UPCOMING EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
Thriving in a Digital Age
Monday 13th November 2017
To access the slides from this talk, click here
To access the slides from this talk, click here
Cultivating Conative Intelligence
Thursday 3rd August 2017
Click here to access a full video recording (follow the "access recordings" link), or Click here to download the slides from his talk.
Smiling Mind on Creating a Mindful Generation
Tuesday 23rd May 2017
New Frontiers in Mindfulness
Thursday 27th October 2016
Join PPIG and the meditation salon for a night of discussion, exploring new frontiers in mindfulness guided by four pioneering speakers.
For more information and to book, click here. Bookings are essential.
For more information and to book, click here. Bookings are essential.
Michelle McQuaid
In the past, Michelle McQuaid has generously donated her time to bring her expertise to our PPIG membership. At a PPIG event in August 2015 she discussed strengths in the workplace with her co-author Erin Lawn. Michelle has a range of FREE resources including eBooks and podcasts covering a variety of topics on how to flourish at work. She is also involved in numerous positive psychology inspired activities and events:
The Strengths Challenge
Do you have 11-minutes each day to spare? Join the one-week strengths challenge and find out how using your strengths – those things you’re good at and enjoy doing – can help you reclaim your happiness and wellbeing at work. Kicking off September 12th – sign up here: #strengthschallenge. To find out more click here.
Collective Insights Series
For the Collective Insights Series Michelle has teamed up with a number of positive psychology experts. If you are you curious about how to apply the latest positive psychology research in workplaces and wish you had a tribe of like-minded practitioners with whom you could share best practices and resources, then The Collective Insights series event could be for you. To find out about the upcoming November event click here.
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Workshop Day: Research and Application of Positive Psychology
Saturday 30th April 2016, 9am-4pm
PPIG is pleased to announce a day of workshops addressing the research and application of positive psychology in education and organisations
Pauses and Possibilities: Positive Mindful Practices for Children
Tuesday 20th October 2015 at 7.30pm
PPIG is pleased to announce an evening with Mindfulness Educator Janet Etty-Leal.
Lecture theatre Q227
Meditation Salon 3 Mainstreaming Meditation:
Mindfulness in Education and Psychology
Thursday 3rd September 2015 at 7.15pm
PPIG is pleased to announce a mindful evening with Dr. Craig Hassed, Karen Wright, Kathleen Cator, Prof. Lea Waters and Dr. Richard Chambers.
Michelle McQuaid and Erin Lawn present:
Putting Your Strengths to Work
Wednesday 12th August 2015 at 6pm
PPIG warmly invites you to a free presentation, Putting Your Strengths to Work, featuring Michelle McQuaid and Erin Lawn.
Details
6pm-7.30pm, Wednesday 12th August Lecture Theatre B103, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton Facebook Event | No RSVP Required Attendance is free, but there will be a donation box available to support the speakers and future PPIG events |
Studies suggest when people have the chance to develop their strengths regularly at work, it improves their individual wellbeing, their workplace performance, and organisational outcomes. As a result, more workplaces are using assessment tools like Gallup’s StrengthsFinder, the VIA Survey, and Realise2 to help employees discover their strengths. Once complete however, many companies struggle to embed the development of strengths into their people management processes.
Having helped thousands of employees take their strength results and find tested, practical ways to use them every day at work, this presentation will share with you:
About the Speakers
Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator. Michelle fuses the latest science from positive psychology and neurobiology with over a decade of business leadership experience to bring you simple, tested actions to reduce stress and anxiety, cultivate a lasting sense of wellbeing and happiness, and become an exceptional leader. She holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and is an honorary fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Michelle lives to help people discover their strengths, move beyond their fears, and finally discover what it truly takes to flourish with confidence. To visit Michelle McQuaid's website click here.
Erin Lawn is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in psychology at the University of Melbourne, and was placed on the Faculty of Arts Dean’s Honours List in 2013 and 2014. Erin loves embracing her strength of curiosity to learn about the brain, mental processes, and human behaviour. Through her degree, she has studied individual and organisational wellbeing and performance. Erin is fascinated by the science of human flourishing and is passionate about helping others to understand and fulfill their potential. She hopes to one day work in academia in order to contribute to the growing wealth of psychological research.
Michelle and Erin recently published Your Strengths Blueprint: How to be Engaged, Energized, and Happy at Work, and will be signing copies of the book on the night.
Having helped thousands of employees take their strength results and find tested, practical ways to use them every day at work, this presentation will share with you:
- What the research has already discovered to date about developing our strengths and what we're still figuring out.
- How to make strengths survey results meaningful so employees understand how to develop strengths like “woo”, “love” or “resolver” in ways that will be valued in their job and in their organisation.
- The power of igniting hope in employees by getting clear on what their strengths-fuelled future might look like and how they can consistently find the golden mean of their strengths, rather than underplaying or overplaying what they do best.
- Why a daily 11-minute strength-development habit can positively impact a career and the simple neurological loop anyone can harness to put their strengths to work – no matter what their job description says.
About the Speakers
Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator. Michelle fuses the latest science from positive psychology and neurobiology with over a decade of business leadership experience to bring you simple, tested actions to reduce stress and anxiety, cultivate a lasting sense of wellbeing and happiness, and become an exceptional leader. She holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and is an honorary fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Michelle lives to help people discover their strengths, move beyond their fears, and finally discover what it truly takes to flourish with confidence. To visit Michelle McQuaid's website click here.
Erin Lawn is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in psychology at the University of Melbourne, and was placed on the Faculty of Arts Dean’s Honours List in 2013 and 2014. Erin loves embracing her strength of curiosity to learn about the brain, mental processes, and human behaviour. Through her degree, she has studied individual and organisational wellbeing and performance. Erin is fascinated by the science of human flourishing and is passionate about helping others to understand and fulfill their potential. She hopes to one day work in academia in order to contribute to the growing wealth of psychological research.
Michelle and Erin recently published Your Strengths Blueprint: How to be Engaged, Energized, and Happy at Work, and will be signing copies of the book on the night.
Dr Jacolyn Norrish Talk
Monday 25th May 2015 at 7pm
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PPIG hosted an evening with special guest speaker Jacolyn Norrish, who introduced her book Positive Education: The Geelong Grammar Story. The talk also featured positive education pioneers Charlie Scudamore, GGS Vice Principal; and Justin Robinson, Director of GGS Institute of Positive Education. The audience learnt about the beginning of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar, and current and future research planned to look at the effect of Positive Education on improving wellbeing. It turned out to be a fantastic and informative night. Positive Education: The Geelong Grammar Story is available from Geelong Grammar School and in a kindle version via Amazon