fuelband Review Conclusion After one month with the Fuelband, I have achieved the following: earned 81,403 Fuel, walked 292,717 steps, burned 31,833 calories, traveled 143.22 miles. The whole month so far has been pretty interesting since I’ve incorporated the Fuelband into my lifestyle. I’ve used this little device as both the laziest person in the world and a…
5 Tips on Making The Nike Fuelband Work for You: Last week I spoke about my initial thoughts of using the device. This week I’m going to talk about how to fully use the Nike Fuelband to your advantage. One recent NYTimes article laments the Fuelband’s capabilities, calling it inaccurate. I agree with some of…
If you have been keeping up with general gamification news, you might be aware of the Nike Fuelband that came out in February this year.The FuelBand is another addition to the Nike+ line of products that seek to quantify and track your physical workouts, while keeping you engaged in doing so. This little device lends itself well to…
Imagine for a moment that you had no internal volume control. Everything you saw, heard, and felt was perceived by your brain at equal intensity–from the birds singing outside your window and the dripping of the faucet to the person giving you instructions. Imagine that you were unable to prioritize this information, to sort out…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Charlie Kim of Next Jump. Charlie Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Next Jump, Inc. Mr. Kim founded Next Jump in 1994. He worked in the Information Technology and Human Resources groups of Morgan Stanley in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo from 1995 to…
Let’s picture a scenario: say you’ve been keeping up a goal of running 4 miles per week and have been doing so for a month now. Suddenly, work becomes too tiring, you have too many other things to do, and every other excuse you can think of breaks your running habit and you stop running….
