TEDMED focuses on the intersection of medicine and healthcare. It was created by Marc Hodosh (President) in partnership with TED founder Richard Saul Wurman. “TEDMED celebrates conversations that demonstrate the intersection and connections between all things medical and healthcare related: from personal health to public health, devices to design and Hollywood to the hospital.”

I’m very excited about a TED conference solely dedicated to health, medicine, and similar topics.

TEDMED on the web:

• Website
• Twitter
• YouTube

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This is a last-minute announcement of the upcoming positive psychology conference held Claremont Graduate University on January 24, 2009, 8:45-18:45 (GMT-8 Pacific Time).

Sign up now for web participation or to be wait-listed for in-person attendance.

The purpose of this symposium is a gathering of major researchers in the field of positive psychology, to discuss how the science of positive psychology can be applied for the improvement of society. For those of you who are interested in positive psychology and would like to hear what this conference can teach you, then I invite everyone to attend via web. In-person attendance is sold out, and I personally think the “webinar” registration is better than to be wait-listed. However, you will have to books your ticket(s) immediately as sales will close very soon. If you are unable to be in California, like me and Hans, then you can also sign up for web participation, which is only $25 plus a $0.99 registration fee.

The following is a list of speakers presenting at this symposium:

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Martin Seligman (via video)
• Edward Diener
• David Cooperrider
• Christopher Peterson
• Barbara Fredrickson
• Shelley Taylor
• Jane Dutton
• Kim Cameron
• Jeanne Nakamura
• Nansook Park
• Hans Henrik Knoop
• Stewart Donaldson

For more information or to register, go to http://cgu.edu/pages/5808.asp.

While you are at the website and/or after you have registered, check out the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). This is the only institution in the United States that has a doctoral degree that is positive psychology related (Ph.D. in Positive Developmental Psychology and in Positive Organizational Psychology). Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, one of the leaders of positive psychology, is a faculty member in the positive psychology department and has researched extensively on positive organizational behavior.

Also, if you are further intereted in CGU and what they have to offer, you can also view their video library for free at http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4435.asp

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Presentation topics include: Arts, Business, Culture, Design, Development, Entertainment, Global Issues, Science, Technology, and more.

Among the past speakers, to mention a few, are: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Steven Hawkins, Sergey Brin & Larry Page (co-founders of Google), Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Ray Kurzweil,  Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia), Brian Green, Daniel Goleman, Will Wright (designer of Sims & Spore), Martin Seligman, and Philip Zimbardo.

Here’s an official trailer of what TED is all about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m8YaW6JBZQ

Since TED’s humble beginning, it has grown into a kind of online movement with a large group of loyal followers who share and discuss a variety of topics centered around the insightful presentations.

You can watch all videos at their official website at www.ted.com, at their YouTube channel, or by subscribing via iTunes (HD version).

By the way if you were wondering, TED is an acronym for technology, entertainment, and design.

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