“Game designers are the experts in motivating people and getting them to do repetitive stuff,” says Microtask CEO Wili Miettinen. Science isn’t so great at getting people to care. Civil Society isn’t so great at raising money. Humanitarians groups aren’t great at either. What if in-game actions mapped to real-world outcomes? This postulates what tools like Flowminder, Ushahidi, Reddit, Storyful, Crowdflower, MetaLayer, open data and others might accomplish if coupled with a game layer of abstraction.

1. PLATFORM TO PLAYFORM:
THE GAMIFICATION OF CIVIC ACTION

2. GTA 5
Earned $800 million on Day 1
$1 billion by the third day of release
Average person plays 5 hours at a time.

3. “Game designers are the experts in
motivating people and getting them to
do repetitive stuff...”
- Microtask CEO Wili Miettinen

4. Science isn’t so great at getting people to care.
Civil Society isn’t so great at raising money.
Humanitarians groups aren’t great at either.
What if in-game actions mapped to real-world
out comes?

5. Folding@home project beats super computers

7. FLOWMINDER

10. CROWDFLOWER

11. DATA.UN.ORG

12. USHAHIDI.COM

13. RED CROSS DIGITAL OPERATIONS

14. VISUALIZATION
http://TEDglobe.com

15. METALAYER
by Kate Starbird, Bill Morris, Chris Danforth and GeoSprocket

16. VIBRANTDATA.ORG

17. MAPPING DEMOGRAPHICS

18. LANDPORTAL.INFO

19. CRIMESPOTTING

20. POLICE.UK

21. THANKS!
Jon Gosier, Founder, D8A.com, jon@d8a.com
Twitter: @jongos

22. D8A