An Coppens is a leading expert in gamification for learner and employee engagement, with over 15 years experience in creating behaviour change through creative and innovative solutions. Her company Gamification Nation, won the Outstanding Gamification Agency Award in 2017 at Gamification Europe and an Excellence in No-Tech Gamification design for a board game at GamiCon 2018.

She is an award-winning Speaker, L&D professional, business and executive coach and author. Her speaking style is interactive and engaging.

In her career today she has worked with global brands in media, finance, education and FMCG markets, she has advised 100’s of business owners and inspired 1000’s of individuals to level up their game.

She is an avid blogger on the topic of gamification and has been listed as the top gamification blog in 2017 by Feedspot and listed in the top 10 UK digital and technology bloggers in the UK Blog Awards of 2016 and 2015. She has authored a number of books: “Gamification in Business” – published by BookBoon, “Attracting IT graduates to your business” – published by Packt Publishing and “Tapping into the Crowd, building competitive advantage from the inside out” published by PenCraft Books. She is working on her next book for release later in 2018 called “Winning at the Infinite Game of Learning: practitioners view on learning gamification.” and will be published by PenCraft Books.

She is invited to speak on a regular basis at HR and Learning events because of the value she shares from practice… oh and health warning … she often uses innovative approaches to get the audience engaged, they have included dancing, games, competitions, co-creation, painting, etc.