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Let’s Talk About Gamification What is gamification and how it can help us Vasilis Gkogkidis – January 2017

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Let’s Talk About Gamification

What is gamification and how it can help us

Vasilis Gkogkidis – January 2017

How did I get here?

What we do

•Consulting

• Speaking

• Training

Definition

Gamification “The use of game elements and game-design techniques in non-game contexts.” Werbach and Hunter (2012, p26)

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“In every job that must be done.

There is an element of fun.

You find the fun and snap, the job’s a game.”

-Mary Poppins

Piano Stairs

How do games work?

“Games give us unnecessary obstacles that we volunteer to tackle” Bernard Suits

Most Expensive Movie Ever Made Most Expensive Game Ever Made

Cost: $ 400 million Cost: $ 500 million

Dopamine

Dopamine is released before an event that requires some sort of response, pleasurable or otherwise, and drives us to act.

Serotonin

Serotonin is a mood regulator. If you have enough you will be happy, if you don’t –you will be miserable.

Oxytocin

Oxytocin is key to how we bond to others.

This can even occur remotely via social networks such as Twitter!

How Can Gamification Help Us ?

Exercise – Zombie Run

Saying Well Done - Bonusly

Fighting Diseases - Foldit

Fight Hunger – Free Rice

Marketing – James Bond Skyfall

Recruiting – Quest For Oil

Getting People To Notice You

Thank You!

Greek Gamification Network

[email protected]@v_gkogkidis