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Train Your Brain With Games

Most companies agree that people are their most important asset. In properly developing those human assets, companies seek long-term success through increased productivity, improved longevity, and other benefits. Then why are so many companies not realizing the best return from their training investment? The answer: poor retention of training materials. During this session, You will learn how complementing your training materials with games will boost employee engagement and yield significantly increased retention. Games deliver lots of actionable data to measure effectiveness, both individually and through group learning, showing gaps and areas to optimize for a continuous cycle of improvement.

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Train Your Brain With Games

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  1. Meaningful, Motivational, and Memorable Training playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  2. Introduction Stephen Baer Managing Partner, The Game Agency Former Director of Marketing, Atari CONFIDENTIAL powered

  3. Agenda During this talk, we will… 1 2 3 4 Discuss why training games are effective Map 6 learning objectives to game mechanics Get out of our seats to play some games Have a lot of fun! CONFIDENTIAL powered

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  5. Question What are your CONFIDENTIAL powered

  6. favorite games? CONFIDENTIAL powered

  7. All of These Can Be Training Games CONFIDENTIAL powered

  8. What Do These Games Have In Common? Rules Strategy Win-State CONFIDENTIAL powered

  9. 3 strikes curve balls Most runs at the end 3 outs bunting of the game win! 9 innings stealing CONFIDENTIAL powered

  10. The Perfect Marriage smart instructional design + polished game play = active participation simulated performance higher retention • • • CONFIDENTIAL powered

  11. Step 1: Channel Your Inner Scientist Asking A Few Questions •Will a training game solve your performance problem? CONFIDENTIAL powered

  12. •Is the ability to do X the root of your performance problem? •Will this training be successful in supporting the development of Y as a core skill? CONFIDENTIAL powered

  13. Why Are Training Games Effective? Meaningful Motivational CONFIDENTIAL powered

  14. Memorable Engage employees with your content again and again Turn passive training into an interactive learning experiences Resulting in higher learning and retention CONFIDENTIAL powered

  15. But… CONFIDENTIAL powered

  16. Not All Games Are Considered CONFIDENTIAL powered

  17. Equal CONFIDENTIAL powered

  18. Ask Yourself… What are your CONFIDENTIAL powered

  19. training objectives? CONFIDENTIAL powered

  20. What’s Your Training Objective? CONFIDENTIAL powered

  21. Let’s Play GAME TIME CONFIDENTIAL powered

  22. Let’s Play CONFIDENTIAL powered

  23. How It Works Count to 3 and show/say what your imaginary playing cardis Listen for patterns in what your partner says Yell BOOM SHAKALAKA when you match CONFIDENTIAL powered

  24. What Did You Just Experience? Recall & Memorization Game Fast paced quick recall and response testing with correct and incorrect responses JudgmentGame StrategyGame Question and answers with correct and incorrect responses Puzzles, challenges, solution driven experience ConsequenceGame Cause-and-effect based on decisions ( good, bad, best ExplorationGame Sims Game Non-linear branching, multiple outcomes based on decisions ) CONFIDENTIAL powered

  25. Taxonomy Alignment CONFIDENTIAL powered

  26. Taxonomy Alignment Sims EVALUATION Exploration SYNTHESIS ANALYSIS Strategy APPLICATION Consequence Describe List COMPREHENSION Judgment Find Match Identify Recall KNOWLEDGE Memorization playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  27. Taxonomy Alignment Sims EVALUATION Exploration SYNTHESIS ANALYSIS Strategy APPLICATION Consequence Estimate Predict COMPREHENSION Judgment Explain Relate Interpret Select KNOWLEDGE Memorization playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  28. Taxonomy Alignment Sims EVALUATION Exploration SYNTHESIS ANALYSIS Strategy APPLICATION Consequence Calculate Produce COMPREHENSION Judgment Change Relate Prepare Solve KNOWLEDGE Memorization playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  29. Taxonomy Alignment Sims EVALUATION Exploration SYNTHESIS ANALYSIS Strategy APPLICATION Consequence Appraise Compare COMPREHENSION Judgment Categorize Differentiate Classify Prioritize KNOWLEDGE Memorization playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  30. Taxonomy Alignment KNOWLEDGE Memorization playTM CONFIDENTIAL powered by

  31. Data… Data… Data... $590,000 revenue earned every day from in game purchases CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  32. Data… Data… Data... CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  33. Ready For Another Game? CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  34. Pick A Game Jump Trivia Scramble Match https://bit.ly/2JJJ1AN https://bit.ly/2JHHrQ9 https// :bit.ly/2t4Zk15 https://bit.ly/2LHkwSa CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  35. In 10 Min Or Less You can build any of these games CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  36. In 10 Min Or Less CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  37. Let’s Review CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  38. Taxonomy Alignment CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  39. Why Are Training Games Effective? Meaningful Motivational CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  40. Memorable Engage employees with your content again and again Turn passive training into an interactive learning experiences Resulting in higher learning and retention CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  41. Bottom Line… Let’s Make Some Games Together Stephen Baer CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

  42. Managing Partner, The Game Agency CONFIDENTIAL playTM powered by

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