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Event Calendar

The calendar below includes positive psychology conferences, meet ups, and workshops.  Some are only open to MAPP graduates.

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Upcoming events

  • MAPP Poetry Open Mic!

    • 14 May 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Zoom
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    Virtual Open Mic: A Gathering of Shared Poetry

    Following up on the fun and success of our “Gathering of Shared Poetry” from the virtual Mapp MeetUp Day, we are having a virtual “open mic” on May 14, 10:00 a.m.(Philadelphia time)

    Please bring any poems that you would like to share (your own, or any others that you love) Or feel free just to listen! We will follow each reading with a brief discussion. 

    (We tried to pick a slot that would be accessible to most time zones, but know that we will miss many of you. Keep an eye out for future events! We’ll try to shift times around to catch as many people  as possible)


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  • MAPP Alum Social Committee Meeting

    • 19 May 2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Zoom (contact Committee Chair for link)

    For more information, email Social Committee Chair: 

    Dana Emanuel (MAPP.18) at dana314@sas.upenn.edu



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  • Fete 2026

    • 23 Oct 2026
    • Philadelphia, PA

    Save the date for the MAPP Alumni Association annual Fete on Friday, October 23rd in Philadelphia! 

    The MAPP Alumni Association Social Committee is hard at work planning a fun day of connection and community. We'll publish more Fete details soon. See you there!

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  • UPenn MAPP Summit

    • 24 Oct 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • 25 Oct 2026
    • 4:00 PM
    • Philadelphia, PA

    Save the date for the UPenn MAPP Summit, the annual two-day gathering of current MAPP students, Penn Positive Psychology Center faculty, Positive Psych researchers, and, of course, our robust and engaged MAPP Alumni Association community!

    While Summit is not a MAPP Alumni Association hosted-event, we will post Summit information here as it becomes available from the MAPP program team. And in the meantime please save the date for Summit and the MAPP AA Fete (Friday, October 23rd). We can't wait to see you there!

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Past events

30 Apr 2026 MAPP Alum Social Committee Meeting
21 Apr 2026 Lights, Camera, Connection!
16 Mar 2026 MAPP Alum Social Committee Meeting
03 Mar 2026 MAPP Alum Social Committee Meeting
26 Feb 2026 The Confidence Catapult
05 Feb 2026 MAPP Alum Social Committee Meeting
20 Aug 2025 Capstone Conversion Sprint
02 May 2025 Think Like an Evaluator: A Roadmap to Measuring What Matters
26 Apr 2025 Marketing Series: Sherri Fisher -- 3 Steps to Post-MAPP Business Success for Coaches and Solopreneurs
20 Mar 2025 MAPP MUD Marathon: 24 Hours of MAPPiness (Log in for details)
25 Feb 2025 A TOTALLY Un-boring Marketing Workshop! Jodi Wellman
06 Feb 2025 Where Philosophy Meets Practice: Bhumi Trivedi
18 Jan 2025 New Year, New Story: Resolutions for Eudaimonic Wellbeing
06 Jan 2025 The Science of Bravery: A Workshop to Push Limits and Elevate Impact
10 Nov 2024 Islam & Positive Psychology
03 Nov 2024 2024 Post-Fête & Summit: Integration Session
18 Oct 2024 Fete 2024: Sunny Side Up
23 Sep 2024 MAPPsters for a Flourishing Planet: The Week (Reprise!)
31 Jul 2024 Regenerative Positive Psychology: Talk by Michael F. Steger
27 Apr 2024 MAPP Meetup Day!
20 Apr 2024 Saving Our Pale Blue Dot: Holli-Anne Passmore
18 Mar 2024 MAPPsters for a Flourishing Planet: The Week
07 Feb 2024 MAPP Medicine Panel
06 Feb 2024 Transforming Minds: Insights into Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy with Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison
18 Nov 2023 2023 Post-Fête & Summit: Integration Session
13 Nov 2023 AI & Positive Psychology Panel
12 Sep 2023 DEI Committee Open House
01 Jul 2023 Meditation with Siena Loprinzi
10 Jun 2023 Meditation with Siena Loprinzi
06 Jun 2023 Tim Lomas: Wellbeing in non-WEIRD Countries
04 May 2023 To be rescheduled: David Yaden
07 Mar 2023 How to Use Slack
28 Oct 2022 Fete 2022: MAPP Through the Ages
11 Nov 2021 Creating a 100-Year Friend: Relationship-focused Fundraising for Nonprofits
16 Oct 2021 Fete 2021: Multiplying the Magic of MAPP
20 Feb 2021 International Online Conference on Hope and Optimism
11 Oct 2020 OKTOBERFETE 2020
05 Dec 2019 CHARACTER STRENGTHS: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! with Dr. Ryan Niemiec
14 Nov 2019 Making Work Better: Microinterventions in Organizations with Theresa Glomb, PhD
18 Oct 2019 MAPP Fete 2019: Connect. Inspire. Apply.
10 Oct 2019 Looking for "AND": Navigating Polarities with Brian Emerson, PhD
19 Sep 2019 Mindfulness in Positive Psychology: The Adventure of Meditation and Flourishing with Dr. Itai Ivtzan
29 Aug 2019 Values Coaching with the Schwartz Values Framework Jacob Morris, Founder, DiscoverYourValues.com
09 May 2019 Strategy and Strategic Plans that SOAR with Dr. Jackie Stavros
03 Apr 2019 Conversations Worth Having: The Key to Positivity with Dr. Jackie Stavros and Dr. Cheri Torres
28 Mar 2019 Determinants of Human Happiness with Dr. Matt Killingsworth
21 Feb 2019 Humor & Playfulness: Training and Interventions! with Jennifer Hofmann, PhD
17 Jan 2019 Light & Dark - the Cutting Edge of Humor Research with Jennifer Hofmann, PhD
14 Nov 2018 A Few of My Favorite Things with Kate F. Hays, Ph.D.
26 Oct 2018 CAMP FETE 2018: A Day of Connection and Experience
18 Oct 2018 Business Impact of Positive Leadership with Dr. Kim Cameron
20 Sep 2018 Middle School Learning and Beliefs about a Just System: Research Report & Caveats Psychology with Erin Godfrey, PhD
16 Aug 2018 Systems Informed Positive Psychology with Peggy Kern, PhD
26 Jul 2018 Why don't I do what I know I need to? Immunity to Change and the 4-Column Exercise with David Zeitler PhD
14 Jun 2018 Positive Psychology and Money: interventions that shift from money anxieties to wellbeing in eastern and western cultures with Pradnya Surana
30 Apr 2018 Thinking About the Future and Behavior Change with Dr. Gabriele Oettingen
20 Apr 2018 Happiness Studies with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
15 Mar 2018 MAPP Somatics: Let Me Hear Your Body Talk with Elaine O’Brien, Ph.D., MAPP, CAPP
15 Feb 2018 Weaving Appreciative Inquiry into Everyday Conversations with Maureen McKenna
25 Jan 2018 Should Therapists and Coaches Be Doing More to Help Their Male Clients? with John Barry
30 Nov 2017 Rebuilding Meaning after a Work-Related Trauma with Sally Maitlis
19 Oct 2017 Character Strengths Update - Nuances and Applications with Dr. Ryan Niemiec
21 Sep 2017 Psychological Capital: Recognizing and Developing the HERO Within with Fred Luthans, Ph.D.
17 Aug 2017 Psychology: The Least Reproducible Science? with Neuro Skeptic
20 Jul 2017 Change Your Questions, Change Your Results with Marilee Adams, Ph.D.
22 Jun 2017 The Cycles of Change in our Lives with Pam McLean, PhD.
18 May 2017 Positive Experiential Cartography: Mapping Wellbeing through the Study of 'UIntranslatable' words with Tim Lomas, PhD.
21 Mar 2017 Scott Sonenshein on: The Science of Being Resourceful: Success and Achievement by Making the Most of What You Have
02 Mar 2017 Measuring the Health and Well-Being of Populations through Social Media with Johannes Eichstaedt, PhD candidate
26 Jan 2017 Encouraging Generalization from Success Using a Directed Abstraction Writing Intervention with Pete Zunick, PhD Candidate
17 Nov 2016 Hope as a shared resource: The case of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes with Spencer Harrison, PhD
27 Oct 2016 Applied Compassion: Beyond Warm and Fuzzy - Overcoming Obstacles, Encountering Shadows with Monica Worline PhD
21 Oct 2016 MAPP Fete Social 2016
22 Sep 2016 Respect at Work with Kristie Rogers PhD
18 Aug 2016 Heroic Humility: How Humble Models Can Contribute to Better Relationships and a More Civil Political Process with Everett Worthington PhD
25 Jul 2016 Applied CAVE: Assessing Explanatory Style through Content Analysis of Verbatim Explanations with Greg Quinting, PhD
30 Jun 2016 Primal World Beliefs: Mapping a Final Frontier of the Cognitive Revolution Finds that Safety is Not Enough with Jer Clifton
19 May 2016 The Impact of Spirituality and Meditation on Health - Amy Wachholtz, Ph.D., M.Div., MS
21 Apr 2016 Sustainable Work - Mari Kira, PhD
17 Mar 2016 New Science of Compassion in Organizations - Monica Worline, PhD
18 Feb 2016 The Benefits of Feedback For Creative Work and The Principles For Giving Feedback For Creativity ~ Spencer Harrison
10 Dec 2015 Applying Insights into Learning from Success: The LiftExchange.com Application ~ Ryan Quinn (12-10-15)
05 Nov 2015 Insights into Learning from Success: Appreciative Inquiry and the Genetic Algorithm ~ Ryan Quinn (11/5/15)
16 Oct 2015 MAPP Fete Social
16 Oct 2015 MAPP Alumni Fete 2015
17 Sep 2015 Boost Strength and Resilience by Cultivating Positive Identities ~ Jane Dutton (9/17/15)
23 Jul 2015 Change the Music, Change the Dance ~ Bob Quinn (7/23/15)
26 Jun 2015 IPPA Gathering
18 Jun 2015 The Power of Being Present ~ Mel Rudd (6/18/15)
04 Jun 2015 Positive Guidance ~ Jolanta Burke (6/4/15)
22 Apr 2015 Positive Leadership Game ~ Gretchen Spreitzer
02 Apr 2015 The benefits of frequent wellbeing assessments by Aaron Jarden
15 Jan 2015 Science of Human Values ~ Dr. Mark Konty
12 Dec 2014 How to be a good listener ~ Kate Muir
18 Oct 2014 MAPP Summit 2014
17 Oct 2014 MAPP Fete Dinner
17 Oct 2014 MAPP Alumni Fete 2014
10 Oct 2014 Traits are only a Sliver of Who We Are ~ Todd Kashdan
12 Sep 2014 Large Scale Change at the Level of Communities, States, and Nations ~ with Clare Huntington
05 Jul 2014 Applied Positive Psychology for Coaching, Leadership and Business
27 Jun 2014 The Power of Positive Emotions and Love: How a Positive Attitude can change your Life
13 Jun 2014 MAPP CPE: Raising Achievement By Promoting Adaptive Beliefs by Jacquie Beaubien
12 Jun 2014 Wellbeing and Public Policy
06 May 2014 A Dose of Positive Psychology for Psychiatry
02 Apr 2014 Happiness at Work: Measure it for Success
24 Mar 2014 Exploring the Role of Environmental Coherence in the Experience of Meaning - Samantha Heintzelman
11 Feb 2014 Positive Diversity by Donna Hemmert
14 Jan 2014 Profit from the Positive Webinar
09 Jan 2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Positive Psychology
12 Dec 2013 Psychological Barriers to Success for Students by Carissa Romero
04 Dec 2013 Join the Firestarter movement: Help create a MAPP superorganism
07 Nov 2013 Positive Diversity by Donna Hemmert
30 Oct 2013 Improv for the Business Stage by Kat Koppett
26 Oct 2013 MAPP Summit 2013
25 Oct 2013 MAPP Alumni Fete 2013
01 Oct 2013 How Understanding Lawyer Personalities Can Help Coaches, Colleagues, and Co-Habitors By Larry Richard
27 Sep 2013 Harvard Coaching Conference
26 Sep 2013 MAPP Firestarter Meetup Online
30 Jul 2013 Build Buzz for your Business by Leslie Hughes
29 Jun 2013 MAPP Firestarter Meetup at IPPA - Lunch
27 Jun 2013 IPPA Third World Congress
26 Jun 2013 MAPP Firestarter Meetup at IPPA (cocktails & dinner)
18 Jun 2013 MAPP Firestarter Meetup Online
19 Jun 2013 Happiness and its Causes
22 May 2013 The 2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology in the Czech Republic (CPPC 2013)
17 May 2013 1st International Conference on Positive Psychology in Poland
25 Apr 2013 Work and Well-being
25 Apr 2013 National Convention on Positive Psychology
12 Apr 2013 Living and Leading to Well-being Conference
20 Oct 2012 MAPP Summit 2012
19 Oct 2012 MAPP Alumni Fete
22 Oct 2010 MAPP Summit 2010
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