games-change-awards-winners-announced# Games for Change announced that Never Alone was named the winner of the "Most Significant Impact" and "Game of the Year" awards. during the Games for Change (G4C) Awards. Hosted by Schell Games CEO Jesse Schell, the Games For Change Awards took place at the 12th Annual Games for Change Festival yesterday in conjunction with the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Bounden (developed by Game Oven) won the "Most Innovative" award, while This War of Mine from by 11 bit studios won the "Best Gameplay" award. This War of Mine also took home the first-ever fan award - the "Mashable + Games for Change People’s Choice Award." Tracy Fullerton won the "Game Changer Award," which recognizes the significant global contributions of individuals who inspire and mentor new generations of game creators and researchers. The Games for Change Festival also featured an onstage pitch session that gave developers of games that are still in development the chance to make their case to funders.
5 Questions That Measure Team Toxicity: Organizational Health Matters Being a great team is a choice. It doesn't just happen naturally when you bring together a group of talented individuals; it takes hard work and a firm commitment. The sum of a team's parts is tremendous when working cooperatively, as is the pay off for all that hard work. That's the good news. The bad news: Most startup teams are actually functioning more like working groups, which look like teams but don't achieve the same results because they're just not as productive. So how do you know if your team is healthy? 1. You can tell a lot about a team by its meetings. Equally bad is the meeting that plays like one PowerPoint deck after another, leading up to a foregone conclusion. When a healthy team meets, it discusses issues relevant to everyone present. 2. Do people hold back their honest opinions from the group? The reason doesn't matter. 3. Do team members hold one another accountable and discuss destructive behaviors openly? This, like #2 above, is fundamentally about trust. 4. 5.
Very exciting news from Enterprise! Plans revealed for our Aberdeen Centre for Entrepreneurship — Enterprise North East Trust We are set to create what will become Scotland’s foremost centre of excellence for entrepreneurship with a global business accelerator programme! Enterprise North East Trust (Enterprise) has unveiled plans to establish Aberdeen as a world-renowned city for supporting and developing entrepreneurs with a specialism in the energy and technology sectors that will attract new start businesses from across the globe to come to the city. Our organisation, which delivers the Business Gateway progammes for Grampian and Tayside, is creating the £1million facility, an Aberdeen centre for entrepreneurship within The Hub at the city’s Energy Park at the Bridge of Don. The move is being strongly backed by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils, along with the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to create an outstanding space to encourage entrepreneurial spirit and attract global talent to the city. Contact details: Leave a comment
metaMeerkat : nog steeds bietjie sneeu op... Self-assessment tax returns: the common mistakes to avoid by Bobby Chadha Updated: Jan 23, 2014 Published: Jan 23, 2014 As anyone who is self-employed or runs their own business will know, HMRC requires a full breakdown of expenses and taxes by the end of January. For many, this means hours talking to their accountant and searching for lost documents. If there are mistakes in a return, then the whole process can result in hours and – in the worst cases – money wasted needlessly. Here are the common errors people make when filing their self-assessment returns and how you can avoid them. The common typo The most common mistake made by small business owners or entrepreneurs is simple: not triple checking every last detail. There are plenty of mistakes that can creep into your form, so, while it may seem like an obvious piece of advice, force yourself to look over it again and again until you are absolutely certain that every piece of information is recorded in the right place. Not using an accountant Ignoring your business Not leaving time Not paying HMRC
Do You Have What It Takes to Be a 'SuperEntrepreneur'? (Infographic) Think you have what it takes to be the next Steve Jobs? Strangely enough, you might. New research from the Centre for Policy Studies, a London-based think tank, asks how “SuperEntrepreneurs” such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates became self-made billionaires. The study, out this week, examined 1,000 self-made billionaires who have appeared in Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people between 1996 and 2010. And while there's no exact formula for success--entrepreneurship is risky even among those predisposed to excellence--there are several characteristics that are common among the world's most iconic entrepreneurs. 1. Mark Zuckerberg may have famously dropped out of Harvard to focus on Facebook, but the majority of successful entrepreneurs, the study finds, are actually very well educated. Higher education may also increase an entrepreneur’s chances of receiving venture capital. 2. 3. It's typical for billionaires to have personal traits often seen among entrepreneurs.
Research roundup: Are video games good for learning? | Worlds Beyond Studios: Blog Scholars have long applauded the affordances that games provide in improving education. In fact, research in the early 1970’s produced significant discourse on the topic with advocates acknowledging that games could be used to promote interactive educational experiences (Abt, 1970) and simulations could improve pedagogical practices related to the enhancement of student motivation (Greenblat, 1973). Fast-forward to the mid 2000’s, and enthusiasm toward gamed-based learning was in full swing. One of the most prominent supporters in this area, James Paul Gee, published several thought-provoking and well-reasoned articles explaining the ways in which games could positively impact learning. Today, Gee’s work provides a useful foundation for exploring and understanding game-based learning and virtual world education. To answer this question, Gee explains six features of games that may facilitate learning in different ways. Abt, C. Gee, J. Greenblat, C. Like this: Like Loading...
5 Ways to Get Customers to Consider Your Brand One of the things entrepreneurs and chief marketing officers of Inc. 500 companies have in common is their desire to turn "consideration"--marketing-speak for having prospects think of their product or service--into sales. As the head of a marketing communications firm, I hear the word "consideration" multiple times a day. The good news is that there are some surefire ways to get your product, service, or organization added to a buyer's consideration list. In fact, one McKinsey study found that "brands may 'interrupt' the decision-making process by entering into consideration, and even force the exit of rivals." Consideration doesn't guarantee your cash register will ring--you'll still have to close the sale--but you can't discount its importance. 1. Earned media provides credibility, which in turn can impact consideration. Here's a tip: Go old-school. It sure broke through the clutter. A recent GE Capital study showed that 81 percent of consumers go online before heading to a store. 2.
This is the Personality Trait That Most Often Predicts Success Feature - Not Science fiction – Science fact! Different use cases of holographic and virtual science | weHologram Messages: 31 Likes Received: 8 Oculus and Microsoft made clear that their head-mounted displays will be a helpful tool for scientific and medical research. Let us check the potential impact of Oculus Rift and HoloLens on that industry. Reality glasses have enormous potential in terms of entertainment. Even if experts think that neither virtual nor augmented reality will replace TVs and computers any time soon, reality glasses presented a fascinating way to consume movies and play games. But that's not all: this innovative technology offers more than leisure applications. Microsoft is already developing different applications with the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tags: this article has not been tagged Local Comments