Kelly Richmond Pope, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D., is an accountant and a professor. She’s also a storyteller and TEDx speaker. Keeping people engaged is a better way to educate, said Pope, an associate professor at DePaul University’s School of Accountancy and MIS in Chicago. In this episode, Pope discusses another way to keep learners engaged: gamification. Turning learning into a game helps with the recall and understanding of new concepts, whether in a college classroom or continuing professional education for accountants.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• Examples of gamification that are already part of our daily lives.
• How learning to drive a stick-shift car applies to gamification.
• Why gamification is not just for younger generations.
• How COVID-19 has disrupted traditional CPE and how virtual meetings could be better for learning in some cases.
• How a speaker’s style can help maximize learning through PowerPoint slide presentations.
• The ways organizations can gamify CPE-worthy content such as podcasts or TED Talks.