Hello Happy Friends and those who are interested!!!

I wish all of you a happy and glorious day!  This month’s meeting is coming up on Sunday, May 16^th from 7pm – 9 pm.  The address is 306 Jersey @ Noe b/t 24^th and 25^th. Please read below for descriptions of this month’s meeting and next month’s. 

May 16^th, 7pm-9pm

Love- based social justice: An Agenda for Happiness

This month’s meeting is going to be really exciting!  Renato P. Almanzor Ph.D. will be speaking about “Love- based social justice: An Agenda for Happiness”.  Renato is a former professor of mine and believe me when I tell you his enthusiasm and quick wit are unparalleled!

From Renato:

I will share my commitment to community development through the work I do.  I've learned that "to the extent that I can know, love and understand myself is to the extent that I can know, love and understand another." Happiness in my journey, then, has come from intentionally and deliberately aligning my mission with my living.  Specifically, I will share what it takes to align self-esteem to self-efficacy, thoughts to feelings to behavior, and vision to mission to planning to being to reflecting on my being, planning, mission and vision.

Sunday, June 13^th 7pm – 9pm

How your personality influences your happiness

Daniel Oppenheim will be gracing us with his presence and his knowledge about personality type and happiness.  Daniel is one of the most animated and fun individuals I know!  He will be discussing your personality type, your psychological type and how this contributes to your perception of joy.  He will exploring questions such as, “What is it that makes your bliss?”, “Is there a common platform for happiness?”

Bios

Renato P. Almanzor, Ph.D.

Renato P. Almanzor, Ph.D. experience emerges from many years consulting and training groups committed to multicultural organization development and social justice. His clients have included universities, non-profit organizations, medical clinics, and government agencies. His services range from executive coaching and strategic planning to change management and team development. He has delivered keynote addresses, conference workshops, and panel presentations on issues related to leadership for equity, cultural diversity, community development, and organizational change with a social justice agenda.

Dr. Almanzor received is Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, M.S. in counseling from San Diego State University, and B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Davis. He has also been a professor at Alliant International University and the University of San Francisco. He continues to serve on dissertation committees, supervise graduate interns, and teach courses as an adjunct.

Renato is currently the Manager for Community Partnership Development at the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools (BayCES). In this capacity he is responsible for developing and coordinating community engagement strategies throughout Oakland towards the creation of new small schools, the conversion of large comprehensive schools, and the redesign of the school district. 

Dr. Almanzor serves on the Board of Directors for the Oakland Asian Student Educational Services (OASES) as the Vice President, the School Site Council of his son’s school, and actively supports many Multicultural groups, especially Asian Pacific and Pilipino organizations, student groups, and community-based agencies.

Daniel Oppenheim

For the past twenty years, Daniel has been conducting management consulting through this own consulting practice.  His specialties include organizational development, training, program design and coaching.  He uses and creativity to effect organizational change. Daniel is certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator assessment which he uses to ascertain personal and professional development issues.

      Some of the programs Daniel has developed and presented include: Career Transition & Development, Meeting Management, Children’s’ Advocacy (Parenting/Teaching), Presentation Skills, Dealing with Difficult Employees (MBTI), Self-Awareness, Decision Making, Speed-Reading People (MBTI), Effective Supervision         Team Building (MBTI), Infuencing and Selling Skills, Transition and Change Management, Interpersonal & Interdepartmental Conflict Resolution  Valuing Differences (MBTI), and the list goes on.

      His list of clients include: ABC Television, Lifescan, American Management Association, Medical Analysis Systems, Apple Computer, Nortel Networks, Applied Biosystems, Oracle Software, Bay Networks, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Bosch Automotive, Premier Investment Centre, Deutsche Bank (NYC & London)     Steefel Levitt and Weiss (S.F. Law Firm), Hewlett-Packard, TriMedia Technologies, IBM, VISA, Karl Karcher Enterprises (Boston Market), Wells Fargo Bank, and Kaiser Permanente.

      Daniel has an MBA from San Francisco State University, where he received a Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement and he holds a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO.