Worlds 1st Pat Armitstead, Joyologist
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Joyologist |
| Location | Auckland, North Island, New Zealand |
| Introduction | Professional Speaker, Facilitator, Coach and Author Past President National Speakers Association NZ Member Professional Speakers NZ Member International Humour Foundation Member Australian Centre on Quality of Life Trustee Centre for Compassion NZ Pat Armitstead, New Zealand’s leader in the Science of Positive Psychology and Humour in the Workplace. Included in her giggliography are some ground breaking achievements, testimony to her ability to successfully combine her business acumen, creativity, and wit. She has presented over 12,000 hours of keynotes, workshops, seminars and lectures reaching an astounding 55,000 people throughout Australasia. She has toured internationally with Patch Adams, shared the platform with world class speakers such as Ed Tate, Annette King, Catherine Palin Brinkworth, George Manolis, Wayne Berry, Keith Abraham and Wayne Mansfield from Australia, Linda Miles, Lavonn Steiner from the USA and International Humour and Wellness conference at Armidale University in NSW. She was President of the National Speakers Association NZ 2001, The Most Awarded Speaker at the 2000 NSANZ Convention and 2002 NZ Speaker of the Year. |
| Interests | art, improv acting, humour, autobiographies, music, drumming, spiritual growth, extension of self, |
| Favorite books | Gesundheit, Patch Adams, Healing Arts Press, 1993 House Calls, Patch Adams,Robert D Reed publishers 1998 Learned Optimism, Professor Martin Seligman , Random House 1991 Authentic Happiness, Professor Martin Seligman, Random House, 2002 The art of happiness at work, The Dali Lama, Hodder, 2003 The Artists Way, Julia Cameron, Pan books, 1993 How to use humour in business and life, Pete Crofts, Crown Content, 200 Emotional intelligence – why it can matter more than IQ, Daniel Goleman, Bantam Books, 1995 Fish, Stephen Lundin, Hodder and Stoughton, 2000 |