How does social emotional learning improve educational effectiveness? How can students, teachers, parents, and administrators use the skills of EQ to get better results?
Learning is both an emotional and rational process. How do we blend the two? Here is a map teachers and trainers can use to bring head and heart together in learning.
Read MoreParenting is hard. Here are 3 principles to infuse your parenting style with emotional intelligence and guide your decision making.
Read MoreThe Six Seconds EQ Model moves the CASEL competencies into action. Learn about both frameworks and how they complement each other.
Read MoreHow do you use emotional intelligence to fuel lasting motivation? The Motivation Iceberg is a simple, clear model for understanding how to motivate – even in WFH during a pandemic.
Read MoreWhat happens when you empower youth to facilitate emotional intelligence to youth? Here’s what happened when Ignite / Doroob (a Six Seconds partner) taught children the skills to bring emotional intelligence experiences to other children
Read MoreFor you, is learning about collecting knowledge… or about using it to create change? Our learning programs are lifechanging because we work WITH the brain and structure learning to fuel growth – here’s how.
Read MoreIn a time where so many children feel disconnected and alone, it’s time to share skills for being and making friends!
Read MoreEducators and parents are concerned about children and youth becoming cynical about making the world a better place. They seem to be losing hope. Dr. Maurice Elias offers three strategies to change that.
Read MoreSocial emotional learning is essential for academic and life success. Here are 5 quick, easy check-in activities to bring SEL to life in your classroom.
Read MoreGet practical tips and activities to teach social emotional learning virtually.
Read MoreEducation is stressed. Teachers, administrators, kids, parents are struggling – so why should we focus on social emotional learning (SEL) at a time like this? And for remote or hybrid teaching, is it even possible?
Read MoreIt’s time for POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day! While we’ll need to adapt to the challenges of 2020, THIS is the moment for this project: Children around the globe are struggling with loneliness and uncertainty. We can help.
Read MoreAt a neurological level, how does the brain actually learn, and what’s the role of emotion? What’s the implication for education and training?
Read MoreThe progress and problems that define the Digital Era are the logical conclusion of 100 years dedicated to cognitive intelligence. What would emerge from 100 years dedicated to emotional intelligence?
Read MoreIs education the path to a just and equitable society, or part of systematized racism – or both? If all change starts within, then how can we grow the emotional intelligence skills needed to shift the systems and build communities of equity?
Read MoreWhy do educators need social emotional learning? SEL in Higher education is essential for students, but how can we teach what we don’t know? What are the essential skills aspiring educators must develop in order to be effective at the “people side” of education?
Read MoreFor equity in college and higher education, what social emotional learning skills are needed? What will support the dialogue, awareness & empathy needed to build communities of equity?
Read MoreWhy is social emotional learning taking center stage at colleges and universities around the globe? How can SEL play a role in building communities of equity? How are teacher colleges bringing SEL into their programs?
Read MoreBetween the pandemic and antiracist uprising, education is in a deep challenge. Educators, children, parents are suffering. Can emotional intelligence help? How? We’re joined by some of the world’s top experts on these topics for an honest and uplifting look at the emotional world of education in 2020
Read MoreI first thought it must be some new laboratory class — I soon learned that the scientific study of self changes everything… and enables us to change anything.
Read MorePOP-UP Festival and Girls’ Festival San Francisco team up to inspire and empower more than 5,000 young women and their families.
Read MorePOP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day brought EQ to every corner of the world, activated 15k volunteers in 3900 Cities, reaching 1.67 million people.
Read MoreMarc Brackett says the process started by liberating himself from judging his own emotions, giving himself permission to feel.
Read MoreRecent research at Liberty University finds that medical students’ emotional intelligence scores declined across the board during their training – even as a growing body of evidence points to the importance of EQ in modern healthcare.
Read MoreEmotional intelligence steps onto the global stage at the United Nations’ first EQ conference. What happened there?
Read MoreCultivating a growth mindset has been strongly linked to greater happiness and achievement in life. Here are 9 tips + strategies to give your kids the gift of a growth mindset.
Read MoreTo create an environment that’s fit for the future, we need to help children grow the internal leadership skills that will allow them to build that reality. Here’s how.
Read MoreHeading back to school, mixed with hope & fear. How can we help students (anyone) feel belonging and acceptance as they are — while also supporting them to keep growing?
Read MoreHow do we bridge the gap between childhood and the workforce? How can Higher Ed use EQ to improve outcomes? EQ.EDU Moving SEL into Higher Ed conference explores these topics.
Read MoreHow do schools become vibrant, joyful, inclusive communities? School leaders intentionally build them with teachers, students and family collaboration.
Read MoreWhat does research show about using assessments to guide effective implementation of social emotional learning? Here are highlights from a new journal article.
Read MoreFeeling stuck in your collaboration? Here are 8 tips for harnessing your emotions to create your ideal collaborative outcome.
Read MoreAfter horrific events in the news, do you share your feelings w kids/students… or try to reassure by hiding your feelings? How can we talk with children about these difficult feelings?
Read MoreFor teens struggling with a brutal addiction to solvents, hope and healing seem far away. Traditional culture & the Medicine Wheel combine with emotional intelligence to support a path forward for the children, and their counselors.
Read MoreThe key to happiness is strong, lifelong relationships – and you build those with empathy. Here’s how to increase empathy in children.
Read MoreThey’re unmotivated, cranky, and stressed… What’s going on with youth these days? New research says teens are even more stressed than adults — and burnout is on the rise. Here’s the story, straight from those in the middle of it.
Read MoreFor kids across Asia, Dragonfly’s outdoor ed and service learning program is all about self-discovery through EQ. Find out how this unique model is helping kids develop their interpersonal skills.
Read MorePrincipals have a special role in promoting social emotional learning. Find out what the research shows works best.
Read MoreDo you want to know how to understand people more easily? A starting point is a wide-spread lie we tell others — and ourselves. Here’s how to connect on a deeper level.
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| Introduction to the EQ tests |
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Organizational Emotional Intelligence Tests |
Build capacity for transformationSix Seconds started the world's first EQ Practitioner Certification and is widely known as the global leader in how to develop emotional intelligence. Public & in-house EQ certification. |
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| Certified EQ Consultant |
Certified EQ Facilitator |
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Certified Social Emotional Learning Specialist |
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| Introduction to the EQ tests |
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Build capacity for transformationSix Seconds started the world's first EQ Practitioner Certification and is widely known as the global leader in how to develop emotional intelligence. Public & in-house EQ certification. start with the EQ Educator Certification - then continue toward the 4 professional accreditations: |
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