Smartsims Business Simulations have been used within Corporate Training, Business Seminars and Team Building exercises globally for many years. Today, close to 70% of corporations are using Business Simulations as part of their repertoire of training methodologies to educate their management and staff at all levels. One of the many reasons for this is that … Continue reading Using Simulations for Seminars, Corporate Training and Team Building →

The University of Auckland’s Management Consulting Club (MCC) is holding their 5th Annual MikesBikes Competition over May 2012. MCC is one of the University of Auckland’s largest on-campus clubs, with its sights set on bridging the gap between the classroom and business. MCC offers workshops and case competitions in the aim of developing member’s presentation, analysis, … Continue reading MCC MikesBikes Competition →

Do you want to make the move toward a course based exclusively around MikesBikes-Advanced? You’re not the first, and for good reason. MikesBikes has been used in a variety of courses and can be customized to suit the specific requirements of your course. However, designing a course which features a simulation as the core component … Continue reading Designing your course around MikesBikes →

Cisco/WebEx have featured three interesting on-demand webinars from leaders in the education field talking about emerging trends in education including social media and mobile learning. Each contains specific advice and case studies. We hope you find these sessions helpful and thought provoking. Simply click on the title that interests you and you’ll be taken to a landing … Continue reading Social Media and Mobile Learning Trends in Education →

The National Business Olympiad (NBO) is being conducted once again by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Confluence in association with Smartsims India (iInteract Learning Solutions) across India this year. After the success of NBO 2010 which was conducted in 17 cities, NBO 2011 is being planned for 70+ cities across India using MikesBikes-Advanced, with a total prize pool … Continue reading 2011 National Business Olympiad →

Smartsims has expanded its Online presence, and you can now find us on Facebook! Click the above “Find us on Facebook” Link and make sure you hit “Like” to receive updates, useful links and also hints and tips! Students: Benefit from our Facebook discussion board. Share your experiences and tips with students using our Simulations … Continue reading Smartsims on Facebook →

Bill Clinton once said, “in today’s knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn”[1]. Educational institutions today face the problem of finding alternatives to teaching pure theory or having to use generic business case studies. The established fact is that “students learn more effectively if they are actively involved in the learning process; … Continue reading Experiential Learning →

AHI (Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut) in partnership with Sanlam, KPMG, and Smartsims Business Simulations, have just embarked on the second year of a program designed to promote entrepreneurship amongst High School Students throughout South Africa. We were approached by AHI in 2008, in conjunction with the University of Johannusburg,who were looking to encourage business awareness amongst school … Continue reading AHI: MikesBikes in Schools →

The third annual Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Business Analysis Competition is now underway. The Business Analysis Competition presents the LOT Mentees an opportunity to run their own MikesBikes-Intro company, and then present this business analysis as part of the 2011 National Case competition in Florida. The LOT program is a high school mentoring program founded … Continue reading Leaders of Tomorrow →

We’ve been very busy over December to bring you some anticipated updates across all of our Business simulations. The most notable update is the release of the online (web-browser based) version of the Single-Player for all our products. This is a complete replication of the Single-Player, with students now able to control their own rollovers … Continue reading Product Updates for 2011 →