Professor Game Podcast
337 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsProfessor Game is a weekly podcast where we interview gurus, experts and successful practitioners of games, gamification and game thinking that bring us the best of their experiences to get ideas, insights and will inspire us in the process of getting students to learn what we teach.
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Gaming at Work with Chris Slotboom | Episode 336
April 15, 2024 04:30 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MBMeet Chris, founder of Gaming@Work. His company integrates Game Derived Skills·· and Game-based Learning for a dynamic workplace. With a background in International Hospitality and experience as a Partner Manager at Dell Technologies, specializing in Cloud and Gaming-as-a-Service, Chris brings expertise in various graphics/gaming workloads. He provides a unique tech perspective on employee growth. Chris aims to help organizations achieve digital transformation goals, keeping employees skilled...
Free Gamification Course! | Episode 335
April 08, 2024 04:30 - 8 minutes - 19.7 MBEngagers free resource out! In this episode, we explore a free mini-course we have just released that will allow you to either take your first steps in this Game Inspired world of Gamification, if you are a seasoned veteran you can add something different to your belt or anything in between, including curiosity, register for free at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse. I'm looking forward to seeing you there and read any feedback you have!
Tamer Asfahani Creates the Curriculum Around the Game | Episode 334
April 01, 2024 05:30 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBThe founder and director of Checkpoint, Tamer is dedicated to changing our perception of learning and the technology we use to enable learning. Advocate of gaming cultural wealth and the benefits gaming has, Tamer has spent years developing pedagogy through Checkpoint to help us benefit from our digital fluency. Driven by the failure of governments and education systems globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the hypocrisy around "screentime", Tamer focused on showcasing the benefits of ga...
Bret Wardle on Connecting the Business and the Games | Episode 333
March 25, 2024 05:30 - 40 minutes - 93.8 MBBased in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bret is a seasoned Game/Software professional with over 15 years of experience in crafting immersive games, innovative software, and user-friendly apps. His passion lies in bridging the realms of design psychology in both gaming and software landscapes. He's dedicated to uncovering the intriguing parallels between professional e-sport players and software power users, as well as exploring the social dynamics ignited by elements like "hi-scores" in e-commerce pla...
Helen Hooper First Figures Out How To Make the Players Feel | Episode 332
March 18, 2024 05:30 - 32 minutes - 74.9 MBHelen Hooper is head of learning design at VirtualSpeech which creates soft skills training solutions based around immersive practice in VR and online. Helen has a particular passion for creating engaging and effective learning experiences that involve active participation by the learner. Her rich background includes twelve years founding and running two award-winning educational startups focused on child development through active storytelling. And, long ago, after graduating from Oxford Uni...
Bhaskar Thyagarajan Is Inspired by the Classic Games | Episode 331
March 11, 2024 05:30 - 39 minutes - 91.2 MBBhaskar Thyagarajan is the Founder & CEO of BlueSky Learning | KAIROS. BlueSky Learning is a consulting & training company with a vision of helping individuals, teams and organizations nurture and develop their Human skills. All programs are anchored in the experiential learning methodology. Kairos is a platform offering digital and in-person games & activities to the L&D community. They have been designing game-based learning modules with a focus on behavioral skills for 2 decades. Bhaskar i...
Kevin Burk Invites us to Play The Human Game | Episode 330
March 04, 2024 05:30 - 26 minutes - 60 MBKevin B. Burk is the Headmaster of The Real Astrology Academy and the creator of the Human Game and the Human Game Experience. He has been counseling and coaching as an astrologer since 1998, teaching astrology since 2000, and is the author of more than a dozen books. The Human Game is a philosophy based on the idea that the Universe is made up of stories. The story is the smallest practical unit of reality. If everything is a story, when you understand how a story works, you can understand a...
Terry Pearce and Finding the Deeper Objectives in Gamification | Episode 329
February 26, 2024 05:30 - 30 minutes - 70.3 MBTerry has been a consultant in learning and development for over twenty years and specializes in creating and facilitating games-based and gamified learning experiences. He's the founder of Untold Play, via which he works with clients of all kinds to help make their learning experiences as gameful as possible. He's the creator of the Transform Deck, a games-based tool to inspire learning designers and creators to make their learning experiences more activity-led and learner-focused: the deck ...
Jay Johnson Helps Use and Understand That Behavior is Choice | Episode 328
February 19, 2024 05:30 - 32 minutes - 74.3 MBJay Johnson works with people and organizations to empower teams, grow profits, and elevate leadership. He is a Co-Founder of Behavioral Elements®, a two-time TEDx speaker, and a designated Master Trainer by the Association for Talent Development. With a focus on behavioral intelligence, Jay has delivered transformational workshops to accelerate high-performance teams and cultures in more than 30 countries across four continents.
Charney Kaye Brings the Music Into the Mix | Episode 327
February 12, 2024 05:30 - 36 minutes - 83 MBCharney Kaye is a lifelong artist, musician, and hacker, the beneficial type, empathetically building technology to solve problems, and connecting software with media. Professionally, he's built an arsenal of skills ranging from typography to Java and honed his design thinking over hundreds of projects. Charney is both a seasoned veteran and a contemporary student of human-machine interaction, from R&D to implementation. He founded XJ Music to enable artists to compose new possibilities in ba...
Steve Gullans on The Importance of Building Trust | Episode 326
February 05, 2024 05:30 - 33 minutes - 77.2 MBSteve is an experienced executive, venture investor, entrepreneur, educator, scientist, and author. He is co-founder and CEO of Thynk, a digital health company advancing innovative brain training video games for children and adults. Previously, Steve held various roles in academia and industry. He began his career as a professor at Harvard Medical School where he co-authored more than 130 scientific papers and was elected a member of AAAS and AHA. Subsequently, he co-founded and held senior ...
Tribute to Michael Sutton | Episode 325
January 29, 2024 05:30 - 6 minutes - 15.6 MBThis is our small tribute to a former guest, Michael Sutton who was on during our first year, as we recently got news that he has passed away. If you want to hear a bit more from him, here's an episode where I was leading a panel that Michael was a part of.
Nazlı Öztürkmen Now Focuses on Web3 for Games and Gamification | Episode 324
January 22, 2024 05:30 - 35 minutes - 81.4 MBNazli Ozturkmen has more than 10 years of professional experience in Fintech, insurtech, crypto technologies and Web3 as a Product Marketing and Product Management executive.
Bartosz Skwarczek Creating a Vibrant Gaming Community | Episode 323
January 15, 2024 05:30 - 36 minutes - 84.9 MBAn entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, coach, mentor, and public speaker. The founder and President of the Supervisory Board G2A Capital Group, to which belongs G2A.COM - the largest and most dynamically developing global marketplace for digital entertainment, where users can buy vouchers for digital products such as games, gift cards, subscriptions, or software. The marketplace already has over 25 million users from 180 countries around the world. A winner of the Forbes magazine·...
Edgar Solano Upgrading Our Brains with Games | Episode 322
January 08, 2024 05:30 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBEdgar Guillermo Solano is the author of the Best Seller ·Innovation for square heads·. His new book, ·Playliving· shows how to take strategies used on games into the business world. Creator of the game and the book WakeUpBrain to accelerate innovation using games.. He has been Commercial and Marketing Manager in tech companies such as Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Lexmark. He is the director and host of the Podcast ·Square heads club·. He is the director of the WakeUpBrain Academy. He is also t...
Happy 2024! | Episode 321
January 01, 2024 05:30 - 3 minutes - 8.19 MBWell, this time I'm writing this super late on a Sunday, December 31, 2023, as we've had some domestic complications (nothing huge, more on the episode). However, I did want to take some time to wish you the best for 2024 and leave some space for reflection! See you on the flip side!!
Anton Hecht Makes Gameful Artwork in Unexpected Ways | Episode 320
December 25, 2023 05:30 - 30 minutes - 69.3 MBAnton Hecht is a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. He recently finished a Ph.D. in games for art in public space with others. He makes gameful artworks, across mediums, including with orchestras and dancers. He makes installations and experiences in non-traditional spaces. He has created work for many galleries and arts centers, including the South Bank in London. Much of his work is filmed and placed online where he has over two million views on his YouTube channel. He began the idea ...
Michael Low Brings Role Playing Games to the Classrooms | Episode 319
December 18, 2023 05:30 - 36 minutes - 84.2 MBMichael Low is a classroom educator with an MA in Secondary Education and over 20 years in the classroom. For the past four years, he's run Luck Of Legends, developing educational role-playing games for small groups and classrooms. As the co-creator and storyteller at StoriesRPG.com, he publishes play-at-home games for families and classrooms like Starsworn, Luna Uni, and Giga City Guardians, and co-hosts the Stories RPG podcast, which helps people of all ages leverage the power of role-playi...
Pete Alexander Helps Us Reduce Stress | Episode 318
December 11, 2023 05:30 - 32 minutes - 74.4 MBProfessor Pete Alexander is the President of the greatest interior landscaping company in the San Francisco Bay Area - Office Plants by Everything Grows. In addition, he serves as an adjunct college professor, where he helps inspire students to develop and apply key concepts of marketing specifically to their area of interest. He's also a TEDx speaker and best-selling author on reducing stress in your everyday life. Lastly, but certainly not least, he is a certified Laughter Yoga leader and i...
Joe Schaeppi Understanding Players to Make Better Games | Episode 317
December 04, 2023 05:30 - 49 minutes - 113 MBMeet Joe Schaeppi, a visionary in human psychology who wants to fundamentally change the way brands and audiences connect. As the CEO and founder of Solsten, an AI-powered platform for human-centric experiences, Joe is pioneering the use of video games for cognitive assessment, opening up new possibilities for not only the gaming industry but for mental health diagnostics and treatment. Armed with his experience leading UX strategy for Big Fish Games and MRM // McCann and his impactful work a...
Roger Peters Wins by Playing the Long Game of Being Nice | Episode 316
November 27, 2023 05:30 - 27 minutes - 64.3 MBRoger Peters also known as Rook, owner of Epic Sages, an Army veteran, a husband and a father of 2. He lives in Fairbanks Alaska. He loves teaching and introducing people to TTRPGs (tabletop role-playing games) like DnD (Dungeons and Dragons). He is a consistent learner and constantly evolves himself and his business with new technology.
Lance Brown Uses Influence to Move Forward | Episode 315
November 20, 2023 05:30 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBLance is the creator of The Influence Formula and the popular Influence Spectrum Quiz. As a professional speaker, he has shared his groundbreaking formula with audiences across the country. His background includes time as a prolific fundraiser, dynamic sales trainer, highly-rated professor, and published author. He has a bachelor's degree in marketing and a master's degree in executive leadership. Lance is married and has six kids; they are all boys except for five of them. In his spare time,...
Inge De Dreu Pushes Us Into Getting Started | Episode 314
November 13, 2023 05:30 - 30 minutes - 71 MBFounder of the Playground for Entrepreneurs, a serious game that supports entrepreneurship coaches and educators to provide engaging and insightful sessions, workshops and classes. The game is based on my experience coaching 500+ startup teams and their (regular) coaches in their early stages of entrepreneurship. Most of that experience comes from government entrepreneurship and innovation programs such as Apps.co (by the Colombian Ministry of ICT). I have also been active as a University Edu...
Eko Nugroho Facilitates Game-based Learning in Indonesia | Episode 313
November 06, 2023 05:30 - 37 minutes - 85.1 MBEko Nugroho has been at the forefront of driving the implementation of game-based learning and gamification in Indonesia over the past 14 years. Alongside his team at Kummara.com, Eko has offered consultancy and advisory services in the realm of serious meaningful games and interactive learning to various companies and organizations. Additionally, Eko serves as an advisory board member at Ludere Nusantara Foundation (Ludenara.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting teachers in ...
Danielle Meadows-Stinnett Does More Tetris and Less Mario in Gamification | Episode 312
October 30, 2023 04:30 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MBDanielle is the owner of Octane Design Studios, a 13-year-old branding and identity firm based in the heart of the Bluegrass. Danielle is a creative, recently certified prompt engineer, podcaster, strategist, wife and mama of 3. She·s also a lover of Italian cuisine, chai, cosplay, comics and retro gaming. With over 15 years of marketing and multimedia agency experience, Danielle began as a grassroots developer and curator, helping brand and launch over 150 small businesses across America; · ...
AnnMaria Demars Making Learning Games Where You Actually Learn | Episode 311
October 23, 2023 04:30 - 33 minutes - 77.4 MBAfter a stint in juvenile hall, AnnMaria ran away from her last foster home at age 15 and, with a fake ID, got a job and an apartment. By age 19 she had her bachelor·s degree, an MBA at 21. She was the first American to win a world judo championship, then retired from competition to earn her Ph.D., became a professor, and quit the university to start her first business after the death of her husband. She has founded four companies, raised four children, been one of Forbes 40 Women to Watch ov...
Charisse Beach Finds Them Where They're at: Videogames | Episode 310
October 16, 2023 04:30 - 34 minutes - 79.3 MBCharisse Beach is the founder and CEO of Youth Transformation Services (YTS), a nonprofit company providing training on Risk and Protective Factors, Mental Health Intervention, and Game-based Learning. Charisse also authored At-Risk Students: Transforming Student Behavior which details the warning signs of disturbing behaviors often overlooked by educators and/or misdiagnosed by mental health professionals. As a result, she co-created the Mental Health Intervention App (MHI) with her youngest...
Kevin Reste Designs for Player Choice in Games | Episode 309
October 09, 2023 04:30 - 29 minutes - 67.4 MBKevin Reste operates at the unique intersection of art, media, and technology. As a Creative Operations Specialist, Artist, and Producer with an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons the New School of Design, his expertise is multifaceted. Kevin's contributions range from motion capture animation for the renowned Rock Band video game series to high-impact VFX work for artists like A$ap Rocky and Cardi B, along with key projects for Budweiser, Coca-Cola, and NFL Sunday Night Football. Serv...
Lauran Kerr-Heraly Gets Anyone To Escape The (Class)Room | Episode 308
October 02, 2023 04:30 - 31 minutes - 71.3 MBLauran Kerr-Heraly is an award-winning educator and author. She currently serves as a history professor and Innovation Fellow at Houston Community College. Her innovative teaching includes turning a classroom into an escape room, multidisciplinary projects showcasing personal food histories and environmental justice, and playing with experimental learning spaces. As an executive function coach, she works with teens and their parents too. She helps develop a holistic approach to school success...
Antonis Triantafyllakis with Physical yet Scalable Gamification of Sustainability | Episode 307
September 25, 2023 04:30 - 22 minutes - 51.6 MBWell this is special, because it's the first time I decide to just go with an interview with a fellow gamification practitioner "only" because we are physically in the same space (and it is not during a conference or anything). So Antonis Triantafyllakis is a past guest, and we've had coffee in Madrid now twice (he came about two years ago) but this time we decided to try this live, in-person interview using my phone, and I think it went pretty well!
Liam Brown Brings Purpose into Gaming and Esports | Episode 306
September 18, 2023 04:30 - 30 minutes - 69.4 MBAs a Corporate Partnerships Manager for Knights Esports Group, Liam is a leading authority on competitive gaming, event management, league organization, and technology development. Unlike many in the gaming industry, Liam chose the traditional path of pursuing higher education, attending the University of Pittsburgh straight out of high school. During his senior year, he discovered his passion for leveraging gaming as a means of bringing people together, particularly during the pandemic. Liam...
Paul Zolman with the Roll of Love Game | Episode 305
September 11, 2023 04:30 - 31 minutes - 72.5 MBPaul starts by saying that the author of love is God. In His wisdom, He placed us in a variety of circumstances that require us to find our way back to His pure love. So, what qualifies Paul Zolman to speak about love? His childhood experience of the opposite of love. From that austere beginning, and the distaste it formed inside him, he searched for and eventually created a method that transformed his life from anger to loving everyone. Growing up in a family of abuse, physical touch became ...
Bob Moog Uses Games for the Tough Concepts | Episode 304
September 04, 2023 04:30 - 30 minutes - 70.2 MBBob Moog co-founded University Games in 1985 to develop, design and manufacture social interaction games for families. Since that time, he has developed more than 200 game and toy products that have sold more than 30 million units. These games include the best-selling geography game line, Carmen Sandiego, the first line of games based on Dr. Seuss books, including The Green Eggs and Ham Game, 20 Questions, and Kids Battle the Grown Ups. The company has grown through a combination of internal ...
2023 Summer Break Update | Episode 303
August 28, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 14.9 MBQuick update on our summer break! In the in the shownotes (professorgame.com) you can see our baby enjoying the sand and the water at the beach, but it didn't start out that way! Quick episode with a quick lesson I've been reminded of, and it has to do with the onboarding of experiences. Have a quick listen to understand what we're talking about.
2023 Summer Break | Episode 302
August 21, 2023 04:30 - 2 minutes - 6.87 MBSpecial episode Engagers! This is your reminder to take a step back of what·s been going on and to get your glass filled with energy once more!
Gamification Example in Action | Episode 301
August 14, 2023 05:00 - 19 minutes - 44.8 MBThis is a bonus on the series of the gamification process! It would be the seventh part of the series, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification Intro (Episode 295), Setting Up With Objectives for Gamification (Episode 296), Who Are Your Players (Episode 297), Choosing and Using Game Mechanics (Episode 298), Storyboarding and Prototyping (Episode 299) or Playtesting and Iteration (Episode 300) you certainly want to start there!
Playtesting and Iteration | Episode 300
August 07, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 66.4 MBEpisode 300 is here!!! Wow, it's been a while, many interviews and some solo episodes like this one. Thanks for your support, whether starting just now or continued for many episodes, I appreciate you as an Engager and I'm sure you will continue to find value here. For this episode we close the cycle with playtesting your prototype and iteration, this is the Final Boss! This is the sixth and final part of the series discussing this process, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification I...
Storyboarding and Prototyping | Episode 299
July 31, 2023 04:30 - 19 minutes - 45.9 MBOn this episode, we discuss the importance and strategy of going into storyboarding and then prototyping. This is the fifth part of the series, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification Intro (Episode 295), Setting Up With Objectives for Gamification (Episode 296), Who Are Your Players (Episode 297) or Choosing and Using Game Mechanics (Episode 298) you certainly want to start there!
Choosing and Using Game Mechanics | Episode 298
July 24, 2023 04:30 - 25 minutes - 59.1 MBFor this episode, we dive right into getting inspired by Game Mechanics and Elements! This is the fourth part of the series, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification Intro (Episode 295), Setting Up With Objectives for Gamification (Episode 296) or Who Are Your Players (Episode 297) you probably want to start there!
Who Are Your Players | Episode 297
July 17, 2023 04:30 - 26 minutes - 61.2 MBFor this episode, we continue discussing the steps to creating a gamified experience and focus on our existing or potential players! This is the third part of the series, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification Intro (Episode 295) or Setting Up With Objectives for Gamification (Episode 296), you probably want to start there!
Setting Up With Objectives for Gamification | Episode 296
July 10, 2023 04:30 - 17 minutes - 40 MBOn this special episode, we continue discussing the steps to create a gamified experience and discuss the first phase, setting up the objectives of the project! This is the second part of the series, so if you haven't listened to or seen Gamification Intro (Episode 295), you probably want to start there!
Gamification Intro | Episode 295
July 03, 2023 04:30 - 18 minutes - 41.5 MBOn this special episode we are providing an overview of the first steps in our gamification course! So enjoy and perhaps we will have the whole series!
James I. Bond is Not a Spy But He Can Persuade With Brain Glue | Episode 294
June 26, 2023 04:30 - 37 minutes - 85 MBJames I. Bond is one of America·s leading behavioral management specialists, and author of the award-winning book, BRAIN GLUE · How Selling Becomes Much Easier By Making Your Ideas ·Sticky.· For thirteen years he ran one of Southern California·s leading behavioral management firms, working with a who·s who of American business. Early in his career, he ran an advertising agency in Montreal. He is a workshop leader and past workshop chairman for the resource partner of the U.S. Small Business A...
James Fielder Making Sure the Objectives Are Right in Gamification | Episode 293
June 19, 2023 04:30 - 40 minutes - 92 MBJames "Pigeon" Fielder, Ph.D. joined CSU as an Instructor after retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel and Associate Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is also serving as a Marine Corps University Non-Resident Krulak Fellow for academic years 2021-2026, is the Director of Professional and Educational Games for Mobius Worlds Publishing, and consults on organizational wargaming, crisis response exercises, and scenario planning. Pigeon researches i...
Matt Nuccio Brings Intergenerational Experience to Toys and Games | Episode 292
June 12, 2023 04:30 - 33 minutes - 77.2 MBMatt Nuccio is the president of Design Edge, Inc., a toy and game development company and licensing agency whose clients include Mattel, Hasbro, Spin Master and Fisher-Price to name only a few. For 4 years, Matt co-chaired the Toy Association (TA), on their associate panel, representing all designers and inventors within the toy industry. Currently, Matt sits on the board of directors of the United Inventors Association of America (UIA), a non-profit organization working to educate and advoc...
Cristobal Figueroa with Gamification for Family Time | Episode 291
June 05, 2023 04:30 - 29 minutes - 68.7 MBCristobal Figueroa is a Chilean entrepreneur based in Melbourne. His journey of self-discovery, combined with experiences, passions, and skills, have led him to discover his purpose·to cultivate meaningful connections among families and individuals through the power of play.
Corey Hord Gamifying the Operations World with Workshops | Episode 290
May 29, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes - 87.7 MBCorey Hord is currently employed with Mondelēz International (Oreo, Chip Ahoy!, Ritz, Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, Clif Bar, and beyond) as an Operational Excellence professional implementing the company’s integrated Lean Six Sigma program across the United States. Corey has over a decade of operations experience (Craft Brew Alliance, Anheuser-Busch, BJC HealthCare, Mondelēz International) with the bulk of his career in consumer packaged goods (CPG). Corey’s education consists of a Master ...
Victoria Ichizli-Bartels Gamifies Daily Life | Episode 289
May 22, 2023 04:30 - 42 minutes - 96.3 MBVictoria Ichizli-Bartels is a writer, coach, and consultant with a background in semiconductor physics, electronic engineering (with a Ph.D.), information technology, and business development. While being a non-gamer in the traditional sense, Victoria came up with the term Self-Gamification, a gameful and playful self-help approach bringing anthropology, kaizen, and gamification-based methods together to increase the quality of life. She approaches all areas of her life this way. Due to the ...
Sarah Le-Fevre with the Museum of Impossible Things | Episode 288
May 15, 2023 04:30 - 32 minutes - 73.9 MBSarah Le-Fevre is a Games-based Learning design and delivery professional and certified Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator. After tiring of creating programs for blue-chip clients that focused almost solely on growth and profit, Sarah made the decision to keep the same audience but shift the focus to learning around sustainability, human flourishing and tackling systemic wicked problems. With a focus on experiential learning, specifically games and learning in nature, Sarah specializes in crea...
Scott Provence On Using Doom's Nightmare Mode in Gamification | Episode 287
May 08, 2023 04:30 - 32 minutes - 74.6 MBScott Provence is an award-winning instructional designer, author, and speaker. His print, instructor-led, and web-based curricula have been delivered throughout the world, and his sales and customer service trainees have gone on to receive multiple industry awards for their work. Scott has over a decade of Instructional Design experience, as well as five years of experience in VP and senior leadership roles. His book on training gamification, Fail to Learn, was a #1 Amazon Hot New Release. ...