Archive for April, 2011

Recently, a Polish company, Knowledge Hives, has updated one of their open source projects, Open Vocabulary. Open Vocabulary (OV) is a platform for publishing thesauruses and taxonomies in accordance to the Semantic Web and Linked Open Data principles.

The main goal of Open Vocabulary is to encode in the SKOS/RDF standard those vocabularies that do not yet have their RDF or SKOS representation. The new recently added thesauruses are, among others, Open Thesaurus for Polish language and thesaurus of Polish cultural heritage.

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ISFE has published its 2010 European Consumer Survey, the broadest, most in-depth study of adult gamers and non-gaming parents in Europe. The survey shows expanded demographic of gamers.

You can download the full report here as well as the EU infographics and Press Release here.

Pegmo is a site where people engage in fun, creative and rewarding ways with their friends, favorite businesses and brands. It helps businesses engage their customers by creating achievements, or “pegs,” that customers can then achieve to earn rewards.

How it works:

1. Find your friends, local businesses and brands.
2. Achieve their pegs by following them on Twitter, uploading a photo to Facebook, checking in on Foursquare and more…
3. Earn various rewards by achieving pegs.
4. Create your own pegs and share them with friends.

You can find all the information at http://www.pegmo.com/

Developed in association with Conservation International, Ecotopia allows you to save the planet through engaging, mission-driven gameplay. You’ll begin with an unsustainable environment that can be transformed into a green utopia by collecting in-game resources and completing fun missions. As a new innovation, they also provide in-game rewards for your performing real-world sustainability acts. And, watch out for the villains, like grumpy Mrs. Griswald. They take no prisoners! Hopefully, you’ll be able to convert them over from the environmental dark side.

You can find all the information at http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=121936851206938&sk=info

How does GE Healthcare use reward and recognition strategies and how do their co-workers perceive these strategies with a focus on motivation and job satisfaction?

All the information at http://www.projectsparadise.com/reward-recognition-strategies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+projectsparadise+%28Projectsparadise.com+-+Projects%2C+Dissertation%2C+Thesis%2C+Working+Papers%29#