Game Based Learning

From over 300 entrants Applio has made it to the final 12 - great news. Pitchfest is a unique pitching competition - an opportunity for 12 finalist entrepreneurs with start-up, early stage and growth businesses to increase their profile in front of a national audience of investors. This year's finalists will be seeking investments totalling over £3.2m. Jointly organised by Aston University, the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick, you are invited to come along to the Pitchfest Heats to watch the finalists deliver their presentations to expert panelists. The top three pitches will be announced during the Pitchfest Final. They will deliver their presentation again with the overall winner decided by audience vote. ​ Pitchfest will sit alongside the main conference and exhibition which offers great opportunities to network, learn and access support to help develop innovation and growth in your business Venturefest We...

Once upon a time, many, many years ago.......... Once upon a time, many, many years ago..........in every culture upon the planet, humans have used storytelling as an effective means of passing information from one generation to the next. Why? Stories connect with our emotional and inquisitive side, if told well, they hold your attention and imagination. Most of us have had the pleasure of telling 'made-up' fictional stories to children at bedtime, seeing the calm, inquisitive and totally engrossed body language, when normally the child only operates at 100 miles per hour! Stories are the oldest form of learning & development, due to the emotional connection that stories trigger, retention of information vastly increases. In the modern world this form of interaction is reflected in numerous forms - Films, Books, TV, Social Interactions, Games etc. and more importantly still covers all ages and cultures. Do we use storytelling in the modern business environmen...

Video play: University turns the science of microeconomics into a great game Playconomics , the game in question, debuted July 2014 as a side project. In 2015 it was used to deliver an introductory microeconomics course in three universities  to more than 4000 students. "It was the first gamified course in economics ever created, worldwide," Motta said. "And the game was a hit. We observed a 10 per cent increase in enrolment in semester one, 2015, and a staggering 35 per cent increase in semester two, probably due to the word-of-mouth generated in semester one." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/innovation/video-play-university-turns-the-science-of-microeconomics-into-a-great-game-20160216-gmv4ca.html The interesting part of this game / university is the research, it provides / provokes some interesting discussions.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883035514000810 NB: There is a cost for the research document.

Change / Transformation Programmes Why Do They Fail? There is an abundance of data available with eye-watering failure statistics in relation to change / transformation programmes - a key statistic that is regularly quoted is - 70% of major change / transformation programmes fail - why is this? Organisations by their very nature are constantly changing - growing, shrinking, merging, adding new products or services, so why do so many change programmes fail? And how can organisations significantly improve the success of any organisational change / transformation programme, small or large? 1. The Main Point: There is a lot of data freely available that details the high-level statistics in relation to change programme failures: 70% - average failure rate of major transformation programs 39% - failure rate aligned to employee resistance 63% - success rate in programs that focus heavily on positive communications 70% - success rate in programs that focus on employee enga...

Northumbrian Water - Game Design Competition Here is an introduction from James Robbins - Northumbrian Water Chief Information Officer. Here at Applio we recently entered the Northumbrian Water Game Design Competition, which has been an interesting experience. It is always nice to see an initiative within a large corporation that mirrors some of the work that your organisation has been developing over the past 18+ months! The Serious Games marketplace is currently growing at a significant rate within the UK, although in my opinion there are is some product segmentation occurring: Gamification Simulation Bespoke Serious Games / Apps All of the above can be deployed to good effect, these solutions are deployed in the corporate world with decisions based upon the ROI and usability of the solution.  Gamification is not that expensive and is used to gamify an existing business process - using leader boards, points, awards etc to engage the user ba...

Business Director since 2002 with successful track record in developing business strategies and plans within the IT products and services marketplace. P&L responsibility for between £5 and £30m. Strategic advisor to client executives and internally (Product Development, Marketing, Sales etc.) to deliver required strategy aligned to financial performance. Proven leader for both product and services organisations. Client focussed, innovative and strong team player. Integral part of growing two innovative and vibrant start-up businesses that leveraged my management, entrepreneurial and business development capabilities. Director Applio Limited HELM is an innovative Serious Games for business platform that delivers major improvements in Employee Engagement, Learning & Development and Organisational Change. . Utilising Game Technologies HELM provides a unique platform that allows organisations to build, buy and develop content that can be delivered via a Seri...

Serious Games Market Worth $5,448 Million by 2020 I recently read a report from Marketsandmarkets (link at foot of page) about the growth of the Serious Games Market which is very interesting. Here are the key points from the report. Serious game simulates the real world into a virtual world scenario. They are basically designed to provide education and training related services. The serious game market is witnessing rapid growth. Potential benefits of serious games include improved self-monitoring, enhanced problem recognition and problem solving abilities, and increased social skills such as collaboration, negotiation, and decision making. Serious games can be applied to a broad spectrum of industry verticals such as military, government, education, corporate, and healthcare. Serious games cater to various applications across industry verticals. The serious game market has been segmented based on vertical into aerospace & defense, automotive, corporate, education...