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Cocreate the world’s largest SEL project bringing invaluable emotional intelligence skills to millions of children & adults in 200+ countries & territories… it’s time for

POP-UP Festival in Partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day

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Playful learning resources & free training to engage your community in SEL

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Showcase your organization in the report to UNICEF HQ

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Increase your visibility by adding your logo with the global partners

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POP-UP FESTIVAL in Partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day

Culminating November 20 in celebration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Grow emotional intelligence for the SDGs and children's rights

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Free do-it-yourself kit with activities and resources

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Millions of children & adults in 20+ languages, 200+ countries & territories

POP-UP Festival is all about growing the skills for a better life and a better world. Grow friendship, reduce conflict. Grow self-awareness, reduce volatility. Grow connections, reduce isolation. What is your organization committed to growing?

Apply for your organization to become a POP-UP Festival Partner

What is the role of POP-UP Partners?

Companies, nonprofits, agencies who make one or more of the following commitments:

Strengthen your community by holding one or many POP-UP Festivals as a corporate social responsibility initiative (engage employee volunteers to celebrate your company’s families, and/or for families in your community)

Amplify the message by bringing awareness of POP-UP Festivals to 1000s more people (eg join our social media efforts, share POP-UP Festival resources as point-of-sale or other places with lots of people, recruit your members to hold festivals)

Support the initiative with financial sponsorship to bring POP-UP Festival resources to communities that can not otherwise participate (while the event is free and volunteer driven, even the cost of printing materials is a burden in many places in the world)

If any/all of these opportunities fit your organization/company/agency, please fill in the form above

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Click here to learn more about POP-UP Festival (and/or go here to signup as an individual, instead of as a partner)

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Play-based, creative learning

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A few children or a few hundred

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Uses simple, low-cost materials

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Adaptable to home, classroom, park, community hall

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What kinds of activities are in the POP-UP Kits? Written by experts from Six Seconds together with volunteers & partners, they focus on increasing awareness, making positive choices, and making the world better. Here are two examples.

Feelings into Actions was co-created with Sit With Us, a partner focused on reducing bullying. Activity Instructions. Cards.

Friendship Medal was created with Peppy Pals, a partner focus on EQ & friendship for younger children. Activity Instructions.

Hosted by the global EQ org

Six Seconds is the world’s leading nonprofit org for emotional intelligence (EQ); established in 1997, our tools and methods are used in 200+ countries.

Emotional intelligence (being smarter with feelings) is a learnable skill that makes life better. At work, at home, at school and in the community, these skills are the missing link.

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Six Seconds is a global nonprofit working to support ALL people to grow and practice emotional intelligence.

We think the world would be a better place if a billion people were practicing the skills of emotional intelligence (EQ). So, we research and share scientific, global, transformational tools & methods to support that goal. Learn more about Six Seconds' vision or to go deeper, explore EQ Certification Training for coaching, facilitating, consulting or educating.