How to Gamify Your Protest Campaign: (or…How to Make a Terrible Parody Game)

Video Via Game Time | Article Via Dara Kerr, CNET For everyone that grown up with Pokemon, here is the bad news…You are all terrible people! How dare you take joy from something so terrible as watching animal hurting each other?! As most of the normal people I love Pokemon, and by enjoying playing Pokemon on my […]

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Is Gamification for Real? An Interview with Gabe Zichermann!

via Shelly Palmer, sys-con.com | Image Source | Source Article  Three years ago, the word “gamification“ would have turned up zero Google results. Today, that same search yields 13 million entries. Clearly, the idea of using game thinking and mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems is gaining appeal. Tech companies like Oracle and Salesforce have made sizable gamification […]

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Let’s Play: To Keep Gen Y Staffers, Gamify Their Work

via Katherine Heisler, Eric Savitz forbes.com | Image Source: link Katherine Heisler is an account executive at Bunchball. A recent MTV workplace survey showed that Millennialsoverwhelmingly agree that their jobs should reflect their lifestyle, their workplace should be social and fun, and they should have flexible hours and autonomy over the projects they’ve been assigned. They want regular […]

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How Game Designers Are Influencing the World of Gamification

via Irfan Kamal, social@ogilvy| Image Source: link Gamification can drive people, organizations and even societies to achieve goals. Ordinary life already has many examples of how gamification drives people. The game of competing for the highest net worth or visible expressions of wealth drives many to pursue wealth far beyond what’s required for a comfortable life. […]

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This is Serious Business: Don’t Play Games for Fun

EnGaming’s Note: This is a great example of how poorly integrating Gamification can be useless, or even hurt your business. Christina Pappas talks about her own experience in a trade show, and how those “get points by visiting our booths” event turns people in to mindless points zombie, who don’t give a %$#@ about your business, […]

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This Week In Gamification: June 17-23

Find out what was hot this week besides the weather.  Catch up on this week’s gamification buzz: via Nicole Strong @niccistrong, myengaming.com This week in Gamification news, the Gamification Summit took centre stage.  This conference was held in San Francisco and chaired by Gabe Zichermann. Facebook also featured prominantly in this week’s posts with Reward Volunteers, […]

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Inaugural Class of GAwards Winners Honored at The Gamification Summit

With the conclusion of the Gamification Summit, the GAward winners were also announced.  Nominees in each category were crowdsourced online and then a jury of industry experts made the final decisions. via gamasutra.com @gamasutra The Gamification Summit has announced the results of the GAwards, with six cutting edge companies taking home honors for the best […]

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