Catherine Aurelio is a Creative Director and Gamification specialist with a focus on considered user experience for interactive, web, mobile and other online applications. She has more than 15 years of experience in interactive media and print design creating award winning solutions for her clients in a variety of industries.

Stephen Dinehart is a designer, writer, teacher and artist best known for his work in narrative design and transmedia storytelling. He is founder and director of Narrware, a transmedia story studio, and The Narrative Designer's Network a global community that fosters, supports and nurtures the burgeoning craft of interactive narrative […]

John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board and lets his 4th-graders solve them. He explains how his World Peace Game engages school kids, and why the complex lessons it teaches are spontaneous, and always surprising go further than classroom lectures can.

On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation and reward it with something more nourishing.