Incentive Research Foundation Annouces The Do’s And Don’t Of Gamification With 1 in 4 corporate programs now using some form of gamification, it is more important than ever to make sure you are doing it right. In a recent publication, Gamification Done Right – The Do’s and Don’ts, The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) offers 10 crucial…
We were excited to have Michael join us at GSummit in San Francisco. Below are his bio and video preview from GSummit SF 2014: Dr. Michael Wu is the Chief Scientist at Lithium Technologies, where he currently applies data-driven methodologies to investigate and understand the social web. Michael has developed many predictive social analytics with…
The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Be sure to catch our next episode tomorrow on Wednesday, October 9 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we will feature prominent gamification community figure, Yu-Kai Chou.
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Last week, Lithium’s Chief Scientist Michael Wu came on the show to discuss the psychology behind engagement and motivation. During the show he mentions the following on the morality of motivating others intrinsically:
“Engaging with people through their intrinsic motivations isn’t good or bad…it’s just the way it is”
What does he mean? Watch the full episode below to get a thorough explanation of the meaning behind intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, how motivation changes over time, and a glimpse into Lithium’s IT security practices:
There have been quite a few interesting stories on gamification from around the web this week. Highlights include a serious game on poverty that motivates participants to turn around and give back to the less fortunate, specifics by Michael Wu on how gaming the system can be overcome, an insightful Q&A on health games, and a terrifying…
Over the past week, two excellent overviews of gamification have come out that highlight a few of the pitfalls that must be overcome for a successful product or campaign. Michael Wu, PhD is principle scientist of analytics at Lithium. In his most recent post, Michael discusses the inevitable, that players will always try to game a…
A week ago, today, we kicked off our second Gamification Summit in New York. The results have been awesome, and for those of you who were unable to attend, we are releasing the slides from the conference and also be sure to check out the live blog for a recap off all of the events….
