Webinar: Serious Games for Human Capital Management

Title: Serious Games for Human Capital Management
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

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Advancements in human capital management (HCM) often have come about by incorporating approaches and technologies from outside the HCM field. Those looking for the next source of big ideas to shape HCM strategies need to keep an eye on the field known as "serious games."

Serious games bring purpose to play. There is much variation in the types of serious games. However, an increasing number of enterprises are using games for HCM purposes such as employee recruiting and selection, training, and team building. In the context of recruiting, games have been a very effective branding tool that employers use not only to inform, but to set themselves apart in the on-going competition for talent. Some games have more of the characteristics associated with "play," while others are focused on simulating non-game, real-world business events or processes.

One sign that it is time for those in the HCM field to take "serious games" seriously is the increasing activity around putting rigorously derived competency content into games and business simulations. Players can train against the competency rubrics that an employer may have developed or those set by relevant professional groups.

This webinar brings together a panel of experts to give attendees a survey of this rapidly evolving field and to provide insights on some of the innovative ways employers are using serious games to attract, retain, and build talented workforces.  

Panelists:

• Randy Brown is the Chief Technology Officer for Virtual Heroes. Randy has an MS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Virtual Heroes, he developed interactive 3D graphics software at Amoco, Digital Equipment, Ex Machina, Data General, SAS Institute, Southpeak Interactive, and the Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina. Randy also directed scientific, oil exploration, graphics library, visualization, training, education, simulation, and gaming content for a wide range of commercial, government, and private organizations.
• Steve Mahaley is Director of Learning Technology at Duke Corporate Education, a global provider of custom corporate education that helps clients address real-world, real-time business challenges. In his role at Duke, Steve has been responsible for planning, implementing, supporting and managing distributed learning activities such as program web sites, virtual team environments, and online content delivery. Prior to his position with Duke Corporate Education, Steve worked in the Executive Education department at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University creating and supporting web environments and resources for corporate client programs in the U.S. and Europe.
• Karen Sopko offers over 20 years experience in teaching complex topics to adults in the US and Europe. Currently, she is President and CEO of Creative Bandwidth Games, with extensive success using serious games to deliver business results for companies like Dell, Time Warner and Freescale Semiconductor. Her background includes work for Boeing, Dell, EDS, Unisys, Alcatel, NASA, Norsk Hydro and Haarstick Sailmakers. Through insights learned from years of gaming with adults, Karen developed Human Capital enhancement modules for Bankers, Sales Teams, Service Desks, Executives, Realtors and Entrepreneurs. Skills developed in her modules include:
  selling, negotiations, customer relationship management, strategic and creative thinking, resource utilization, marketing focus, problem solving, and situational awareness. Karen's college career includes degrees in both Physics and Astronomy from the University of Florida, as well as graduate-level work in managing R&D with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In addition to her corporate training experience, she also served as a non-tenured math and science instructor at the university, community college, and secondary-school level.

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