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The Gamification Quest

by Monica Cornetti

Embark on an exciting journey to revolutionize corporate learning and development, employee onboarding, training, and adult classrooms with the dynamic world of gamification. Join us at 'The Gamification Quest,' where Sententia Gamification takes you on a captivating exploration of this cutting-edge strategy, designed to ignite motivation and engagement among employees, customers, and students.Our podcast features insightful conversations with leading experts in Learning and Development, Adult Education, and Platform Providers. Discover a treasure trove of actionable tips, tools, and techniques that you can implement immediately in your training programs, talent development leadership, and efforts to boost employee engagement. Unleash the power of gamification and level up your approach to education and training. Join the quest and put gamification to work for you!

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Episodes

  1. GameChangers: Joshua Yavelberg

    Doc Yavelberg, author of The Sententia Shift: How Gamification Rewrites How We Solve Problems, featured in the GameChangers Anthology. Doc is an artist, educator, designer, and strategist whose work bridges art, learning, and systems thinking. As the founder of Flying Cloud Solutions, he helps...

  2. GameChangers: Bernardo Letayf

    My guest today is Bernardo Letayf, we’re exploring not one but two chapters he contributed to the GameChangers Anthology. His first, Problems, Users, and Actions: Creating the Learner Journey, offers a clear, actionable model for designing meaningful engagement. His second, Love, Happiness, and...

  3. GameChangers: Frank Parker

    Enframing and the Human Moment in Learning Design. Frank Parker is a retired Director of Instructional Technology at Johnson C. Smith University and one of our most active, engaged, generous, and gracious members of our Sententia gamification community of practice

  4. GameChangers: Sue Peahl and Phill Ferrone

    My guest today is Susan Peahl, and joining us as well is Phil Ferrone. Our topic is: Clarity Before Clicks: Before You Buy That Tech. Susan holds a Master’s degree in Instructional Design and has decades of experience transforming workplace learning. She has trained more than 10,000 leaders…

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  5. GameChangers: Karl Kapp

    Unofficial History of Gamification: From Playful Roots to Purposeful Practice in Learning. Karl has a worldwide reputation as one of the pioneers in the gamification of learning and instruction—literally writing the book on the subject. He’s an international keynote speaker, a TEDx presenter, and...

  6. GameChangers: Keith Lillico

    The Framework Factor: Building Scalable Gamification That Works. Keith is Associate Director of Global Learning & Development at Merck, founder of Lillico Learning Solutions, and a Certified Gamification Master Craftsman. His work blends game design elements, accessibility, and business alignment...

  7. GameChangers: Rihan Mustapha

    GameFrame™: Rethinking Leadership with Coaching and Play. Rihan is an ICF Master Certified Coach, a Gamification Master Craftsman, and a Leadership Development Specialist with over two decades of experience. She’s also a LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator and EQ Practitioner, known for connecting...

  8. Gamechangers: Artrell Williams

    If I Can Do It, You Can Do It: From Prototype to Award-Winning Training Game. Artrell is a Certified Gamification Master Craftsman through Sententia Gamification and creator of Taiyazukuri, an award-winning playing card game designed to teach manufacturing processes. This game received accolades…

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  9. Gamechangers: Javier Velasquez

    Fail Smart: Lose to Learn the Gamified Way. Javier is a game and gamification designer with extensive experience creating innovative solutions that use play and gameful design to enhance learning, motivation, and engagement. His work has been recognized internationally with four GamiCon awards,...

  10. Gamechangers: Monica Cornetti and Jonathan Peters

    Editors Monica Cornetti and Jonathan Peters discuss the anthology Gamechangers. Hear their vision for the book and why they chose these authors.

  11. The Gamification Quest Podcast: StoriesWisdom.com

    In this episode, we meet Pradeep U.N., a masterful weaver of narratives and gameplay, turning organizations into vibrant ecosystems where storytelling, gamification, and social learning converge to unlock a symphony of inclusion, innovation, and purpose. About Your Host: Monica Cornetti works…

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  12. Artrell Williams: Taiyazukuri – A Tire Manufacturing Card Game

    My guest is Artrell Williams and our topic is Taiyazukuri – A Tire Manufacturing Card Game that teaches tire manufacturing processes and terminology, fostering understanding through descriptions. It imparts Sumitomo Rubber USA’s Mission, Vision, Values, and KPI impact on business. The deck serves...

  13. Create a Cyber Security Escape Room

    My guests are Jamie Phillips, Celia Sellers, and Rebecca Arnett, and our topic is Creating a Cyber Security Escape Room. In this innovative Cyber Security Escape Room event, participants raced against time to thwart a hacker using social engineering, phishing, malware, and more. Designed for the...

  14. An Award-Winning, Game-Based Solution to Organization Culture

    My guests are Jordan Dyson and Scott Provence and topic is their internationally award-winning project called Walk With Me. A wealth management firm was looking for ways to improve their organizational culture and address risks of declining client-service quality. Jordan and Scott created a...

  15. Jim Piechocki - Gamifying Amazon AI

    In the case of the project that is the topic of today’s podcast, Jim Piechocki woke up a dreadfully dull IT classification process training with a post-apocalyptic superhero story he had pitched years ago to Marvel about The Technicals, an alien race that takes over and outsources Earth. The...

  16. Augusta University: The AU Victory Cup

    As part of a bigger effort to offer an asynchronous, summer faculty development program, the Center for Instructional Innovation at Augusta University developed a 2-part, 6-week program on Multimedia and Motivation in Student Learning. The first half of the program was a 3-week course on the...

  17. Tracey Stokely: Using Escape Rooms for New Hire Programs

    Paycor wanted an exciting experience to enhance their new hire program. Tracey created a wildly popular escape room game to review their day’s content and promote teamwork. Her first version was an in-person pop-up escape room but when COVID hit, she had to pivot to rethink and redesign it to be…

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  18. Fernando Mendes: Gaminar

    With the pandemic, facilitator-led corporate training was pushed to virtual platforms and many companies and freelances were not equipped to deliver experiential learning online. Gaminar.net is a platform that enables educators to deliver serious games involving business and soft skills…

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  19. What Does it Take to Create an Award-Winning Program?

    Many GamiCon participants care about awards and would like to have the prestige that comes with winning an award. But how do you know if your gamified learning solution is award-worthy? How do you articulate the value your solution(s) delivered to the organization? Can you describe the problem…

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  20. David Castañeda Pardo and Lina M. Parra Ante

    How can you use a motivation driver’s perspective to test your game designs in a more integrative way? Step 1: Be aware of and consider the complexity of the mind of your user. What moves, excites, and challenges your players while they’re inside your system? Check the different qualities of how...

  21. Scott Provence: Why Villains Always Lose

    Ever wonder why genius supervillains fail to take over the world? In this session, use game-play and business-based research to accomplish your own version of world domination. More than just a hands-on learning session, this playshop will also give you ready-to-deploy tools you can use to set…

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  22. Hadiya Nuriddin
: Choose your Fighter

    Including compelling characters in your games creates opportunities for fostering a sense of connection, empathy, ownership, and meaning for learners while they experience the narrative you designed. Learn how characters contribute to your games. Build a character with their own physical, social,...

  23. Mahesh Joshi: A Client’s Request

    A client asked Mahesh Joshi if he could gamify a one-day seminar to generate greater interest in the material. The resultant product is a card game—BiggieBills—is a patented, interactive, and dynamic strategic thinking game. In this episode, Mahesh and Monica walk through the process from the…

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  24. Deirdre Jensen - Scenario-Based Learning and Gamification

    And our topic today is centered on highly engaging and effective projects that Deirdre and her team have created for clients. We’re going to explore together - How Scenario-Based Learning and Gamification are Great Partners for High Impact Learning. About Our Guest: In 2014, Deidre established...

  25. Jimbo Clark - Thinking Out of the Virtual Training Box

    Covid-19 brought tremendous disruption to the world of physical corporate training. Jimbo Clark tells us how he took a course that required participants to construct a physical box, and pivoted it to being a digital experience that was just as engaging. He shares lessons learned from this...

  26. Eric Nelson - School is in: Gamification Schoolhouse

    An international classroom teacher of many years, Eric Nelson joins us to explore how gamification can be used to tackle tricky classroom problems, create alternates to traditional letter grades, and assess content mastery in new ways. Monica and Eric tackle the unique challenges facing teachers…

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  27. Tim Dickerson - Start Dirty Stay Dirty

    Tim Dickerson is like many Sententia learners (roughly 50% if you want a number), he ended up in instructional design by happenstance more than choice. In this episode Monica and Tim talk about what particular gems of gamification wisdom were the most meaningful to him, and why you should rush to...

  28. Richard Vass - How to Make Rockstar E-Learning

    Our topic today is centered on what Richard and eLearning Brothers do best - Help You to Become an eLearning ROCKSTAR™ - help you build content that is engaging, interactive, and inspiring. You can see an example of ROCKSTAR eLearning if you download the case study that accompanies this podcast…

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  29. Game-Based-Learning in Practice

    Use the Game Based Learning Design Wheel, which combines the scientific principles of learning theories, game design, and theories of motivation and behavior into a practical model to design gamification solutions that contribute to learning. Developed by Living Story and used for years to design...

  30. Javier Velasquez - Gamification Feedback, Rules, and Loops

    Gamification designs for learning should use the full potential of feedback rules and feedback loops for engagement. Feedback is a key aspect in game design, not just to direct behavior, but also to give discernable cues to the players on their performance and aspects to improve. A good...

  31. Bernardo Letayf - Map a Player Journey

    Why is a well crafted player journey such an essential part of gamified instruction? Bernardo is joining us today to promote his workshop that he will be giving at Gamicon 2020 about player journey creation. Learn how a well crafted player journey will reward mastery, as well as how critical it…

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  32. Victoria Ichizli-Bartels - Practice Self-Gamification

    Our topic today is: Practice Self-Gamification or we could turn that title into How to Play the “Turn Your Life into Fun Games” Game You are going to appreciate the program today as you learn how and why to turn your life into a game. Why would you do that? One reasons to turn any project into a...

  33. Marilyn Zwissler - The Great Art Quest

    An art history course developed for Alverno College based on a challenge to save art works of five ancient cultures from oblivion and thereby save the memory of those cultures. About Our Guest: Marilyn Zwissler started out as a product trainer, found out it was a profession, and is now a...

  34. Jean Marrapodi - GamiCon Throwdown Judging

    Gamicon head judge Jean Marrapodi walks us through the Gamicon Project Throwdown competition, the creation of a comprehensive rubric for that competition, and the difference that it made. We explore questions like "how should instructional designers be judged?", "Who should be doing the…

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  35. Masha Sedova - Hacker's Mind

    Hacker’s Mind by Elevate Security gamifies the security training process resulting in employees who understand their importance in securing your organization. Turn every employee into a security superhero, and equip the organization to succeed against today’s people-centered risk. About Masha...

  36. Monica Cornetti - Six Keys to Successfully Gamify Your Next Webinar

    Informational webinars, attract people who are either moderately curious about something that you're offering; wondering if you'll be able to meet their needs. If you're in HR, Corporate Training, or a Teacher, webinars offer an inexpensive (free) alternative to live, instructor-led sessions. If...

  37. Amy Morrisey - The Catch It Game for Tiffany and Co.

    Tiffany & Co. needed to train security officers to follow an important process when they suspect someone of shoplifting. The target audience rarely actually encounters a situation that allows them to apprehend a shoplifter. They must remember and apply Tiffany’s Five Elements of Proof EXACTLY or...

  38. Scott Provence - 2019 Training Magazine Winner of Excellence in No Tech Gamification Design

    If you go to our podcast website – www.TheGamifictionQuest.com – you can see the case study that we created around Scott’s award-winning gamification project. We've also included the slide deck from his GamiCon19 (www.GamiCon.us) Barebones Storytelling that we’re revisiting in this episode. If…

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  39. Domenic Caloia - Adaptive Design for Personalized Learning

    The Company provides online training for its global sales and technical staff. Training a global workforce presents several problems. Sales and technical both need product training, but while their needs differ, there is a significant overlap that blurs the boundaries. The common solution is to...

  40. Javier Velasquez - Cash Inc.

    A Colombian bank wanted to test drive gamification to transform their digital culture within the organization.The bank is betting towards its digital portfolio, but its own employees rely too much on cash for their daily transactions. A gamified app was developed centered around an evil anonymous...

  41. John Chen - Geoteaming at GamiCon 2019

    John Chen is a Digital Team Building Expert. He is the CEO of Geoteaming specializing in corporate team building and leadership programs that use technology and adventure, and the Wiley author of "50 Digital Team Building Games”. John has completed over 1,110 team building events with over…

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  42. Sue Bohle - A Spotlight on the Serious Play Conferences 2019

    Sue Bohle is the Executive Director of the Serious Play Conference Montreal July 9-12, 2019 Orlando July 23-26, 2019 The Serious Play Conference is the leadership gathering for thought leaders in game-based learning, and is the only conference that covers all market sectors – corporate…

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  43. Understanding the Student Perspective of Art History Survey Course Through Game Design

    The art history survey course has been recognized as problematic with regard to its lack of innovation and adaptation to educational trends and the evolving landscape of college-level learners. While Yavelberg’s recent dissertation provided broad insight into the faculty perceptions of the course...

  44. Brown University - Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans

    What can the grotesque, monstrous, and even alien creatures found lurking in an extraordinary range of literature across many centuries reveal about the different ways humans have imagined what it means to be human? This online, full semester literature course was designed in collaboration by...

  45. The CFM Challenge

    Founded in 1981, CFMA is the only organization dedicated to bringing together construction financial professionals and their partners serving their unique needs. CFMA serves more than 8,900 members via 98 chapters located throughout the US and Canada. The construction industry faces ever changing...

  46. E. Altug Yilmaz - Masters of Claims

    A leading insurance company, located globally, with more than 700 workers at HQ and more than 1000 at agency, wanted to increase the quality of file process, with less complaints regarding the benefits and solving time for each case. The answer was a gamified web-based program with Chinese Dragon...

  47. Monica Cornetti -- Match-A-Mo Learner Persona Game

    Match-A-Mo Learner Persona Game The Sententia team developed this 2-minute game to playfully learn how to match mechanics to a learner persona. As part of marketing and branding campaign for GamiCon19, the game premiered at the Training Magazine 2019 Conference and Expo, in Orlando, Florida in...

  48. Edgar Solano - The WakeUpBrain Game

    A program launched by Confecámaras, the guild of Chambers of Commerce of Colombia and Colciencias, the state agency for the promotion of innovation in the country. The objective was to increase the level of innovation among companies in Colombia – to help more than 1,000 Subject Matter Experts in...

  49. Kyle Miller - EDMS Escape Room

    With over 5000 front end documents in their EDMS, Vitalant was seeking a way to create a meaningful and engaging training to support their staff to help them to know quickly and easily where to go to find the information they need to do their jobs. As revisions to procedures are continually...

  50. Rev - by PentaQuest

    Pentaquest, led by Kerstin Oberprieler, worked with an Australian Government Department to implement gamification with the objective of increasing their employees' engagement with professional development. Like many government agencies, this department was seeking a mechanism to shift their…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Embark on an exciting journey to revolutionize corporate learning and development, employee onboarding, training, and adult classrooms with the dynamic world of gamification. Join us at 'The Gamification Quest,' where Sententia Gamification takes you on a captivating exploration of this cutting-edge strategy, designed to ignite motivation and engagement among employees, customers, and students.Our podcast features insightful conversations with leading experts in Learning and Development, Adult Education, and Platform Providers. Discover a treasure trove of actionable tips, tools, and techniques that you can implement immediately in your training programs, talent development leadership, and efforts to boost employee engagement. Unleash the power of gamification and level up your approach to education and training. Join the quest and put gamification to work for you!

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Monica Cornetti

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