The Gamification Quest

This week Monica welcomes one of America's top doctors, Dr. Howard Green.

Mobile apps are an integral part of most of our lives and and their use in the workplace as well as in our personal lives is growing.

In this fascinating segment we'll explore SkinPhotoTextMatch - a medical information technology company currently focused in the field of Dermatology. The company has recently launched the world’s first cooperative apps to use gamified collective intelligence to provide professionally guided medical search service to the consumer - Skinstamatic, Dermgrandrounds, and Wikiskinatlas.

About Dr. Green:  CEO and Founder Dr. Howard Green graduated from the George Washington University and obtained his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in dermatology at Harvard Medical School, and was certified by American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Green has published numerous scientific papers and holds several medical patents. For the last 17 years, he has been selected by his peers and Castle Connolly Medical, LTD as one of America's Top Doctors. Connect with Dr. Green www.skinphototextmatch.com. On Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/dermhag 

About Your Host:  A gamification keynote speaker and curriculum designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica’s niche is gamification used in the corporate environment. Connect with Monica (@monicacornetti) www.monicacornetti.com

Imagine that you’re asked to create a training program/job aid to address quality control issues within your organization. You could start with flow charts, statistics, and time studies… OR you can create a Quest. Now every problem becomes a challenge to overcome, a mystery to be solved. The focus is on the goal and if the team works together and makes the necessary sacrifices – everyone will be able to achieve that goal.

Stories help us to organize and remember information and tie content together. Our brains are hard-wired to think and express in terms of a beginning, middle and end. It's how we understand the world.

When a story reaches our hearts, it takes hold of us, and we want to hear more. Our minds remember stories, especially stories with emotions attached, much better than they remember lists, numbers, or concepts.

The gamification of learning is more than just building games into learning. It is a systematic process of using strategies that are based on the principles of good game design. Creating a story or epic quest is my favorite! How about you? Please feel free to share your ideas and comments with us.

Download the FREE Sample Lesson from The Gamification Starter Kit. This free lesson gives you a ton of story writing tools you can use to turn an idea into a successful story from beginning to end.

About your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the world by UK-based Leaderboarded. She hosts a weekly Gamification Talk Radio program, and is author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica’s niche is gamification techniques that can be used within the framework of corporate talent development. Connect with Monica Twitter @monicacornetti. Website: www.monicacornetti.com and www.sententiagames.com  

Part 2 of a casual open mic session where Dutch turns the tables on Monica and interviews her about gamification. In this session we discuss:

It’s casual, it’s unedited, it’s FUN!

Listen in and enjoy Part 1 of our discussion of gamification... motivation, mastery, and manipulation.

About Dutch Driver: Dutch's 15+ years in organization development embraces a broad-reach of sectors; chiefly in Aerospace, the Federal government, Healthcare, Higher Education and non-profits. He is a NASA certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a Certified Scrum Master in the Agile project management process, certified at Master Level III in Gamification, and certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator provider. He holds a B.A. degree from McMurry University and a M.A. degree from Texas A&M University. Connect with Dutch on Twitter: @Dutch_Driver

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of theSententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the bookTotally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti or the company website www.monicacornetti.com or www.SententiaGames.com

Part 1 of a casual open mic session where Dutch turns the tables on Monica and interviews her about gamification.

This week my guest is Dutch Driver – like most of my gamification colleagues – we met through social media – and then had an opportunity to meet live and in person when I was in Alabama speaking a few years back. Dutch is one of those creative, research type people that I find fascinating…

In this session we discuss:

We’ve all experienced push back to a new or innovative idea in the workplace. There is the fear of change, fear of failure, uncertainty of where to begin… which delays and most times squelches change initiatives in most organizations.

Listen in and enjoy Part 1 of our discussion of gamification and the 2020 workforce.

About Dutch Driver: Dutch's 15+ years in organization development embraces a broad-reach of sectors; chiefly in Aerospace, the Federal government, Healthcare, Higher Education and non-profits. He is a NASA certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a Certified Scrum Master in the Agile project management process, certified at Master Level III in Gamification, and certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator provider. He holds a B.A. degree from McMurry University and a M.A. degree from Texas A&M University. Connect with Dutch on Twitter: @Dutch_Driver

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of theSententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the bookTotally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti or the company website www.monicacornetti.com or www.SententiaGames.com

In this episode of Gamification Talk Radio, An and Monica  discuss the gamification industry, which like most technology fields, has been male dominated and often not very lady friendly. With Gamification in enterprise and learning however, we need to appeal to both genders.

Discussion topics include:

With a long background in learning and development and instructional design, An will also share where she sees learning heading thanks to gamification and some of her top tips for gamification in eLearning.

About An Coppens: An Coppens is the Chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation Ltd, where the vision is to make business and learning more fun and engaging. She is an award winning business coach, learning & development professional, author and speaker.

With Gamification Nation, An offers gamification design services and online learning programs which are designed to encourage winning behaviors and improve business results in the areas of sales, recruitment, learning and productivity.

You can connect with An at: [email protected] or on Twitter @AnCoppens

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti or the company website www.monicacornetti.com or www.SententiaGames.com

With special guest Jordan Fladell, EVP and Co-Founder of mLevel (www.mlevel.com)

Today we’re going to explore mobile learning. As I’ve worked on gamification strategies for organizations that plan to use mobile devices in the delivery of the content – I've learned that mobile learning is so much more than just reformatting our eLearning on a mobile device.

Jordan is going to help us understand how to:  know what belongs where, understand user behaviors on mobile devices, handle our design approach, map our plan to track mobile... and more! It’s going to be great!

About Jordan Fladell:  EVP and Co-Founder of mLevel, the world’s first casual learning platform designed for the enterpise. He brings a unique viewpoint to the learning world as for the past twenty years Jordan has been delivering and educating corporations on disruptive technologies witnessing firsthand the engagement challenge companies face today. The excitement and passion for helping companies successfully drive advancement via education is what Jordan brings to the table each and every day. Connect with Jordan on Twitter @mlevellearning and his website:  www.mlevel.com

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti or the company website www.monicacornetti.com or www.SententiaGames.com

With special guest, Igor Radic - CEO and VP of Funifier Gamification Platform.

For someone new to the industry, the concept of Gamification can be hard to grasp let alone implement.

Funifier is taking it back to the basics – Their platform is built on the question: Why can't the implementation of Gamification projects be simple and straight forward?

The rallying point of Funifier is to bring back the fun and common sense in gamification platform integration by focusing on:

Be sure to let everyone in your network who is looking for a gamification platform – know about this program – they can download the recording, and they’ll thank you for it! 

About Igor Radić is a senior operations strategist with 15+ years in the various industries that include project management, sales, and system integrations. Igor has lead large teams to attain company goals and organic growth through the use of game mechanics and incentive programs. He’s got international perspective. Born in Ex-Yugoslavia, Igor attended university in Montreal and traveled extensively (Across all continents) for work and pleasure which puts him in touch with people from different backgrounds and perspectives. He has spent countless hours on customer relations and Igor guarantees that his customers are content with the outcome of every project.

Connect with Igor on Twitter @TheFunifier or the company website www.funifier.com

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti or the company website www.monicacornetti.com or www.SententiaGames.com

With special guest – Alice Keeler.

Alice is a passionate educator who believes that professional development is not always formally delivered. She is a technology missionary, on a quest to inspire and help teachers to try something new. More than simply sharing ideas… Alice works with teachers to make vision reality.

In this episode of Gamification Talk Radio, Alice and Monica discuss how to apply gaming principals to education to increase motivation and to meet each kid where they are; to help each kid achieve their maximum potential.

You’ll learn:

About Alice Keeler: Alice lives in Fresno California where she is a mother of 5 and teaches in the credential program at Fresno State University. She is a Google Certified Teacher and the author of the book 50 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom. Connect with Alice on Twitter @alicekeeler and www.alicekeeler.com.

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You. 

Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning. 

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti, Web: www.monicacornetti.com and www.SententiaGames.com, Email: [email protected]

With special guest Gal Rimon of www.gameffective.com

Enterprise gamification is evolving, influenced by changes to performance management methodologies, the concept of fitbit and the quantified self, a deeper understanding of employee motivation and the use of game narratives. On today's program Gal and Monica explore how gamification is:

About Gal Rimon:  The founder and CEO of GamEffective, a next-generation gamification company. GamEffective offers solutions for sales, customer service, and on-boarding, offering clear calls to action, rich game narratives, and cross platform integration. Prior to founding GamEffective Gal served as Chief Executive Officer of Ness-Gilon Global and Chief Executive Officer of Synergy at Gilon Business Insight Ltd, a Business Intelligence Provider. Connect with Gal at @gameffective and @galrimon on Twitter.

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You.

Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti, Web: www.monicacornetti.com and www.SententiaGames.com, Email: [email protected]

Games, gamification and game-based learning have entered into the vocabulary of trainers, eLearning developers and instructional designers around the globe in the past few years. But, while the use of games for learning seems like a good match… there are a lot of questions that arise.

The answer to these questions can be found in the research on game-based learning.

In this episode of Gamification Talk Radio, Karl and I discuss:

About our guest Karl Kapp:

Karl Kapp, Ed.D., is a researcher, analyst, speaker, professor and designer of instructional games and gamification. He is a full-professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches subjects related to games, gamification and learning technologies. Karl is the Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies which works with organizations to create interactive instruction including games and simulations. 

Karl has authored or co-authored six books including The Gamification of Learning and Instruction and its accompanying how-to-book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook.

Connect with Karl: www.karlkapp.com and on Twitter @kkapp

About Your Host:  A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as the #1 Gamification Guru in the World by UK-Based Leaderboarded. She is the Founder and CEO of the Sententia Gamification Consortium and the author of the book Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide: Put Gamification to Work for You.

Monica is hired for her skill as a gamification speaker and is considered the best in gamification design for corporate learning.

Connect with Monica on Twitter @monicacornetti, Web: www.monicacornetti.com and www.SententiaGames.com, Email: [email protected]