Monday September 16th Triangle Java Users Group Meeting 6:30p-9:00p (mtg in RTP)

Monday September 16th Triangle Java Users Group Meeting 6:30p-9:00p (mtg in RTP)

Meetings are now in the park!
Triangle Research Foundation Conference Center
12 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
URL: http://www.rtp.org/park-life/conference-centerhttp://rtp.org/contact-us/directions

Monday, September 16, 2013
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Gamification in Business  - It's not a game
Presented by Shanthan Kesharaju

Summary:
How can today's businesses learn from games like Farmville and World
of Warcraft to improve customer engagement ?

The talk will go over how businesses in this information age are
utilizing the concepts of Big Data and Gamification to improve
customer engagement and loyalty. We will go over the basics of
gamification and some real use cases from various industries including
education, entertainment and technology.

About the Speaker:
Shanthan Kesharaju is a Senior Manger, Software Development at
Fidelity Investments. He manages a development group at the Fidelity
Labs , which experiments with innovative new concepts and technologies
in a controlled environment to evaluate the benefits to Fidelity's
customers. Shanthan holds a MBA from Fuqua School of Business and
Masters in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State
University.

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 PM -- Meet, Talk, Pizza
7:00 - 7:15 -- JUG Business and Announcements
7:15 - 8:15 -- Presentation
8:15 - 8:30 -- Discussion with Presenter
8:30 -- Raffle
9:00 - Doors close

Admission:
Paid-up members of TriJUG may attend without additional charge.
Non members are asked to pay $5 per meeting.
But, if you are either a full time student or unemployed, then we ask
only $2 per meeting.