118 Open Badges, Big Data, and Analytics: Harnessing Innovation to Motivate and Engage the Workforce

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, September 30

Emerging Tech

108

The world of work and the workplace is changing rapidly, and your internal business strategy needs to include motivational elements such as gamification, badging, and incentives to support workplace engagement and interest.

In this session you will gain a 360-degree prospective of badges and how they can be incorporated and used for recruitment, onboarding, education, motivation, and employee assessment. You will also learn key concepts to integrate analytics into your organization to maximize strategy, forecasting, and outcomes. 

In this session, you will learn:

  • What changes are coming in the workplace and what tools and technologies will best help prepare your organization
  • How gamification, badges, and incentives can be used to increase engagement
  • How to integrate analytics to impact strategy and better forecasting

Audience:
Intermediate and advanced designers, developers, project managers, managers, and directors.

Technology discussed in this session:
N/A

Leslie Eldridge

International Business Manager

eCom-USA Learning Solutions

Leslie Eldridge started her career in corporate America, transitioned into state government, and is now the international business manager for eCom-USA. She understands the roles, hierarchy, and motivation it takes to keep employees engaged and motivated, which makes her keenly interested and excited in the digital badge movement and how it can be used in many areas, such as workforce development and education. Leslie is a member of the Badge Alliance Higher Education Working Group and the Digital Literacy Working Group and has spoken internationally regarding badges and technology.

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