When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Gamification has become a popular educational approach, having demonstrated ...

After hype cometh the fall. Gamification — the catch-all term for rewards, incentives and loyalty services — has become a very popular way to get users engaged in an increasingly noisy world of apps ...

A question I get asked a lot is, “Why does gamification fail?”. Gartner said that by 2014, 80% of gamified systems will fail due to poor design. My question is, what is poor design? I had thought that ...

Designer/researcher Sebastian Deterding explains why badges, points, and leaderboards won’t automagically turn your product into the funnest game ever. And Sebastian Deterding, a designer and ...

Ready or not, gamification is taking the business world by storm. For anyone unfamiliar with gamification, it's the application of game-like elements such as challenges, points, badges and levels to ...

If you needed a few more reasons to spend hours on social media, gamification software maker Badgeville and social analytics provider PeopleBrowsr have created a solution that enables organizations to ...

Discover how gamification enhances engagement in non-game environments, its benefits in business, potential pitfalls, and why it connects with innate human psychology.

Editor’s note: Guest contributor Joseph Puopolo is an entrepreneur and startup enthusiast, who blogs on a variety of topics including green initiatives, technology and marketing. Over the last year, ...

Gamification, the use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications, is transforming online news into an engaging, social and fun activity. It's quickly becoming the next frontier in web and mobile ...

Smart businesspeople have long understood the value of competition as a motivator. Performance leaderboards hold a prominent place in sales offices, on factory floors, and in other business ...