The HappyHap Project is a Yale student organization driven by creativity, happiness, and positive projects. It has three founding principles: that happiness is contagious, sharing happiness can inspire others, and happiness can be expressed in many ways. The organization brainstorms new project ideas, implements projects, finds mentors, and allows members to work on existing projects and research related to positive psychology. Past projects include websites, blogs, publications, movies, photo exhibitions, and events. The current focus is on building an optimistic campus through six projects over the 2011-2012 year.

1. The HappyHap Project
When happiness happens, make your world smile.

2. About Us
We are a Yale student organization
driven by creativity, happy moments,
and cool projects.

3. 3 Founding Principles
We believe in 3 things:
1.Happiness is contagious.
2. Happiness - when shared - can inspire and
empower others.
3. Happiness can be expressed in infinitely
many ways.

4. Project Lab
Start Your Own Project Today!

5. Internal Structure
• Brainstorm new project ideas
• Implement your own project
• Find senior mentors who support you and
your project
• Learning by doing: work on existing projects
• Research Opportunity: Some of our members also work on various
academic research projects in the field of positive psychology as well as
economics (Gross National Happiness etc.)

6. Past Projects

7. HappyHap.com

8. Publication

9. Short Movies

10. Blog

11. Photo Exhibition

12. And more...
• study breaks (think pancakes during finals!)
• welcome-packages to international freshman
at OIS
• Research opportunity: Positive Psychology,
economics, humanities
• Made lots of people smile

13. New Projects 2011 /12

14. Building an Optimistic Campus

15. Inspire Yale
• Inspire Yale is based on the idea of building
an optimistic campus.
• It’s a yearlong initiativeall born out of our
projects which were
that consists of six
Project Lab

16. 6 Projects
• Outdoor photography exhibition on Cross Campus
• Master Tea with positive psychology expert
• Partnership with MIT Media Lab
• Publishing our own magazine “Making a Positive
Difference”
• Expanding our blog
• TEDxHappiness conference (tentative)

17. Do you want to...
• ...learn about happiness, websites, blogs, social media
management, publications, short movies,photo
exhibitions, speaker events, collaborate with the MIT
Media Lab and more?
• ...join a group of friends who want to make a positive
difference on campus?
• ...join a creative, entrepreneurial and dynamic student
organization?

18. First and foremost, we’re a team of friends!
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19. Welcome to The
HappyHap Project!
Learn more at www.happyhap.com