2010 Meaning Conference, Schedule of Events  
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Thursday August 5, 2010 – Pre-Conference Workshops
Total CEUs for Thursday: 5.5
Please Note: If requesting continuing education, full attendance is required for each session
Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Registration in the foyer
9:00AM – 10:30AM Ryan Niemiec, PsyD:
“VIA Intensive: Positive Assessment”
Jeff Zeig, PhD:
“Emotional Impact”
Ken Hart, PhD:
“Forgiveness, positive
psychology, and addiction
recovery”
10:30AM – 10:45AM
Coffee Break
10:45AM – 12:00PM Ryan Niemiec, PsyD:
“VIA Intensive: Positive Assessment”

Jeff Zeig, PhD:
“Emotional Impact”

9:00-12:00 2.75 CEUs

Ken Hart, PhD:
“Forgiveness, positive
psychology, and addiction
recovery”

9:00-12:00 2.75 CEUs

12:00PM – 1:30PM
Lunch Break
1:30PM – 3:00PM Ryan Niemiec, PsyD:
“VIA Intensive: Positive Assessment”

Paul Wong:
“Short term meaning therapy”

Alan Marlatt:
“Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors”
3:00PM – 3:15PM
Coffee Break
3:15PM – 4:30PM

Ryan Niemiec, PsyD:
“VIA Intensive: Positive Assessment”

9:00-4:30 5.5 CEUs

Paul Wong:
“Short term meaning therapy”

1:30-4:30 2.75 CEUs

Alan Marlatt:
“Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors”

1:30-4:30 2.75 CEUs

 

Friday August 6, 2010
Total CEUs for Friday: 7.0
Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
Room E
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Registration in the foyer
9:00AM – 10:00AM Keynote: Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
”Emotional Impact: What can we learn from filmmakers...and social psychologists?”
9:00-10:00
1 CEU
10:00AM – 10:15AM
Coffee Break
10:15AM – 12:15PM

Workplace Resilience

A. Kwee
J. Falkoski
B. Ashwini
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Teresa Steinfort

“Community Art in the Service of Work Resilience and Well-being”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Denise Hall

“Fostering Compassion Satisfaction in the Workplace”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Dan McKinnon & Howard Parsons

“The Boomer Generation: Resiliency & Meaning-making Later in the Life Cycle”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Alex Abdel-Malak“Meaningful Life at Work: What Does it Mean to Matter? “
10:15-11:15
1 CEU
G. Nouel
“A Dialogue on Work as Spiritual Practice”
11:15-12:15
1 CEU
12:15PM – 1:15PM
Lunch Break
1:15PM – 2:15PM Keynote: Alan Marlatt, PhD
“Addiction Prevention and Recovery: From Harm Reduction to Relapse Prevention”
1:15-2:15
1 CEU
2:15PM – 3:15PM Keynote: Alex Pattakos, PhD
“Rediscovering the Soul of Business: The Meaning Difference®”
2:15-3:15
1 CEU
3:15PM – 3:30PM
Coffee Break
3:30PM – 5:30PM Positive Psychology

K. Britton
Li-Su Su
J. Wallace
3:30-5:30
2 CEUs

Heather Good

“Conscious Mindful Leadership: Connecting to the wisdom of the heart and mind”
3:30-5:30
2 CEUs

Linda Page

“Meaning with Brains in Mind: How do we maintain creative capacity?”
3:30-5:30
2 CEUs

Lilian Wong

Meaning-centered supervision
3:30-5:30
2 CEUs

C. Morrant
“Voice therapy: Philosophical Underpinnings and Applications to Death Anxiety Across the Life Span”
3:30-4:30
1 CEU
E. Pullman
“The Concept of Faculty Vitality and Organizational Effectiveness in Institutions of Higher Education”
4:30-5:30
1 CEU
6:00PM
Tours

 

Ledgend
Workshop
Paper Session
Symposium

 

Saturday August 7, 2010
Total CEUs for Saturday: 7.0
Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
Room E
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Registration in the foyer
9:00AM – 10:00AM Keynote: Todd Kashdan, PhD
“Three Ideas on the Meaningful Life”
9:00-10:00
1 CEU
10:00AM – 10:15AM
Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 F. Grouzet
“Personal Meaning: A Goal System Approach”
10:15-11:15
1 CEU

N. Soggie

“Successful discursive management: A Phenomenological Existential Investigation into Higher Educational Leadership”
10:15-11:15
1 CEU

Applied positive psychology

R. Tweed,
G. Bhatt,
S. Dooley,
A. Spindler,
K. S.Douglas,
J. L. Viljoen,
Y. Takano,
T. Wojick
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

M. Steger

“Why Does Meaningful Work Exist?”
10:15-11:15
1 CEU

Deborah Fortney, Francesca Brar

“Team Talk : How meaningful conversation created hope and productivity in a healthcare environment”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

11:15AM – 12:15PM

C.Chen

“Meaning Making: Humanistic Means for Vocational Wellbeing”
11:15-12:15
1 CEU

N. Ras,
Lt. T. Maloney (Ret)

“Leadership for the Future: Shared Meanings and Purposes”
11:15-12:15
1 CEU

R. Niemiec

“Character strengths in practice: The latest interventions
11:15-12:15
1 CEU

12:15PM – 1:15PM
Lunch Break
1:15PM – 2:15PM Keynote: Diana Whitney, PhD
“The Power of Appreciative Leadership”
1:15-2:15
1 CEU
2:15PM – 2:30PM
Coffee Break
2:30PM – 5:30PM

Existential Psychology

L. Hoffman,
M. Smith,
T. Beaudry,
R. Irving
2:30-5:30
3 CEUs

Workplace well-being

T. Comeau
K. Hiromi,
H. Yukie,
N. Mika,
M. Fujita,
P. D’Angelo,
M. Gilbert,
L. Malchy,
J. Johnson
2:30-5:30
3 CEUs

Eileen Dowse

“The Agile Business Leader
2:30-5:30
3 CEUs

Diana Whitney

“The Power of Appreciative Inquiry”
2:30-5:30
3 CEUs

Lisa Miller
“Contemplating Meaningfulness: Share the Love of Sports”
2:30-4:30
2 CEUs
C. McLafferty, W. Sutter
“The crisis of meaning in the workplace: Restoring vocation and purpose to life work”
4:30-5:30
1 CEU
6:30PM – 9:30PM

Saturday Awards Dinner:

Keynote: Alexander Batthyany, PhD
“Meaning and the journey of becoming who you are in work and beyond.”

Keynote: Paul T. P. Wong, PhD
“What is existential positive psychotherapy?”

 

Sunday August 8, 2010
Total CEUs for Sunday: 6.5
Time
Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
8:00AM – 9:00AM
Registration in the foyer
9:00AM – 10:00AM

Keynote: Salvatore Maddi, PhD
“The Importance of Organizational Hardiness in Our Turbulent Times”
9:00-10:00
1 CEU

10:00AM – 10:15AM
Coffee Break
10:15AM – 12:15PM

The future of positive psychology
T. Kashdan
K. Hart & T. Carey
M. Steger
R. Niemiec
P. Wong
K. Britton
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Salvatore Maddi, PhD

“Assessment and Training of Hardiness”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Heather White

“Finding the Opportunity in Workplace Conflict”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

Mel Sears

“Inner Evolution from Outer Conflict”
10:15-12:15
2 CEUs

12:15PM – 1:15PM
Lunch Break
1:15PM – 2:15PM Keynote: Robert Biswas-Diener, PhD
“Using strengths stories to find meaning at work”
1:15-2:15
1 CEU
2:15PM – 2:30PM
Coffee Break
2:30PM – 3:30PM

Spirituality and well-being

M. Cannon,
M. McKee,
K. Kelloway
M. Vokey
2:30-3:30
1 CEU

Meaning and positive applied psychology

Z. Bellin
D. Gingras
2:30-3:30
1 CEU

T. Wojick

“Creating a high-performing organization that works?”
2:30-3:30
1 CEU

Poster Sessions
C. Reinsch,
R. Bruser,
F. Cilliers,
I. Narsai,
A. Ghasemi,
M. Kim,
H. Lee,
H. Passmore
R. Kaed
2:30-3:30
1 CEU

4:00PM – 5:30PM

Distinguished Public Lecture: Michael Novak, DLitt
“Finding Meaning in Work”
4:00-5:30
1.5 CEUs

 

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