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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
The global e-sports industry has exploded, with revenues from competitive online gaming expected to reach $906 million this year. Meanwhile, the popular game Fortnite has made more than $1 billion since it was released almost a year ago, and the World Heath Organization added “gaming disorder” to its International Classification Diseases this summer. Training professionals have the opportunity to make video games a force for good, though. MORE
JULY 29, 2018
Game-based training transforms traditional learning from a passive experience into an active experience. Through play, points, badges, leaderboards and rewards, users engage at a much higher level. MORE
JULY 2, 2018
Mobile Gaming is and will continue to disrupt the L&D industry. M-Learning allows training to be readily available anywhere and everywhere. Training is at the tip of your fingers and here is why that’s important: The post Why Mobile Learning Is The Future appeared first on game. MORE
MARCH 10, 2020
Join us to learn how you can add games in Microsoft PowerPoint for increased learner engagement and knowledge retention. We’ll showcase practical examples of how companies have used games to create more engaging PowerPoint presentations. MORE
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Stamford, CT – September 5, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market. MORE
JANUARY 8, 2020
Originally featured in Forbes, Jan 8, 2020. Can you think of a job opportunity you were excited about? You probably envisioned yourself in the role, but like so many others, you were concerned about the interview process, sitting face-to-face with a hiring manager to discuss your history and where you plan to be in five years. There’s nothing more stressful than being eyed with scrutiny. MORE
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Your learning and development (L&D) department could currently be engaged in a game of Whack-a-Mole with real dollars, not to mention your employees’ time, patience and behavior. I should know. For more than a decade I have been building game-based solutions to help make training more effective. Successful training builds confident and competent people who do the right thing at the right time. However, there are a lot of reasons why corporate training initiatives are not successful. MORE
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
Pharmaceutical sales requires a different level of expertise. As the main point of contact between your organization and healthcare providers, it’s imperative that sales reps have depth of knowledge in combination with top notch sales skills to represent your brand effectively. Reps need to understand the business of medicine and the mind-set of their customers in order to provide greater value and make an impact. MORE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
The Game Agency is excited to share footage from Fox 5’s Good Day New York segment about The Training Arcade and how corporations are using training games to improve their learning outcomes. The post The Training Arcade on Fox 5: Good Day New York appeared first on game. Uncategorized corporate training FOX 5 New York Fox 5's Good Day New York improve learning outcomes The Game Agency The Training Arcade training games training games for corporations MORE
MAY 29, 2019
Stephen Baer, Managing Partner of The Game Agency discusses how to gamify content quickly with Alexander Salas of ATD. The post How to Gamify Off-the-Cuff appeared first on The Game Agency MORE
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OCTOBER 17, 2019
Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. Online. Speakers: Harry Friedman: Emmy® Award-winning Executive Producer of Jeopardy! ® and Wheel of Fortune. Christina Lorenzo: Senior e-Learning Instructional Designer, American College of Chest Physicians. Stephen Baer: Managing Partner, The Game Agency. James Pappas, Program Manager Learning and Development, Comcast. Michael Sidebottom, Program Manager Learning and Development, Comcast. Your employees are distracted, burnt out and overwhelmed! MORE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Employee training is expensive and, often, the return on investment (ROI) doesn’t exist. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimates that companies spent an average of $1,273 per year per employee on training. However, without “practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” learners lose 90% of the skills they learn in those training programs. That’s a lot of money to throw out the window. MORE
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Originally featured in Forbes on Feb 3, 2020. A combination of a college-focused society and negative attitudes about vocational careers has driven some sectors into recruitment turmoil in recent years. As the baby boomer generation ages and reaches retirement, manufacturing , construction , and transportation companies have struggled to hire young new talent. MORE
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Educational Game Project Manager. The Game Agency is seeking a talented educational game producer. This individual will focus on one or more projects at a time and ensure that they are moving on time, on quality, and on budget. MORE
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Upcoming webinar on Tuesday, December 10th at 2:00 p.m. In a study this year, Forbes found that 55% of sales reps still lack fundamental selling skills. Additionally, 71% of sales reps take almost 6 months to ramp up before they are even ready to sell. MORE
MARCH 10, 2020
& 5 Ways to Obtain 100% Participation in your Training Program. Friction in a learning experience manifests itself in two critical ways: our learning platforms aren’t user-friendly enough and require too many steps. MORE
JANUARY 7, 2020
Working alongside a dedicated team of developers, you will be both architect and developer for a leading loyalty and rewards platform that delivers games and apps to customers that purchase qualified computer products. MORE
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Thursday, 11/7/2019 12:00pm ET | 9am PT. Using our DIY game authoring tool, The Training Arcade®, we’ll walk you through the platform and show you how easy it is to build your own games fast. We’ll build a Jeopardy! game together and then play the game in the Instructor Mode. You’ll see how easy it is to control a multi-player game in a live or virtual setting where learners can play and learn on their own devices. Let’s have some fun! The post Jeopardy! MORE
MARCH 5, 2019
Generation Z refers to the group born between 1995 and 2010 and currently represents the largest population sector. They make up about 24% of the population (compared to Millennials representing about 22%, Gen X at 19% and Baby Boomers at 23%). It’s estimated that Gen Z is at approximately 2.52 billion! Many of them have graduated from college and are looking for employment. Is your company ready? MORE
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The beauty of The Training Arcade® is once you’ve created a game with your training content, you can launch the game and publish it anywhere! Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS. MORE
JUNE 18, 2019
Stamford, CT June 18, 2019: The Game Agency (TGA) wins 3 International Serious Play Awards for a series of K-12 Educational games recently released across North America. TGA won 1 Gold award and 2 Silver in the categories of Cognitive Skills, K-12 Education and Social and Emotional Learning. MORE
JUNE 30, 2019
Want to improve your employee’s soft skills? The most effective way to do so is through game-based training. Games provide a fun and safe environment to learn, practice, fail, and ultimately master critical skills. But not all games are created equal. This article outlines a variety of solutions. Soft Skills Training: Everything You Need To Know About Training Employees. MORE
OCTOBER 1, 2019
The beauty of The Training Arcade® is once you’ve created a game with your training content. You can launch the game and publish it anywhere! Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS. Export the games as a SCORM package (SCORM 1.2 or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). MORE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Employee training is expensive and, unfortunately, the return on investment (ROI) doesn’t often exist. In 2016, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimated that companies spent an average of $1,273 per employee on training. However, Eduardo Salas, a professor of organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida, has found that without “practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” learners lose 90% of the skills they learn in those training programs. MORE
APRIL 2, 2019
The Official Jeopardy! Training Game is Now Available in The Training Arcade®. Culver City, Calif. April 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Jeopardy! Productions and The Game Agency, LLC announce the release of the only “official” Jeopardy! training game in the world. The training game follows the classic rules and all the fun of America’s Favorite Quiz Show® with rounds for Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy! plus “Daily Doubles” “The Jeopardy! MORE
APRIL 2, 2019
Last week The Game Agency won “Best of Show” at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions DemoFest. This lively science fair-like event showcased over 40 custom eLearning solutions. Attendees were encouraged to walk from table to table to speak to the creators of each project about the design, technology, and process behind them. The Game Agency presented The Endeavor Healthcare course, designed to teach middle school students about careers in the healthcare industry. MORE
JULY 29, 2019
Stamford, CT – July 30, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the gamification sector of the learning and development market for the third year in a row. MORE
AUGUST 29, 2019
The health care industry is made up of highly skilled, highly schooled, high-cost, in-demand professionals who are responsible for making life-and-death decisions. Consequently, their training is best in class and can serve as a model for all other industries. Ever since Dr. James Rosser Jr. used a PlayStation to improve his surgical accuracy, the idea of games to improve clinical interventions has been of great interest to the industry. MORE
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Gaming can never get boring regardless of your age, however finding the time do so in your busy schedules today, can be a challenge. Well, how about you have a little fun while you are at work or maybe make school more interesting by making learning fun. With thoughts on the same lines three master minds came together, to create something unique. Stephen Baer, Richard Lowenthal and Joseph McDonald decided to make a spectacular change in daily life by adding in a different dimension of fun to it. MORE
APRIL 4, 2019
Tax Refunds: Traditional vs Behavioral Economics Explained. And Why That Matters for Game Learning Systems) by Julia Keren-Detar. Ever wonder how instructional designers create training games that really work? It’s part game design knowledge and a lot of behavioral psychology. Cognitive bias is something we think about often. It’s very important to understand how cognitive bias work. Take the 2018 tax changes for example. MORE
The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Stamford, CT – September 5, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market.
The Game Agency
JUNE 18, 2019
Stamford, CT June 18, 2019: The Game Agency (TGA) wins 3 International Serious Play Awards for a series of K-12 Educational games recently released across North America. TGA won 1 Gold award and 2 Silver in the categories of Cognitive Skills, K-12 Education and Social and Emotional Learning.
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The Game Agency
MARCH 10, 2020
& 5 Ways to Obtain 100% Participation in your Training Program. Friction in a learning experience manifests itself in two critical ways: our learning platforms aren’t user-friendly enough and require too many steps.
The Game Agency
MARCH 10, 2020
Join us to learn how you can add games in Microsoft PowerPoint for increased learner engagement and knowledge retention. We’ll showcase practical examples of how companies have used games to create more engaging PowerPoint presentations.
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The Game Agency
APRIL 4, 2019
Tax Refunds: Traditional vs Behavioral Economics Explained. And Why That Matters for Game Learning Systems) by Julia Keren-Detar. Ever wonder how instructional designers create training games that really work? It’s part game design knowledge and a lot of behavioral psychology. Cognitive bias is something we think about often. It’s very important to understand how cognitive bias work. Take the 2018 tax changes for example.
The Game Agency
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Educational Game Project Manager. The Game Agency is seeking a talented educational game producer. This individual will focus on one or more projects at a time and ensure that they are moving on time, on quality, and on budget.
The Game Agency
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Upcoming webinar on Tuesday, December 10th at 2:00 p.m. In a study this year, Forbes found that 55% of sales reps still lack fundamental selling skills. Additionally, 71% of sales reps take almost 6 months to ramp up before they are even ready to sell.
The Game Agency
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The beauty of The Training Arcade® is once you’ve created a game with your training content, you can launch the game and publish it anywhere! Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS.
The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Employee training is expensive and, often, the return on investment (ROI) doesn’t exist. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimates that companies spent an average of $1,273 per year per employee on training. However, without “practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” learners lose 90% of the skills they learn in those training programs. That’s a lot of money to throw out the window.
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The Game Agency
MARCH 5, 2019
Generation Z refers to the group born between 1995 and 2010 and currently represents the largest population sector. They make up about 24% of the population (compared to Millennials representing about 22%, Gen X at 19% and Baby Boomers at 23%). It’s estimated that Gen Z is at approximately 2.52 billion! Many of them have graduated from college and are looking for employment. Is your company ready?
The Game Agency
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Your learning and development (L&D) department could currently be engaged in a game of Whack-a-Mole with real dollars, not to mention your employees’ time, patience and behavior. I should know. For more than a decade I have been building game-based solutions to help make training more effective. Successful training builds confident and competent people who do the right thing at the right time. However, there are a lot of reasons why corporate training initiatives are not successful.
The Game Agency
OCTOBER 1, 2019
The beauty of The Training Arcade® is once you’ve created a game with your training content. You can launch the game and publish it anywhere! Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness. EXPORT YOUR GAME TO YOUR LMS. Export the games as a SCORM package (SCORM 1.2 or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS).
The Game Agency
JULY 29, 2018
Game-based training transforms traditional learning from a passive experience into an active experience. Through play, points, badges, leaderboards and rewards, users engage at a much higher level.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Originally featured in Forbes on Feb 3, 2020. A combination of a college-focused society and negative attitudes about vocational careers has driven some sectors into recruitment turmoil in recent years. As the baby boomer generation ages and reaches retirement, manufacturing , construction , and transportation companies have struggled to hire young new talent.
The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
The Game Agency is excited to share footage from Fox 5’s Good Day New York segment about The Training Arcade and how corporations are using training games to improve their learning outcomes. The post The Training Arcade on Fox 5: Good Day New York appeared first on game. Uncategorized corporate training FOX 5 New York Fox 5's Good Day New York improve learning outcomes The Game Agency The Training Arcade training games training games for corporations
The Game Agency
JANUARY 8, 2020
Originally featured in Forbes, Jan 8, 2020. Can you think of a job opportunity you were excited about? You probably envisioned yourself in the role, but like so many others, you were concerned about the interview process, sitting face-to-face with a hiring manager to discuss your history and where you plan to be in five years. There’s nothing more stressful than being eyed with scrutiny.
The Game Agency
JULY 2, 2018
Mobile Gaming is and will continue to disrupt the L&D industry. M-Learning allows training to be readily available anywhere and everywhere. Training is at the tip of your fingers and here is why that’s important: The post Why Mobile Learning Is The Future appeared first on game.
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The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
Pharmaceutical sales requires a different level of expertise. As the main point of contact between your organization and healthcare providers, it’s imperative that sales reps have depth of knowledge in combination with top notch sales skills to represent your brand effectively. Reps need to understand the business of medicine and the mind-set of their customers in order to provide greater value and make an impact.
The Game Agency
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Thursday, 11/7/2019 12:00pm ET | 9am PT. Using our DIY game authoring tool, The Training Arcade®, we’ll walk you through the platform and show you how easy it is to build your own games fast. We’ll build a Jeopardy! game together and then play the game in the Instructor Mode. You’ll see how easy it is to control a multi-player game in a live or virtual setting where learners can play and learn on their own devices. Let’s have some fun! The post Jeopardy!
The Game Agency
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. Online. Speakers: Harry Friedman: Emmy® Award-winning Executive Producer of Jeopardy! ® and Wheel of Fortune. Christina Lorenzo: Senior e-Learning Instructional Designer, American College of Chest Physicians. Stephen Baer: Managing Partner, The Game Agency. James Pappas, Program Manager Learning and Development, Comcast. Michael Sidebottom, Program Manager Learning and Development, Comcast. Your employees are distracted, burnt out and overwhelmed!
The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
The global e-sports industry has exploded, with revenues from competitive online gaming expected to reach $906 million this year. Meanwhile, the popular game Fortnite has made more than $1 billion since it was released almost a year ago, and the World Heath Organization added “gaming disorder” to its International Classification Diseases this summer. Training professionals have the opportunity to make video games a force for good, though.
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The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Employee training is expensive and, unfortunately, the return on investment (ROI) doesn’t often exist. In 2016, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimated that companies spent an average of $1,273 per employee on training. However, Eduardo Salas, a professor of organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida, has found that without “practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” learners lose 90% of the skills they learn in those training programs.
The Game Agency
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Gaming can never get boring regardless of your age, however finding the time do so in your busy schedules today, can be a challenge. Well, how about you have a little fun while you are at work or maybe make school more interesting by making learning fun. With thoughts on the same lines three master minds came together, to create something unique. Stephen Baer, Richard Lowenthal and Joseph McDonald decided to make a spectacular change in daily life by adding in a different dimension of fun to it.
The Game Agency
AUGUST 29, 2019
The health care industry is made up of highly skilled, highly schooled, high-cost, in-demand professionals who are responsible for making life-and-death decisions. Consequently, their training is best in class and can serve as a model for all other industries. Ever since Dr. James Rosser Jr. used a PlayStation to improve his surgical accuracy, the idea of games to improve clinical interventions has been of great interest to the industry.
The Game Agency
JULY 29, 2019
Stamford, CT – July 30, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the gamification sector of the learning and development market for the third year in a row.
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JUNE 30, 2019
Want to improve your employee’s soft skills? The most effective way to do so is through game-based training. Games provide a fun and safe environment to learn, practice, fail, and ultimately master critical skills. But not all games are created equal. This article outlines a variety of solutions. Soft Skills Training: Everything You Need To Know About Training Employees.
The Game Agency
MAY 29, 2019
Stephen Baer, Managing Partner of The Game Agency discusses how to gamify content quickly with Alexander Salas of ATD. The post How to Gamify Off-the-Cuff appeared first on The Game Agency
The Game Agency
APRIL 2, 2019
The Official Jeopardy! Training Game is Now Available in The Training Arcade®. Culver City, Calif. April 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Jeopardy! Productions and The Game Agency, LLC announce the release of the only “official” Jeopardy! training game in the world. The training game follows the classic rules and all the fun of America’s Favorite Quiz Show® with rounds for Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, and Final Jeopardy! plus “Daily Doubles” “The Jeopardy!
The Game Agency
APRIL 2, 2019
Last week The Game Agency won “Best of Show” at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions DemoFest. This lively science fair-like event showcased over 40 custom eLearning solutions. Attendees were encouraged to walk from table to table to speak to the creators of each project about the design, technology, and process behind them. The Game Agency presented The Endeavor Healthcare course, designed to teach middle school students about careers in the healthcare industry.
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