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Gaming for Good: Season 2

Welcome to season two of Gaming for Good! The only podcast that offers best practice advice from leading experts in the gaming world. Are you ready to tap into one of the fastest-growing digital fundraising streams?

Episode 1: How DLC’s (downloadable content) is being used in fundraising, marketing and communications

Hosted by Will and Shay, we’ll hear about DLC’s, from the point of inception to delivery. We’ll explore this more of a ‘heavier lift’ for charities, and hear from people that have had success using DLC’s fundraising. We’ll explore questions like;

How do these partnerships work, is it worth the extra effort, what’s the time and cost needed.

Guests:

  • Christian Rouffaer – International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Joris Christiaan Johannes van’t Land – Bohemia Interactive – Arma ⅔
  • James Schall – Ex Sega, now at SecretMode Games

Episode 2: Software bundles – an alternative way to fundraise

Hosted by Will and Shay, the programme will explore software bundles as a way to fundraise. We’ll explore questions like:

How do they work and how charities can get involved.

Guests:

  • Sally Ward – Whale and Dolphin Conservation
  • James Schall – Ex Sega, now at SecretMode Games

 

Episode 3: E-Sport – tips and advice for playing the game 

Hosted by Shay and Will, we explore how charities have used E-Sports as a way to fundraise. We’ll explore questions like:

Where do you begin, who has done it well, and why did it work, how might it differ from gaming and other forms of streaming.

Guests:

  • Will Attwood – Ubisoft

Episode 4: IRL (In-Real-Life) Gaming events – everything you need to know to get started

Hosted by Shay and Will, we explore how IRL events work to create a community around streaming, gaming and fundraising. We’ll explore questions like:

Why are these events so important, how have they worked during the pandemic, why a charity would engage in this way and what would they get out of it?

Guests:

  • Laura Stringer – PAX
  • Ryan Hartman – PAX
  • Paul Ference – Cookie Brigade

We hope you enjoyed season 2 of the podcast. Intrigued to learn more?