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19/06/2019
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Gamification+ Personal Branding Meetup
We hosted our latest meetup last night! The meetup was a workshop hosted by Gamification+ placement student Kira Downer (also the post author and will refer to myself in first person from now on).I tell my story of how I got into gamification in this blog post: From Player to Professional.My interest in Personal Branding […]
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24/04/2019
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Gamification+ Emotional Intelligence Meetup
We hosted our latest meetup last night with Céline Berger. She has over 20 years’ experience in gamification and her most recent creation focuses on bringing the skills of emotional intelligence to the masses.The game, ‘Name it to Tame it’ was facilitated by Celine and her colleague Cecile and we established how our emotional reactions […]
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05/04/2019
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Gamification+ Chosen as Export Champions for South East
The Department for International Trade (DIT) recently announced that Gamification+ would be acting as Export Champions for the South East. This accolade involves Gamification+ being an example to businesses across the South East and promoting exporting as a profitable activity, especially as the uncertainty of Brexit looms.On Friday 22ⁿᵈ Gamification+ founder and CEO Pete Jenkins […]
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26/03/2019
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Level Up Your Staff by Using Games and Gamification in the Workplace
On Monday 25th March our article titled: ‘Level up your staff by using games and gamification in the workplace” was published on the City A.M website AND in their newspaper with a circulation of just over 100,000 people in London.We’ve included a scan of the print article below, but we’ve also included a link to […]
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19/03/2019
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Gamification for Innovation & Creativity in the Workspace
We hosted a meetup recently with the aim of discovering what makes a work environment a better catalyst for innovation and creativity.Our first speaker was Richard Paul from PropellerNet, a Brighton based company known for their unique status as having a Superengaged workforce. After reading the book of the same name we found that one of their […]
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08/02/2019
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Interview with Serious Games Designer Tania Vercoelen
On Thursday 21st January we organised a playtesting session to help out Serious Games designer Tania Vervoelen.Her game, ‘Project Ninjas’ was a hit and Tania has been kind enough to answer a few questions we all had! Take me through ‘Project Ninjas’ from idea to game. I started my own learning technologies company a year […]
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23/01/2019
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Gamification+ Wins Board of Trade Award 2018
Gamification+ wins coveted Board of Trade AwardWe are proud to announce that Gamification+ have been awarded the Board of Trade Award 2018. On Monday 21st January 2019, Gamification+ Founder Pete Jenkins travelled to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London for the prestigious Board of Trade Awards Ceremony. At the event, Pete received the award from […]
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11/01/2019
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Gamification+ Prize for ‘Best Use of Gamification in a Business Context’ Awarded
Gamification+ at the Brighton Business School Excellence AwardsOn 6th December the 2018 Brighton Excellence Awards were held at the University of Brighton, celebrating fantastic achievement among the student body of the Business School. Kira Downer* received the prize from Gamification+ for ‘Best Use of Gamification in a Business Context.’The prize was a year’s membership to […]
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16/10/2018
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Buckets of Win: Gamification+ at Brighton Summit 2018
What an outstanding event! We’d like to thank Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce for allowing us the chance to share ideas about gamification to the local business community. If you attended the Summit and have just been introduced to us for the first time we are so thankful that you’ve engaged in one of […]
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28/09/2018
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From Player to Professional
I’m going to talk about my involvement with Gamification+ over the past few months and how I went from being an intern to paving my way into a fascinating industry.Why gamification?Choosing my electives for my second year of study at the University of Brighton was proving difficult. Until I read the module description for Pete […]
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