Events
Partial List of Recent and Upcoming Events
June 24-29, 2012
Workshop on Happiness in Relationships for Discovery retreat on "Exploring Happiness: Tools for Living"
Gateway Canyons Resort, Colorado
October 7-12, 2012
Workshop on Curious People Don't Kill Their Cats for for Discovery retreat on "What is Curiosity?"
Gateway Canyons Resort, Colorado
December 8, 2011
Keynote on "Personality and the perils and promises of everyday life: Lessons on spirituality, sex, and violence"
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
November 29, 2011
Keynote on Curiosity and Happiness for high schoolers, parents, staff, and faculty
HarveySpeaks at the Harvey School, Katonah, NY
November 10-13, 2011
Several talks on social anxiety, romantic relationships, strengths, and humor
ABCT Conference, Toronto, Canada
October 11-12, 2011
Keynote for Hormel Marketing SummitNew York, New York
September 29 to October 2, 2011
Several Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Related Talks and a Workshop on "Working with All Three Levels of Personality in Helping People Flourish"
ANZACT Conference, Brisbane, Australia
September 20, 2011
Workshop on "Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage"
Virgnina Polytechnic Institute and State University
September 12, 2011
Workshop to improve curiosity, innovation, and distress tolerance
Nursing Department at Forsyth Medical Center
September 9, 2011
Keynote on Designing the Future of Positive Psychology
New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology
August 9-10, 2011
Keynote/Workshop for student affairs retreat on "Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage"
College of William and Mary
July 28-29, 2011
Keynote for Book Breakthrough NYC 2011 │ Ideas + Relationships + Strategy
The Midtown Executive Club, 40 West 45th Street, New York, New York
July 23-25, 2011
Several talks on positive psychology interventions, methodology, and findings from our International Well-Being Study
IPPA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
April 7, 2011
Workshop on "Vital Living- The Capacity to Experience Pain" For Leading to Well-Being Conference
George Mason University
January 21, 2011
Speaker/Consultant for General Mills on "Psychological Flexibility, Creativity, and Leadership"
Minnesota
November 17-18, 2010
Speaker at Design for Conversion (see this year's convention)
New York, New York
October 27, 2010
Workshop for managers and directors of Informational Technology Unit on "Psychologically Flexible Living and Leadership"
George Mason University
October 8, 2010
Talks and workshops for Positive Psychology retreat sponsored by the Australian Psychological Association
Blairgowrie , Australia
October 7, 2010
Workshops on "Positive Psychology 3.0: Flexible, dynamic perspectives" for health professionals and business leaders (sponsored by the Australian Psychological Association)
Melbourne, Australia
September 29 - October 3, 2010
Talks and workshops on psychological flexibility, purpose in life, and cutting edge strategies for managing anxiety at Association for Contextual Behavioral Science Australian-New Zealand Conference
Adelaide, Australia
September 13, 2010
Vision Series Speaker at 7pm at the Center for the Arts
George Mason University
August 6-9, 2010
Keynote and Panel Discussant at Meaning Conference 2010
Vancouver, Canada
June 23-26, 2010
Speaker and Panel Discussant at 5th European Conference on Positive Psychology
Copenhagen, Denmark
June 21-24, 2010
Speaker and Panel Discussant at ACBS Annual World Conference VIII
Reno, Nevada
June 7-8, 2010
Keynote at Extraordinary Lives Colloquium
The Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
April 23, 2010
Keynote for Career and Professional Development Conference (for Fairfax County Government administrators)
Fairfax, Virginia
April 17, 2010
Keynote and Workshop for Spring LearningLife Fest on "Staying Curious"
University of Minnesota, College of Continuing Education
April 1-2, 2010
Two Colloquia on "Emotion Differentiation and Alcohol Abuse" and "3 Lessons for Personality and Well-Being"
University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology
March 20-21, 2010
Speaker at Wealthy Thought Leader Conference
Vancouver, Canada
March 19, 2010
Speaker at Leadership and Positive Psychology Conference
George Mason University
March 1, 2010
Speaker at The Comfort Cafe
Virtual Seminar for Women Executives
February 25, 2010
Speaker at the Treasury Executive Institute on "The Neglected, Overlooked Strength of Curiosity"
801 Ninth St. NW, Washington, DC at 1pm-3pm (with Q&A and book signing)
January 29, 2010
Keynote for the Liquid Capital Group on "How the Science of Curiosity, Strengths, and Happiness Can Enhance Your Life and Business"
Washington, DC
January 7, 2010
Speaker for the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) on "How Can We Thrive in an Uncertain, Unpredictable World?"
Webinar at 2pm
December 16, 2009
Workshop as part of the Center for Consciousness and Transformation on "How Can We Thrive in an Uncertain, Unpredictable World?"
Old Town Hall, Fairfax City, Virginia at 7pm-9pm (with plenty of Q&A and book signing)
December 16, 2009
Reading on Curious? Discovering the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda, Maryland
Book signing afterwards at Politics and Prose
September 23 to December 9, 2009
Distance Mentoring Course on "Positive Psychology 3.0: Dynamic, Flexible, and Broadened Approaches to Living Well"
Weekly teleseminar
December 4, 2009
Seminar on "New Perspectives on Social Anxiety"
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
December 3, 2009
Keynote for PSYCHOLOGIES Magazine Russia on "The Neglected, Overlooked Strength of Curiosity"
Moscow, Russia
November 20-22, 2009
Seminars at the 43rd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Topic #1: Being better at describing and differentiating emotions as resilience to alcohol use and abuse
Topic #2: Healthy sexual living
New York, NY
November 14, 2009
Speaker at "Mason Fall Premiere 2009"
Fairfax, Virginia