Tag: Gamification

No matter how old you get, you’re never too old for playtime. Children are encouraged to play as much as possible because it helps with their learning and development. Even as adults, playing games is still a great (and fun) way for us to learn, socialize, and accomplish things.

In her book Reality is Broken, visionary game designer Jane McGonigal found that 1 out of 4 gamers is over the age of 50. She also stated that 61% of surveyed CEOs, CFOs, and other senior executives say they take daily game breaks at work.

Read more at: https://www.cvent.com/en/blog/events/what-gamification-and-how-can-you-use-it-your-next-event-app

Studies show that gamification helps to develop new skills, forms independence, and motivates event attendees. With the help of game mechanics, you can affect the communication within the event, the culture of the organisation, work efficiency, etc.

What is gamification for events?

Gamification in the event industry, or event gamification, is the use of game mechanics to engage attendees, modify participant behavior, and accomplish event goals.

Read more at: https://www.gevme.com/blog/the-top-20-advantages-of-event-gamification/

Let’s hear from the Experts — How event gamification enhances attendee engagement?
Event Gamification is a concept widely being accepted at events globally. Event gamification is a new feature or a concept being incorporated at events to enhance the experience of the attendees and to increase audience engagement.

Event gamification encourages attendees to be more active on social media like encouraging them to promote hashtag for the event and so on. In return of which the attendees get incentives or better rank in the leaderboard.

Read more at: https://blog.hubilo.com/5-event-experts-insights-event-gamification/

Event technology has developed tremendously over the years opening gates to a lot of engaging event experiences.

One of the most effective concepts that help in creating engaging event experiences is event gamification. Event technology has enabled event planners to now facilitate extensive gamification strategies to engage attendees.

More information: https://medium.com/hubilo-officil-blog/hubilos-contest-module-the-perfect-solution-for-event-gamification-1ec19ded6117

Event gamification is not what you think! You may have been led to believe that by just downloading an app you’re ready to gamify an event. But, does this really work? Will this improve the quality of the event you’re organizing?

If you haven’t already figured it out, the answer is “no”. That’s because technology is merely the tool for gamification, it isn’t the strategy or the solution. It would be like a presenter throwing a CatchBox mic into the audience, without telling them why or how to use it.

More information: https://helloendless.com/how-to-use-event-gamification-and-boost-the-energy-of-the-attendees/

At an event, the disengaged attendee is an event planner’s worst enemy.

If you’re looking for a way to get attendees to pay attention and participate at your event, gamification could be the perfect way to make sure your attendees are taking part in the proceedings.

While gamification isn’t new to the industry, it can be confusing to design, and difficult to find a vendor who has the experience to help integrate it fully into an event.

More information: https://blog.cvent.com/events/mobile/3-gamification-examples-to-inspire-your-next-event/

What does gamification mean, and why has it become a leading trend in the event technology world? In short, gamification is the process of taking concepts that are typically used in games, such as point systems, scoreboards and prizes, and applying them to your event marketing goals.

Gamification is one of the most intuitive, enjoyable ways to keep your attendees engaging with your conference app and across your event campus. Friendly competition encourages them to explore, meet with exhibitors and sponsors, attend sessions and network with fellow attendees.

More information: https://www.eventbase.com/blog/5-tips-for-engaging-attendees-with-conference-app-gamification

In the era of immense unique technologies, gamer enthusiasts were not behind using this tech. To showcase the new gaming tech platform, an event was organised recently by the name ofGamerConnect. GamerConnect was an event held on 15th and 16th December at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru.

More information: https://blog.hubilo.com/increase-attendee-interaction-gamerconnect/

A hot topic right now is gamification and trade shows. It was inspired by a mobile video game app built by Hanley Wood for their annual conference and talk soon turned to what the key elements are of a successful trade show game.

Whether it was for mobile or physical events, the consensus seemed to be that every game should start with a clear and well-defined strategy.

More information: https://blog.cvent.com/events/the-4-design-elements-of-gamification-free-cheat-sheet/

Event gamification is a relatively new concept that’s taking the event industry by storm. With attendees wanting to feel like an active participant in an event, it’s making meeting and event planners jobs even more difficult.

However, gamification is a fantastic, and simple way to make attendees feel completely immersed in an event. That is, if it’s done correctly. A poorly planned game can break an event. But fear not, we have the recipe for successful gamification.

More information: https://blog.cvent.com/events/mobile/4-elements-of-successful-event-gamification/

This article will take a deep dive into digital concierge service for events – AI-powered event chatbots – their benefits, and common use cases, revealing all you need to know about this technology and its capabilities.

When people hear the term ‘event concierge,’ they usually think about it as a premium service that is not available to every attendee at every event.

More information: https://www.eventmanagerblog.com/ai-event-concierge

Have you ever seen your attendees zone out at your events—you know, that zombie-deadpan look? Chances are your attendees do zone out at your events and it’s not necessarily your fault. Recent research has shown that because of the digital age we live in, people’s attention spans are steadily decreasing. In 2000, people’s attention spans averaged 12 seconds, and in 2018 people’s spans decreased to less than that of a goldfish—8 seconds. So how do you consistently capture your attendee’s attention during the entirety of your event? Event gamification may be the key.

More information: https://www.aventri.com/blog/tech-tuesday-using-gamification-to-capture-attendees

Gamification is one of my favorite features within the EventMobi platform. It allows you to create impactful games that facilitate real life actions. You can virtually create any game to achieve any event goal — it just takes a bit of creativity and know-how. Learning from the successes and mistakes of other event planners is always a great way to get started. Keep reading to learn how IncentiveWorks was able to create a winning gamification strategy at their 2018 conference.

More information: https://www.eventmobi.com/blog/how-to-create-a-winning-gamification-strategy-lessons-from-iwconnect-2018/

Gamification is quite the trend especially with the rising popularity of smart phones. The market revenue of gamification is expected to be more than $5500 billion by 2018.

The idea behind this increasing adoption of various gamification methods is that it is a great motivator in terms of learning and engaging audience proactively.

More information: https://blog.hubilo.com/8-ideas-engagement-at-event-gamification/