The Charter for Compassion
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | Tags: altruism, compassion, events | 1 Comment »When renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong won the coveted TED prize, she was asked to make a single wish, one that the TED community would help her achieve. Her modest request? To unite the world around compassion. Now, one year later, she's ...
Greed, Games, and Goodness–This Friday!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, children, events, goodness, parenting | Leave a Comment »Time is running out to get your ticket to the first-ever Greater Good Science Center fundraiser, happening this Friday evening on the UC Berkeley campus. "Greed, Games, and Goodness" will feature a conversation between the GGSC's Dacher Keltner and best-selling author ...
Forgiveness and Mindsight
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 | Tags: Forgiveness, events, mindfulness | 1 Comment »This Friday, the Greater Good Science Center will be hosting “Forgiveness and Mindsight,” the fifth seminar in its “Science of a Meaningful Life” series. It’ll be an all-day event held at De Neve Plaza Auditorium on the UCLA campus. There’s ...
Forgiveness and Gratitude
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Forgiveness, events, gratitude | 7 Comments »This Friday, the Greater Good Science Center will be hosting "Forgiveness and Gratitude," the fourth seminar in its "Science of a Meaningful Life" series. It'll be an all-day event held at the International House, on the UC Berkeley campus. There's ...
Why to Be Good, How to Be Happy
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, compassion, events, happiness | 4 Comments »This Thursday, the Greater Good Science Center will be hosting "Why to Be Good, How to Be Happy," the third seminar in its "Science of a Meaningful Life" series and its first in Los Angeles. We want to hear from those ...
Release Party for The Daddy Shift
Friday, June 5th, 2009 | Tags: events, family, gender roles, parenting | Leave a Comment »Anyone in or near San Francisco should join us tomorrow night to celebrate the release of The Daddy Shift, the new book by Greater Good Senior Editor Jeremy Adam Smith. The Daddy Shift offers an insightful take on the changing nature of the ...
Lie to Him
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Tags: Dacher Keltner, Paul Ekman, compassion, empathy, events | Leave a Comment »What does the Dalai Lama have in common with the latest Fox TV crime show? This is not a trick question. The answer? They've both recently collaborated with Greater Good editorial board member Paul Ekman. Yes, just a few months after he ...
Dacher Keltner-Paul Ekman Seminar
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | Tags: compassion, emotional intelligence, events, happiness, health, social intelligence | 1 Comment »We here at the Greater Good Science Center are pretty excited to announce a new series of events we'll be hosting this year. Our "Science of a Meaningful Life" seminar series is designed to help audiences apply groundbreaking scientific findings to ...
Happiness & Its Causes
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Tags: events, happiness | Leave a Comment »Happiness is coming to San Francisco next week, in the form of the two-day "Happiness & Its Causes" conference at the Westin hotel on Monday and Tuesday. The conference will feature some of the world's leading scientific experts on happiness, ...
Paul Ekman-Dalai Lama book event
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | Tags: compassion, emotional intelligence, emotional literacy, empathy, events, goodness, happiness, human nature, morality, neuroscience, prosocial behavior, psychology, religion | Leave a Comment »On October 22, Greater Good magazine and the Greater Good Science Center will be hosting a special event with world-renowned psychologist Paul Ekman. Ekman, a Greater Good editorial board member, recently published Emotional Awareness, an extended conversation between himself and ...
