The Gamification Quest

The fantasy… the employees will enjoy the training and will apply their new knowledge in the workplace. We pay them to do this, so participants should apply their new skills and develop an attitude to solve problems.

The reality... most corporate training is dry, dull, boring, and unimaginative. Participants are secretly contemplating ways to "end it now" so that they don't have to sit through another 4 hours of this mind-numbing drivel. There will be no application of knowledge and absolutely nothing will change in workplace behavior.

Enter gamification – driving motivation, with the hope of engaging us and alluring us just as games do. But with a potentially significant cost for development and a high chance of failure, is gamification something that we can or should recommend to the C-team?

This week, learn how to use a low-tech, low-cost, high-impact gamification strategy as your gateway drug. Get 'em hooked and coming back for more!

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of GamiCon, the International Gamification Conference for Learning and Development, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com     
www.SententiaGames.com
www.GamiCon.us 
On Twitter: @monicacornetti

Expect to hear Juliette talk to you all about learner engagement! For the past 14 years, Juliette has dedicated her life and business to promoting the powers of learner engagement in the workplace, and the results are endless!

Some of the things you can learn from Juliette are:

• The powers of gamification to increase engagement in training
• How learner engagement can transform your business
• The top tips for implementing an effective learning technologies solution across a business

About Our Guest: Juliette Denny is the Ideologist in Chief (AKA Managing Director) at Growth Engineering, and her unwavering mission is to wage war on dull online learning! 

She is a pioneer and expert in applying gamification and social functionality to online learning. She has an unrivaled passion for learner engagement, which leaves audiences inspired and electrified 

Juliette is an influencer, an expert, and she also has direct access to primary research through her own products and solutions, meaning that her talks are packed full of stats and case studies proving the truth in what she’s saying.

Connect with Juliette: 
Website – www.growthengineering.co.uk
Twitter - @juliettedenny

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of GamiCon, the International Gamification Conference for Learning and Development, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com     
www.SententiaGames.com
www.GamiCon.us 
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

In spite of a constant flow of amazing new technologies, this era of email overload and social media feeds is distracting us from our work. People are experiencing poor productivity and lower motivation. Are games an additional distraction or can we use them to remove distractions, improve your focus and get you back on a path to delivering quality work, higher productivity and mastery?

About Pete Jenkins - An international speaker, adviser and trainer in Gamification. Pete founded his company GAMIFICATION+ LTD in 2000, and has since advised and trained companies of all sizes, both in the UK and internationally, on the use of Gamification. He is Chair of GamFed (the International Gamification Confederation), and Chair and Organizer of Gamification Europe, an annual conference for Gamification practitioners.

Connect with Pete:
Website: https://gamificationplus.uk
Twitter: @petejenkins
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenkinspete/

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of GamiCon, the International Gamification Conference for Learning and Development, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com    
www.SententiaGames.com    
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

Gamification doesn't need to be complicated, sometimes all you need is a simple score to change behavior. Score science is a practice that helps you get it right.

Toby Beresford created rise.global in his garage in 2012 as a tool to keep and share digital scores. It's now being used by senior influencers across the world to track their own social media success and to encourage others to do the same. In 2017, 400,000 people engaged with rise.global  - each spending an average of 25 minutes on the site.

Connect with Toby Beresford: 
Website www.rise.global
Twitter: @tobyberesford
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tobyberesford

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of GamiCon, the International Gamification Conference for Learning and Development, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com    
www.SententiaGames.com    
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

Gamification is still just a buzzword for some, while for others they’ve already implemented it with powerful effects on their business process. We’ve seen some gamification projects which have a very pretty design but have failed to engage users and others with a very ugly interface but are addictively engaging their users! What is the secret?

About Altug Yilmaz - is a Mathematical Engineer and worked for several training companies in Turkey for more than 10 years. He is the author of first Turkish gamification book: Herkes icin Oyunlastirma and he is Gamification Federation's (GamFed) Turkey ambassador. Altug blogs in Turkish about gamification at his blog: www.oyunlastirma.co. He is only Turkish person invited to speak at the Gamification World Congress (GWC16) in Madrid,Spain and recently spoke at the Gamification Europe Conference '17 in Brighton, UK.

Connect with Altug:
Website - www.oyunlastirma.co
Twitter: @ercanaltug
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ercanaltug/

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of the International Gamification Conference and Expo, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com    
www.SententiaGames.com    
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

Gamification as a tool for designing engaging experiences should not be restricted by technology. There is a need for physical and digital experiences to be merged AND playful and gameful inspirations should be at the heart of such a design process.

Today we’ll explore Sylvester’s 

• Insights into existing work in exploring a more hybrid and playful learning experience, such as the EU Funded Beaconing project (http://beaconing.eu)
• His Views on hybrid learning in comparisons to blended learning
• And his findings from the GameChangers project (http://gamify.org.uk) 

About Sylvester Arnab: A Full Professor in Game Science at Coventry University, UK, leading applied research and innovation at the Disruptive Media Learning Lab (DMLL).

With over 10 years research experience in simulation, serious games and gamification combined, his research interests include gameful, playful and persuasive designs that transform ordinary tasks into extraordinary experiences. He has a large portfolio of funded projects (https://sylvesterarnab.com/featured-projects/)  and publications (https://sylvesterarnab.com/publications/)  in the domain.

He co-founded the GameChangers – a Game Design Thinking initiative (http://gamify.org.uk), which is also being adopted and adapted in other countries, such as Malaysia (http://myCapsule.my).

Connect with Sylvester: Website- http://SylvesterArnab.com  
Twitter: @sarnab75
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvester-arnab-a4049818/

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of the International Gamification Conference and Expo, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com   
www.SententiaGames.com   
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

Is there a business that doesn’t want to have motivated users and engaged customers? How about a company that doesn’t crave higher productivity of happy employees? There has been different mindsets and disciplines to answer the need, but all share a toolbox that uses the tools of creativity and fun. No matter what they call the package, it’s here to stay.

In this episode, we explore such questions as:

• Is game design an essential part of Engagement Solution Design?
• How to handle cultural and environmental differences in gamification design?
• Why do we need different opinions while designing a solution?

About Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi: CEO/co-founder and game designer of “Art of Light and Motion Interactive Softwares”. He has also co-founded “IRAN Gamification Association” which is a community for Gamification enthusiasts to gather around the subject.

He has been rated #2 in “Global Gamification Gurus Power 100” in 2017; designed engagement solutions and gamified campaigns for Fintech, E-learning, E-health, Open Innovation and offline Advertising in some of the most famous companies and startups in his country. Currently working to build a new gamification platform based on a framework developed on his experience while continuing to design mobile games for his company.

Always a learner, late night gaming is still a part of his life style ;)

Connect with Alireza: Website- www.ALMgames.com  
Twitter: @ARSHourabi 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alirezaranjbarshourabi/ 

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of the International Gamification Conference and Expo, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com   
www.SententiaGames.com   
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

This week my guest is Rob Alvarez of the Professor Game Podcast - www.professorgame.com

For several years, Rob has been creating the engaging interactive learning materials used every day in business education at a leading business school. Since he jumped onto gamification he's been searching for as much information out there as he could find and applying it to projects with epic wins and lessons learned.

Recently Rob launched the Professor Game podcast professorgame.com where he offers his listeners the opportunity to learn from his guests as they disclose their offer the listeners all the possible value to learn from their wildest successes and their FAILs (First Attempt in Learning). 

In this interview you’ll get the best of what Rob’s been able to learn in less than thirty minutes, including:

• Why gamification is the way to go about learning.
• Key learning's from IE Business School's publishing department.
• What you can take from his journey and apply to your own practice.

About Rob Alvarez:  Rob is a speaker and designer on gamification for education, as well as the host of Professor Game Podcast. There, he interviews successful practitioners, experts and gurus of gamification to inspire teachers, professors and educational leaders to use gamification to make education amazing. He's also at IE Business School, ranked consistently one of Europe's top 5 and top 10 worldwide, where he works with interactive, engaging learning experiences.

Connect with Rob:
Website- professorgame.com 
Twitter: @RobAlvarezB
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-alvarez-bucholska

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica is the Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, Founder of the International Gamification Conference and Expo, 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com   
www.SententiaGames.com   
On Twitter: @monicacornetti 

In this episode, Zach and I explore why using a third party to find the right gamification software is a must in today’s saturated software market.

TechnologyAdvice.com has the solution to help businesses find which software is ideal for a company’s unique needs. Best of all? The service is free.

A few things covered in this podcast will include:

• Common problems gamification software buyers are trying to solve
• How to use a service like TechnologyAdvice to find the right software
• How this service is free
• Why you should use TechnologyAdvice to find your perfect software

About our Guest:  Zach Jones is the VP of Sales at TechnologyAdvice. He is a marketing-minded sales leader who has a passion for helping clients connect with buyers through innovative marketing programs. Zach is not afraid to challenge the status quo when it comes to traditional marketing strategies and loves to push marketers to think differently about how they drive results for their business. As a Nashville native and graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, Zach is right at home at TechnologyAdvice.

Connect with Zach:
Website- www.technologyadvice.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Technology_Adv

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015 and 2016, and in 2016 was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com   
www.SententiaGames.com   
On Twitter: @monicacornetti

Organizations across the Middle East have used gamification over the past few years to address lack of user engagement within their organizations and the marketplace.

And just as businesses in the U.S. and Europe are using gamification to build community, clarify objectives, and motivate teams, organizations across the Middle East are reaping the rewards of these gamified programs.

In this episode, Ahmed and I explore:

• A brief analysis of Gamification in Middle East
• The differences in designing Gamification in different cultures
• The reshaping  of the Gamification industry in the Middle East

About our Guest: Ahmed Hossam:
The International Gamification Confederation (Gamfed) Ambassador in Egypt, Ahmed is a Keynote speaker, Consultant, Designer and Facilitator on Gamification. He is Currently the president of Gamification Egypt and the Founder of Gampact.

In July, 2017 he was Rated #2 in the “Global Gamification Gurus Power 100” based in the United Kingdom. He has helped a variety of companies, from seed stage startups to Fortune 500 companies such as HP, Oracle, Vodafone, AUC, Abudawood and many more…

Ahmed is a Certified Level 2 Gamification Journeyman Designer from Sententia Gamification.

Connect with Ahmed: Website – www.ahossam.com
Twitter:  @ahmed_hossam88 

About the Host:  Monica Cornetti
Featured on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, Monica works with individuals and organizations who want to learn how to think differently to achieve uncommon results. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015 and 2016, and in 2016 was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

Monica 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.

She is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, voted by Forbes Small Business as one of the top 5 programs for entrepreneurial education in the country.

Connect with Monica: 
www.MonicaCornetti.com  
www.SententiaGames.com  
On Twitter: @monicacornetti