Gamification: How can Monopoly help you grow your business? (SOLD OUT)
How can Monopoly help your business grow? Are there lessons from World of Warcraft that can be applied to our business model? These are the emerging questions a growing number of businesses are asking themselves thanks to the rise of gamification. Learn how to use Gamification to make a positive impact on your work and life. #gamificationimpact #aarhusbss
Info about event
Time
During this exciting talk, Yu-kai Chou and AU's own Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit will explore how simple game mechanics and game design techniques help organizations become better at understanding and engaging internal and external stakeholders. They'll also illuminate how gamification can make a positive impact on your personal and professional life.
The event is free to attend but sign up is required. Notice, seats are limited. The event is open to alumni. All attendees sign up through the link above - choose your connection in the sign up form.
Programme
| 07.30–08.00 | Coffee, tea and croissants |
| 08.00–08.05 | Welcome by Corey Morris, Alumni Relations Manager, Aarhus BSS |
| 08.05–09.05 | The 8 Core Drives that make games fun and exciting with Yu-kai Chou |
| 09.05–09.35 | Facilitated networking |
| 09.35–10.35 | The use of gamification in social impact projects: a business model perspective with Dr. Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit (´11) |
| 10.35–11.05 | Facilitated Q&A with Yu-kai and Rajiv |
| 11.05–11.10 | Closing remarks |
Practical info
- Date: 24 November 2016
- Time: 07.30 - 11.10
- Place: Upper Multiroom, S building (2610), Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210 Aarhus V. 2610. See options for parking here.
- Language: English
- Price: Free (but registration is required)
- RSVP: No later than 18 November 2016
- Capacity: 100 seats, which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis
- Refreshments: Coffee, tea, water and croissants
Who should attend?
- Industry experienced alumni eager to hear from a thought leader.
- Senior managers looking for tools to enhance their business strategy.
- Executives interested in understanding the nuts and bolts of gamification.
Pay it forward
Members of the Alumni Network can invite one guest.
Speakers
Yu-Kai Chou
Yu-kai Chou is an Author and International Keynote Speaker on Gamification. He is the Original Creator of the gamification framework: Octalysis, and the author of Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. He is the Founder of The Octalysis Group and has been a regular speaker/lecturer on gamification worldwide, including at organizations like Google, Stanford University, LEGO, TEDx, SxSW, Gamified India, Huawei, the Innovation Center in Denmark, Kingdom of Bahrain, and many more. Read more
Rajiv Valid Basaiawmoit
Dr. Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit, Ph.D., MBA, is the Head of Sci-Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Science & Technology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He works with student-led innovation and entrepreneurship, interdisciplinary collaboration and gamification. He combines a rather multi-disciplinary academic background (PhD in Biophysics & MBA in Sustainability) with a social impact focused mind-set.
In his spare time he designs & plays games and tries solving some of the most pressing social problems of the world today with games and has won several awards for his innovative approaches. Some of his novel ideas have been pitched in front of some of the world’s prominent and influential people within social change – such as former US President Bill Clinton, Nobel Prize winner Prof. Muhammad Yunus, and CEO of Dubai-based child-education NGO – Sheikh Tariq Al-gurg. Read more
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