Good
day, BIS Students.
Please take the time to review the information
below and act on the application quickly if you
are interested.
Scholarships available for Leading to
Well-Being Conference
The
Interdisciplinary
Curriculum Collaborative, College of Humanities and Social
Sciences, is offering up to 20 Scholarships to undergraduate
and graduate
students for
the Leading to Well-Being Conference:
Facilitating Leadership for a Well-Lived Life, Friday,
April 12, 2013 at the Mason Inn & Conference Center.
If
you are interested in attending the conference, please send a
250- to 500-word statement of interest to Jaime Lester, PhD, at
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before
February 22, 2012
In
your statement, please indicate whether the conference
relates directly to your work on leadership or well-being or
whether you hope
to benefit personally in your collegiate and work life as a
result of attending
the conference.
The
conference is co-sponsored by MasonLeads and the Center for
Consciousness and Transformation. The format includes featured
keynote
speakers and interactive breakout sessions. You can learn more
about this
year's conference at wellbeing.onmason.com
This
year’s keynote Speakers
Dr.
Daniel Goleman is
an internationally
known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional
groups, business and
professional audiences, and higher education institutions. Dr.
Goleman is
the author of numerous best-selling books including Emotional
Intelligence
and Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence.
His most recent book, The Brain and Emotional
Intelligence: New Insights reveals recent findings
from brain
research and other sources on topics ranging from creativity and
optimal
performance, the brain-to-brain connection in leadership, and to
how to enhance
emotional intelligence itself.
Dr.
Annie McKee is
a best-selling
leadership author and advisor to top leaders. Dr. McKee has
co-authored
groundbreaking books, including Primal Leadership (Harvard,
2002,
with Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis) and Resonant
Leadership (Harvard,
2005 with Boyatzis). Dr. McKee is the co-founder of Teleos
Leadership
Institute, a consulting firm with a mission of developing
values-based
leadership and resonant organizations.
Dr.
Hugh Byrne is
a senior teacher with
the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. He completed a
four-year
teacher training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the
Insight Meditation
Society led by Jack Kornfield. Hugh is also trained in and
teaches
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and has completed
training in Somatic
Experiencing, a mind-body approach to healing trauma. He is a
co-founder of
the Washington
Buddhist
Peace Fellowship.
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