Ten days ago, about 300 people attended the international 2008 Meaning Conference in Toronto, Canada July 24-27, 2008. The main conference theme was “Living well and dying well: New frontiers of positive psychology, therapy and spiritual care.” Meaning = having prosocial goals. Meaning = finding ways to make sense of losses. […]
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Selected quotations from The 4th European Conference of Positive Psychology (ECPP) on July 1-4 2008 in Rijeka, Croatia.
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Thriving in Australia: 2008 Happiness and Its Causes Conference
by Amanda Horneby Amanda HorneOn 8-9 May, the 3rd “Happiness and Its Causes” Conference was held in Sydney, Australia, with over 2,000 participants. I’m a fan of the Happiness and Its Causes conference, and have attended every year since the inaugural conference in 2006. Each year it gets better and better. Next year’s conference is already scheduled for May …
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Report from the 2007 AI Conference: Cooperrider, Buckingham, Seligman
by Senia Mayminby Senia MayminCooperrider went broad, Buckingham went specific, and Seligman went cohesive: Cooperrider talked about strengths elevating an organization, Buckingham hit home the message that using strengths at work starts with the individual, and Seligman outlined findings of positive psychology that support the work of Cooperrider and Buckingham.