Creating Learning Games that Work

Learning games and gamification are the L&D ‘ buzzwords’ right now, but what does it all mean for your learning organization? How do you implement learning games and gamification techniques?

Join ATD Atlanta’s 2019 Trainer Showdown winner Matthew Smart and Dov Jacobson of GamesThatWork for an interactive session on using learning games and gamification techniques to inspire your audience and increase learning retention. Dov and Matthew will demystify the concept so you can leave the meeting with new techniques and next steps to gamify your learning.

The session will be interactive. Laptops will no longer be needed.

Dov and Matthew will also bring several game examples (ILT and e-learning) so you’ll have the opportunity to explore, discover, and play!

This session will show you how to:

• Apply a gamification learning mindset to re-frame new and existing learning programs
• Practice implementing gamification techniques into learning topics
• Learn how to position gamification techniques in your learning organization to get senior leader buy-in

About Your Facilitators: Dov Jackobson &  Matthew Smart

Starting in the coin-op video arcade, Dov led game development teams in Los Angeles, DC and New York before Turner brought him to Atlanta to build a game studio. Years later, he spun it out as GamesThatWork- using games to help people discover knowledge, exercise judgement and achieve mastery.

Dov led the game faculty at New York University's Center for Advanced Digital Applications. He is an established innovator, practitioner and thought leader in Game Based Learning, publishing and speaking frequently.

His games serve corporations (Boeing, AT&T), research (DARPA, NIH), education (Acton Academy), military, Thexapl Intelligence Community and families around the world.

Matthew is a dynamic learning & OD consultant with 15+ years’ experience implementing high-impact programs to move people FWD, create meaningful change and yield significant ROI for clients. He is a master facilitator with multiple certifications (DDI, Achieve, Interaction Associates). Delivery energizes Matthew and he makes it a point to connect with EVERY student to facilitate personalized and moving experiences. His training sessions are unique encounters, blending various methods like simulations, games, team building, and digital platforms to create meaningful, motivating, and memorable learning.

As an ATD-certified E-Learning Developer/Instructional Designer, Matthew also has a unique talent for developing learning that jumps off the page and lights up the computer screen. His state-of-the-art design approach inspires high levels of on-the-job application, industry best NPS scores, and achieves measurable business impact.

As a certified change management consultant (CMS), Matthew takes an interest in OD/HR work, helping companies build multi-level leadership programs and talent processes to enhance hiring/acquisition, on boarding, performance, coaching, and employee engagement. He is also passionate about culture work, helping companies create positive and attractive places to work.