Category Archives for "Gamification"
19/03/2019
- in Gamification by Kira Downer
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
- in Events , Gamification by Kira Downer
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
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
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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
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
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
- in Events , Gamification by Kira Downer
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
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
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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19/09/2018
- in Case Studies , Gamification by Sofia Usman
Guest Blog Post by TechnoloJen
Injury Recovery: How Gamification Is Helping Patients RecoverThere are a bevy of injury recovery modalities being used today, and one, in particular, looks to be promising. This relatively recent means of injury recovery is gamification, which has been shown to have a “positive impact for health and well-being related interventions” based on a literature review […]
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30/08/2018
- in Gamification , News by Kira Downer
GAMIFICATION+ 2018 Entrepreneurship Prize Awarded
GAMIFICATION+ 2018 Entrepreneurship Prize AwardedOn Friday 3rd August we returned to the Sallis Benny Theater to recognise and celebrate the academic ability of graduates of the University of Brighton. The GAMIFICATION+ prize is awarded for the best entrepreneurship research paper. This year the prize was given to Thomas Harvey who can be seen in the picture […]
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13/07/2018
Online Digital Games and History
This is a guest blog spot by Elias Stouraitis.I first met Elias online, exactly the same way as I have met a lot of people around the world after I started working in gamification. Gamification and games are a global phenomenon that a lot of researchers like Elias are looking into to try and analyse […]
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05/07/2018
- in Gamification by Kira Downer
Workshops, Co-creation and Gamification
IntroductionA workshop is a “training class or seminar in which the participants work individually and/or in groups to solve actual work related tasks to gain hands-on experience” according to BusinessDictionary.com. The way in which a workshop is designed can intimately affect the direction in which the process goes. Many other factors influence this design process […]
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