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Infinite Gamification – Toby Beresford interviewed by Pete Jenkins
The newly published book Infinite Gamification by Toby Beresford tells us how to create sustainable scoring programs to influence behaviour at work and at play. It is aimed at leaders working on small or larger programs and is a practical guide to the methods and pitfalls involved. In this interview hosted at the Gamifiers Meetup […]
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How games and gamification can help you create healthy habits for physical activity at home
Guest post by Violeta Ivanova, BSc Physiotherapy at SAMK, Finland Have you ever tried to build or change a lifestyle habit? It’s incredibly hard, takes a long time and dedication. This is not always taken into consideration when healthcare professionals recommend exercise to patients. Movement is healthy, but it doesn’t have to be limited to […]
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Open workshop on applied gamification Feb 10-11
Would you like to increase sales, improve staff retention, onboard new staff more quickly and increase employee engagement across the board? Gamification is used to encourage behaviour change within businesses. We are running a two-day gamification workshop delivered by Pete Jenkins in Brighton. By attending this you’ll gain an understanding of game mechanics, aesthetics, emotions and […]
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How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to a Gamification Conference
Conferences have always been a great way to bring everyone together. A place where like-minded professionals, industry experts, novices and know-it-alls alike can make new discoveries, share knowledge and collaborate. But what about gamification? Is it a big enough deal to warrant an entire conference? We think so, but don’t take our word for it. Here’s […]
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Get Your Gamification Europe 2019 Super Early Bird Tickets Now
Gamification Europe 2019 is going to happen in Berlin on 8-10th December. Speakers are being announced every week and the schedule is an exciting mix of keynote thought leadership, case studies, workshops and networking games. See you in BerlinClick the link below to view the schedule, speakers, venue and more Visit Gamification Europe Website
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In Praise of Teams
Microsoft have announced that the ‘praise’ feature first seen in Yammer has now been brought across to their Teams product. This automatically rolls out across Teams products throughout April. Though we can see it in our own instance of Teams already. Indeed, I’ve just used it:This is a nice lightweight, low friction, way to enable […]
Continue reading#smallgamification – affordable gamification for all
I speak to a lot of people about gamification and I wondered if you have the same frequent experience as me? Have you ever been explaining what gamification is to someone who runs a small to medium sized business? Then, when they get it you can see the light of understanding in their eyes and […]
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Party games – useful for gamification or simply for fun?
At this week’s December Brighton Gamification Meetup we played lots of party games and tried to decipher what was fun about them and see if they might be useful or inspirational for any gamification projects. Admittedly it was a lot of fun too. TOOTHLESS VEGETABLES We started with this simple game. You have to say […]
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Virtuoso – using a game to test candidates for a role
I recently recruited a new intern for my business. I had a few strong candidates based on their CVs and how they interviewed but was struggling to decide which one to choose. So I asked them to play a game that would be psychometrically testing them at the same time. The idea behind this is […]
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Can a gamified CRM really be fun to use?
Fresh from my talk at the Gamification World Congress in Barcelona last week, here are the slides from my talk and a rough transcript of what I said: A few weeks ago I had a client contact me in a bit of a panic because the gamification-based CRM we’d built for them was working too […]
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