"The goal of the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge is to collaboratively engage designers, urban planners and technologists in imagining an innovative future for the City's public communications infrastructure, and we have been humbled by the phenomenal talent and creativity of the initiative's participants, " said Chief Digital Officer Haot.

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National STEM design competitions will develop game options to engage kids in scientific inquiry and challenging designs.

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Gamification describes a series of design principles, processes and systems used to influence, engage and motivate individuals, groups and communities to drive behaviors and effect desired outcomes.

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The largest consumer product companies have seen their chief marketing officers engage with software as a service (SaaS) providers to design and run their outbound marketing programs to launch new products and animate their loyalty programs, without a word with their internal IT organizations.

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As marketing and advertising change gears from a model of disruption and intrusion to a model of audiences choosing where and when to engage a brand, agencies that are versed in user-centric design strategies are the ones that are going to be best positioned to support brands.

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There is, of course, still a good deal of work to be done to engage all the stakeholders from central government to the rural villages, to design robust biodiversity management systems, and to build the capacities and commitments to ensure that these systems are implemented.

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