Month: November 2012

Free talk #4 – keynote to social service providers

By Lisa Sansom / November 22, 2012 / 0 Comments

I had a fabulous time presenting to the all-staff meeting of the KCHC (Kingston Community Health Centres) – a great organization that is widely diverse and provides great good to the Kingston community. The keynote was an overall review of the field of positive psychology. In less than an hour, I touched on where positive […]

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Blue Zones at MAPP Summit

By Lisa Sansom / November 20, 2012 / 0 Comments

This is the last in my series of positive speakers at the 2012 MAPP Summit in Philadelphia. Previous posts in this series discussed reciprocity rings, connectedness, perception of time, and MAPP alumni sharing. You may have heard of Blue Zones, the fabulous research by Dan Buettner about healthy longevity around the world. Essentially, Dan has […]

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Reciprocity: what can I do for you?

By Lisa Sansom / November 9, 2012 / 3 Comments

This is the fourth article in my series about the 2012 MAPP Summit, which took place in Philadelphia October 2012. Previous articles are here and here and here.  Dr. Adam Grant was a new instructor at Wharton, as far as I recall, when I did my MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology) program at the University of Pennsylvania. […]

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Free talk #3 – to job seekers

By Lisa Sansom / November 8, 2012 / 0 Comments

My heart completely goes out to anyone who is looking for a job right now. It’s tough out there. We all *know* that it’s tough, but unless you are actually looking for a job right now, you may not truly *feel* how tough it is. Which is why I was quite nervous about today’s free […]

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Connected – further insights from MAPP Summit October 2012

By Lisa Sansom / November 6, 2012 / 1 Comment

My previous posts about the 2012 MAPP Summit (here and here) have shared talks from MAPP Alumni and one researcher (Kathleen Vohs) and are very easily connected to the roots of positive psychology. Our next speaker was perhaps less explicitly about positive psychology, and more about the spread of positive psychology. Dr. Nicolas Christakis was a fabulous […]

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Perception of time and positive psychology

By Lisa Sansom / November 4, 2012 / 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Philadelphia to attend the MAPP Summit, a conference put on for graduates and current students from the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania. My previous post on the conference is here. Today, I’d like to highlight one of our speakers, Dr. Kathleen […]

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