Professor Game Podcast

Lance is the creator of The Influence Formula and the popular Influence Spectrum Quiz. As a professional speaker, he has shared his groundbreaking formula with audiences across the country. His background includes time as a prolific fundraiser, dynamic sales trainer, highly-rated professor, and published author. He has a bachelor's degree in marketing and a master's degree in executive leadership....

Founder of the Playground for Entrepreneurs, a serious game that supports entrepreneurship coaches and educators to provide engaging and insightful sessions, workshops and classes. The game is based on my experience coaching 500+ startup teams and their (regular) coaches in their early stages of entrepreneurship. Most of that experience comes from government entrepreneurship and innovation program...

Eko Nugroho has been at the forefront of driving the implementation of game-based learning and gamification in Indonesia over the past 14 years. Alongside his team at Kummara.com, Eko has offered consultancy and advisory services in the realm of serious meaningful games and interactive learning to various companies and organizations. Additionally, Eko serves as an advisory board member at Ludere N...

Danielle is the owner of Octane Design Studios, a 13-year-old branding and identity firm based in the heart of the Bluegrass. Danielle is a creative, recently certified prompt engineer, podcaster, strategist, wife and mama of 3. She·s also a lover of Italian cuisine, chai, cosplay, comics and retro gaming. With over 15 years of marketing and multimedia agency experience, Danielle began as a grassr...

After a stint in juvenile hall, AnnMaria ran away from her last foster home at age 15 and, with a fake ID, got a job and an apartment. By age 19 she had her bachelor·s degree, an MBA at 21. She was the first American to win a world judo championship, then retired from competition to earn her Ph. D., became a professor, and quit the university to start her first business after the death of her husb...

Charisse Beach is the founder and CEO of Youth Transformation Services (YTS), a nonprofit company providing training on Risk and Protective Factors, Mental Health Intervention, and Game-based Learning. Charisse also authored At-Risk Students: Transforming Student Behavior which details the warning signs of disturbing behaviors often overlooked by educators and/or misdiagnosed by mental health prof...

Kevin Reste operates at the unique intersection of art, media, and technology. As a Creative Operations Specialist, Artist, and Producer with an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons the New School of Design, his expertise is multifaceted. Kevin's contributions range from motion capture animation for the renowned Rock Band video game series to high-impact VFX work for artists like A$ap Rocky a...

Lauran Kerr-Heraly is an award-winning educator and author. She currently serves as a history professor and Innovation Fellow at Houston Community College. Her innovative teaching includes turning a classroom into an escape room, multidisciplinary projects showcasing personal food histories and environmental justice, and playing with experimental learning spaces. As an executive function coach, sh...

Well this is special, because it's the first time I decide to just go with an interview with a fellow gamification practitioner "only" because we are physically in the same space (and it is not during a conference or anything). So Antonis Triantafyllakis is a past guest, and we've had coffee in Madrid now twice (he came about two years ago) but this time we decided to try this live, in-person inte...

As a Corporate Partnerships Manager for Knights Esports Group, Liam is a leading authority on competitive gaming, event management, league organization, and technology development. Unlike many in the gaming industry, Liam chose the traditional path of pursuing higher education, attending the University of Pittsburgh straight out of high school. During his senior year, he discovered his passion for...

Paul starts by saying that the author of love is God. In His wisdom, He placed us in a variety of circumstances that require us to find our way back to His pure love. So, what qualifies Paul Zolman to speak about love? His childhood experience of the opposite of love. From that austere beginning, and the distaste it formed inside him, he searched for and eventually created a method that transforme...

Bob Moog co-founded University Games in 1985 to develop, design and manufacture social interaction games for families. Since that time, he has developed more than 200 game and toy products that have sold more than 30 million units. These games include the best-selling geography game line, Carmen Sandiego, the first line of games based on Dr. Seuss books, including The Green Eggs and Ham Game, 20 Q...

Quick update on our summer break! In the in the shownotes (professorgame.com) you can see our baby enjoying the sand and the water at the beach, but it didn't start out that way! Quick episode with a quick lesson I've been reminded of, and it has to do with the onboarding of experiences. Have a quick listen to understand what we're talking about.

Special episode Engagers! This is your reminder to take a step back of what·s been going on and to get your glass filled with energy once more!

There used to be an episode an example in gamification, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .  

There used to be an episode on playtesting and iteration in gamification, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .  

There used to be an episode on storyboarding and prototyping in gamification, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .

There used to be an episode on choosing and using game mechanics, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .  

There used to be an episode on who are our players, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .

There used to be an episode on setting up objectives in gamification, which we've decided to migrate elsewhere. If you want some free content in this world of creating engagement and loyalty inspired on what games do great, find our FREE Gamification Course at professorgame.com/freegamificationcourse .

On this special episode we are providing an overview of the first steps in our gamification course! So enjoy and perhaps we will have the whole series!

James I. Bond is one of America·s leading behavioral management specialists, and author of the award-winning book, BRAIN GLUE · How Selling Becomes Much Easier By Making Your Ideas ·Sticky.· For thirteen years he ran one of Southern California·s leading behavioral management firms, working with a who·s who of American business. Early in his career, he ran an advertising agency in Montreal. He is a...

James "Pigeon" Fielder, Ph. D. joined CSU as an Instructor after retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel and Associate Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is also serving as a Marine Corps University Non-Resident Krulak Fellow for academic years 2021-2026, is the Director of Professional and Educational Games for Mobius Worlds Publishing, and consults...

Matt Nuccio is the president of Design Edge, Inc., a toy and game development company and licensing agency whose clients include Mattel, Hasbro, Spin Master and Fisher-Price to name only a few. For 4 years, Matt co-chaired the Toy Association (TA), on their associate panel, representing all designers and inventors within the toy industry. Currently, Matt sits on the board of directors of the Unite...

Cristobal Figueroa is a Chilean entrepreneur based in Melbourne. His journey of self-discovery, combined with experiences, passions, and skills, have led him to discover his purpose·to cultivate meaningful connections among families and individuals through the power of play.