Your Next Move! January 2011
Welcome to latest issue of Your Next Move!, our monthly newsletter covering the latest news, events and announcements from the Innovation Games® community. This month in the Innovation Games at Work section, we profile Reed Elsevier’s global use of Innovation Games, having recently signed up for an enterprise license. Luke blogs about our the game …
CITY OF SAN JOSE PLAYS INNOVATION GAMES® TO ADDRESS BUDGET CRISIS
Community leaders play modified Buy A Feature Innovation Game to prioritize government services and address $100 million projected shortfall. January 29th, 2011 San Jose, California: Today, community leaders throughout the San Jose metropolitan area met to tackle the city’s most pressing issue: looming 2011-2012 budget cuts. With a projected shortfall of $100 million, the city’s …
IGO Tips & Tricks: Editing Invitations to Online Games
It’s important to write a “good” email invitation letter for your online games — one that includes all the essential information needed for your players to access and play the game. Our default invitation letter includes tags that auto-populate the letter with game information like player name, planner name and the game link. However, most …
City of San Jose to use Innovation Games for budget prioritization
On January 29th, the Mayor of San José will host the fifth annual Neighborhood Association/Youth Commission Priority Setting Session at the City of San José city hall. A team of 30 Innovation Games trained facilitators will facilitate games based on Buy a Feature to help the city understand the preferences of community leaders regarding key budget initiatives. …
Engaging Citizens Through Games: San Jose, CA Budget Prioritization Games
Like many city, state and national governments, the City of San Jose, CA, is facing a significant 2011-2012 budget deficit. In this first of three posts on how Innovation Games® can be used in to engage citizens and improve democratic processes, I will outline the plans for a specially designed Buy a Feature game that …
Reed Elsevier Doubles Down with Enterprise License
We’ve worked with Reed Elsevier since 2009, having trained more than 100 of the company’s employees, and we can honestly say that Reed Elsevier is full of true “Innovation Gamers.” In fact, Reed Elsevier recently decided to extend the use of Innovation Games® to the entire company by signing an enterprise license for our online …
