soder up!

I wish I could take the credit for all of these photos, but it would be a lie. These were a collective effort between Dogga, Matty and I ... up with ridiculously silly, fun, team-building games for the “kids” to play. I don't know if we achieved team-building, but it sure was fun.Last night, we were brainstorming for ideas as to what to do today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 01:43:00

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Forrester: Serious Games Uncover Serious Requirements

Forrester In a 19-Nov-08 report called “Serious Games Uncover Serious Requirements, ... allowed for fresh perspectives and new ideas” and “the game provided a team-building exercise ... , partners, and internal stakeholders to make product decisions. Not only are the games relatively [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:57:14

Setting up a training event

When you are setting up a workshop, business coaches will tell you that it is important everyone knows exactly what the exercise is all about and ... exercises or games to develop what they perceive as weak points within their particular team ... of encouraging and developing team building. However it is a good idea at some point to mix [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 17:09:25

244. This Week on For Immediate Release

This week in my correspondent’s report (episode #400) I interview Ross Smith who is the Director of Test, Windows Core Security at Microsoft.  Ross has been active building management games and his ideas were fascinating.  Shel and Neville also share their insights. You can read about the accomplishments from Ross and his team here [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 06:53:45

Club K&J Digest – September 2008

Here’s an overview of the latest stuff available exclusively for Club K&J members ... ; JASON TV Game Breaks: If you have a job where time stands still or would like some ideas for building team spirit, you’ll find this simple tip to be especially helpful. PSA: Office Clutter [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:18:49

some things i learned in seattle

- 30% of homeless men in Seattle (and apparently this holds true nation-wide) are military veterans. (I had no idea ... facility in North America"... a building that is used 7 days per year... 7 "home games" for the Seattle Seahawks football team... ... a few more minutes to take advantage of the free wireless [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 23:10:00

“The Game of Life” Start your own coaching

Have you ever been a coach to a neighborhood team? I know how it feels the first time I’ve coached a team of seven-year-old soccer kids and how much ... . There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about Corporate Team Building. There are many, many options ... into a team worthy of belonging. A little later I will give you some ideas of where [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 01:45:10

Relearning the fundamentals

I love improv, partly because every time I take part in an improv game, I learn things. And very often, that's a relearning of some fundamentals ... like "Let's set it in Germany!" we just rush to "And let's wear lederhosen". Building ideas is fine ... in London. Towards the end we played a game I've done before a few times. A small team has to play [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 11:06:40

Full Moon 21Can02 Jan 10, 2009

At 10:26:42 pm est on Jan 10, 2009, a Full Moon *21Can02 shines over the Capitol Building in Washington, DC - and elsewhere as well ... senators get seated and Team Obama can successfully implement the good ideas they're promising ... out of exalted ego games. That would be cheeky monkey of them - and unacceptable - to follow their old pattern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:50:00

Exciting Announcement on the Latest uVme Conference

Last night’s uVme conference was filled with uVme Pioneers who were eagerly awaiting a preview of the two new uVme games to be released over the next ... on to explain how he is consistently building his team using his web conference room, tournaments ... . See a  review of the great new games to be released very soon and hear about Valentin’s great ideas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:47:27

Gift Ideas for the Whole Family

Buying a joint gift is a great way to encourage families to spend more time together and equally importantly save you a bit of money ... the best way to play together as a team in an unforgettably fun game that gives everyone a chance to shine. Packed with 16 hilarious activities, Cranium Family Fun gets you building, flipping, sketching [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:52:24

Vikings Complete the Chicago Sweep Holding Off Loyola 83-70

The Cleveland State Vikings knew they had to win both games in their road trip to Chicago and took care of business ... to be the superior team playing steady basketball and building a double digit advantage throughout ... afternoon for Gary Water's men. The Loyola Ramblers 4-9 (12-13), however, had other ideas and fought [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 23:12:42

Pitching to publishers : Do’s and Don’ts (part 2)

This is the second part of a 2 part article - you can find part 1 here. Don’ts : Don’t be overly secretive I’m not saying “don’t sign a NDA” ... . Usually, sharing ideas tend to make them better through gathering multiple feedbacks from different points of view, and once again, what the publisher wants is your team building the game. Ideas are [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:43:43

Brain dump - What I learnt from GDC 2008 (one year LATER)

Here are notes I almost made right after attending GDC 2008 (last year) talk about finding angel investor funding for games ... to see if the response is positive rather than building something nobody wants. Team > Idea ... Tailwinds Simple & compelling Pitch first Team > Idea Bootstrap! Reputation! Keiretsu [more...]

Date: 2009-02-15 18:07:46

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