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MENLO PARK, Calif., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Global Gamification Leader, today announced that it has won the "Overall Greatest Impact in Gamification" award at Gamification Summit 2012's GAwards. Badgeville was selected for the event's most prestigious award by an esteemed panel of judges. The leading industry event also honored Badgeville customer Recyclebank as the "Best Use of Gamification for Social Good," as well as Badgeville investor Tim Chang with a...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamification Summit -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced the acquisition of the Gamification.org Community from Gamify. Since its launch in 2010, Gamification.org has become the number one resource and community for gamification news and best practices. The Gamification.org community also includes the Gamification handle on popular social networks including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamification Summit - Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced the launch of Social Mechanics. The new offering allows world-class companies to apply the same dynamics that power popular social networks to drive similar user behaviors right where they belong - on top of their own websites and applications. Social Mechanics expands on Badgeville's Social Context offering, which launched last...

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced the launch of its Microsoft SharePoint connector. Badgeville for SharePoint is the world's first solution to reward adoption of SharePoint's key features for employee collaboration. Helping companies derive the transformative value they always wanted from their Microsoft SharePoint investments, the connector applies proven Game Mechanics and Reputation...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced it has closed a Series C round of venture financing. The round was led by InterWest Partners with participation by prior investors and brings Badgeville's total financing to $40 million in just 20 months since its launch. As part of this latest round, the company welcomes InterWest General Partner Doug Pepper to its Board of Directors. "Badgeville...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the gold standard for gamification, today announced a key integration that builds on its partnership with Yammer, the leading provider of enterprise social networks. With this integration, companies can enhance employee performance by leveraging Badgeville to reward high-value user behaviors across the enterprise, and showcase them in the Yammer Ticker, a real-time activity stream. "We are committed to partnering with...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and global gamification leader, today announced that Engine Yard, the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), has selected Badgeville's technology to add a gamification layer on top of its vibrant customer support community. This new experience represents the industry's first gamification instance in the Zendesk community. The integration of Badgeville into the Engine Yard support community...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform, today announced Todd Forsythe, Global Vice President of Marketing, EMC, and Brian Solis, Analyst, Altimeter Group, will keynote Badgeville's inaugural city tour, Engage San Francisco, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. This event, the first of the 2012 tour series, will highlight the future of engagement for B2C and B2B businesses, with emphasis on gamification, reputation management, and social...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform, today announced that Deloitte Leadership Academy, an innovative digital executive training program for more than 10,000 senior executives at over 150 companies around the world, added Badgeville's gamification and reputation solution to reward participation, lesson progression, and to certify program completion with an optional diploma. Deloitte Leadership Academy delivers lessons and insight...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, The Behavior Platform and gold standard for gamification, today announces enterprise industry veterans Anthony Nemelka, Vice President of Business Development, and Scott Hughes, Regional Vice President of Sales, West. The company also announces the promotion of Omar Divina to RVP of Sales, East. Badgeville's explosive growth to 70 employees (300% YoY) aligns with its industry domination and highly flexible...