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Original Technorati articles tagged “gamification”

• in Social Media
  Zynga Teams up With New Schools for Learning Accelerator
  Zynga team up with New Schools to fund companies that use gaming in education.
  by cmimanagers / on May 2, 2013
• in Social Media
  Gaming Your Way to a Healthier Heart
  The Heart Foundation turn to gamification to encourage people to live a healthier lifestyle.
  by cmimanagers / on Apr 18, 2013
• in Technology
  An Opportunity Missed: The Olympics-as-a-Platform
  An “Olympic App Competition” and open data and social media policies would have made 2012 the most interactive Olympics ever.
  by jhaughwout / on Aug 5, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gamification”

 

• If Gamification Can Make College Fun, Imagine What It Can Do for Your Marketing

  
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  Gamification. If you hear the word and immediately think of points, badges, and leaderboards, don’t worry—you’re not alone. The almighty Wikipedia defines gamification as “the use of game design techniques and game mechanics in non-game context to solve problems and engage audiences.” The idea is to take ...
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• Gamification Overview

  
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  Gamification: the process of using game thinking and mechanics to engage users to participate in non-game activities in your website, service, or community. Understanding how and why gamification works, the areas it is most effective, and what the limits are will help you determine the best approach. These topics ...
  3 days ago

• Gamification in the Classroom: The Journey Continues

  
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  If you went up to the average student and asked them if they wished school was more like a video game you would almost certainly get a passionate "YES!" Im sure if you asked most adults theyd also put their vote in favor of making their tedious work day more fun and exciting. Gamification is in no way a new idea, but ...
  4 days ago

• Blog Ranks, Points and Rewards

  
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  Ever wondered what it takes to encourage participation and user interaction on your Website or blog? We did too and came to a conclusion that the time was right to install a point management system on this blog. Thus, users can now earn points by participating in activities such as writing comments, creating posts, ...
  1 week ago

• Gamification of Internal Process

  
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  Most examples of gamification have been external facing.  Using them to improve engagement with a site, or increase loyalty.  Have always been interested in how gamification can be used within a company to improve communications, increase innovation or ensure or improve performance.   This article looks at the ...
  1 week ago

• Citizenville. How to take the town square digital and reinvent government. Gavin Newsom.

  
  Knights on the Road — Authority: 120
  Citizenville. How to take the town square digital and reinvent government. Gavin Newsom . 2013. ISBN 9781101605813.  The author is  Lt. Governor of California and was mayor of San Francisco.  He speaks with authority and experience of the  disconnect between government (designed in the 50s) and its citizens ...
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• No More Playing Around: The Pros and Cons of Gamification

  
  Richardson Sales Excellence Review — Authority: 129
  The concept and practice of engaging people for business through games is not new. Marketing experts point to airline frequent flyer mile programs as an early form of gamification aimed at consumers. As for employees, pilots practicing and honing their skills using flight simulators is a good example of how training ...
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• Online Marketing 101: Are You Prone to Shiny Object Syndrome?

  
  EntrepreneurHeat | Indian Entrepreneur News, Startups and Interviews — Authority: 143
  It’s hard to resist the latest digital marketing craze — from Facebook to gamification to Vine. Before launching into a new online marketing tactic, figure out if it’s the right strategy for you. Here’s how. [via YoungEntrepreneur.com ] Follow us @entrepreneurht – lists / @sectorheat
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• Online Marketing 101: Are You Prone to Shiny Object Syndrome?

  
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  Its hard to resist the latest digital marketing craze -- from Facebook to gamification to Vine. Before launching into a new online marketing tactic, figure out if its the right strategy for you. Heres how.
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• Future trends in mobile

  
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  My (Alan Moore) keynote on how our societies, organisations, cities, lives and economies are being dramatically reshaped through mobile communications, based on my book No Straight Lines .    As Kevin Kelly asked, what does technology want? And he answers, it wants what we want. The point being there is a deep ...
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• How gamification can help your business play on sustainabilitys team

  
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  Gamification can turn mundane tasks into adventures, give people motivation to get involved and show the possibility for success, all key elements for putting sustainability into action.
  2 weeks ago

• Gamifying your health with Google Glass

  
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  Google Glass Chances are, if you’ve ever tried out a Nike+ FuelBand, a Jawbone UP, or apps like RunKeeper or Strava for runners and cyclists, then you’ve seen the powerful effects that gamification can have.     Gamification is an effective mechanism that taps into our naturally competitive instinct to help ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gamificación, dinamización en eventos con mecánicas de juego

  
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  Quien no se haya picado alguna vez cuando un amigo ha batido su récord en un juego, miente. Es así de sencillo. Escalar un peldaño en el ranking y superar los logros de un compañero supone un pequeño placer, y, para obtenerlo, nos aplicamos al máximo para superar las pruebas del juego, mientras nos divertimos y ...
  2 weeks ago

• Top 10 Enterprise Gamification Cases That Will Make Employees More Productive

  
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  New to Gamification? Check out my post What is Gamification & my Gamification Framework: Octalysis This is a guest post by Steven Laird. Steven is currently a Systems Integration Consultant at Accenture and is interested in the intersection of technology and psychology. He believes a gamified culture may be ...
  2 weeks ago

• The gamification of waking up in the morning

  
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  You need to get up in the morning, so set your alarm for a certain time.  The following morning you’re awoken by the sound of your alarm, you roll over turn the alarm off, and roll back to sleep again. It’s something we’ve all done plenty of.  A Japanese company have taken a gamification approach [...]
  2 weeks ago

• LevelEleven redesigns & rebrands its Salesforce app that cleverly gamifies sales

  
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  Sales people are an incredibly important resource, but how do you motivate them to close more deals without being an aggressive, insulting prig? LevelEleven believes its flagship app that gamifies the sales process is the answer to that problem. Detroit-based LevelEleven recently caught our eye when it raised ...
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• The most important slide at GSummit

  
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  After last month’s GSummit I just wanted to share one key slide here on the blog.    It is Slide 30 from Ross Smith on How Microsoft leads with Gamification. He prequelled the slide with “we spent a lot of money and gave away a lot of bikes to learn this”. Essentially the key principle is that not all of ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Gamification of Siebel Part Two

  
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  ODE - On Demand Education Ltd Blog - Specializing in CRM & Social CRM Consulting, Education and eLearning Gamification of Siebel Part Two So this is the second part of our mini-series – the Gamification of Siebel Part Two. As we discussed in the previous post , you need a clearly defined framework (did ...
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• The Gamification of Experience

  
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  I like the idea of gamification…in theory. In its simplest definition, it is creating an action and reward system for members of your community. Humans like games because we get some immediate gratification. The gamification of experience, however, leads to some odd “rewards” for those who play.
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• Does online dating cheapen relationships?

  
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  Source: Bostinno 5 key problems with online dating It’s 2013 in San Francisco, CA and online dating is officially socially acceptable and widely used.  Between eHarmany and Match.com, there are over 35 million users.  There are tons of others too including Zoosk, OK Cupid, Scout, and lets not forget the ...
  2 weeks ago

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