Mary Poppins was full of crap
Ok, this has been bugging me for years. In Gamification, there are many things you hear again and again. It’s not about games, points are bad, intrinsic motivation is king. There are more, but...
Tagged: motivation
Have a Batman break to keep motivated.
Last Friday, I began a little experiment – Batman’s big day out. It was the start of a series of little bits of fun I will be capturing and putting up on social media,...
Just rewarding activity is not gamification: stop it!
I have promised in the past not to write about the dangers of extrinsic rewards anymore. However, can’t stand reading about gamification being a failure anymore, when the articles proclaiming this almost always start...
User Types – an expansion to consider
I have not mentioned User Types for at least a couple of blog posts – so though it was time to mess with your heads a little. When I first started the user types,...
Engagement – What are we talking about?
Engagement. A word that is thrown about in gamification with all the abandon of a child dancing and singing to Frozen… The thing is, what exactly are we talking about? What is engagement. As...
Why User Types?
Second post in a day, not very SEO clever, I know. I wanted to take a moment to explain my view on User and Player types and their use in gamification. First up, some...
Making motivation worse with Gamification
When people talk about gamification, it is pretty certain the word “motivation” will pop up. “We want to engage and motivate our people, gamification is definitely going to be the answer for that!”. The...
A few gamification tips
Whilst I am away for a few days, I though I would fill the gap with a quick post for you all. A few gamification tips. Define your goal, you can’t expect anything to...
Gamification and Habits
I will state now, I am not claiming to be an expert on habits, however – I wanted to share some thoughts on how gamification can help with habit building. There are several habit...
Points & Badges Video Tutorial
The fourth video in my series of tutorials (finally!!) This one is just a short (10 minute) look at points and badges in gamified systems and how to make some use of them. Not...
Points and Badges in Gamification – Not totally evil.
Over the last few days, the conversation about the use of points and badges has come up several times with several different people. The stock answer in gamification these days is that points and...
3 Layers of Motivation (Updated for 2018)
The more I consider motivation, the more I realise it is one of those things we in gamification use as a catch-all. It’s a bit like how we treat the term “game mechanics” and,...
2013 Blog Round Up
2013 was all about gamification and loyalty for me. It saw some massive highlights as well, with trips to Portugal and Madrid to do talks as well as meeting a few great people (and...
Thin Layer vs Deep Level Gamification
With it nearly being Christmas, I thought I would put out one more blog post before the traditional years round up! This time I want to look at a concept I have been talking...
Andrzej Marczewski: Voice Over Artist
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