Learn how to use the Gross National Happiness Index and join the happiness movement. Join the league of over 60 people who have taking the Happiness Initiative Leadership Training and are making history in their town, city, community, campus or company. Visit happycounts.org and click on the "training" for more information.

4. Core Session: How to Conduct a
Happiness Initiative
How to Conduct a Happiness Initiative: the nuts and
bolts We will go over the logistics of conducting a
happiness initiative. This includes team building,
timelines, subjective metrics, including the need for
subjective metrics, and review of wellbeing surveys,
objective indicators, happiness report card writing and
levels of data analysis, conducting outreach to
immigrant and refugee and other underserved peoples,
conducting town meetings, projects and policy changes
& final comprehensive report writing. The session ends
with the next steps in the happiness movement.

5. Core Session: Who, What, Why,
Where, How
Who, What, Why and Where: the Global Happiness and
Wellbeing Movement This session will cover the science,
policy and civic actions behind the happiness movement. We
will review activities at the governmental level in Bhutan, the
UK, Brazil and France. We will delve into the science that
supports this movement, and provide resources for the
participants use. The importance and need for subjective
metrics will be explored. We will then survey the various
NGOs in the EU and the US active in the GNH movement.
We will finish with discussions about communicate to various
audiences including those who not aware of the movement,
those who are resistant to social change as well as
scientists, policy makers and the media.

6. Supplementary Session:
Personal Happiness
Personal Happiness: How does the field of positive
psychology fit to the work for a new economic
paradigm. We will explore the nexus and disjoint
between individual happiness and social change.
Tools and resources for presenting and
communicating with various audiences from children,
youth or economically disadvantaged people will be
provided and reviewed. We will conclude the
session with a synopsis of the key leverage points
for the happiness movement.

7. Giving a Happiness Talks: a lesson in action. The
training begins with a lesson on how to give a
happiness talk patterned after the talk that has been
presented to many companies, non-profits and
campuses. The aim of this talk will be for participants
to walk away able to give a happiness talk to various
audiences, from the curious to experts. We will give
pointers at critical junctures and discuss the session in
a group setting. This is a highly interactive session.
Participants will have a chance to learn about the
happiness movement, the GNH Index and gain tips on
how to give talks and presentations.
Supplementary Session: Raising
Awareness

8. Supplementary Session: Giving
Happiness Talks
Giving a Happiness Talks: a lesson in action. A lesson on
how to give a happiness talk patterned after the talk that has
been presented to many companies, non-profits and
campuses. The aim of this talk will be for participants to walk
away able to give a happiness talk to various audiences, from
the curious to experts. We will give pointers at critical
junctures and discuss the session in a group setting. We will
explore the link between personal happiness and social
change and how to communicate as well as integrate the two
area in a happiness initiative. This is a highly interactive
session. Participants will have a chance to learn about the
happiness movement, the GNH Index and gain tips on how to
give talks and presentations

9. Visit happycounts.org and click into the
Happiness Initiative Leadership Training page to register
Happiness
Initiative
Leadership
Training
&GNH Indexhome of the

10. Visit happycounts.org and click into the
Happiness Initiative Leadership Training page to register
Happiness
Initiative
Leadership
Training
&GNH Indexhome of the