Feb 16 2022 What is Happiness? & Personalized Elevator Pitches

First Half: Review of last day.

Intro to Journals:

Happiness 

Discuss: What does it take to be happy?

The Nordic countries seem to have it all figured out. Finland and Denmark have consistently topped the United Nations’ most prestigious index, The World Happiness Report, in all six areas of life satisfaction: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Each year, a group of happiness experts from around the globe rank 156 countries based on how “happy” citizens are, and they publish their findings in the World Happiness Report. Happiness might seem like an elusive concept to quantify, but there is a science to it. When researchers talk about “happiness,” they’re referring to “satisfaction with the way one’s life is going,” “It’s not primarily a measure of whether one laughed or smiled yesterday, but how one feels about the course of one’s life,” Since the report began in 2012, Nordic countries — which include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, plus the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Aland — consistently turn up at the top of the list. (The United States, on the other hand, typically lands somewhere around 18th or 19th place.)

Viewing of Video: 25 min.

Why Finland And Denmark Are Happier Than The U.S.

Class Discussion: 

Journal Question: What is happiness for you?

Min few sentences pls.

Second Half:

Elevator/(Gondola?) Pitches.

View: What is an elevator pitch - below.

Elevator Pitches  - Video.

Your Turn - Time to WRITE! 

Next Up - PowerPoint Project with 6 Slides. Pls make it fun/pretty! Colours/Pictures etc. 

Elevator Pitch 

Slide 1 - Title Page - Elevator Pitch 

Slide 2 - Who are you? Your Name & Fav Activity.

Slide 3 - Your background -You are a student at RSS. Also - review any past work or volunteer experience thus far in 1-2 sentences.

Slide 4 - What can you offer? Name 3 traits/skills that you have that would be valuable in the workplace.

Slide 5 - The Ask - In your own words. Eg. "I would love an opportunity to work with you." or "I believe I would be an asset to your organization because . . ."

Page 6 - The Close - In your own words. E.g. "Thank you so much for taking the time to have this conversation with me. I look forward to your reply."

Where to save your completed work? 

*Save your PowerPoint to your OneDrive - in your 'New Media 10 Folder' & your 'Capstone 12 Prep' Folder.

AND

*Upload to Assignment 3 Teams. Elevator Pitch Assignment.