The Happiness Alliance, along with like-minded organizations, is presenting at the International Society for Quality of Life Standards Annual Conference 2015. Here are the slides!

1. International
Society for Quality
of Life Standards
happiness
talk

2. Today
pecha
kucha talks
round table
discussions
4
table shares &
future
collaboration
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2
3

3. Our Intention: That you walk away from here with
tools and resources to measure happiness and a
clear path for collaboration with us and with each
other.

5. the 4 questions
How
can
you
use
the
Gross
Na1onal
Happiness
Index?
What
are
the
limits
to
the
methods
of
applying
happiness
indicators?
How
can
you
use
the
HRO
method?
How
do
neighborhoods
influence
QoL
&
Happiness?
How
do
we
navigate
community
uncertainty
and
dynamics
in
grassroots
happiness
ini1a1ves?

6. The Happiness Movement

7. 60 200 data

8. academic community
policy

9. Unique User Profiles

10. Group Creation

11. Add Questions

12. Data Dive

13. Happiness
Data
Stories
Should
you
work
full-­‐1me,
part-­‐1me
or
not
at
all?
Spoiler:
it
does
not
maKer,
as
long
as
you
work.

15. Try it
You’ll like it
happycounts.org

16. Cultivating Happiness
in Creston & District
A rural journey
to enhance local
quality of life
Laura Hannant – OneDay Community Partners

17. Social Permaculture Practice
Creating conditions
for self-care,
people care,
earth care,
and
receiving care
in community

18. Creston & District
The communities from Yahk to Riondel

20. • Regional development trust pilot
project
• Collective approach to dispersing
trust funding at the sub-
regional level
• Sub-regional cohesion, community
ownership, innovation, strategic
investment
Columbia Basin Trust
Community Directed Funds

22. Happiness?
…#&%@!!!

27. Creston & District
Community Directed Funds
“We aim for Creston &
District to become a model
of a thriving rural
region where people are
happy and well.”

62. learn more:
www.neighborhoodsforhappiness.com

63. 1 www.happiness-research.org

64. 2 www.happy-frankfurt.com

65. COMMUNITY-WELL-BEING-ATLAS
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66. GOAL
4

67. HAPPY FRANKFURT APP
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68. 6
FIRST RESULTS COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE
• Frankfurt‘s citizens rate the city relatively high in all domains
• But they think it is pricy in the areas they prefer

69. 7
RESULTS SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING QUESTIONNAIRE
• Frankfurt‘s citizens are in general relatively happy
• But they feel that they don‘t have enough time do the things they like
• This can be shown especially for poor and very rich citizens

70. 8
CONCLUSION
 Politics need to make sure that it is affordable for everbody to have a
good life in Frankfurt!

71. FUTURE PROSPECTS – HAPPINESS PROFILES
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72. FUTURE PROSPECTS – HAPPINESS ATLAS
10

73. COMMUNITY-WELL-BEING-ATLAS
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74. CONTACT INFORMATION
• Kai Ludwigs
• Happiness Research Organisation
• Director
• Grafenberger Allee 342
• D-40235 Düsseldorf, Germany
• (+49) 211/640 361 81
• ludwigs@happiness-research.org
• www.happiness-research.org
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75. Join
the
Happiness
Revolu1on

76. Take
the
Gross
Na1onal
Happiness
Index
Use
it
for
your
city,
community,
campus
or
company
Your
Happiness
Counts
happycounts.org