Connecting Happiness To Action

Connecting Happiness To Action

www.happathon.com www.johnchavens.com @happathon @johnchavens

• Writer for Mashable, The Guardian and Slate

• Professional Speaker

• Former EVP of Social Media for Top Ten PR Firm

• Former Professional Actor

Agenda11:00 – 11:05: Welcome 11:05 – 11:10: Introduction to Positive Psychology11:10 – 11:25: Measuring Your Wellbeing (X)11:25 – 11:50: Mind the GAP (X) (X) (X)11:50 – Noon: BREAK Noon – 12:10: The ROI of Happiness12:10 – 1230: The Elevate Her Pitch (X)

Positive Psychology

GRATITUDE

ALTRUISM

PURPOSE

Measuring Your Wellbeing

Mind the GAP

Gratitude

1) Turn to the person next to you.2) Pick someone to go first (Person A/B). 3) Regard each other. 4) Person A: “What are you grateful for?”5) Person B: “I’m grateful for…”6) Person A (repeat): “You’re grateful for..”7) Repeat the process.

The Gratitude Mirror

Altruism

1) Turn to the person next to you.2) Pick someone to go first (Person A/B). 3) A: “How can you increase your ROA?”4) B: They respond. 5) A: “Here’s why I like your idea.”6) Repeat the process.

What’s your ROA?

Purpose

Flow (Part 1 of Purpose)

WorkTime BalanceEducation/CultureAchievementMaterialsHealthGood TimesHelping othersSecurityNatureFamily

Spirituality

Values (Part 2 of Purpose)

Break (10 Minutes)

What’s the ROI of Happiness?

The Elevate Her Pitch

1) You’ll be broken up into teams.

2) Each team decides on what to pitch: (Gratitude, Altruism, Purpose - Flow/Values)

3) Create a Campaign for Your Company. (Name, How it Works, It’s ROI)

4) Present to the Group.

The Elevate Her Pitch

The Presentations

• Name of Your Campaign• How it Works• Its ROI

Thank you!

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Additional Resources

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• The Pemberton Happiness Index: http://indicepemberton.institutodelafelicidad.com/index.php?r=survey/index/sid/142543&lang=en&country=us. Great resource to measure your wellbeing on an ongoing basis.

• YourMorals.org: http://www.yourmorals.org/. Great resource for taking multiple surveys on morals and values. Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind is one of the people behind the site.

• Flourish, The How of Happiness, Flow, and Hacking Happiness. Flourish – written by “The Father of Positive Psychology,” Martin Seligman; The How of Happiness – written by another thought leader in Positive Psychology with a section on altruism; Flow – the groundbreaking book on understanding what work drives a sense of purpose; Hacking Happiness – How Personal Data, Quantified Self, and economics fit with Positive Psychology.

• The Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/. Excellent resource for ongoing education in positive psychology from a world leading source.

• The Benefits of Altruism: (Mentioned in presentation) http://www.emmaseppala.com/top-10-scientific-benefits-of-compassion-infographic/#.UvnNiHOGpPi.

• The Quantified Self Guide to QS Apps: http://quantifiedself.com/guide/. Over 500 apps and technologies focused on measuring one’s life.

• Appirio Case Study: (Mentioned in presentation) http://www.citeworld.com/article/2450823/internet-of-things/appirio-fitbit-experiment.html.

• Happify: www.happify.com. A Facebook like social network utilizing positive psychology where members increase wellbeing.

• VolunteerMatch: www.volunteermatch.org. Multiple, zip code level opportunities to volunteer and experience the benefits of altruism.

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