The Gamification Report Blog

Level-up Learning: Five Levels of Gamification Design adult learning business objectives corporate training e-learning game design gamification Nov 29, 2018

by Jonathan Peters, PhD
CMO, Sententia Gamification

There is an oft-quoted and perhaps overused prediction by Gartner that 80 percent of gamification efforts are destined for failure. (At least that was the prediction in 2014.) Given the prevalence of the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule), we could...

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4 Levels of Measurement for Your Next Gamification Project adult learning business objectives corporate training e-learning gamification Nov 25, 2018

Written by Monica Cornetti
CEO, Sententia Gamification

Let's talk Key Performance Indicators or KPIs. In its simplest form, a KPI is a type of performance measurement that helps you understand how your HR or L&D department is performing. If everything is important… nothing is important....

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The Pitfalls of Motivational Interviews behavioral science business objectives corporate training motivation Feb 08, 2018

Beginning Warning

What motivates your learner? The answer is more complex and complicated than you may think, certainly more complex and more complicated than popular business books would lead you to believe. 

When it comes to assessing the motivational profile of learners, the first and...

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Four Types of Gamification for Learning adult learning business objectives corporate training e-learning gamification Jan 27, 2018

With a nod to Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle, it’s important to know WHY we are gamifying a program or process before we begin to actually gamify it. If I could anticipate what he would say (at least a few years ago) about the WHY of gamification, I believe Sinek would say our WHY will...

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Onboarding: A Reflection adult learning behavioral science business objectives corporate training instructional design Apr 24, 2017

In his seminal work describing flow, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi discusses the frustration we feel when a challenge is more difficult than our abilities, or how boring a task will be if our skills surpass the challenge. Flow, he says, comes at the balance between challenge and...

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Gamification Challenge: Dollarize It! - ROI vs. ROE adult learning business objectives corporate training gamification motivation Dec 13, 2016

It’s probably no surprise to you, but investing in employees pays off.
Learning opportunities result in higher levels of employee promotion, retention, satisfaction, skills and knowledge, and this translates to better organizational performance. In fact, research shows the more a company...

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Corporate Training: What's your Why? adult learning business objectives corporate training gamification motivation Nov 18, 2016

Gamification of real-world training and development is a powerful technique which can motivate people and help generate loyalty to your organization, its products, and its message. At its core, Gamification is about finding the fun in the things that we have to do.

But like any of our training or...

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