Come see me on a "gamification" panel, March 29th

I have been asked to participate on a panel this month.

Gamification: Level Up Your User Experience
03/29/2011 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM 

What are the scenarios where gamification works? What is the future of gamification? How will it manifest beyond just games and location services? MITX is bringing you the experts who can answer these questions: 

• Mike Schneider - SVP, Director Digital Incubator Allen and Gerritsen (moderator)
• Steve Curran - Founder/Chief Creative Officer Pod Digital Design
• Nataly Kogan - Vice President Consumer Experience, WHERE Inc.
• Trapper Markelz - Head of Product, MeYou Health
• Peter Stringer - Director Interactive Media, Boston Celtics
• David Tyler - SVP, Bunchball  

Register now to come check it out if this seems like your kinda thing!

So just what is this gamification thing? Who knows these days. From my perspective it is a neologism that isn't that well defined. I would like the definition to be actually turning something into a game. But it is also often used to describe any scenario where you apply game-like mechanics... even when the application of those mechanics does not actually create a game. It should be a fun discussion though. I hope to contribute a perspective, but I also hope to come away learning something.