Happiness at Work Team FAQs
- Read the Team Leader Guide
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FAQs for Team Members
What is a Happiness at Work Team? Happiness at Work Teams are groups of students who meet regularly in-person or virtually to review and discuss the course, and try happiness at work practices together. Happiness at Work Teams are also great for people who already work together or within the same organization to meet and discuss topics in the course that apply specifically to their work.
Although students are encouraged to participate in discussions within the edX forums, joining a Happiness at Work Team allows for deeper and more personal engagement with the course and with other students.
What happens at Happiness at Work Team meetings is up to the Happiness at Work Team leader, but it will typically be inspired by the course content. For example, you might review the material and help each other study. Between meetings, Happiness at Work Teams can communicate in their own discussion forum, which is visible to all students (but only Team members can participate).
How do I form my own Happiness at Work Team on edX? If you are interested in forming your own Happiness at Work Team with colleagues, you can log into your edX account and Create a New Team here!
What are some examples of Happiness at Work Teams? Happiness at Work Teams can be organized around a location, a professional field, or an organization. For example:
- Place-based Happiness at Work Teams. Happiness at Work Teams in your neighborhood, city, or state.
- Professional-based Happiness at Work Teams. Happiness at Work Teams of students who work in the same field, or aspire to the same professional goals. These Happiness at Work Teams could spend some meeting time discussing how the course material applies to their specific work or career paths.
- Organization-based Happiness Teams. Happiness at Work Teams at your immediate office or department, or an organization or company as a whole.
Happiness at Work Teams may also consider signing up to complete The Professional Certificate Opens in new window together, supporting each other throughout the entire program.
Does every Happiness at Work Team have to do a project? In addition to working with course material, we also encourage Happiness at Work Team members to collaborate on a project during the course. For example, you might volunteer to clean up the neighborhood where your office is located, start a meditation group at your company, teach gratitude to others in your organization, plan a social event for your office, or anything else you can imagine.
Projects are not mandatory, but they can be a fun and creative way to get engaged and make an impact. We believe these ideas can change the world, and your Happiness at Work Team is a great opportunity to do that.
Is there a deadline for joining Teams? No, but we encourage you to join a Team as soon as possible.
Do I have to join a Team? No, Teams are completely optional.
Can I join more than one Team? No, edX only allows students to belong to one Team.