Eps 203 The Gamification Quest Podcast with Michiel Van Eunen
The Gamification Quest
Ever wondered what goes into creating an immersive learning experience? Michiel Van Eunen, who launched our first GamiCon with an unforgettable escape room, shares his wisdom in this podcast. Catch him live at GamiConATX24 where he'll lead a can't-miss session on building engaging escape rooms for education
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Eps 202 The Gamification Quest Podcast with An Coppens
The Gamification Quest
Explore the world of gamification with An Coppens, CEO of Gamification Nation, in an interview conducted earlier this year as part of our annual GamiCon48V (the ONLY online conference for the gamification of adult learning). An shares decades of insights, offering advice to those just starting out in gamification and game-based learning. This glimpse into her expertise previews the high-caliber speakers slated for GamiConATX24.
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The Gamification Quest Podcast: StoriesWisdom.com
The Gamification Quest
In this episode, we meet Pradeep U.N., a masterful weaver of narratives and gameplay, turning organizations into vibrant ecosystems where storytelling, gamification, and social learning converge to unlock a symphony of inclusion, innovation, and purpose. About Your Host: Monica Cornetti works with individuals and organizations like yours who want to learn how to think playfully to change behaviors and achieve objectives. A gamification speaker and designer, Monica was repeatedly rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE from 2015-2020, and in 2021 and 2022 was recognized as...
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Artrell Williams: Taiyazukuri – A Tire Manufacturing Card Game
The Gamification Quest
My guest is Artrell Williams and our topic is Taiyazukuri – A Tire Manufacturing Card Game that teaches tire manufacturing processes and terminology, fostering understanding through descriptions. It imparts Sumitomo Rubber USA’s Mission, Vision, Values, and KPI impact on business. The deck serves multiple purposes, reinforcing key concepts for SRUSA staff to grasp the value stream, communicate discrepancies, and cut manufacturing waste costs. At the GamiCon event in NOLA in September, Artrell's project was awarded the People’s Choice Award for “Low-Tech Design" – that’s...
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Create a Cyber Security Escape Room
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Jamie Phillips, Celia Sellers, and Rebecca Arnett, and our topic is Creating a Cyber Security Escape Room. In this innovative Cyber Security Escape Room event, participants raced against time to thwart a hacker using social engineering, phishing, malware, and more. Designed for the curious, puzzle-loving, adventurous, and competitive, this team-based challenge involved solving 15 cybersecurity puzzles. It encouraged team building and social interaction, with participants either forming groups or being assigned to teams. Key game mechanics included achievement rewards like...
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An Award-Winning, Game-Based Solution to Organization Culture
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Jordan Dyson and Scott Provence and topic is their internationally award-winning project called Walk With Me. A wealth management firm was looking for ways to improve their organizational culture and address risks of declining client-service quality. Jordan and Scott created a two-step, game-based solution for this client: first, employees played a turn-based conversation game with an AI-powered chatbot that and then attended a live 50-minute debrief session where they learned about key empathetic behaviors, discussed their experiences. The program results showed double-digit...
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Gamification for Product Excellence with Mike Hyzy and Bret Wardle
The Gamification Quest
My guests are Bret Wardle and Michael Hyzy, and our topic is their book titled, Gamification for Product Excellence. After years of leading product strategy, management, and development, Mike realized gamification could be the ultimate game-changer for creating engaging products. Seeing an opportunity to share this powerful concept, he channeled his insights into his first book, Gamification for Product Excellence. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bret is a seasoned Game/Software professional with over 15 years of experience in crafting immersive games, innovative software, and...
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Bernardo Letayf and Roman Rackwitz: 2023 GamiCon48V Pre-Conference Podcast
The Gamification Quest
Bernardo Letayf and Roman Rackwitz are renowned gamification experts on the cutting edge of innovation with their latest project, TABI. With a passion for merging gaming principles with various fields, they bring extensive expertise to the world of technology and engagement. TABI, their groundbreaking software, promises to revolutionize user experiences, education, and employee motivation. Through gamified solutions, Rackwitz and Letayf aim to enhance engagement and productivity in diverse domains. Their podcast interview offers valuable insights into their visionary work, shedding light on...
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Jim Piechocki - Gamifying Amazon AI
The Gamification Quest
In the case of the project that is the topic of today’s podcast, Jim Piechocki woke up a dreadfully dull IT classification process training with a post-apocalyptic superhero story he had pitched years ago to Marvel about The Technicals, an alien race that takes over and outsources Earth. The gameplay: You must learn how to create a keyword class to rescue Amazon and save the planet. About our Guest: Jim is a member of a small but growing breed of ATD-licensed developers who start with the acting talent, the humor, the broadcast-quality imagery, and entertainment value. He worked as a...
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Monica Cornetti: The Imagineering Magic of Disney
The Gamification Quest
Walt Disney assembled a new category of designers, engineers, and artisans called Imagineers. These daring creators continue to balance their technical design chops with imagination, storytelling, and insatiable curiosity. Their blue-sky thinking has resulted in parks, shows, rides, cruise ships, and resorts that don’t just contain stories like a stage in a theater but actively tell those stories. Not a bad goal for your next training program. How can you use the imagineering pyramid in your course design and delivery?
info_outlineWith Special Guest Dave Blum, Founder of Dr. Clue Treasure Hunts. (www.drclue.com)
What do you do if your favorite things in the world are playing board games, solving puzzles, working with teams, and traveling around the world? That’s the question Dr. Clue founder and San Francisco Bay Area native, Dave Blum, asked himself back in 1995. Coming from a varied career in ESL, tourism and non profits, Dave got to thinking: “Surely there’s something I can create that incorporates all my interests and hobbies?” And so Dr. Clue Treasure Hunts was born.
According to a recent Gallup poll, active employee disengagement is costing U.S. businesses an estimated $500 billion annually.
Luckily it does NOT have to be that way.
Through gamification and a laser focus on team "community", organizations are turning the tide of disengagement, and creating energized work environments in which teammates simply cannot wait to the get to the office.
In this episode we explore:
- The three biggest reasons employees "check out"
- How games and simulations can bring clarity around your team's current disengagement rate
- The 7 ways to create an unstoppable team with a strong sense of community, one in which people will sacrifice long hours (and pay) simply for the sake of the team
About Dave Blum: Over the past 20 years, Dave and his team have created thousands of gamified, team-development events, from treasure hunts to virtual icebreakers to Corporate Social Responsibility events. His signature "Clue Trek" program is currently performed in over 145 hunts worldwide, on three continents, including Chicago, New York, Las Vegas, Orlando, London, Paris, Geneva, Madrid and even Dubai. Some of his clients include Oracle, Cisco, T-Mobile, Bank of America, eBay, Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Johnson and Johnson, and many others. Twitter: @drclue
About Your Host: Monica Cornetti
www.SententiaGames.com
www.monicacornetti.com
A gamification speaker and designer, Monica Cornetti is rated as a #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, writes The Gamification Report blog, and hosts the weekly Gamification Talk Radio program.