Use Gamification to transform your employees’ mentality!

Posted by on Sep 8, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | Comments Off on Use Gamification to transform your employees’ mentality! Melina Politi is a foreign guest writer from Greece. I am very happy to introduce her to you through an interesting post she wrote especially for gamifier.com. Gamification by nature is the element used to enhance game stickiness and engagement. In a colossal community, gamers compete against their friends while seeking for acknowledgement and recognition. Gamification represents how science can...
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Sandbox Gamification: the next big thing!

Posted by on Jul 14, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | 2 comments Holliday season! A lot of people will bring their family to the beach; after the dessert the largest Sandbox that exists on this planet. The sandbox at the beach is better for our creativity, because it’s next to water. Water and sand are the only ingredients our young children need, to shape their imagination. They can spend hours and hours in the sand building the weirdest structures and...
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Plus 4 an evolutionary development method

Posted by on Jul 2, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | 1 comment The new generation works in a different way. Especially when it comes to software development. It makes sense. During Education they are fully dependent on themselves most of the time. Teachers can’t keep up with the pace of new innovations. We can’t blame them for that, nobody can. It’s just going too fast and the amount of information has become too much for one person to absorb. What’s...
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Changing the World, One Gamified App at a Time

Posted by on Jun 9, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | 27 comments At this point, you’ve probably heard of gamification. You’re most likely aware of this growing trend in which game mechanics are infused into business structures and processes. Chances are, this has been from either a marketing or an employee engagement standpoint. However, gamification can also be applied to various unique facets of life in order to make a real difference in society. The...
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It becomes interesting when the real and virtual world meet

Posted by on May 26, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | Comments Off on It becomes interesting when the real and virtual world meet My main interest is obviously Gamification. Augmented reality, applied games, social media are in my field of interest as well. I see them as complementary to Gamification. Innovations in which the real world meets the virtual world have my special interest. That’s where our future lies. I am certain of that. For a lot of people hard to understand what the potential is, but if I would invest in...
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The Plus 4 Gamification method

Posted by on May 20, 2013 in Gamification blog posts | Comments Off on The Plus 4 Gamification method Lately I have been pretty busy. Not complaining because I love what I do. To be more specific I am doing some projects and writing a practical e-book about Gamification in Dutch at the same time. Not much time left to spend on my Gamification blog. Today I found a solution for that. I am giving you’ll a sneak preview of stuff I am writing for my e-book. Today it’s about the essence of the...
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