Case Study: Changemakers Academy streamlines gamification, saves time and boosts youth engagement with Zelos Team Management

How a community helps teenagers achieve their full potential

Changemakers Academy, led by Erkki Kubber, is an Estonian youth programme that develops teenagers’ soft skills and self‑belief and has grown to 102 youngsters, 17 mentors and 11 enterprises. As the programme scaled, managing gamified tasks and point tracking in Excel became unwieldy, so they adopted Zelos Team Management’s gamification and task‑management platform to support their motivation-driven approach.

Zelos Team Management replaced the manual Excel process with a centralized system that pushes tasks to all teams, streamlines administration and preserves the gamification mechanics that keep students engaged. The solution saved staff time, made gamification enjoyable and scalable, and helped sustain Changemakers Academy’s growth and strong outcomes — including students generating more than €87,000 for enterprises during two‑month projects — while simplifying ongoing programme management.

Changemakers Academy

Erkki Kubber

Leader