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POPUP Festival
Celebrated in 200+ countries in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day, POP-UP Festivals are free wellbeing festivals that help kids grow their emotional intelligence. Provided with free, playful, meaningful activities, hosts all over the world bring essential skills to youth.

Climate of Emotions
Climate of Emotions (COE) is a leadership training program for young climate activists to build emotional skills – so they can be more effective in their work on climate action and build the inner resilience required for long-term work on environmental sustainability.

EQ Cafes
EQ Cafés are a 2-hour, interactive, cost-free learning workshop led all around the world by trained volunteers who are passionate about increasing the world’s emotional intelligence. Gain skills, meet others in your area, and learn the latest neuroscience around emotions.

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This eBook offers beautiful, simple techniques for making emotional intelligence a bigger part of your daily life. Learn 8 facts about emotions and do activities to put them into action →

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Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions: Feelings Wheel
Grow your emotional literacy with Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. Then download the free Practicing Emotional Intelligence eBook to go deeper!
The Wrong Time To Coach: What is the Most Effective Approach for Your Next 1:1?
As a manager, the coach-approach isn’t always the right path. How do you decide when to use a coaching style, or something else in your one-to-one?
In the Age of ChatGPT, What Should Teachers Focus On?
AI tools like ChatGPT are transforming education, prompting a shift from knowledge transfer to fostering skills like empathy, creativity, and critical thinking. This article emphasizes the role of Emotional Intelligence in inspiring engagement and purpose, helping educators adapt to the evolving demands of an AI-driven world.
What Should Schools Prepare Us For? Educating for a Future That Inspires and Uplifts
In Italy, only 5% of workers are engaged in their jobs—an economic crisis with deep roots in the education system. What needs to change?
From Enemy to Ally: How Eric Pennington Changed His Relationship with His Own Emotions – and Found His Life’s Purpose
How emotional intelligence helped Eric Pennington transform corporate life setbacks into strengths – and find purpose in both work and life.
Emotional Intelligence at Work: In the Era of AI, What Happens to Human Skills?
Who’s winning the artificial intelligence race: machines or people? Research finds AI investment leads to disinvestment in human skills
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