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      <p class="date">8th Oct 2016</p>
      <h1>Game Thinking</h1>
      <p class="subtitle">Expert tools & techniques to help you build a better product in less time</p>
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        <li><img class="photo" src="images/speakers/amy.jpg" alt="Amy Jo Kim"></li>
        <li class="trainer-name">Amy Jo Kim</li>
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      <h3>Venue and Time</h3>
      <p><a href="http://www.hotelgrandpacific.com.sg" target="_blank">Hotel Grand Pacific</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Grand+Pacific/@1.2975014,103.8505593,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x31da19a4e9f1ed83:0xb46964336845a2a6!8m2!3d1.297496!4d103.852748" target="_blank">map</a>)</p>
      <p>Workshop starts at 9am and ends at 5pm</p>

      <h3>About</h3>
      <p>Do you want to harness the deep power of games to build a more compelling product? Do you want to leverage the insider gaming techniques that REALLY work - the ones that that actually produce long-lasting hits?
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      <p>In our high-powered, hands-on Game Thinking workshop, you’ll learn how to:
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      <ul><li>Create a repeatable, pleasurable core product experience
      </li><li>Find the superfans who accelerate your path to product/market fit
      </li><li>Build a product they love - and come back to, again & again
      </li><li>Drive sticky social bonding with smart co-op game design
      </li><li>Turn your expansive, compelling idea into a simple, stripped-down MVP
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        <p>Amy Jo’s framework and insights gave me practical, tangible skills
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        <footer>Gina Bianchini, CEO, MightyBell</footer>
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        <p>I left the workshop smarter, equipped with useful new tools
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        <footer>Barney Pell, CEO, QuickPay</footer>
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        <p>Great, structured content and deep insights – a masterclass on long-term engagement
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        <footer>Nadya Direkova, GoogleX & AirBnB</footer>
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      <h3>Intended Audience</h3>
      <p>If you’re an entrepreneur, innovator, designer, or product owner, this workshop will super-charge your product design - and teach you a step-by-step system to create experiences that drive long-term engagement.
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      <p>Join us and learn how to build a truly engaging product that’s game-like - NOT gamified.
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      <h3>About the Trainer</h3>
      <p><a href="http://amyjokim.com" target="_blank">Amy Jo Kim</a> ​is a game designer, entrepreneur and startup coach. Her deep experience in early-stage innovation and collaborative game design includes design work on Rock Band, The Sims, eBay, Netflix, Cover Fashion, indiegogo, NYtimes.com, Ultima Online, Happify, Pley and numerous startups. She pioneered the idea of applying game design to digital services and is known wordlwide for her book <i>C​ommunity Building on the Web</i>.​
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      <p>Amy Jo holds a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience and a BA in Experimental Psychology. She’s an adjunct Game Design professor at the USC School of Cinematic
Arts. Now she's focused on <a href="http://getting2alpha.com" target="_blank">Getting2Alpha</a> ​- online programs to turbo-charge product design with Game Thinking.
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      <p>You can learn more about Amy Jo at <a href="http://amyjokim.com" target="_blank">a​myjokim.com</a> ​and on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyjokim" target="_blank">L​inkedIn</a>​.

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