Five Top HR Tips When Gamifying your Team Toby Beresford – Gamifiers Meetup – May 2013 CEO – Leaderboarded.com

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MAKE PARTICIPATION EITHER OPT-IN OR OPT-OUT

Give players control over their participation, don’t make it mandatory

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PRIORITIZE NON-FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

Don’t give away Ipads or offer cash bonuses

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FOCUS ON NEW, POSITIVE BEHAVIORS

Train people in something new to help with their work or an organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)

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MAINTAIN TRUST BY BEING UP FRONT ABOUT DATA

Share with staff what data you are collecting, how you are using it and what their rights are regarding it. Transparency is key.

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FORM A GAMIFICATION COMMITTEE

Stewardship of the program needs to be run by a committee that has management, disinterested third party (‘the steward’) and player representation

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PEER REVIEWED BY

Thanks to all the Gamifiers who added their thoughts to this list.

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