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Goodness, Evil, and Everyday Heroism <http://www.academeca.com/Amedco/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=425>
Presentations by Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., and Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D.
When: Friday, February 26, 2010
Where: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall), 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. www.jccsf.org
**Attendees can receive six continuing education units* *

This one-day seminar will help attendees learn to bring out the best in themselves and others. Drawing on cutting-edge research from psychology and neuroscience, Dr. Keltner will offer strategies for promoting compassion and altruism in friends, family, children, clients, and yourself. His presentation will highlight the strong connections between goodness and happiness: doing good things for others brings happiness to ourselves and those around us. And he'll discuss the factors--from our genes to our families to the media--that can foster positive and even heroic behaviors, or give rise to negative ones like bullying.

Dr. Zimbardo, known as the "voice and face of contemporary American psychology" and renowned for his work on the famed Stanford Prison Experiment, will trace his four decades of research into the situations that can elicit evil from ordinary people, as well as those that can nurture heroism. He will help attendees become more aware of the negative power that certain situations can exert over their behavior--a vital first step toward resisting those forces and choosing to act heroically.

More information on "Goodness, Evil, and Everyday Heroism," including registration and CEUs, is available here:http://www.academeca.com/Amedco/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=425


Using Positive Psychology to Build Positive Emotions <http://www.academeca.com/Amedco/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=447>
Presentations by Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., and Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D.
When: Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: UC Berkeley's International House, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720. http://ihouse.berkeley.edu
*Attendees can receive six continuing education units*

The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley is excited to announce its April 9th seminar "Using Positive Psychology to Build Positive Emotions <http://www.academeca.com/Amedco/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=447>," which is part of its Science of a Meaningful Life seminar series. This one-day seminar will offer attendees a path toward a happier, healthier life. It will be led by GGSC Faculty Director Dacher Keltner and featue a presentation by Barbara Fredrickson, a leader in the field of positive psychology. It will be held at the International House on the UC Berkeley campus.

Drawing on cutting-edge research from the field of positive psychology, Keltner, a renowned professor of psychology at Berkeley, will share research-tested methods for cultivating and sustaining positive emotions such as amusement, love, and happiness. What’s more, he'll discuss how attendees can help nurture these emotions in children, spouses, co-workers, clients, and others. He’ll also promote a deeper understanding of people who experience too much or too little positive emotion, such as those suffering from mania, schizophrenia, depression, or autism.

This seminar will also feature a presentation by Barbara Fredrickson, who will share lessons learned from her trailblazing research on “positivity,” which has discovered that when people experience positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones, they reach an emotional tipping point: They naturally become more resilient to adversity and truly flourish in life. Dr. Fredrickson’s presentation will give attendees the research-tested tools they need to rebound from setbacks, connect with others, and broaden their minds.

More information on "Using Positive Psychology to Build Positive Emotions," including registration and CEUs, is available here:
http://www.academeca.com/Amedco/SeminarInfo.aspx?seminarId=447

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