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With the women in games awards going ahead today and yours truly nominated as an influencer, I keep wondering where the ladies are in our industry. My objective when I entered the gamification world with my company in 2012 was to bring a feminine voice…
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When you are passionate about what you, you will speak about it with great gusto and usually by that virtue persuade people around you with your passion. Yesterday I was speaking to a gentleman about business and what we do. He mentioned he had been…
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Project Implicit is a research based project trying to understand the different bias we may have even if our intentions are good. Researchers want to delve into the concept of unconscious bias and how this affects our decision making and also our feelings. the tests cover…
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In feminine gamification viewpoint I often write about gender differences and the subject of bias has come up a few times. Two weeks ago Advertising Week in New York launched a campaign to challenge us to be more accepting of diversity. Diversity in all its…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: Stack Overflow and ladies Stack Overflow, the developer question and answer site, in both 2015 and 2016 developers survey showed that only 5.8% users identified as females. I would think there are probably a few more female developers in the world, than just…
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Feminine Gamification Viewpoint: Returnships Internships are widely known in most industries yet returnships are a new concept. Basically they invite both men and women to return to work after a period of caregiving, whether this was for children or ill or elderly relatives. The initiative…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: roles As I travel and speak in various parts of the world, the conversations after the official sessions are over, are typically telling the true story of an event. In the last two weeks I have been in Italy, Sweden and the…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: possibilities Harvard President Drew Faust talks about closing the gender gap. In our Feminine gamification viewpoint we often show a female role model, who has had to challenge the standard perceptions or beliefs to get things done. What I take away is…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: Coding misconceptions I often search for fun content for this blog segment and I can’t but not share the video below. I had to giggle my way through it. The video zones in on some comments that females hear on occasion while…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: wogrammer Wogrammer.org aims to break the stereotype about software programmers and they share stories about ladies and their achievements in their career. The site was started by female software engineers who were fed up being asked about what it was like to…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: design with women in mind A study published this month in the American Journal of Medicine explained how health technology and apps most frequently overlooked design to include female needs and often completely ignored feminine anatomy and health. Researchers looked at four widely-used…
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Feminine gamification viewpoint: consistent experiences Capturing the attention for loyalty especially ladies also requires a consistency in service and reliability. For 5 years i have been the happy owner of a Macbook, one of those beautiful white vintage models. I did what I could to…
