2021 RendeZoom

James Pawelski, PhD

Professor of Practice and Director of Education, Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology: Help for Challenging Times

With a global pandemic, a national reckoning around social justice, severe political polarization, and no shortage of problems in our own personal lives, it is clear that we are living in challenging times. It can seem obvious in such times that we need to focus exclusively on the problems at hand. But is this the most effective way forward?

Positive psychology suggests that cultivating things like positive emotions, character strengths, and strong relationships may be especially important for dealing with adversity. In this interactive session, we will explore the theory, research, and practice of positive psychology, focusing on how it might help us in challenging times.

Kristin Keffeler, MSM, MAPP

Founder of Illumination360

Positive Psychology - Wealth 3.0 in Action

PPI has challenged your field to move from the existing paradigm (which has been called Wealth 2.0) to a new paradigm, Wealth 3.0.  This presentation will help you to create an actionable roadmap for that transition. And there are no practitioners better suited to apply these concepts than those in our PPI community. During this keynote we will explore:

• The latest research and application in the field of Positive Organizations (including the Appreciative Inquiry, Mattering at work, and the importance of culture in organizations).
• The research and application in the field of thriving families and family systems (based on many of the best practices from the field of positive organizations apply here as well, but then we overlay work in the field of collective character strengths, values-based leadership traits).
• The research and application in the field of individual growth and impact (use/development of character strengths, cultivation of resilience, post-traumatic growth, grit, and growth mindset).

James E. Hughes, Jr, Esq.

Author & Philosopher

The Path Before Us: A reflective conversation with Jay Hughes

Jay Hughes is a beloved thought leader and elder in our community. Over many years, his wisdom has inspired us, educated us and motivated us to do great work with the clients and families we serve. 

In this rare opportunity, we will have a chance to listen to Jay in intimate conversation with Stacy Allred about the issues that have mattered most to him for years and what is currently on his mind as clients face a new, challenging and in many ways uncertain future.   

Please join Stacy and Jay in their exploration of the path forward as the conference comes to a close and the real work in our respective worlds begins.