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Legend or Quest Part 2: When to Use Legend game type
Knowledge Guru has two game types that offer different game play experiences. Both game types use a question/answer approach, but the game play within each one is different. A previous post focused on...
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How To Create a Game Author and a Game Shell
Every Knowledge Guru game must have a Game Author associated with it. A Game Author is the individual who creates the game content, customizes the game, and implements the game (e.g. makes it go...
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How to Make a Game Live So Players Can Access It
Once you have created the topics, objectives, and questions for your game you are now ready to make it live! Making it live is a simple task, but there are also some other things to consider when you...
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Designing a Learning Game? Play these 3 Games First
At Bottom-Line Performance (owners of the Knowledge Guru platform), we have a “learning game design peer group” that meets a few times per year. I started the group three years ago to help build game...
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How Games & Gamification Can Help Align Processes and Procedures
Some people cringe when they hear the words “process” or “procedure.” Others appreciate and value them. Either way, processes and procedures are essential to a successful organization. That’s why so...
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Turn Your Product Knowledge Training into a “Hero’s Journey”
You need to deliver training to your employees and want it to be “engaging.” You’ve read articles and attended webinars that discuss making learning experiences engaging, yet most of the advice seems...
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How Cisco Uses Knowledge Guru to Teach Product and Technical Knowledge...
I interviewed Paula Rossini, Global Program Manager at Cisco, to learn more about how Cisco uses Knowledge Guru games to teach its sales associates. Cisco’s sales associate training program (CSAP) has...
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Knowledge Guru Spring Release Provides More Leaderboards, Expanded Reports,...
The Knowledge Guru platform continues to expand its features and functionality using customer feedback as our guide. The Spring Release is all about usability: the features we have added streamline...
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Follow the Action at #ATD2015
For the third straight year, the Bottom-Line Performance team will head to ATD International in support of our Knowledge Guru platform. As usual, our schedule is full of educational sessions and...
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7 Steps to an Effective Serious Game or Gamification Implementation
Are you a do-it-yourselfer? When it comes to serious games, ATD says you probably are. In an ATD survey conducted for its 2014 research report, Playing to Win: Gamification and Serious Games in...
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Knowledge Guru Summer Release Adds 6 New Languages and Another Game Spacing...
The Knowledge Guru platform continues to expand its features and functionality using customer feedback as our guide. Our Summer 2015 Release is all about expanding your options globally. We are...
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Is Your Sales Process a Second Language Yet?
Last week, a colleague asked me what sales process I use. I was at a loss for words because the process I use has become so natural to me that it doesn’t feel like a process. My sales process feels...
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5 Keys to Success With the Knowledge Guru Game Platform
Want to make your first Knowledge Guru game roll-out a success? While the platform itself is easy to use, a bit of planning and preparation goes a long way. The following “keys to success” will help...
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BLP Teases Knowledge Guru Fall Release at DevLearn
Fall is in the air. For us at BLP, that means it’s DevLearn season. DevLearn is the premier learning conference for emerging trends and technology. Our team has attended DevLearn for years to learn...
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How to Create a Game-Based Learning Strategy
I was speaking to a client the other day who said only 10% of her workforce completes the training they are supposed to take on the LMS. She thinks training completion is low because the content isn’t...
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Ally, Bottom-Line Performance Win Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Knowledge...
Bottom-Line Performance and Ally partnered to win a 2015 Brandon Hall Excellence award. The winning submission won a Bronze in Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning. The game was created and...
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Serious Games + Smart Implementation = Win! (Free Webinar)
We love creating games at BLP and try to share that enthusiasm as much as we can. But we’ll also be the first to admit that designing a learning game is only the beginning. What if you design the best...
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Is Your Sales Enablement Sustainable?
Most sales training professionals will tell you they are working within a “new normal” these days. The products they must train reps how to sell grow increasingly complicated. Customers are savvier...
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Getting Started with KGuru Mobile – Game Author & Player QuickStart Guide
Now your players take Knowledge Guru with them on the go! We’ve made it simple for your learners to play your games on their smartphones. Let’s dive into how it works! Game Author: Invite players to...
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Knowledge Guru Adds Smartphone App in 2015 Fall Release
The Fall 2015 release of Knowledge Guru is so small, it fits in your pocket. What I mean is that we are releasing a new smartphone app for iOS and Android. Learners will be able to play Knowledge Guru...
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