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AUGUST 9, 2017

GamEffective was established in 2012 and works to change the way companies motive employees and the way managers align their teams with company goals. Now let’s assume the company also has a sales or service tracking system in place. The other day I had a chance to have a conversation with Roni Floman of GamEffective.

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APRIL 19, 2010

ProtoSphere integrates with Microsoft SharePoint to produce a live, "humanized," avatar-driven portal experience around self-service enterprise resource planning transactions. Challenges: The use of virtual environments for conducting enterprise business is still a nascent market.

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Industry Simulations Authoring Tools Gartner 157

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JULY 29, 2014

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Duncan Lennox, the CEO and co-founder of a fascinating company called Qstream. Qstream is a mobile sales enablement and analytics company spun off from Harvard University to bring a unique and scientifically-proven knowledge retention and analytics methodology to a wider audience.

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Conversation Analytics Sales Blended Learning 198

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JULY 21, 2010

Aggressive and Targeted Integration with enterprisewide applications: Teleplace just announced that it is now fully integrated with MS SharePoint and now joins ProtoSphere as players looking to meld enterprise applications with virtual immersive environments.

Virtual World 172

Virtual World VOIP Kaplan Compliance Training 172

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MAY 24, 2010

Digitell is company that owns VirtualU a 3D virtual immersive environment that has been used for everything from meetings to rock concerts. I think these two activities signal a real "serious" look at moving 3D virtual immersive environments into organizations at the enterprise level. and met James A.

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Linden Simulations RWD Virtual World 184

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

As one venture capitalist noted "We have seen companies go from nothing in the last 18-24 months to tens and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue." What could be the implication for enterprise-focused virtual immersive environments? Additonally, "Virtual goods is the whole story in the world of social games.

Virtual World 113

Virtual World Second Life Streaming Enterprise 113

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JUNE 10, 2010

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). Two sources indicate that Linden may actually be shutting down their Enterprise operations. The companies are also in discussions for cross-marketing initiatives for their solutions.

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Linden Collaboration Social Networks Virtual World 134

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MAY 16, 2010

RWD and their focus on human and operational performance improvement solutions is partnering with the 3D virtual learning and collaboration company, Protonmedia, to create an engaging and exciting solution that will provide their clients with a rich, 3D environment to encourage collaboration, innovation and foster learning.

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RWD Kaplan ASTD Virtual World 100

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

QR tags are gaining popularity as more and more companies are using them for tracking information. For example, I co-founded a company called SmallDocs in 1999 to deliver instructional documents to a mobile phone using WAP. Kapp: How will the book help companies who want to implement mobile learning?

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Mobile Learning Mobile Case Study Tagging 176

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Venguegen is an on-demand enterprise web 3D conferencing solution that can be integrated into web-based offerings. The company deploys as a SaaS based web service to consumers and business customers. WebFlock Demo screen shot of WebFlock environment created by The Electric Sheep Company. The Venue Network, Inc.

Second Life 172

Second Life Alternatives Virtual World Flash 172

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

To align training efforts with the strategic goals of an enterprise and create effective instruction, organizations need to link strategic goals with training delivery goals and methods. The organization’s strategic goals should guide the training direction.

Strategy 157

Strategy Learning Strategy Methods Analysis 157

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

can't be used in your company because of legal or regulatory concerns, think about this. Integration with the enterprise directory and other data sources greatly enable "people finding." Here is an article from ON Magazine called Enterprise Collaboration 2.0: If you think Web 2.0 tags: web_2.0 Is it time to jump in and swim?

Social Networks 124

Social Networks Web Case Study Wiki 124

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APRIL 30, 2010

Image from Rise of the Shadows As the article, 6 Outrageous Hiring Practices states: “Rise of the Shadow Specters” and “Dawn of the Shadow Specters” serve as a fun way to learn about the company structure and history, as opposed to a traditional on-boarding program. One goal of this $100,000 enterprise was to target Gen X and Gen Y employees.

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Games Video Oracle Sun 100

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Since Forterra was purchased by SAIC a while back, I had been curious about what the company was up to and how they were doing since they were purchased. Since then, we haven’t heard much in the press about SAIC and its flag ship software, how was the transition to SAIC and what has that meant for the company?

Simulations 140

Simulations Virtual World Cognitive Portfolio 140

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Inforum is the conference of the software company, Infor. Infor is one of those "big software companies no one has ever heard about".but Infor is the world's third largest business software company. Tomorrow is an exciting day for me, I will be keynoting the Inforum Conference in Las Vegas. but you should check them out.

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Upgrade Conference Software Enterprise 100

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Recently, I sat down with Chip Ramsey the CEO of Intellum , a company soon to be a house-hold name in the e-learning space, and discussed with him a wide range of topics. You can listen to our discussion at the Intellum Interview web page. I have spoken about Intellum before in my post How Much for that E-Learning in the Window.

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Discussion iTunes PENS Learning Space 100

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APRIL 2, 2012

SAP—an inter-enterprise software development and implementation company—needed to provide their project managers with a learning experience to address a specific challenge—managing teams whose members were scattered across the globe. ” Managing Team Members Across the World.

Simulations 145

Simulations Games Enspire SAP 145

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This annual award is intended to align with Linden Lab’s company mission, which is to connect all people to an online world that advances the human condition. Rumor has it that pricing for the behind the firewall Second Life Enterprise starts at $55,000 and that it will be handled by a value-added network of service providers (see more below.)

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Second Life Linden Firewalls Virtual World 100

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

SkillSoft (Nasdaq: SKIL) a provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses with a huge catalog of "off-the-shelf" courses in a variety of subjects from IT to business skills announced today that it will no longer be publicly held. million, or $0.21

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SkillSoft Metrics Journal IM 100

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, health, and select commercial markets.

Virtual World 100

Virtual World vendor System Simulations 100

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MAY 14, 2010

I had the opportunity to meet Jeffrey Hollender the executive Chairman and Chief Inspired Protagonist of the Seventh Generation Corporation which is a company that is committed to creating authentic, safe, and environmentally-responsible products for a healthy home. And speaking of "seven."

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Kaplan Conference Meridian Compliance Training 100

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MARCH 19, 2009

Companies who are using 3D environments can also strengthen their communication internally with employees and externally with customers and business partners. Companies who are using 3D environments can also strengthen their communication internally with employees and externally with customers and business partners.

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Conference Program Virtual World Adoption 100

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

Her niche is learning technologies and she has recently partnered with a company called Exult, based in Pune, India. Nadda: I would call out three main areas: Integrate the technologies that support learning management (LMS, LCMS, content authoring) and knowledge management (CMS, KMS, enterprise search, etc.). over the last 12 years.

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Authoring Tools Conversation Templates vendor 100

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The year 2014 was a fantastic year for gamification with lots of companies engaging in gamified solutions, more and more people understanding what gamification is all about and several well known technology companies taking the plunge into gamification. As well as some interesting vendor offerings in the field. see article here.).

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Gamification Gartner Diversity Training Predictions 0

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

According to the analyst firm Gartner, “By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life”, but not necessarily in Second Life.” The use of virtual worlds as learning platforms is hitting the “traditional” business press.

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Simulations Social Networks Second Life eLearning Guild 100

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

A number of large and various serious companies have approached me discussing how VR can fit with game-based learning and gamification. The learning “archetypes” as I call them for VR include (see Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration ): Avatar Persona.

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Gamification Games Social Networks vendor 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

By incorporating ProtoSphere into their Microsoft Lync environments, large enterprises can extend their Microsoft unified-communications investment, while enabling faster and more robust deployment of ProtoSphere for enterprise learning and collaboration applications. Today's stop: It's What Turns Clark Kent into Superman.

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Press Informal Industry Kaplan 154

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JUNE 18, 2008

The company offers private, secure virtual worlds with tailored solutions based on industry and customer specific needs. The solutions are designed by Forterra to meet enterprise IT security and privacy needs. Icarus Studios The company offers tools and products for createing Massively Multiplayer Oline environments and virtual worlds.

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Second Life Alternatives Social Networks Virtual Classroom 133

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JANUARY 18, 2016

We discussed the evolution of the mLevel game-based learning platform and how it has helped a number of companies increase the effectiveness of learning in their organizations. Austin: mLeve l (short for “mastery level”) is both the name of our learning platform and our company. magazine’s Best of 2014 and Best of 2015.

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Conversation Compliance Training Gamification Games 60

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Below are a few tips from a interesting whitepaper by Forterra Systems , a company that provides private, virtual world technology for the corporate, healthcare, government, education, and the entertainment industry. The paper is called Recipe for Success with Enterprise Virtual Worlds written by Chris Badger, the VP of Marketing.

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Virtual World Firewalls Server Examples 113