Games for Change

Excited to kick off the 2nd Annual Games and SDG Summit at the UN Delegates Dining Room! 🎮 We're bringing together visionary, cross-sector leaders to explore innovative ways to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through games and immersive media. Get ready for an inspiring afternoon of interactive workshops, dynamic sessions, and collaborative moments that will shape the future of gaming for social impact. Join us as we bridge the worlds of gaming and global development - stay tuned for more updates! 🌎 #SDGs #GamingForGood #UnitedNations #GamesforChange

Are you an educator eager to apply game-based learning to your curriculum? If so, join our workshop "Intro to Game Maker (Drag and Drop)" led by game designer, Ember Rose! In this hands-on session, you’ll use Game Maker's accessible drag-and-drop programming to create an arcade game from start to finish and learn the basics of game mechanics. Perfect for all levels—no prior experience is needed! 👾 🎮 Sign up now to start creating your own game: https://buff.ly/40kLzwg #Coding #GameBasedLearning #GameDesign

Heading to the #UN this week to connect with educators and industry professionals around the topic of #UNSDGs in games! Excited to connect with some amazing people. If you’ll be there, let me know! Games for Change UNESCO United Nations World Food Programme

📚 Games for learning. ❤️Games for good. ✌️ Games for peace and SDG. 🤝Games for a better future. 📅Game for Change India Festival. 15-16 October. 🔗More at mgiep.unesco.org Games for Change RUBIKA Pune Rubika

This year, we embark on a new adventure, launching a very small version of Games for Change in Mexico, together with Brazil Gilson Schwartz, and Colombia Sandra Rozo. Let’s continue growing the serious games community! If you know anyone in Latin America who might be interested, please spread the word.

No se pierdan un breve capítulo de Games for Change en México. Como parte de Games For Change América Latina, este año, el 19 de noviembre, en el Centro de Cultura Digital tendremos increíbles ponentes, durante una tarde, para hablar sobre juegos con impacto social. En colaboración con Brasil Gilson Schwartz y Colombia Sandra Rozo, podrán disfrutar de todo el programa en streaming o presencial ( compartiremos la liga pronto). Los que estén cerquita, vengan.

Games for Change India Festival in Pune, and what an experience. Big shoutout to UNESCO MGIEP and RUBIKA Pune for bringing together a community driven to create real impact through games. As a Lead Creative Designer, the event was a game-changer. It reinforced how critical it is to rethink traditional models and focus on purpose-driven design. Hearing so many innovative approaches to social change through games inspired me to explore new strategies for One Creatives —from integrating empathy-driven narratives to experimenting with impactful storytelling techniques. Thanks a lot for whoever involved the this wonderful event 👏 The energy and vision in the room were incredible—this is just the beginning. #G4CIndia #GamesForChange 🐈⬛ One Creatives: onecreatives.in

🌟 Super delighted and honoured to be invited to speak on the "Child Rights and Protection in the Digital Age" panel with Afrooz Kaviani Johnson (Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF); Shuli Gilutz, Ph.D. (Programme Officer, Child Rights & Digital Business, UNICEF), moderated by Cecilia D'Anastasio (Reporter, Bloomberg News) at the Games and SDG Summit by Games for Change at the United Nations in New York! 👾 "Children are digital natives, and the internet isn’t going anywhere. This panel will explore the challenges and opportunities presented by technology, discussing how we can protect children while nurturing their growth and creativity online." 🎮 The Summit is an invitation-only event that brings together the Games Industry with different parts of the UN along with other social impact organisations for a full day of programming dedicated to advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the games and immersive sectors. Through keynote talks, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops, the Summit aims to inform, inspire, and identify relevant and meaningful opportunities that bridge sectors. 💫 This will be my second time at the UN in New York. I was last there in July 2023, after I had participated in a panel on "Ethics & AI" at the World Law Congress by the World Law Foundation. Very much looking forward to being back and feeling beyond lucky to be given the chance to do so as part of my job as Head of Youth & Family at k-ID. 🔗 Check out the Games and SDG Summit here: https://lnkd.in/gy_JYEs6. Looking forward to connecting with the other speakers Anjali Bhimani, Jackie Jones, Poonacha Machaiah, Madeline Di Nonno, Karen Stritzinger, Marléne Tamlin, Sarah Ticho, Lindsay Watson, Angad Singh Malik, Tai (Green) Wingfield, Jess Lanzillo, Leo Olebe, Raashi Sikka (she/her), Paul Skoczylas, David Stelzer, Eric Zimmerman, Karla Reyes, Donnetta Campbell, Matthew and Stephanie Patrick, Amir Dossal, Rebecca Jones, Darko Petrovic 🔜 Games and SDG Summit, Garance Sarlat, Diane Urban, and Lynn Fiellin, MD and those attending! 🙏 Special thanks to Susanna Pollack and her team at Games for Change and Michele Spring Fajeau (she/her) and her team at Zebra Partners for organising and coordinating this amazing opportunity. 📣 Shout out if you'll be there - let's connect, collaborate and create a safer and more inclusive online world for kids and teens globally. #onlinesafety #childprotection #protect #educate #enable #empower #kidentify #kid #child #children #safety #inclusivity

One of the hardest things about travelling is accommodation. Staying in soulless hotels can often create a disconnect to the city - and bankrupt you along the way. As an independent creator working grant to grant, with the odd bits of consultancy jobs here and there hotels are not always an option. I have embarked on this trip with a small amount of financial support and reckless faith that it will work out. And so far, I have really lucked out by being connected with some kind hearted creatives who have opened their doors and lives to me. This past week in Sydney I was lucky to stay with Pippa Bailey and Mike, who kindly let me stay in their magical spare room - compete with a book case door. We met via a special audio dating performance by Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos earlier this year, when she travelled overground (that's right, no planes) from Sydney to London and back. Pippa is a brilliant cultural producer doing important work across climate justice and supporting indigenous artists across Australia, whilst Mike is an incredible researcher at UNSW specialising in renewable energy whose work informs government policy. They also have a connection to Brighton where they used to run pyrotechnic performance company The World Famous. By total coincidence are also friends with my neighbour Petra Coveney! Alongside exploring SXSW Sydney together, Pippa invited me to join her at Redfern Community Centre for a choir led by a local indigenous artist. Yesterday we spent the morning painting the ballastrades in the garden, which was so soothing after a chaotic week of running from talk to talk. I have felt my brain expanding, learning so much from her and Mike across the nuances of the Australian arts community, how to amplify and work with indigenous voices and create spaces to enable meaningful change. After a heart aching goodbye, I landed at Byron Bay Film Festival, led by my snake headed monster tattoo twin J'aimee Skippon-Volke. She has arranged a very special stay with local royalty and living legend Rusty Miller: the 1965 USA Surf Champion. 80 years old and still hitting the waves in between writing books and teaching surflings. I'm already enjoying hearing all their stories, and was treated to a sunrise walk up to the lighthouse. I may even nab a surf lesson from the pro himself if I play my cards right. I'm travelling to New York this week because as you may have seen my posts already - Soul Paint is showing at the Games for Change event at the United Nations exploring the role of Games in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. UPDATE: Thank you to all the kind people who reached out. I've found a home with a very special friend who I can't wait to catch up & trick or treat with next week! You can also support me and my work here. https://lnkd.in/escQbvyy Thank you ❤️

It's been a minute since I have had the opportunity to share Games for Change with an in-person audience. What an audience it was! 250 educators becoming game designers. Thank you GAME https://gametolearn.ca/ for sharing your Educators with us. @gametolearnmb #learntogame #gametolearn Brendon Trombley