Mary Morton and Lori Evans will speak about The Power of Language in Building Classroom Community at this year’s Pacific Regional Leadership Conference of the National Education Association. Taking place February 13-15 in Seattle, Washington, this 3-day conference boasts attendance of nearly 1000 educators, educational support professionals and administrators from across the western states. The [...]
Six Seconds EQ lab school, the Synapse Institute, has moved to a new and bigger location in Palo Alto! Synapse Institute 305 N California Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 There’s also a new video showing the Synapse approach to project-based learning — see 5-6 year-olds making batteries to power the town they’ve designed! Information on [...]
Committed to continuously improving safety, a leading chemical manufacturer launched a new safety program. Where most efforts to improve industrial safety rely on procedures and regulation to drive change, this initiative was developed using the research and principles of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Instead of more legislation, this program set out to inspire people to act [...]
The Second International Congress on Emotional Intelligence in Cancún Q. Roo México on June 6, 2008 included experts from the Emotional Intelligence community, HR professionals, consultants, and researchers. The presentations focused on how to apply emotional intelligence in organization and schools. Six Seconds Network member Dr. Patricia Marinez Abarca delivered a featured presentation using the [...]
Six Seconds Network members Michele Sagan & Ranita Rajandram use EQ in a beautiful program to help children succeed for life: Children today need a more holistic education than what is currently available, she said adding that “they need to learn about emotional intelligence instead of just focusing on academics, which was why she was [...]
In early November, 104 educators, school counselors, and Ministry of Education personnel participated in the “First Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Conference in Singapore.” The conference is part of an ongoing effort to help students increase their lifelong success by increasing emotional intelligence. Mr. Chan Kai Yau, Retired Director of Education for the Ministry of [...]
With over a decade of full-time EQ experience and offices in six countries, Six Seconds opened its seventh network office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. To mark the occasion, Joshua Freedman, COO of Six Seconds, spent a week in the city conducting a series of public and private seminars to audiences from a diverse range [...]
Thank you to Debbie Havert (Program Manager) and Amy Franklin, PhD. (Senior Consultant) who presented at the recent National Middle School Association’s (NMSA) 35th Annual Conference and Exhibit on October 31st in Denver, Colorado. The presentation topic was “Integrating Emotional Intelligence to Enhance Students’ Success.” Student achievement is directly related to enabling the student to [...]
Two members of Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network have launched a new site. Lori Evans is a teacher and coach dedicated to creating social and emotional awareness in the classroom. Mary Morton is a teacher who spends her spare time in pursuit of a Masters Degree in Curriculum. Pillar foundation workshops guide participants through creating [...]
Interview with Six Seconds’ COO Joshua Freedman: