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Special Free Program for Practitioners: Thursday at 6pm, in Philadelphia

happier.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:49 +0000

This meetup will focus on practitioners. A definition of different types of practitioners is online including Educators, Executive Coaches, Life Coaches, Therpaists, OD Consultants, and Wellness Coaches. We’ll focus on the practice of positive psychology and discuss best practices.

Special guest and November meetup leader is Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, an organizer of Happiness Club NY, the world’s largest!

Emiliya is a practitioner herself and will be leading a special workshop of particular interest to positive psychology practitioners. All people are welcome.

Easily accessible to public transportation and parking. Blue Line at 34th and Market and Green Line at 36th and Walnut.

Penn Bookstore

3601 Walnut, 2nd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19104

RSVP today online: http://www.meetup.com/HappierPhilly/calendar/11509013/

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Panel on Staying Resilient: Why Happiness is Important in Business

happier.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:16:04 +0000

On behalf of Drexel University’s Business of Ambition: Co-Curricular Activities, Programs & Services, Kamina Richardson, Program Manager and co-sponsor happier.com invite you to attend:

“Staying Resilient: Why Happiness is Important in Business”

Wednesday, October 14th
Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Nesbitt Hall, Ruth Auditorium
33nd and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
5 – 6 p.m. Panel Discussion
6-7 p.m. Reception

When the growth is stagnant and people are losing jobs, why should we care about happiness? What impact does employee happiness have on productivity and engagement, and how do we teach people to be more resilient in the face of adversity? What works for increasing employee happiness?

Leaders in the fields of management, consulting and psychology provide perspectives on staying resilient during tough times: why happiness is important for business. Learn what Merrill Lynch and the U.S. Army are already doing to increase happiness and resilience and hear about the latest findings in the science of happiness.

Panel Speakers:
Professor Diana Sandberg is an instructor for the Finance Department at LeBow College of Business. She is an expert in Risk Management.

Scott Asalone is partner and co-founder of ASGMC. He co-founded the firm to inspire and guide people in business to be their very best, through the use of his motivational speaking skills and management development expertise. Scott has a Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association and a member of the International Positive Psychology Association. He is certified in Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, Firo-B, and Dimensional Management techniques.

Karen Reivich, Ph.D. is co-author of The Resilience Factor and of the best-selling The Optimistic Child. Dr. Reivich is a Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Psychology, and is also the co-director of the Penn Resiliency Project and an instructor in the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology program in which she teaches a course on Positive Psychology and Individuals.

Adam M. Grant, Ph.D. is an award-winning researcher and Associate Professor of Management at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Grant’s research focuses on work motivation, job design, pro-social helping and giving behaviors, initiative and proactive behaviors, and employee well-being.

To register: http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Event/2528 or contact Kamina Richardson 215-571-3568 for additional information.

Media contacts: Christa Guidi, Cashman & Associates, 215.627.1060, cguidi@cashmanandassociates.com or Courtney Sochacki, Cashman & Associates, 215.627.1060, courtney@cashmanandassociates.com

Live in Philly? All Positive Psychology Enthusiasts Invited to Join HappierPhilly

Andrew Rosenthal — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:09:22 +0000

Happier Philly – Happiness Group Philadelphia

I started this group to bring together happiness enthusiasts in Philadelphia. Do you like positive psychology? Are you a coach or consultant? A researcher? Or someone interested in the science of happiness?

After the 1,500+ person positive psychology meeting in Philadelphia, I realized that there’s significant interest in getting together to discuss, share, and learn more. We will be learning from the 400+ person Happiness Club NY and other successful groups.

Join happierPhilly today!

Here are pictures from our last meetup

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What’s the Connection Between Frozen Yogurt and Happiness?

happier.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:30:23 +0000

Thanks for your suggestions on what happiness facts to put on frozen yogurt cups. Below are the six final designs we used in our first major stickering-operation.

happier.com is advertising on frozen yogurt!

Come check out our stickers on the frozen yogurt cups at Sweet Ending, a new frozen yogurt shop on 18th and Chestnut in Center City Philadelphia. This cool new place offers 10 flavors of delicious frozen yogurt with your choice of many different toppings. While customers are enjoying their frozen yogurt bliss, happier.com has used their cups as an innovative way to spread the word about lasting happiness.

Each sticker on the cup (pictured above) provides a piece of advice or interesting fact about happiness.

Philadelphia-area Happiness Meetup Tonight for Positive Psychology Enthusiasts

Andrew Rosenthal — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:39:53 +0000

Tonight is the first meetup for HappierPhilly, a meetup group for those of us in Philadelphia interested in the science of happiness.

(If you’re in Washington, check out HappierDC!)

Let’s meet up!

The goal for this initial meetup is to meet each other and learn more about what our interests are in happiness. I’ve already heard some good programming ideas including:
-meeting with a happiness expert for chatting
-attending a lecture or event to learn about the science of happiness
- “journal club” format where we are each responsible for sharing something about the research of the science of happiness
- roundtable discussion on ways to increase happiness
- purely social meetups like this first one

At this first meetup, we’ll figure out which of these ideas, or others, interest us for future meetups.

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone!

-Andrew

HappierPhilly is meeting up tonight at 6:15pm.

Bar 210 at the Rittenhouse Hotel

210 W. Rittenhouse Square, 2nd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19153
(215) 790-2533

Be sure to RSVP online if you think you can come.