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Jane mcgonigal, phd, is the director of game research and development at the institute for the future. About the speaker game designer jane mcgonigal is the director of games research and development for the institute for the future. Jane mcgonigal is an american game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes and collaboration. The future of imagination free summary by jane mcgonigal. Jane is a worldrenowned designer of alternate reality gamesor, games. Jane mcgonigal on getting more done with less stress and the. You may know me as the author of games and books like reality is broken and superbetter. The future of imagination june 7, 2017 aspen ideas to go thinking about the faroff future isnt just an exercise in intellectual curiosity. Nov 29, 2018 the iftf institute for the future is a silicon valley thinktank dedicated to forecasting the future. She is the creator of the how to think like a futurist workshops at stanford university continuing studies, and has previously taught at the university of california at berkeley. It was founded in 1968 as a spinoff of the very influential silicon valley thinktank. Ive been making games online now for 10 years, and my goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games. Why games make us better and how they can change the world, 2011, the director of game research and development at the institute for the future, knows intimately the power of games. Just ask jane mcgonigal, a game designer, games researcher, and future forecaster who creates alternativereality games that solve realworld problems.
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Her work has been featured in the economist, wired, and the new york times. Dispatches from institute for the future, a nonprofit thinktank in. Gaming the future of museums jane m c gonigal, phd institute for the future december 2, 2008 2019 2034 3. Game guru jane mcgonigal says gamification should make. She is currently an advisor and affiliate researcher with the institute for the future.
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Jane mcgonigal, author of super better, shares three practical habits that will increase the power of your imagination. Author jane mcgonigal explains why reality is broken q. Jane is the director of game research and development at the institute for the future in. May 27, 2016 imagining the future is creating the future. Drawing on her experience designing games, as well as her research at iftf, jane uncovered how game designers had hit on core truths about what makes people happy, and how to apply these truths to the real world to make it more immersive and engaging. Gaming the future of museums a lecture by jane mcgonigal 1. The talent profile for thriving leaders in the next future shock apr 08, 2020 by bob johansen for more than a decade, beginning just after 911, ive been wrestling with the question of leadership profiles that will be required to thrive in. And im on a quest this holiday season to raise funding for the institutes most inspiring program. Jane mcgonigal born october 21, 1977 is an american game designer, specializing in pervasive gaming and alternate reality games args.
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